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Facebook’s Coronavirus ‘Fact Checkers’ Connected To Wuhan Lab

In Facebook’s war against misinformation, they’ve turned to a curious fact checking source. To try to debunk the ever credibly growing claim that the virus originated from the Wuhan lab, they’re using some interesting experts. Scientists connected to the Wuhan Virology Lab.  Journalist Sharyl Attkisson dug into the fact checking article Facebook has been using…

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A Second Great Depression Is Not How We Will Defeat COVID-19

By Emma Meshell As the COVID-19 death toll eclipses 34,000 in the U.S., it’s fair to say that the American people have a right to be worried about the public health crisis posed by the novel coronavirus. It’s also fair to say that, as terrible as this outbreak is, this is not the greatest threat…

Attacking the ‘Helpers’ Is A Symptom of Our Toxic Political Polarization
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Attacking the ‘Helpers’ Is A Symptom of Our Toxic Political Polarization

On April 7th, Senator Rand Paul posted a picture of himself in a white coat on Twitter, thanking his supporters the world over for wishing him the best after his diagnosis of having COVID-19. In the post, he explained he had now tested negative, and that he had decided to go back to his roots…

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Guatemala Is Accusing The US Of Sending Back Deportees With Coronavirus

Jason Hopkins on April 15, 2020 Guatemala’s health minister said the majority of migrants on a single deportation flight to his country carried COVID-19, and blamed deportation flights for a spike in cases. Seventy-five percent of the migrants on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriation flight to Guatemala tested positive for coronavirus, Health Minister Hugo…

Abortion is ‘Essential’, but Only for Planned Parenthood
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Abortion is ‘Essential’, but Only for Planned Parenthood

Coronavirus has sent many states into shutdown in the last few months, but this has not stalled one of the most contentious political debates in the nation. Governors in states such as Texas, Ohio, Mississippi, and others have put in place rules saying that abortion is not an essential service in order to preserve personal…

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Barr: ‘Even In Times Of Emergency,’ Federal Law Prohibits Religious Discrimination [IF]

Mary Margaret Olohan  Attorney General William Barr emphasized in a Tuesday statement that “even in times of emergency,” federal law prohibits religious discrimination. The attorney general released a statement Tuesday on religious practices and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. The statement comes after Barr intervened in a Mississippi church’s lawsuit against Greenville police who…

COVID-19 Debunks The Myth That ‘African Americans Can’t Be Racist’
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COVID-19 Debunks The Myth That ‘African Americans Can’t Be Racist’

Hello, it’s us. Your fucking Asian neighbors. You would think this mirrored a scene from Gran Torino, but it’s much more reminiscent of a film you’ve probably never seen called The Harimaya Bridge.  The prejudice was admittedly poorly explained, relying on WWII anti-Japanese sentiment that hardly exists anymore in the modern America setting in which…

Chinese Government Imposes Restrictions On Coronavirus Research In Apparent Violation Of International Health Regulations
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Chinese Government Imposes Restrictions On Coronavirus Research In Apparent Violation Of International Health Regulations

Andrew Kerr –  The Chinese government directive mistakenly released to the public on Friday ordered that studies relating to the origin of the coronavirus outbreak “must be strictly and tightly managed.” –  The directive was pulled from the public web hours after it was spotted by CNN on Friday. –  Republican Rep. Jim Banks of…