Sunday, August 9, 2020

8-9: a collective shrug

✅Walters: Another version of ‘ethnic studies’ -- A year ago, the California Department of Education released a draft of guidelines for implementing “ethnic studies” in public high schools. It unleashed a torrent of controversy — for good reason. Dan Walters CalMatters -- 8/9/20

California Democrats divided over COVID-19 stimulus, millionaire tax to fund economic recovery -- How should California dig itself out of a $54 billion deficit? A divide between state lawmakers over how to generate revenue mirrors a national reckoning in Democratic politics. Lauren HeplerCalMatters -- 8/9/20

 

The lost days of summer: How Trump fell short in containing the virus -- As the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows is responsible for coordinating the vast executive branch, including its coronavirus response. But in closed-door meetings, he has revealed his skepticism of the two physicians guiding the anti-pandemic effort, Deborah Birx and Anthony S. Fauci, routinely questioning their expertise, according to senior administration officials and other people briefed on the internal discussions. Philip Rucker, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey and Robert Costa in the Washington Post$ -- 8/9/20


Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Aide and Mueller Witness, Is Publishing a Memoir
NYT


Even Asymptomatic People Carry the Coronavirus in High Amounts

NYT


At Least 1 Dead and 20 Wounded in Washington, D.C., Shooting

NYT

 

A president ignored: Trump’s outlandish claims increasingly met with a collective shrug

More than 3½ years into his term, President Trump often finds himself minimized, as many of his outrageous or groundless statements are briefly considered and then, just as quickly, dismissed.

Washington Post

‘Like Groundhog Day’: Republicans fret over Trump’s fading fortunes
Negotiations for coronavirus relief have fallen apart. Coronavirus deaths continues to rise. Several Trump allies acknowledged that if the election was held today, Trump would likely lose.

Politico

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