The Republica

It's about to get UGLY US Postal Service could shut down by June, lawmakers warn — via

Five weeks ago. — via

As close as there is to an authority as there is Harvey Fineberg says what other scientists have told me privately. We would virtually eliminate COVID-19 this summer if we are willing to go beyond our current effort & undertake tough mandatory efforts. — via

Do you remember the smoking sections in movie theaters & airplanes, & how the smoke stayed neatly in just those areas & never affected others? No? That’s because it didn’t work. If some states don’t stay-at-home while others do, that won’t work, either. — via

In the middle of this horrendous pandemic, Jared Kushner's real estate company is still going after tenants with debt collection and eviction lawsuits. The cruelty and greed of these people is unfathomable. — via

“Were I to contract coronavirus, I imagine a doctor might read my chart, look at me, and think I’m a waste of their efforts and precious resources,” writes @SFdirewolf. — via

NEW: Thousands of National Guardsmen are helping respond to Coronavirus even as the economic meltdown wipes out the jobs they depend on for health insurance. But the orders they’re on don’t make them eligible for the military’s TRICARE health coverage. — via

Why is the COVID-19 death rate so low in Germany? "early and widespread testing and treatment, plenty of intensive care beds and a trusted government whose social distancing guidelines are widely observed." — via

Jeffrey Shuren, the FDA’s director for devices and radiological health, told the CDC that if it were subjected to the same scrutiny as a privately run lab, “I would shut you down.” @yabutaleb7 @jdawsey1 @gregpmiller and me — via

SCOOP: @SBAGov awarded a $50M contract for coronavirus loan processing to a team including @RocketLoans. * ROCKET LOANS owner DAN GILBERT donated $750k to TRUMP's inauguration & $67k to the '16 GOP convention. ** Trump has called Gilbert “a great friend" — via

Trump sometimes says they inherited an obsolete or broken system. That’s vague and subjective. But saying they inherited obsolete tests is complete nonsense. This is a new virus. The broken initial tests were developed this year. — via

What a pivot! The first KN95 mask to receive FDA emergency authorization is from BYD Precision Manufacture Co.. BYD is an electric car and lithium battery maker. A month ago it wasn't even in the mask business. — via

NEW: 70 squandered days until Trump took coronavirus seriously. Our reconstruct of fights over money, warnings unheeded, a cascade of testing failures + institutional failures that left the US unprepared. w/ @jdawsey1 @nakashimae @gregpmiller — via

"Ms. Silva, who has spent much of her life in the United States evading law enforcement, now carries a letter from her employer in her wallet, declaring that the Department of Homeland Security considers her 'critical to the food supply chain.' ” — via

Official Chinese statistics put Wuhan’s coronavirus death toll at 2,563. Evidence coming out of the city suggests it was actually more than 40,000. Our latest: — via

"Some of the state’s most popular beaches will be allowed to reopen Friday night due to Gov. Brian Kemp’s statewide order superseding that of some city-level shelter-in-place mandates." — via

“Captain Crozier Is a Hero,” by Theodore Roosevelt’s great-great grandson, recounting an anecdote linking the Navy captain to his vessel’s namesake in what truly is a must-read. — via

A Detroit bus driver who complained in a viral video about a passenger coughing without covering her mouth has died of the coronavirus — via

This is where we're at in buying PPE. An Illinois official sped on a highway to get to a meet-up in a McDonald's parking lot, where she handed off a $3.4 MILLION CHECK to buy N95 masks from China with 20 minutes to spare, beating other bidders. — via

NEW: @realdonaldtrump’s company has let go 1,500 employees, turned down the lights to save on electricity, and inquired about delaying payments due this month. The latest on their troubles: — via

Next time someone whines “But what are billionaires doing?” point them to the story of how Gates is spending billions building factories to manufacture experimental vaccines just in case one of the vaccines works. — via

"The orders in late March flew under the radar, even as dog-eat-dog bidding wars raged among states and nations for desperately needed medical protective gear." Watch what they do, not what they say. This is vile! — via

this is how a Chicago amazon worker describes management’s process for informing them of a coronavirus case in the warehouse — via

In a late Friday night reprisal, Trump fires the inspector general who told Congress about the whistle-blower complaint that triggered last fall's impeachment inquiry. ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ ⁦@npfandos⁩ ⁦@charlie_savage⁩ — via

The debate and confusion about masks for #COVID19 just got some real and important data from a rigorous randomized trial in patients with coronavirus (and influenza). They work. @NatureMedicine — via

boeing out here making 1997 coding mistakes.....in airplanes — via

Kushner's lies and the Trump Administration's Orwellian website edits may deceive people but they do not change the law. @LEBassett @ddale8 — via

President Trump will vote by mail this year. He said today he thinks vote by mail is a bad idea. I guess just for everyone else? — via

Digital Mirage is LIVE starting today and all this weekend at 3pm ET / 12pm PT with @Kaskade, @SevenLionsMusic, @12thPlanet + more. 👉 — via

Digital Mirage is LIVE starting today and all this weekend at 3pm ET / 12pm PT with @Kaskade, @SevenLionsMusic, @12thPlanet + more. 👉 — via

It is what it is... It Is What It Is by Thundercat — via

"We are the only state in the country that in the middle of this public health crisis have decided to increase the number of people who are incarcerated in jails." — via

Sentenced to 27 yrs for selling drugs, Patrick Jones was trying to get out early so he could break the cycle and push his son towards a different life. Instead, he became the first federal prisoner to die from COVID-19. An obituary at @MarshallProj: — via

Chicago Board Game Cafe is offering “dinner and a game” contactless delivery - select a brand new board game and we’ll bring to you with a family style meal. Weekend delivery reservations are open now: — via

Stunning how precisely on point this abandoned plan was. — via

I talked to the guy who decided to cut funding for the national stockpile 9 years ago. He said there was no way to predict an emergency like this. Except the cut came right after swine flu, which is why the CDC was asking for an increase. — via

Read the full detailed priories here: — via