The House and the Senate worked out a deal to extend pandemic relief and sent it to Trump to sign. Trump refused to sign it. He claimed that the $600 stimulus payment wasn’t adequate. He wanted it to be $2,000. Sure he did. From the Associated Press: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to …
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Remember the epic lawsuit filed by Comicsgate icon and anti-masker Richard Meyer against comic book writer Mark Waid for defamation and tortious interference? Yeah, about that. Meyer dropped the lawsuit. What started with much fanfare ended with a mostly silent whimper. I’m subscribed to Meyer’s YouTube channel. He stopped asking for donations to his lawsuit against …
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Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate reached a deal late yesterday on a new pandemic relief bill. It will cost around $900 billion to implement, less than half of the $2 trillion CARES act cost back in March. What’s in the new pandemic relief bill? The agreed-upon deal includes the following: …
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People used to say the United States is the greatest country in the world. It’s something I myself have said. The COVID-19 pandemic and how the United States responded to it is the only proof anyone needs to know this claim is entirely false. Marco Rubio is a COVID-19 denier Case in point. Someone like …
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Smarmy TV and megachurch pastor Joel Osteen got a $4.4 million government Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan because of the coronavirus pandemic. From NBC News: Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch received a $4.4 million loan from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, data released under FOIA shows. The Lakewood Church, based in Houston, Texas, received the loan …
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For most of my adult life, I’ve considered myself to be a patriotic person. It began in earnest after I joined the United States Air Force. Not because of the canned patriotism drilled into me during basic training, but because of the people I got to know who were serving alongside me. I got to …
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