March 15th, 2020

“After conversation with my family and deep reflection, I have made the decision to seek help, guidance and enter a rehabilitation facility at this time,” Gillum said in a statement.

Faced with mounting coronavirus infections, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday issued sweeping new restrictions in California, calling for home isolation of everyone in the state over age 65 and people with chronic disease, both high-risk populations. He also asked for closure of bars, wineries, night clubs and brew pubs, and called for restaurants to reduce their occupancy by half. He called that “deep social distancing” and a “pragmatic response to the moment.”

“Our first attempt to reopen public schools will be Monday, April 20,” de Blasio said. “We may not have the opportunity to reopen them in this full school year.” The city is currently making preparations to provide remote learning and care for the students who may not have supervision during the day throughout the five boroughs. Over the next five days, schools will be open for families who need them to pick up meals for their children.

Two decades after President Robert Mugabe wrecked Zimbabwe’s economy by urging black subsistence farmers to violently force white commercial farmers and their workers off their land, his successor has thrown in the towel.

Cuomo cited one projection claiming that as many as 214 million people in our country could be infected over the course of the epidemic, and 21 million could require hospitalization, far outnumbering the ~914,000 hospital beds available in the US, which only has about 2.8 beds per 1,000 people on average across the county.
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"We believe the use of active duty Army Corps personnel would not violate federal law because this is a national disaster. Doing so still won’t provide enough intensive care beds, but it is our best hope."...

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Authorities warn that those who come down with a cough, fever or other signs of the deadly Sars-like disease who avoid going into quarantine could risk being charged with attempted murder... Italy has been put on a nationwide lockdown with all stores except for pharmacies and food outlets being ordered to close down. Citizens have also been told they are not allowed to travel unless for pressing health or work reasons.

Summary:

• NYC Mayor says 'every option on the table' when asked if considering complete shutdown of city + schools.
• US death toll hits 58, 1st death confirmed in Oregon
• US confirmed case total hits 2,952
• Wal-Mart, Stop & Shop cut hours
• Netherlands closes schools, restaurants
• Germany closes borders to neighboring states
• Poland bars foreigners
• West Virginia last US state that's virus-free

Who will be his VP? Take your bets.

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A 79-year-old woman died at Mt. Sinai Hospital Sunday after being admitted within the past week, authorities said. She had preexisting conditions of heart failure and lung disease. The other newly announced deaths Sunday were a 78-year-old man with multiple preexisting conditions, a 56-year-old man with diabetes and a 53-year-old woman with diabetes and heart disease.

Can anyone read Morse code? I think she’s blinking T-O-R-T-U-R-E, which would make sense, given what agony it is to listen to this daffy cue ball head. pic.twitter.com/4gxPjGlTdd

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) March 14, 2020

The Federal Reserve made an emergency interest rate cut to zero on Sunday night, a dramatic step meant to make borrowing as cheap as possible for American households and businesses as the coronavirus brings the U.S. economy to a near standstill. The benchmark U.S. interest rate will now be in a range of 0 to 0.25 percent, effectively bringing the rate to zero as President Trump has urged for months...

So now it is reported that, after destroying his life & the life of his wonderful family (and many others also), the FBI, working in conjunction with the Justice Department, has “lost” the records of General Michael Flynn. How convenient. I am strongly considering a Full Pardon!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2020

Any sick jihadists already in Europe, however, should stay there — presumably to sicken infidels, according to a ‘sharia’ directive printed in the group’s al-Naba newsletter, the Sunday Times of London reported.

Three U.S. troops were injured in a barrage of rockets that hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday according to the Pentagon. At least two Iraqis were also injured, Iraqi officials say.