February 14, 2020
By Matt Stieb
The president's (click here) personal lawyer is at the center of questions about Trump's handling of aid to Ukraine.
And then all the president's men lied about it.
...“Rudy (click here) — he did all of this,” one U.S. official told the Washington Post. “This s--t show that we’re in — it’s him injecting himself into the process.”...
Either emboldened after his acquittal (click here) in the Senate impeachment trial or comfortable on the show of a longtime friend, President Trump told Geraldo Rivera on his podcast on Thursday that he had, in fact, sent his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. When Rivera asked if Trump if it was “strange to send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine” and if he regretted the decision, Trump said, “No, not at all.”
“Here’s my choice: I deal with the Comeys of the world, or I deal with Rudy,” Trump said, referring to James Comey, who gave him a “very bad taste” of the capabilities of American intelligence after the former FBI director maintained the independence of the agency in the early days of the administration. Thus, Trump had to “use” Giuliani to solicit foreign interference in an American election....
It wasn't him injecting himself into the process, it was a conspiracy between Giuliani and now admitting to same, Trump to demand a statement from Ukraine's president about an investigation into Former Vice President Biden and his son Hunter.
They conspired. It is just that simple. The conspiracy was more than Trump and Guiliani. It involved others that fronted for Guiliani and provided money besides. They stayed at the Ritz-Carlton in Vienna on Russian money (click here).
January 15, 2020
By Mary Clare Jaloonick and Eric Tucker
Democrats released the files (click here) Tuesday as they prepared to send articles of impeachment to the Senate for Trump's trial. The documents add new context to their charges that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Democrats as he withheld military aid....
The only thing that Trump is good at is lying. No one trusts him anymore.
The Seattle Times has a good article to show the degree of protection the hospitals in the USA already engage in to protect caregivers and the public.
On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced an official name for the disease that is causing the current outbreak of coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
This is a Controlled Air Purifying Respirator (CAPR) (click here) used at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett. Nurses and doctors wear the respirator when they have to enter an isolation room.
...“It becomes a whole different skill”
Once the patient was in the unit, Diaz examined him from the next room using what is called a telehealth system, basically a video call that allows a doctor to speak to and see the patient.
From there, a lot of the work was fairly routine. A rotating staff of 20 nurses, three doctors and personnel from every corner of the hospital kept the patient as comfortable as possible. They took his vitals regularly. They gave him an IV to replenish his fluids.
But the gear the medical team had to wear made these basic tasks difficult. There was the respirator helmet, which came with a plastic faceguard. They doubled up on gloves. The whole outfit got so hot that the nurses had to swap out every four hours at the most....
...an experimental antiviral drug called remdesivir.
Remdesivir has been tested in Ebola patients and proved to be safe but not effective against that virus. Researchers have reported some success using it to treat monkeys who have MERS-CoV, which is another coronavirus. China has begun enrolling COVID-19 patients into a clinical trial of the antiviral, which was developed by the pharmaceutical company Gilead (click here).
The patient’s fever went away the day after treatment, and he began feeling better. It is too early to know how well the treatment will do in others, but the results are promising, Diaz said.
“It is only one case,” Diaz said. “It’s the first person in the world who got this medication for novel coronavirus, but it seems to have worked.”...
This isn't about the elections. It is about the 2020 Census and reducing populations in Democratic cities. It is racism plain and simple.
These raids will only lead to more parentless children and broken families. It is an Anti-American directive.
February 14, 2020
By Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti
The Trump administration (click here) said Friday that it is preparing to deploy elite Border Patrol tactical units to the interior of the United States to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement teams in “sanctuary cities” and other jurisdictions where authorities are seeking to boost arrests and deportations.
The deployment, which will send 100 agents from Border Patrol’s highly trained BORTAC teams to embed with ICE agents, comes as the Trump administration has threatened to retaliate against states and jurisdictions that eschew cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Immigration officials said the Border Patrol tactical agents will assist in routine operations and would be deployed to sanctuary jurisdictions as well as other areas where the agency needs help.
In a statement, ICE acting Director Matthew Albence said the BORTAC agents would help alleviate “resource challenges” produced by sanctuary policies....
February 14, 2020
