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Author: Prof Patty

  • Prof Patty
  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Trump returns to White House and removes mask despite having Covid

By Kevin Liptak and Maeve Reston, CNN Updated 7:40 PM ET, Mon October 5, 2020 (CNN) President Donald Trump staged a reckless departure from Walter Reed National Military Medical Ce

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Now what?

Google searches for “25th Amendment,” the part of the U.S. Constitution about the presidential line of succession, spiked shortly after Mr. Trump’s announcement. And legal experts h

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Low Income People Hardest Hit by COVID-19

Economic fallout from COVID-19 continues to hit lower-income Americans the hardest About six months into the pandemic, many Americans continue to face deep financial hardship. Among lower-inco

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

How did Various News Outlets Treat Trump Tax Return News?

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

California Creates Reparations Proposals

California Becomes 1st U.S. State to Create Proposals for Reparations to Descendants of Enslaved People Read more at Good Black News.

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

New Director of African American Museum

The Smithsonian Institution has announced that poet Kevin Young will be the next director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Young is currently director

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Another Breonna Taylor, Almost?

Texas college campus police storm the dorm room of sleeping black cheerleader, 17, at 3am after students – including her three white roommates – falsely reported that she threatened to stab the

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Debate?

It is what it is because you are who you are. Joe Biden Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. Donald Trump The main takeaway is that the debate didn’t alter the race. UBS’s Paul Donovan wro

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Apple Cream Torte

RECIPE BY SUNSET This makes 4 servings (for me) or more for those less greedy. 1 1/2 pounds (3 or 4) tender-sweet apples, such as Cameo, Fuji, or Gala (Pink Lady, Jazz, Honeygold are also deli

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

National Hispanic Heritage Month

The ways Hispanics describe their identity varies across immigrant generations For National Hispanic Heritage Month, we [Pew Research Center] looked at the terms Hispanics in the United States

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  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Constitutional Myth #8

Constitutional Myth #8: The 14th Amendment Doesn’t Exist GARRETT EPPS  JULY 13, 2011 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens o

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

Our Body Politic

Author and award-winning journalist Farai Chideya has created and will host Our Body Politic, a weekly podcast debuting this weekend that is “unapologetically centered on reporting

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020

IS IT SAFE TO FLY ?

Ken Budd, AARP, September 24, 2020  Although there are no statistics on the number of people who’ve caught COVID-19 on planes, at least some passengers have likely been infect

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Federal judge blocks Trump administration attempt to end 2020 Census early

By Tara Bahrampour September 25, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT A California judge late Thursday blocked the Trump administration from stopping the 2020 census count next week, saying it should c

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  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

7 Daily Habits That Help Fight Off Viruses

7 Daily Habits that Help Fight off Viruses (colds, flu, COVID) Breakfast: Unsweetened bran cereal with berries (ugh) A brisk walk Post-workout smoothie or salad AND, 6 Things You Should Never

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NY Times

  • California’s Public Universities Went All in on A.I. Now They’re Tearing Themselves Apart.
  • Prized by ‘MAHA’ Influencers and Chefs Alike, Craft Flour Is on the Rise
  • Scott Pelley Accuses CBS News Boss of ‘Murdering’ ‘60 Minutes’
  • He Become China’s Largest Critic in Exile. Then The Threats Followed Him.
  • Anthropic Files to Go Public, Setting Stage for Huge I.P.O.
https://youtu.be/-oGdWn0Qz1s?si=xPjgUuiNIlpj9kq5

NPR

  • An entomologist ordered a mezcal, and then got curious
  • Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer
  • Bean plants call for aerial reinforcements when caterpillars attack
  • WHO chief lands in Congo to address rare Ebola outbreak amid distrust and insecurity
  • Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad during an engine-firing test
https://youtu.be/43K2pPExXms?si=NbrYUf1m4HPj1xc7

The Progressive

  • Rideshare Win Could Bring Big Changes
  • Seeing History Through the Lens of Courage
  • The Crisis We Are Causing in Cuba
  • The Time Has Come for City-Owned Groceries
  • A Sordid History of Stolen Korean Children
https://youtu.be/6oomXq2Q7Jc?si=94qqOcBIzoYSk2gd

FactCheck.org

  • A Timeline of RFK Jr.’s Mixed Messaging on the Measles Vaccine
  • Trump Distorts Maryland’s Primary Ballot Mix-up to Attack Mail-in Voting
  • RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval Speed
  • Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, Islam
  • What Will Happen to Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?
https://youtu.be/KU5V5WZVcVE?si=4rbzf6zpzIFXMrLl

Snopes.com

  • Were Driscoll's strawberries confirmed to cause cancer? Posts exaggerate pesticide test results
  • 9 claims about Donald Trump Jr. we've researched since the start of his father's 2nd term
  • Did Bill Clinton say Palestinians 'never really wanted a homeland' and 'just wanted to kill the Jews'?
  • Unpacking claim Trump personally paid to rebuild Central Park ice rink in the '80s
  • Did Trump say he'd outlaw photographing or posting gas prices?
https://youtu.be/QP_i-ZiFwe0?si=Sk4dM2FqidIAtyQH

Tradeoffs

  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?
  • Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch
  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
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