brooklynite
brooklynite's JournalBritain heads back to work amid confusion over Prime Minister's advice
Source: The Telegraph
Boris Johnson's call for Britain's workforce to return to their jobs this morning has descended into chaos and confusion.
The Prime Minister last night urged workers who could not work from home to return today, especially in the construction and manufacturing sectors, but this morning Dominic Raab said the changes came into effect on Wednesday.
Data by the location technology firm TomTom shows that the level of road congestion in London at 8am on Monday was 20 per cent, up from 16 per cent compared to a week earlier.
But unions criticised the change in advice, and Labour's shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said the Government's advice was "wrong".
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-end-lockdown-boris-johnson-new-rules-school/
"Getting sick is disloyal!"
“Anyone who dies will be FIRED!”
https://twitter.com/shimonpro/status/1259624290758131712
Who ordered a Double Tall Half Skinny Mocha Latte?
https://twitter.com/nick__puckett/status/1259541624389955584https://twitter.com/Denverhuff/status/1259567954833715201
Polls will be open for the May 12 primary election
KNTVBarring an unexpected change, Nebraska’s primary will take place on May 12 — five weeks after Wisconsin held the last in-person balloting when courts sided with Republican legislators who pushed for that election to go forward.
Republicans who hold all statewide offices and control the Legislature have encouraged people to cast early, absentee ballots. However, they argue state law requires polling sites to be open and that it’s important for voters to have a choice for how they vote, even amid health concerns.
Freedom!
The end of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's revolution
National JournalJoe Biden’s decisive drubbing of Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary squelched the socialist stirrings that had been percolating within the Democratic Party. It’s probably no coincidence, then, that three of Congress’s most far-left members, all aligned with Sanders, are facing credible challenges of their own in upcoming House primaries.
Three of the four freshmen members of the left-wing "Squad" that President Trump calls “AOC+3”—Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota—have drawn opponents who have made the case that they’re too extreme for the districts they represent. Tlaib is at risk at losing her seat to an experienced African-American official in her Detroit-area district. And while Ocasio-Cortez and Omar are favored to prevail, they will face their first serious test over the popularity of their progressive messages in deep-blue districts.
The unusual and unpredictable turnout patterns for upcoming summer primaries taking place during a pandemic will also add some uncertainty to these races. New York Democratic officials have been working to cancel the presidential primary for their June 23 elections, a decision overruled by a federal judge and currently under appeal. Without a presidential race driving turnout and with the coronavirus keeping many voters home, tiny turnout for state and local primaries raises the likelihood of unpredictable outcomes. Indeed, the low turnout in the 2018 New York primary was a major factor in Ocasio-Cortez’s upset of longtime Rep. Joseph Crowley.
Ocasio-Cortez’s primary against former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera hasn’t drawn a lot of attention, but it’s worth watching closely. The congresswoman’s district, which spans Queens and the Bronx, has been one of the hardest-hit areas in the country from the pandemic. But Ocasio-Cortez was the only House Democrat to vote against the coronavirus-relief bill, a lonely and unpopular position on Capitol Hill. She told The New York Times that, after the vote, she felt more alienated in Congress than ever before and was facing a personal existential crisis.
Washington Post Live Event: A Conversation with VA Gov. Ralph Northam and AK Gov. Asa Hutchinson
Leadership During Crisis: A Conversation with Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) will join Washington Post national political reporter Robert Costa on Tuesday, May 12 at 11 a.m. ET for back-to-back interviews on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in their states.
Stream here: Wapo.st/northamhutchinson
Washington Post Live Event with Bernie Sanders
Washington Post Live will host former Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday, May 11th at 11 a.m. ET in conversation with the Post’s National Political reporter Robert Costa. He will discuss the state of American politics and the 2020 election process, his efforts to respond to the coronavirus spread and what he will do to help former Vice President Joe Biden get elected.
Stream here: Wapo.st/sanders-may
Court halts ban on mass gatherings at Kentucky churches
Source: Politico
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal court halted the Kentucky governor’s temporary ban on mass gatherings from applying to in-person religious services, clearing the way for Sunday church services.
U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove on Friday issued a temporary restraining order enjoining Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration from enforcing the ban on mass gatherings at “any in-person religious service which adheres to applicable social distancing and hygiene guidelines.”
The ruling from the Eastern District of Kentucky sided with the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nicholasville, but applies to all places of worship around the commonwealth. Two other federal judges, including U.S. District Judge David Hale, had previously ruled the ban was constitutional. But also on Friday, Hale, of Kentucky’s western district, granted Maryville Baptist Church an injunction allowing in-person services at that specific church, provided it abide by public health requirements.
Exceptions to the Democratic governor’s shutdown order include trips to the grocery store, bank, pharmacy and hardware store. Beshear had previously announced that places of worship in Kentucky will be able to once again hold in-person services starting May 20, as part of a broader plan to gradually reopen the state’s economy. Earlier Friday, he outlined requirements for places of worship to reopen, including limiting attendance at in-person services to 33% of building occupancy capacity and maintaining 6 feet of distance between household units.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/09/kentucky-court-halts-ban-on-church-gatherings-245960
God only knows what will happen....
Profile Information
Name: Chris BastianGender: Male
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Home country: USA
Member since: 2002
Number of posts: 95,183
