Hello everyone,

I turn 62 later this year, and I can apply 90 days in advance for SS benefits. On May 25th, I plan on
applying. Yes, I am fully aware that my monthly benefits are significantly less than if I wait til age 65 or age 70.
I do not wish to discuss that, thanks.

From what I can tell, you cannot apply for retirement benefits online, only disability benefits. So, it seems you
must go in person to the SS office to apply.

I need advice. Do I take my social security card with me ? Of course, I will have my driver's license on me.
Do I need any further identifying information ? Do I need to do anything else to prepare ?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Steve

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1255192710258069505

https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1255192920329773059

I agree with him 100%. An excerpt below:



https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opinion/trump-coronavirus.html

https://twitter.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/1254328653644734464

Source: The Hill

The Department of Justice will appeal to the Supreme Court after it was ordered to hand over sealed documents from former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation to Congress.

The department on Friday asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to stay its ruling while it petitions the high court.

"Whether and under what circumstances Congress may resort to the courts to seek grand jury materials generated in a criminal investigation in aid of an impeachment inquiry is plainly a question of great significance to all three branches of government, as well as to the functioning of the grand jury system in high-profile, politically-charged matters," the Justice Department wrote.

The move comes after a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel ruled 2-1 that the Trump administration would have to hand over to Congress grand jury materials from Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/494583-doj-will-appeal-ruling-over-sealed-mueller-materials-to-supreme-court

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BY HARPER NEIDIG - 04/24/20 05:09 PM EDT

also here: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/politics/mueller-grand-jury-supreme-court/index.html


Justice Department MOTION TO STAY MANDATE PENDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1253724369639157762

Mr. Mason is a Reuters correspondent to the White House
https://twitter.com/jeffmason1


for context here
https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1253718370823872512

eta:
https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1253729760259248129

Source: Jerusalem Post

A new study in China has found that the novel coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different variations.

The results showed that medical officials have vastly underestimated the overall ability of the virus to mutate, in findings that different strains have affected different parts of the world, leading to potential difficulties in finding an overall cure.

The study was carried out by Professor Li Lanjuan and colleagues from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China and published in a non-peer reviewed paper released on website medRxiv.org on Sunday.

Li's team analyzed the strains from 11 randomly chosen coronavirus patients from Hangzhou, where there have been 1,264 reported cases, and then tested how efficiently they could infect and kill cells.

Read more: https://www.jpost.com/health-science/coronavirus-has-mutated-into-at-least-30-different-strains-new-study-finds-625333

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-jargon-buster-134845

(some of this will be known to informed DU'ers already)



Much more at link

https://twitter.com/Anna_Mazz/status/1252328716203708416

https://twitter.com/LewisPugh/status/1251478981142097920

I love this.