https://twitter.com/aflashbak/status/1279110961085984775?s=20

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All Arkansans will be able to cite concerns about covid-19 as an excuse to vote by absentee ballot in the November elections, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday.

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“They just simply have a concern, a fear of going to the polling place because of the covid-19, that’s enough of a reason,” to vote absentee, Hutchinson said.

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Thurston said voters can begin requesting absentee ballots from his office or the county clerk immediately. The deadline to request an absentee ballot by mail is Oct. 27, though voters can pick up an absentee ballot until Nov. 2, the day before the election.

All absentee ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted, Thurston said.

https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/02/watch-live-governor-state-health-officials-give-13/?

https://twitter.com/AbbieYoukilis/status/1278679457692295169?s=20

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He tied wearing a mask now with bringing down the numbers and being able to have team sports this fall.

I wonder if this argument might convince some that mask wearing is a good thing.

https://twitter.com/NotHoodlum/status/1278377366461521920?s=20


Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@NotHoodlum
If we can force children into “Active Shooter Drills” so you’re free to walk around with a bazooker, you can wear a mask.
12:18 PM · Jul 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/chrisilluminati/status/1277786909666955265?s=20

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https://twitter.com/JudyWoodruff/status/1277796666310037504?s=20


Judy Woodruff
@JudyWoodruff
two headlines tonight: in Washington Post: "Trump administration says the epidemic is under control" citing White House officials, and on CNBC "The coronavirus is spreading too rapidly and too broadly for the U.S. to get it under control," citing CDC Dep Director Schuchat
9:50 PM · Jun 29, 2020
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— even though Trump claims he wasn't

Three NATO officials say they had been briefed on intelligence that Russian operatives were secretly offering cash bounties to Taliban-linked militants for US casualties in Afghanistan — as President Donald Trump claimed he was not, and dismissed news reports on the intelligence as a "possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax."

The revelation that US intelligence had briefed the White House on the Taliban bounties had been a closely-held secret for several months, until US officials began briefing UK and other European allies last week.

The intelligence was first reported Friday in The New York Times and has since been widely confirmed.

Over the weekend, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said neither Trump nor Vice President Mike Pence had been briefed on the intelligence. And on Sunday, Trump tweeted that US intelligence "did not find this info credible" and did not report it to him or Pence, calling the Times report "possibly another fabricated Russia Hoax."

https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-bounty-us-soldiers-afghanistan-nato-officials-briefed-trump-denies-2020-6

https://twitter.com/johnnysrsoso/status/1277453700785717251?s=20

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https://twitter.com/MsButterflyyy/status/1277307278555844613?s=20