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REP. TED LIEU SLAMS BILL BARR'S LEGAL SKILLS In a moment that left many people scratching their heads, Attorney General William Barr didn’t seem too sure about whether voting once by mail and a second time in person would be illegal when asked about it during a Wednesday interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. Luckily, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) was there to help. On Thursday, Lieu tweeted a single sentence aimed at making the attorney general more familiar with the laws he’s supposed to defend. He wrote: "Federal law prohibits voting twice in the same election. 52 USC § 10307." [HuffPost]
CNN REPORT SHOWS EXTENT OF GROWING EVICTION DISASTER As the eviction crisis brought on by the coronavirus expands in the U.S., a new report from CNN shows the devastating toll it has already taken on families. CNN reporter Kyung Lah spent a day with law enforcement in Houston as officers were tasked with evicting residents unable to pay rent amid a pandemic that has put millions of people out of work. The video segment, which aired Thursday, captures the brutal real-world consequences of not being able to afford housing. In Harris County, Texas, alone, more than 200 eviction orders passed through the courts in just one recent week, double the number the county sees in a normal month, CNN reported. [HuffPost]
U.S. AIRLINE INDUSTRY SAYS IT WON'T BOUNCE BACK FROM COVID-19 UNTIL 2024 Airlines for America, the lobbying group representing major U.S. carriers, has warned that the U.S. airline industry is unlikely to bounce back from the COVID-19 drop for at least four years. “We don’t see any significant increase in demand,” Nicholas Calio, the CEO of Airlines for America, told reporters during a call on Thursday. “We don’t see it fully rebounding until 2024. We are doing everything we can to keep our companies afloat. People talk about the situation being dire. It is dire. Right now, we’re fighting for survival. No bones about it.” [HuffPost]
TRUMP IS TRYING TO RIG THE CENSUS, SENATOR WARNS President Donald Trump is trying to rig the 2020 census for political gain and his administration’s effort to quietly rush the national headcount will leave millions of people ― particularly those in communities of color ― politically weakened for at least a decade, a key senator is warning. “They don’t really want the American people to know what’s going on with the census,” New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate subcommittee charged with funding the census, said in an interview. “The administration from the very beginning has tried to meddle in the appropriate counting of all Americans.” [HuffPost]
ECONOMIC CRISIS? NOT FOR EVERYONE Back in January, in the before times, Kelly was hunting for a house in Baltimore, where she works in marketing. The 27-year-old was newly married. She and her engineer husband found a dream home — a three-bedroom, brick-fronted row house with a fenced-in backyard and a roof deck — but it was just out of their price range. Then the pandemic hit and the economy cratered. Millions lost their jobs. Not Kelly, who asked that HuffPost not publish her last name. In fact, now she could afford the house. [HuffPost]
WHY EATING LOCAL COULD HELP PREVENT WIDESPREAD FOOD DISEASE OUTBREAKS Some 48 million Americans get sick every year by eating contaminated foods, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Salmonella is one of the most common culprits, causing more than 30 multistate outbreaks in the last five years. When produce is shipped all around the country, any dangerous bacteria it harbors can sicken people who live hundreds or thousands of miles from where it was grown. While sticking to stringent safety standards is the best way to prevent foodborne illness, eating more locally produced food could keep outbreaks from spreading far and wide. [HuffPost] |
