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* [https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-net-worth-increases-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-7 Billionaires became $650+ billion richer during the pandemic]; | * [https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-net-worth-increases-coronavirus-pandemic-2020-7 Billionaires became $650+ billion richer during the pandemic]; | ||
* Our climate is [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/17/greenlands-melting-ice-sheet-has-passed-point-no-return/3378469001/ still deteriorating] and we continue [https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/new-trump-rule-would-allow-government-ignore-climate-impacts-major-projects to ignore it] and even [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/17/trump-alaska-arctic-wildlife-refuge-drilling exacerbate it]; | * Our climate is [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/17/greenlands-melting-ice-sheet-has-passed-point-no-return/3378469001/ still deteriorating] and we continue [https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/new-trump-rule-would-allow-government-ignore-climate-impacts-major-projects to ignore it] and even [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/17/trump-alaska-arctic-wildlife-refuge-drilling exacerbate it]; | ||
* [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-26/portland-protests-trump-federal-officers American protestors attacked by federal forces]; | * [https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-07-26/portland-protests-trump-federal-officers American protestors attacked by unidentified federal forces]; | ||
* [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/donald-trump-usps-post-office-election-funding Voter suppression confirmed by ’rump publicly]; | * [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/donald-trump-usps-post-office-election-funding Voter suppression confirmed by ’rump publicly]; | ||
* [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51394383 Senate won’t defend the Constitution]; | * [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51394383 Senate won’t defend the Constitution]; | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 20 August 2020
51 covid-19: day 151 | US: GA | info | act
I turn 51 today. Here’s the state of things in this country.
- 170,000 Americans dead from COVID-19;
- $3 trillion deficit;
- 30 million unemployed;
- USPS in shambles;
- 3500+ average daily increase of new COVID-19 cases in Georgia;
- Georgia university campuses forced to open despite daily increases in COVID-19 cases;
- Billionaires became $650+ billion richer during the pandemic;
- Our climate is still deteriorating and we continue to ignore it and even exacerbate it;
- American protestors attacked by unidentified federal forces;
- Voter suppression confirmed by ’rump publicly;
- Senate won’t defend the Constitution;
- Families still separated at the border;
- Anti-fascism is a bad thing;
- White supremists are now the leading terrorists, but ’rump calls them “very fine people”;
- A pedophile gets well wishes from ’rump;
- ’Rump cares more about Putin than he does US troops;
- Food bank lines are growing and there are still shortages of disinfectants and cleaning supplies;
- Science became irrelevant;
- The press is being attacked;
- Worst GDP decline in American history;
- US leads the world in COVID-19 deaths (neck-and-neck with Brazil) while many other countries, like New Zealand, reacted quickly and decisively to control the epidemic;
- Travel to many countries is closed to Americans;
- The world no longer looks up to the US; they pity us. Check the incredulity in this video.
I wish I had better news. Yes, my family is in better shape than many, and for that I am thankful, but if things continue to go the way they have been, I don’t know how much longer that will be true. I know at least one way to help in 76 days.
