Month: July 2020
Bearing Witness to the Pandemic July 2020
Week of June 28 – July 4, 2020 As the month begins the country overall is reporting over 50,000 new cases per day – a record 55,000 on Thursday of this past week. NIH experts like Dr. Fauci warn it could rise to as… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic July 2020”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 42 July 12-18
Trump can’t lead a national effort to fight a war against the coronavirus, much less organize a national testing program, but he can organize the federal government to fight a war against its own citizens in the streets of major cities like Portland. The… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 42 July 12-18”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 42 July 5-11
The President did this week what many had long expected – but which up to now was previously considered to be unbelievable in our democracy – he commuted the sentence of his long-time friend, confidant, and convicted felon Roger Stone. Stone had been found… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 42 July 5-11”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 42 June 28-July 4
Just think what a difference real leadership would have made for America confronting the pandemic. If our president would have told us we had effectively been attacked by a hidden international force and the country was under siege if not an occupation that threatened… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 42 June 28-July 4”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 21-27
A week does not go by without multiple scandals that in normal times would result in the resignation of the President or members of the cabinet. This week it was reported the White House was warned earlier this year by national security agencies that… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 21-27”
Bearing Witness to the Pandemic June 2020
Week of June 1-6, 2020 The first week of June brings another 10,000 deaths and a total of nearly 110,000 fatalities from 1.9 million confirmed cases in the US. How sad that many deaths are for the lack of a better word, cruel, in… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic June 2020”
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