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Eurozone Economy Contracts by Record 40% “Stringent lockdowns weighed heavily on Europe’s economy in the second quarter, causing a record decline that was even more severe than in the U.S.”
Amazon Leads Way as Big Tech Thrives During Pandemic “Amazon.com delivered soaring quarterly sales and profit, leading a pack of big tech companies that reported robust business amid the pandemic and highlighting the industry’s central place in business and society at a time of concern over its clout.”
DHS had ‘intelligence reports’ on journalists covering Portland unrest “Current and former officials described the practice as an alarming use of a system meant to share information about suspected terrorists and violent actors.”
No charges for former officer who killed Michael Brown “The 2014 shooting in Ferguson, Mo., set off a months-long uprising that reverberated around the country.”
White House open to stimulus deal without ‘liability shield,’ breaking with McConnell “The Senate majority leader has said he will not approve a stimulus package without a “liability shield,” but top White House officials say they do not see it as essential.”
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: How Portland Became a National BattlegroundOregon and the Trump administration today reached a deal for federal agents to begin withdrawing from Portland. Miriam Gottfried explains.
My Eulogy for Congressman John Lewis - President Barack Obama
Grocers, retailers, nursing homes, meatpacking plants. All are being sued by the families of workers who contend their loved ones contracted lethal cases of COVID-19 on the job, a new legal front that shows the risks of reopening workplaces.
THE COMMENT
“When it came time for family members of Isabelle Odette Hilton Papadimitriou, 64, to write the obituary for the respiratory therapist, who contracted the virus while seeing patients in Texas, they didn’t pull any punches. “Like hundreds and thousands of others, [Isabelle] should still be alive today. Her undeserving death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to hedge their bets on the lives of health care workers through a lack of leadership, through a refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and through an inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize the risks of the coronavirus.” Exactly, heartbreakingly true.” - Washington Post Editorial Board
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