NEWS I’M READING 5/21/2020

(NY Times) Coronavirus Live News and Updates Delay in Lockdown Led to at Least 36,000 More Deaths, Models Find: https://nyti.ms/3e44cJy

(Atlantic) The president appears to be gambling that openly tweeting his threats will let him get away with them. Imagine that the White House chief of staff wrote a secret memo, at the behest of the president of the United States, to the Treasury secretary and the director of the Office of Management and B… View the article.

(CNN) — On Tuesday, there was supposed to be an election in Georgia to fill the seat of a retiring state Supreme Court Justice. But that election never happened because — wait for it — the state Supreme Court sided with Georgia Republicans, led by … View the article.

(NPR) Trump escalates his war against mail in balloting with false information about Michigan

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Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

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