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| US sees deadliest day of summer in coronavirus outbreak – live | US sees deadliest day of summer in coronavirus outbreak – live |
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| More than 1,300 lives were lost from coronavirus in the US yesterday, making it the biggest one-day increase since May | More than 1,300 lives were lost from coronavirus in the US yesterday, making it the biggest one-day increase since May |
| Here’s more perspective on Trump’s move to pull troops out of Germany from Guardian reporter Julian Borger: | |
| A second Texas Republican who was supposed to greet Trump in Midland, Texas has tested positive for coronavirus. Conservative Republican House candidate Wesley Hunt tested positive for Covid-19 while he was driving to Midland to greet the president. Hunt said in a tweet he was asymptomatic. | |
| US Representative Louie Gohmert, who refused to wear a mask and today tested positive for Covid-19, apparently forced his entire staff to come into the Capitol every day to work as an example of “how to open up safely”. | |
| Also, Republican Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has extended the state’s mandatory statewide mask mandate through August 31, including for children aged second grade (about 7-years-old) and up. | |
| More on Trump’s decision to pull 11,900 American troops out of Germany, the president said because he does not believe Germany pays enough toward the NATO alliance. The process is likely to take years and cost American taxpayers billions of dollars. | More on Trump’s decision to pull 11,900 American troops out of Germany, the president said because he does not believe Germany pays enough toward the NATO alliance. The process is likely to take years and cost American taxpayers billions of dollars. |
| Donald Trump tweeted today about the anti-discrimination housing law his administration rescinded, but it’s not the first time the president’s family has been accused of racist housing policies. | Donald Trump tweeted today about the anti-discrimination housing law his administration rescinded, but it’s not the first time the president’s family has been accused of racist housing policies. |
| In the 1970s, the Trumps were also accused of working to prevent black tenants from moving into the middle class buildings that made his father, Fred Trump, rich. Here’s more from a New York Times investigation, describing Maxine Brown, a black New York nurse who appeared to be a perfect tenant: | In the 1970s, the Trumps were also accused of working to prevent black tenants from moving into the middle class buildings that made his father, Fred Trump, rich. Here’s more from a New York Times investigation, describing Maxine Brown, a black New York nurse who appeared to be a perfect tenant: |
| Revered American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who was Fred Trump’s tenant, also wrote about Donald Trump’s father in a song titled Old Man Trump. Here are the lyrics, which address racial discrimination in housing: | Revered American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who was Fred Trump’s tenant, also wrote about Donald Trump’s father in a song titled Old Man Trump. Here are the lyrics, which address racial discrimination in housing: |
| Will Kaufman, a professor of American literature and culture at the University of Central Lancashire in Britain told the New York Times that Guthrie, “thought that Fred Trump was one who stirs up racial hate, and implicitly profits from it.” Kaufman discovered the song while working on a book. | Will Kaufman, a professor of American literature and culture at the University of Central Lancashire in Britain told the New York Times that Guthrie, “thought that Fred Trump was one who stirs up racial hate, and implicitly profits from it.” Kaufman discovered the song while working on a book. |
| In a move that will take years and cost billions of dollars, Donald Trump wants to pull 11,900 troops out of Germany and reposition them in Poland and other European countries. | In a move that will take years and cost billions of dollars, Donald Trump wants to pull 11,900 troops out of Germany and reposition them in Poland and other European countries. |
| US Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters the move did relate to Trump’s demands that Germany give more money to the NATO alliance, a claim Trump contradicted almost immediately after Esper asserted it. | US Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters the move did relate to Trump’s demands that Germany give more money to the NATO alliance, a claim Trump contradicted almost immediately after Esper asserted it. |
| Here’s more from AFP: | Here’s more from AFP: |
| Former US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who is widely seen as being on Joe Biden’s short list as running mate, earlier today criticized comments by Donald Trump that he would not accept the results of November’s presidential election - and urged voters to decisively defeat him at the polls. | Former US National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who is widely seen as being on Joe Biden’s short list as running mate, earlier today criticized comments by Donald Trump that he would not accept the results of November’s presidential election - and urged voters to decisively defeat him at the polls. |
| “It has to be a resounding defeat of Donald Trump,” Rice said in an interview on ABC’s “The View” chat show. | “It has to be a resounding defeat of Donald Trump,” Rice said in an interview on ABC’s “The View” chat show. |
| Biden, who will face Trump in the November 3 election, is in the final stages of choosing his vice-presidential candidate for the Democratic ticket, and a decision is expected next week. He has said he will pick a woman and has been increasingly expected to pick a woman of color, especially as the Black Lives Matter movement continues to lead protests across the nation against police brutality and systemic racism across all layers of American society, from healthcare to housing to pay. | Biden, who will face Trump in the November 3 election, is in the final stages of choosing his vice-presidential candidate for the Democratic ticket, and a decision is expected next week. He has said he will pick a woman and has been increasingly expected to pick a woman of color, especially as the Black Lives Matter movement continues to lead protests across the nation against police brutality and systemic racism across all layers of American society, from healthcare to housing to pay. |
| Trump said in an interview with Fox News earlier in July that he would not commit to accepting the results of the November vote, although representatives of his campaign have said he would respect the results. | Trump said in an interview with Fox News earlier in July that he would not commit to accepting the results of the November vote, although representatives of his campaign have said he would respect the results. |
| Rice, 55, has never run for public office and if tapped by Biden, would be an untested presence on the campaign trail. But she had a solid working relationship with Biden when he served as Barack Obama’s vice president and she as Obama’s top foreign-policy aide. | Rice, 55, has never run for public office and if tapped by Biden, would be an untested presence on the campaign trail. But she had a solid working relationship with Biden when he served as Barack Obama’s vice president and she as Obama’s top foreign-policy aide. |
| Speaking to “The View,” Rice, who is Black, confirmed she was under consideration by the Biden campaign for the job, but did not say whether she had been interviewed. | Speaking to “The View,” Rice, who is Black, confirmed she was under consideration by the Biden campaign for the job, but did not say whether she had been interviewed. |
| Rice conceded that should she be chosen, her role in the aftermath of the 2012 terror attack on the US mission on Benghazi, Libya would likely become a campaign issue. | Rice conceded that should she be chosen, her role in the aftermath of the 2012 terror attack on the US mission on Benghazi, Libya would likely become a campaign issue. |
| At the time, Reuters writes, Rice, as US ambassador to the United Nations, was accused by Republicans of misleading the public about the nature of the attack. Congressional investigations, however, found no wrongdoing on her part, and Rice on Wednesday defended her actions, calling Republican charges “dishonest.” | At the time, Reuters writes, Rice, as US ambassador to the United Nations, was accused by Republicans of misleading the public about the nature of the attack. Congressional investigations, however, found no wrongdoing on her part, and Rice on Wednesday defended her actions, calling Republican charges “dishonest.” |
| “I don’t doubt that the Republicans will use this and they’ll attack whoever is Joe Biden’s choice to be his vice president,” she said. | “I don’t doubt that the Republicans will use this and they’ll attack whoever is Joe Biden’s choice to be his vice president,” she said. |
| While scientists work day and night to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, leaders at the National Institutes of Health are already preparing for the blowback. | While scientists work day and night to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, leaders at the National Institutes of Health are already preparing for the blowback. |
| Donald Trump is on a very aggressive Twitter streak this afternoon, having just touched down in Texas. | Donald Trump is on a very aggressive Twitter streak this afternoon, having just touched down in Texas. |
| Following his post about suburban homeowners, which is being roundly called out as stunningly racist and classist, he is now claiming Portland would have been obliterated if he hadn’t sent federal law enforcement agents in. | Following his post about suburban homeowners, which is being roundly called out as stunningly racist and classist, he is now claiming Portland would have been obliterated if he hadn’t sent federal law enforcement agents in. |
| The governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, announced a little earlier that the immigration and border agents, under Homeland Security umbrella, will start pulling out tomorrow, having been regarded as an “occupying force” that exacerbated unrest in the city. | The governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, announced a little earlier that the immigration and border agents, under Homeland Security umbrella, will start pulling out tomorrow, having been regarded as an “occupying force” that exacerbated unrest in the city. |
| In what observers see as a play for white voters, Trump has tweeted people living their “Suburban Lifestyle Dream” won’t be “bothered” by a fair housing rule meant to combat racial housing discrimination. | In what observers see as a play for white voters, Trump has tweeted people living their “Suburban Lifestyle Dream” won’t be “bothered” by a fair housing rule meant to combat racial housing discrimination. |
| Racial segregation in housing is a key driver of the health disparities and chronic health conditions which have made black and minority Americans more susceptible to Covid-19. Housing discrimination has been illegal for decades, but has persisted as a structural legacy of racism and inequality. | Racial segregation in housing is a key driver of the health disparities and chronic health conditions which have made black and minority Americans more susceptible to Covid-19. Housing discrimination has been illegal for decades, but has persisted as a structural legacy of racism and inequality. |
| The Trump administration repealed the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing last Thursday, according to an announcement by the US Housing and Urban Development agency. | The Trump administration repealed the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing last Thursday, according to an announcement by the US Housing and Urban Development agency. |
| The law required cities and towns to identify areas of racial segregation and make corrective plans, but has been tied up in courts since the end of the Obama administration. | The law required cities and towns to identify areas of racial segregation and make corrective plans, but has been tied up in courts since the end of the Obama administration. |
| Meanwhile, progressive Democrat US Representative Jan Schakowsky has introduced a bill to repeal an abortion restriction called the Helms Amendment, which has ripple effects the world over. | Meanwhile, progressive Democrat US Representative Jan Schakowsky has introduced a bill to repeal an abortion restriction called the Helms Amendment, which has ripple effects the world over. |
| The Helms Amendment bans US funding for abortion services internationally, much like the Hyde Amendment bans federal funding of abortion services nationally. | The Helms Amendment bans US funding for abortion services internationally, much like the Hyde Amendment bans federal funding of abortion services nationally. |
| There is almost no chance of the bill passing. Even if the bill got a vote in the Democrat-led House, it would die in the Republican-controlled Senate, and Trump would not sign it. | There is almost no chance of the bill passing. Even if the bill got a vote in the Democrat-led House, it would die in the Republican-controlled Senate, and Trump would not sign it. |
| However, the bill could be the opening salvo in a progressive push to expand reproductive rights – a sea change from the tepid support centrist Democrats have expressed in recent decades. | However, the bill could be the opening salvo in a progressive push to expand reproductive rights – a sea change from the tepid support centrist Democrats have expressed in recent decades. |
| One more thing – if the US did repeal the Helms Amendment, the Guttmacher Institute reports it could cost just $10 per person per year to provide sexual and reproductive health services to people the world over. | One more thing – if the US did repeal the Helms Amendment, the Guttmacher Institute reports it could cost just $10 per person per year to provide sexual and reproductive health services to people the world over. |
| That’s just $4.80 more than the US currently spends. | That’s just $4.80 more than the US currently spends. |
| With less than 100 days to the November presidential election, Trump has seen flagging numbers with one group in particular: college-educated white women. Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt explains: | With less than 100 days to the November presidential election, Trump has seen flagging numbers with one group in particular: college-educated white women. Guardian reporter Adam Gabbatt explains: |
| Female voters speaking to the Guardian cited everything from healthcare costs to the push to reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic as reasons they no longer support Trump. And many felt flat-out guilt. | Female voters speaking to the Guardian cited everything from healthcare costs to the push to reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic as reasons they no longer support Trump. And many felt flat-out guilt. |