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It'll be hard to spring an "October Surprise" when people need to mail their ballot in September in order to have their vote counted...
https://www.newsweek.com/these-states-invalidate-mail-ballots-after-election-day-1522060
https://www.newsweek.com/these-states-invalidate-mail-ballots-after-election-day-1522060
Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say
Raising further alarms, on the same day in June that DeJoy divested large amounts of Amazon shares, he purchased stock options giving him the right to buy new shares of Amazon at a price much lower than their current market price, according to the disclosures.
This could lead to a separate conflict, given President Donald Trump's disdain for Amazon, and his reported effort in 2018 to pressure DeJoy's predecessor to raise prices on Amazon and other firms, while complaining about its founder Jeff Bezos. The Treasury Department also recently struck a loan deal with USPS that gives the Trump administration more leverage to push for higher shipping prices -- one of his pet projects.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/poli...-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html
Raising further alarms, on the same day in June that DeJoy divested large amounts of Amazon shares, he purchased stock options giving him the right to buy new shares of Amazon at a price much lower than their current market price, according to the disclosures.
This could lead to a separate conflict, given President Donald Trump's disdain for Amazon, and his reported effort in 2018 to pressure DeJoy's predecessor to raise prices on Amazon and other firms, while complaining about its founder Jeff Bezos. The Treasury Department also recently struck a loan deal with USPS that gives the Trump administration more leverage to push for higher shipping prices -- one of his pet projects.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/12/poli...-conflicts-amazon-trades-xpo-stake/index.html
The White House Paid Up to $500 Million Too Much for These Ventilators, Congressional Investigators Say
The investigators reviewed thousands of pages of emails and other records obtained from Philips and concluded that “inept contract management and incompetent negotiating by the Trump Administration denied the country the ventilators it needed.” And the subcommittee’s report, which it shared with the inspector general’s office, named names: Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s director of trade and manufacturing policy, was the administration’s point man on the deal. In addition, Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and HHS Secretary Alex Azar participated in calls with Philips’ executives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/...e-ventilators-congressional-investigators-say
The investigators reviewed thousands of pages of emails and other records obtained from Philips and concluded that “inept contract management and incompetent negotiating by the Trump Administration denied the country the ventilators it needed.” And the subcommittee’s report, which it shared with the inspector general’s office, named names: Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s director of trade and manufacturing policy, was the administration’s point man on the deal. In addition, Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and HHS Secretary Alex Azar participated in calls with Philips’ executives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/...e-ventilators-congressional-investigators-say
Accuracy of U.S. coronavirus data thrown into question as decline in testing skews drop in new cases
In Texas, new Covid-19 cases have fallen by 10% over the last two weeks, but testing is down by 53% over the same time.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/acc...cline-in-testing-skews-drop-in-new-cases.html
In Texas, new Covid-19 cases have fallen by 10% over the last two weeks, but testing is down by 53% over the same time.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/12/acc...cline-in-testing-skews-drop-in-new-cases.html
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