U.S. Intelligence Says Republicans Are Working With Russia to Reelect Trump nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/…

@Wipqozn ...What. Why!? That was the very thing that Mueller's report was all about!

@TimStone Hmmmmmm

> Trump says he'll pursue "a major executive order" to make health insurers cover all preexisting conditions for all customers

lmfao, Fox cut away

> "I won't say that yet, but we have the money," @POTUS replies when asked if the enhanced extended unemployment will total $600

Incredible

"Look the Democrats weren't even right enough and yeah we've got the cash Mitch McConnell just wants your family to get screwed what about it?"

Americans are dying after drinking hand sanitizer, CDC says ctvnews.ca/health/…

> People are getting sick and even dying after swallowing hand sanitizer, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Four died and others have suffered impaired vision or seizures, the CDC says.

> A CDC team described the cases of 15 adults in Arizona and New Mexico hospitalized for methanol poisoning after consuming alcohol-based hand sanitizers between May and June.

Oh cheeky ctv

> The researchers found 15 people, ages 21 to 65, were admitted to a hospital after ingesting alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

> One patient, a 44-year-old man, said that he drank hand sanitizer in the few days before seeking medical care, according to the CDC paper. The man was hospitalized for six days for acute methanol poisoning and when he was discharged, he went home with almost complete vision loss.

> I will not be able to attend the campaign rally tomorrow morning. I will be getting a rabies vaccine as a precaution after having been bitten by a bat near the start of this campaign tour!

The libertarian candidate has been bitten by a bat, because why not

Last fully intact Canadian ice shelf collapses

Oh wow

@fredley I remember this. Sinclair sucks.

@fredley this is extremely dangerous to our democracy

nytimes.com/2020/08/08/us/politics/kristi-noem-pence-trump.html

Every time Elon Musk pokes fun at government assistance for the 99%, remember that he would be worth nothing without $4.9 billion in corporate welfare. Oh, Elon just l-o-v-e-s corporate socialism for himself, rugged capitalism for everyone else. t.co/bxHcXul925

@MadScientist I know I shouldn't be surprised, but I am

Georgia school starts 1st day of classes, within hours student tests positive for coronavirus

...Why? Just...why?

> In a letter sent to parents on Wednesday, the school’s assistant principal said although there was exposure, the classroom will remain open.

> Despite the high number of COVID-19 cases in the community, some parents held a protest on July 24 demanding that children be allowed to return to in-person learning, according to CNN.

@Wipqozn Darwin. At. Work.