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Government response to the Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates the class structure in the US.

Before Guccifer 2.0 sent WikiLeaks Hillary emails, the persona responded to WikiLeaks' claimed support for Brexit by sending documents on that.

It's a complicated time, and we're all emotionally worn out. Here at emptywheel we've covered the current pandemic's scientific side in some depth. (see Jim White's look at the origin of the virus, Rayne has done several very good updates…

While no one was looking, NSD actually made changes on FISA oversight that could ensure that Woods Procedures work like they're supposed to.

Mitch McConnell is helping Trump take governors hostage, just like he did Ukraine's President. And that very much includes Kentucky's governor, Andy Beshear.

Scientific analysis says SARS CoV-2 is very closely related to coronaviruses seen in bats. There is evidence suggesting, but not proving, that the virus made the jump to humans at the Wuhan wet market, possibly through an intermediate animal other than bats. There is no concrete evidence at this time for the alternative explanation of the virus accidentally escaping a lab in Wuhan, despite many claims that that is the case.

Three months in, Trump is still trying to manage a pandemic like he's the star of a Reality TV Show.

Some in the press are still treating Trump's insane rantings not as newsworthy themselves, but instead as a matter of both sides dispute.

With the crisis of COVID, policies that long made sense but were considered too radical have become necessary.