Nothing? Read this and then you list what pelosi and schumer have done.....

President Trump declared a national emergency, inviting States, territories, and tribes to access over $42 billion in existing funding.
• Trump signed legislation securing $8.3 billion for c****av***s response.
• Trump signed the Families First C****av***s Response Act, ensuring that American families and businesses impacted by the v***s receive the strong support they need.
• To leverage the resources of the entire government, the president created a White House C****av***s Task Force to coordinate response.
• Vice President Pence named Dr. Deborah Birx to serve as the White House C****av***s Response Coordinator.
• The president has held multiple teleconferences with our nation’s governors to coordinate response efforts and offer his full support.
• The president has approved major disaster declarations for impacted states like New York, Washington, and California.

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
• In January, Trump reacted quickly to implement travel restrictions on travel from China, buying us valuable time to respond to the v***s.under much protest ad you may recall...
• The president has announced further travel restrictions on global hotspots, including Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Iran.
• American citizens returning from travel-restricted countries are being routed to specific airports, where they can be screened and isolated as needed.
• The United States reached mutual agreements with Mexico and Canada to restrict non-essential travel across our northern and southern borders.
• The administration announced it will expeditiously return aliens who cross between ports of entry or are otherwise not allowed to enter the country, as the facilities in which these aliens would be held cannot support quarantine for the time needed to assess potential cases.
• The administration raised travel warnings to their highest level for other hot spot locations, like Japan and South Korea.
• The president has expanded airport screenings to identify travelers showing symptoms and instituted mandatory quarantines.
• The State Department issued a global level 4 travel advisory, urging Americans to avoid all international travel due to the c****av***s outbreak worldwide.

EXPANDING TESTING ACCESSIBILITY
• The FDA issued emergency approval for new commercial c****av***s tests to significantly expand testing across the country.
• The president secured legislation that will ensure Americans are able to be tested for free.
• The administration is working with state and local partners and the private sector to open up drive-through testing sites.
• The administration is working with the private sector to develop a website that Americans can utilize to determine whether they need a test and, if so, where to get it.
• HHS is providing funding to help accelerate the development of rapid diagnostic tests for the c****av***s.
• The FDA cut red tape to expand testing availability.
• Admiral Brett Giroir – the Assistant Secretary for Health and head of the Public Health Service – has been appointed to coordinate c****av***s testing efforts.
• The FDA is empowering states to authorize tests developed and used by laboratories in their states.
• The Department of Defense has set up 15 c****av***s testing sites worldwide.
• The president signed legislation requiring more reporting from state and private labs to ensure our public health officials have the data they need to respond to this outbreak.
• DoD and HHS worked to airlift hundreds of thousands of swabs and sample test kits from Italy to the United States.


SUPPORTING IMPACTED BUSINESSES
• The Small Business Administration has announced disaster loans which provide impacted businesses with up to $2 million.
• SBA relaxed criteria for disaster assistance loans – expanding small businesses’ access to economic assistance.
• The president directed the Energy Department to purchase large quantities of crude oil for the strategic reserve.
• Trump has held calls and meetings with business leaders from the pharmaceutical industry, airlines, health insurers, grocery stores, retail stores, banks, and more.
• The Treasury Department approved the establishment of the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility to provide liquidity to the financial system.

HELPING FAMILIES AND WORKING AMERICANS
• The administration negotiated legislation which will provide tax credits for eligible businesses that give paid leave to Americans affected by the v***s.
• The administration took action to provide more flexibility in unemployment insurance programs for workers impacted by the c****av***s.
• The Treasury Department moved tax day from April 15 to July 15.
• Trump signed legislation providing funding and flexibility for emergency nutritional aid for senior citizens, women, children, and low-income families.
• USDA announced new flexibilities to allow meal service during school closures.
• USDA announced a new collaboration with the private sector to deliver nearly 1,000,000 meals a week to students in rural schools closed due to the c****av***s.
• The administration is halting foreclosures and evictions for families with FHA-insured mortgages.
• The Department of Labor announced up to $100 million in dislocated worker grants in response to the c****av***s national health emergency.
• The White House worked with the private sector to launch a central website where families, students, and educators can access online education technologies.
• Trump signed legislation to provide continuity in educational benefits for veterans and their families who attend schools that have had to switch from in-person to online learning due to the c****av***s.
• The Department of Education has given broad approval to colleges and universities to allow them to more easily move their classes online.
• The Department of Education set interest rates on all federally-held student loans to 0% for at least 60 days.
• The Department of Education announced borrowers will have the option to suspend their payments on federally-held student loans for at least two months.
• The Department of Education is providing waivers for federal testing requirements to states that have had to close schools.

INFORMING THE PUBLIC
• The administration launched a website – c****av***s.gov – to keep the public informed about the outbreak.
• The president launched a partnership with the Ad Council, media networks, and digital platforms to communicate public services announcements about the c****av***s.
• The president announced guidelines for Americans to follow and do their part to stem the spread of the v***s.
• The Task Force is holding nearly daily press conferences to provide the American people with the latest information.
• The Task Force has recommended mitigation strategies to heavily impacted communities, like those in New York, Washington, and California.
• CMS announced guidance to protect vulnerable elderly Americans and limit medically unnecessary visits to nursing homes.



SUPPORTING PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
• In January, the administration declared the c****av***s to be a public health emergency.
• The president donated his fourth-quarter 2019 salary to the Department of Health and Human Services for c****av***s response efforts.
• The president took action to give HHS authority to waive rules and regulations so that healthcare providers have maximum flexibility to respond to this outbreak.
• CMS is giving flexibility to Medicare Advantage and Part D plans to waive cost-sharing for c****av***s tests and treatment.
• CMS created new billing codes for c****av***s tests to promote better tracking of the public health response.
• The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinated with the NIH, the tech industry, and nonprofits to release a machine readable collection of 29,000 c****av***s-related research articles, which will help scientists discover insights to v***s’ genetics, incubation, treatment, symptoms, and prevention.
• The administration announced that health plans with health savings accounts will be able to cover c****av***s testing and treatment without co-payments.
• CMS dramatically expanded telehealth for Medicare beneficiaries, ensuring more patients can access their doctors remotely while avoiding exposure.
• HHS lifted HIPAA penalties to enable healthcare providers to expand telehealth access for patients.
• The VA established 19 emergency operations centers across the country and put in place visitation restrictions to limit patients’ exposure.
• CMS and the VA are working to limit nonessential, elective medical procedures to free up healthcare resources.
• The Navy will be deploying two medical ships to help support impacted areas.
• The president announced Carnival Cruise Lines will be making ships available for hospitals to use for non-c****av***s patients.

STRENGTHENING ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SUPPLIES
• The president announced he is invoking the Defense Production Act.
• The president signed a memorandum directing his Administration to make general-use face masks available to healthcare workers.
• HHS announced it will be purchasing 500 million N95 respirators for the Strategic National Stockpile.
• The Department of Defense announced it will be providing 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to assist.
• The president signed legislation removing restrictions that prevented manufacturers from selling industrial masks – which can readily protect healthcare workers – directly to hospitals.

DEVELOPING V*****ES AND THERAPEUTICS
• The administration is working to help accelerate the development of therapeutics and a v*****e to combat the c****av***s.
• The FDA is evaluating existing drugs that could serve as potential therapeutics for c****av***s patients.
• The administration is actively working with drug manufacturers to monitor any potential drug supply chain issues.
• The administration is expanding research and consulting with experts to better understand the t***smission of c****av***s.
• The National Institutes of Health has announced the beginning of a clinical trial for a c****av***s v*****e candidate.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/list-74-actions-taken-by-trump-to-fight-v***s-bolster-economy

We won't be around to see it, but I wonder if the current young people will get weird when they are old because of living through this. Maybe they will become extreme Germaphobes. Or toilet paper hoarders.

I haven't verified this. If anyone has more info on this, have at it. On the one hand it wouldn't surprise me. On the other hand, people love to bash other and make up stories and that wouldn't surprise me either.


FOOD FROM CHINA...�. Smithfield Farms, the largest pork producing farm in
the USA, was sold in September to China with the unanimous support of its
stockholders! The hogs will still be raised here, but slaughtered and
packaged for sale there before being sent back here. This includes labels
of:
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The same with many chickens. They can now be shipped there, but when they
come back all that needs to be labeled is that they WERE RAISED IN THE
USA. ...Not that they were processed in China!!!

Our great FDA at work again. The chickens will be all processed and most
sold to fast food restaurants for sandwiches, along with schools and
supermarkets. The China slaughter and processing are not nearly equal to
the requirements here for cleanliness.

*BAD FOOD*
We recently learned that Starkist Tuna is now owned by Korea, and is in
big conflict with the U.S. concerning quality, safety, and records, which
Korea refuses to produce.
I read several articles on Google about this and the safe thing to do is
to ABSOLUTELY avoid ANY fish that comes from China.

Prior to this I had just returned home from buying Albertson's 4-day
special of 4 bags of frozen tilapia for the price of one? Sure enough, on
the top of the bags, it read "farm raised", and on the bottom in small
print it said, "China".

In general, farm raised fish should not be eaten because of the high
concentration of antibiotics they are fed to prevent diseases due to being
tightly confined with other fish.


Buy wild caught fish from North America, Hawaii or New Zealand ..Read all
the way to the end.

Recently a Food Inspector on TV said he had lived overseas and he had seen
the filthy conditions their foods are raised and processed in. It is
enough to make you throw up. Many of their fish on Fish Farms are fed raw
sewage daily He said he has seen so much filth throughout their food
growing and processing that he would "never" eat any of it. They raise
this filth, put some food coloring and some flavorings on it, then they
ship it to the USA & Canada for YOU to consume and feed to YOUR families.
They have no Food & Safety Inspectors. They ship it to you to buy and to
feed to your families and friends.

Imported food we eat and the junk we buy:

Green Giant frozen vegetables are from China and so are most of Europe's
Best.

Arctic Gardens are OK, so is Birdseye.

*Never buy the grocery store garlic unless it is clearly marked from USA
or Canada*, the other stuff is grown in people poop (even worse than
chicken poop). China is the largest producer of garlic in the world;
U.S. is No. 2.

*Buy only local honey*, much honey is shipped in huge containers from
China and re-packaged here.

Cold-FX is grown and packed in China and is full of fecal bacteria. .If
the country of origin is not clearly marked, beware!


Watch out for packages which state "prepared for", "packed by" or
"imported by". We don't understand the lack of mandatory labeling,
especially on PRODUCE.

The country of origin should be clearly shown on the item in the store.

Go to the local farmers' markets in season and keep a wary eye open the
rest of the year.
Please read this very carefully, and read to the very bottom. It's
important for all of us.
How is it possible to ship food from China cheaper than having it produced
in the U.S. or Canada?

FOR EXAMPLE THE "OUR FAMILY" BRAND OF MANDARIN ORANGES SAYS RIGHT ON THE
CAN 'FROM CHINA '. - SO, for a FEW MORE CENTS, BUY THE *LIBERTY* BRAND.

*GOLD BRAND or DOLE is from CALIFORNIA*.

Beware, Costco sells canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar that come
from China.

ALL "HIGH LINER" AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR
INDONESIA. THE PACKAGE MAY SAY "PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR
THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT
WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.

*Recently The Montreal Gazette had an article* by the Canadian Government
on how Chinese feed the fish: They suspend chicken wire crates over the
fish ponds, and the fish feed on chicken poop.
If you search the internet about what the Chinese feed their fish, you'll
be alarmed;
e.g: growth hormones, expired antibiotic from humans etc.

Never buy any type of fish or shellfish that comes from these countries
...
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�� China
�� Philippines
Checked this out personally.
Steinfeld's Pickles are made in India - just as bad!

Another example is in canned mushrooms.

No-Name brand came from Indonesia.

Also check those little fruit cups. They used to be made in Canada in the
Niagara region until about 2 years ago. They are now packaged in China.
Most sold in Aldi stores.

While the Chinese export inferior and even toxic products, dangerous toys,
and goods to be sold in North American markets, the media wrings its
hands! Yet, at least 70% of North Americans believe that the trading
privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.
Well, duh!!!
Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?

SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, CANADA and the UNITED STATES.

Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made
in China' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose
another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent we
all are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you
can do without.

THINK ABOUT THIS:

If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese
goods each month that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our
favor ... fast! The downside? Some Canadian/American businesses will feel
a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.

Just one month of trading losses will hit the Chinese for 8% of their
North American exports. ...Then they will at least have to ask themselves
if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness are worth it.

Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are intelligent,
and NOBODY can take us for granted.

*Start reading labels more closely and buy something else even if it cost
a few cents more*.
...And just remember, every time we eat in restaurants, we have no idea
where that food CAME FROM....

Lawsuit alleges Wells Fargo unfairly shuffled Paycheck Protection Program applications
Dalvin Brown
USA TODAY


A California-based company filed a class-action lawsuit against Wells Fargo citing unfair actions against some small businesses seeking government-sponsored c****av***s relief under the Paycheck Protection Program.

In March, the Treasury Department announced the $349 billion forgivable loan plan for small businesses that helps them pay employees during the ongoing C****-** crisis. The fund ran out of money on Friday.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of small business owners on Sunday alleges that Wells Fargo unfairly prioritized businesses seeking large loan amounts, while the government's small business agency has said that PPP loan applications would be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

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The move by Wells Fargo meant that the bank would receive millions more dollars in processing fees, according to the lawsuit.

"Making matters worse, Wells Fargo concealed from the public that it was reshuffling the PPP applications it received and prioritizing the applications that would make the bank the most money," the lawsuit filed in California alleged.

Wells Fargo has said that fees generated through the program will be distributed as charitable grants to nonprofits that support small businesses.

The checks are flowing:Here's how Americans are spending c****av***s stimulus payouts

The filing against Wells Fargo is one in a series of lawsuits lodged against big banks on behalf of small businesses late Sunday. Wells Fargo denied USA TODAY's request for comment on the lawsuit.

The big bank said on April 5 that it was committed to serving small businesses with fewer than 50 employees under the PPP, which is intended to incentivize American small businesses to avoid laying off workers by offering up to $10 million in forgivable loans.

"While all businesses have been impacted by this crisis, small businesses with fewer than 50 employees and nonprofits often have fewer resources," Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said in a press release earlier this month. "Therefore, we are focusing our efforts under the Paycheck Protection Program on these groups."

Retail is struggling:Neiman Marcus could file for bankruptcy as early as this week, report says

The plaintiff alleges that evidence of Wells Fargo's foul play lies in data released by the U.S. Small Business Association. The SBA report outlines the PPP loans that were processed and indicates when the t***sactions occurred.

The plaintiffs call into question a comparison between loans processed at the start of the program – April 3 to April 13 – versus loans processed just before the program ran out of money between April 13 and April 16.

"In the last three days of the PPP—banks processed loan applications for $150,000 and under at twice the rate of larger loans," the lawsuit said.

This would allegedly suggest that banks front-loaded applications for the largest loans, otherwise "the percentage change of applications submitted in the last three days of the program would be consistent among all application types," the plaintiffs said.

The lawsuit comes just days after the sweeping business rescue program ran out of money on Friday, less than two weeks after launching, as businesses raced toward a lifeline to avoid collapsing under the financial issues caused by the p******c.

Before running dry, the program approved more than 1.6 million applications for employers.

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I just spent 9 days in a hospital, 5 in ICU and then went through a procedure (a stent in a heart valve), and since then nearly two weeks in a recuperative facility (the docs didn't want me to return to the boat just yet).

Feeling good, though, as well as a bit stir crazy. 😬

I have an appointment with the doc who did the procedure in a couple of days, at which time I plan to pitch my case for moving back aboard.

Shortly thereafter, I plan to make my move to Yuma, Az, and be fully retired.