Watch highlights from the sixteenth episode of Saturday Night Live’s forty-fifth season, hosted by Tom Hanks, with Chris Martin as the musical guest.
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Trump regime: Americans on Social Security will have to file a simple tax return to receive a $1,200 check
“Many lawmakers and advocates for the poor say filing a tax return shouldn’t be necessary for people on Social Security since the government already knows how to send this population monthly checks. The $2.2 trillion aid package said that if someone has not filed a 2019 or 2018 tax return, the U.S. Treasury should get their information from Social Security, if applicable,” The Washington Post reports.
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KCLS pivots to digital during coronavirus pandemic
If people haven’t tried our digital resources, now is the time… We have access to many newspapers across the country, you just need a library
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Ed Yong: How the coronavirus pandemic will end
“A global pandemic of this scale was inevitable. In recent years, hundreds of health experts have written books, white papers, and op-eds warning of the possibility.”
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Robert Kuttner: We need a WWII-size mobilization to stop COVID-19 from destroying the economy
“The need for a Green New Deal can rendezvous with the imperative of anti-depression public investment. Much of this sweeping proposal is on the drawing boards and has not been done for lack of funding. Some of it will take some advance planning. The time to start is now.”
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Rupert Murdoch put his son Lachlan in charge of Fox. It was a dangerous mistake.
“The most-watched news channel in America has become, since the fall of its powerful founder, Roger Ailes, much more like the Trump White House: a family business where it’s not entirely clear who is in charge… Since the powerful Mr. Ailes was ousted amid a sexual harassment scandal in 2016, the network seems more and more like an asylum in the firm control of its inmates.”
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Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen — but in 2021, not 2020
“What better platform is there going to be than the Olympic Games when the world has pulled through the virus… You’ve got a dynamic that will be even more powerful for Japan and the rest of the world. But you are going to have a tough road getting there.”
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The world’s fastest supercomputer identified chemicals that could stop coronavirus from spreading, a crucial step toward a treatment
“The novel coronavirus presents an unprecedented challenge for scientists: The speed at which the virus spreads means they must accelerate their research. But this is what the world’s fastest supercomputer was built for.” CNN explains.
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Rethinking and reframing: Let’s aim for physical rather than social distancing
“Isolation can be toxic. Let’s increase physical distance, but stay connected,: writes Dr. Kenneth E. Miller.
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“Today we are switching our coverage of Donald Trump to an emergency setting”
“Refusing to go with live coverage. Suspending normal relations with his White House. Always asking: is this something we should amplify? A focus on what he’s doing, not on what he’s saying. The truth sandwich when we feel we have to highlight his false claims. This is what you can expect now that our coverage has been switched to an emergency setting.”
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Cyrus Habib: Why I am giving up elected office and joining the Jesuits
“Many will be wondering why someone who has spent the last eight years climbing the political ladder and who has a not insignificant chance of acceding to the governorship next year, would trade a life of authority for one of obedience. I want to take a moment to discuss this decision as well as to express my profound gratitude to all those who have helped make these eight years in elected office so successful and rewarding.”
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Trump’s incompetence results in federal agencies waiting for orders as pandemic rapidly worsens
Unlike several years ago, when President Barack Obama ordered the Department of Defense to mobilize to respond to the ebola outbreak, Donald Trump has failed to involve the military in the United States’ response to the rapidly worsening coronavirus pandemic.
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Republican America isn’t prepared for the coronavirus crisis
“[T]he Pavlovian urge to win the short-term news cycle, own the libs and defend the economic interests of corporate America and Trump’s re-election are combining with the predilection for conspiracy-minded thinking on the right.”
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“It will go away”: A timeline of Trump playing down the coronavirus threat
“Trump gambled very early and very often on the idea that the coronavirus wouldn’t turn out to be nearly as severe as some health officials have warned it could get,” Aaron Blake writes.
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Archdiocese of Seattle suspends liturgies, tells region’s Catholics: Don’t come to church
“I am going to ask that all of our parishes in western Washington, in the Archdiocese of Seattle, effective today, suspend the celebration publicly of the Eucharist,” Archbishop Etienne said.
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Watch Joe Biden’s Super Tuesday 2 victory speech
Following his wins in Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi, former Vice President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Less than twenty-four hours remain to participate in Washington’s 2020 presidential primary! Have you voted? Have you checked in on your friends and family?
Less than twenty-four hours remain to participate in Washington’s 2020 presidential primary! Have you voted? Have you checked in on your friends and family?
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For Trump, coronavirus proves to be an enemy he can’t tweet away
“A president who is at his strongest politically when he has a human target to attack has found it harder to confront a growing outbreak that has rattled the country,” The New York Times assesses.
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Governor Jay Inslee appears on CBS’ Face the Nation to talk about coronavirus response with Margaret Brennan
Read a transcript of Governor Jay Inslee’s appearance on one of the nation’s major Sunday morning talk shows.
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Elizabeth Warren and Kate McKinnon open SNL together, live from New York!
Saturday, March 7th, 2020: Elizabeth Warren and Kate McKinnon, together at last, live from New York. Watch them open SNL together.
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John Pavlovitz: The privilege of saying you’re a “_______ or bust” progressive
“A revolution of policy or a renaissance of humanity cannot happen without participation in and access to the process — and we all will lose that access if we do not move in concert right now.”
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