Politics

Kanye West is out of the 2020 Presidential race. Just 10 days after announcing his candidacy, West has reportedly dropped out of the race.

The Intelligencer has a report out saying that a a “get-out-the-vote specialist” named Steve Kramer claims West is already “out” after the Yeezy founder hired both “paid and volunteer” staff to help him secure signatures in Florida and South Carolina to get him on the ballot.

According to the report, West has been working on getting on the ballots and finalizing paperwork for the Federal Election Commission. Kramer told them  “working over weekend there, formalizing the FEC and other things that they’ve got to do when you have a lot of corporate lawyers involved.”

West announced his candidacy on July 4th.

On Monday President Trump floated the idea of another round of stimulus payments to Americans, according to Forbes. During his conversation with Joe St. George, a Washington correspondent for Scripps, Trump indicated that his administration is exploring this avenue as part of economic relief. “We will be doing another stimulus package. It’ll be very good, it’ll be very generous,” he said. However, the President declined to specify the amount of the checks, and when the payments will be distributed.

White House economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, also didn’t give too many details about the content of the upcoming package, according to Business Insider. He reiterated that “no decisions have been made” and the administration is still discussing various policies, including payroll tax holiday.  “He wants to help out with some form of tax relief for restaurants, entertainment, athletic contests, and things of that sort. We want to help out the tourism business which has been hurt very badly and we also want to reward people who are re-employing, that are going back to work. I think that’s very important,” said Kudlow during an interview with CNBC.

A second stimulus check was included in the $3 trillion HEROES Act passed by the Democrat-led House of Representatives. However, Senate Republicans do not support the second round of direct payments and called this bill “dead on arrival.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY) indicated that the debates on the bill will have to wait until the Senate returns back from recess. “I’ve already said, we’ll be looking in July to make a decision about whether to go forward with another rescue package,” McConnell said last week.  The Senator also stated that the stimulus bill will not exceed $1 trillion if passed.

During Monday’s White House press conference, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany expressed that the President is appalled by the current movement from the far left to defund police departments. McEnany was asked “What is the president’s thinking on this growing movement to either defund or dismantle the police forces across the country, and what reforms does the president think would be appropriate in the week of the George Floyd killing?

McEnany expressed President Donald Trump’s thoughts toward the Defund the Police Movement. “The president is appalled by the defund the police movement. The fact that you have sitting congresswomen wanting to defund the police, notably Rashida Tlaib, notably Biden advisor Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a former Clinton and Eric Holder spokesperson Brian Fallon, wanting to defund our police across this country, it is extraordinary. And when you think the Left has gone far, and they couldn’t possibly go farther, because we all remember the defund ICE movement, and now they want to defund the police. This is extraordinary.”

President Trump has always been pro-law enforcement and has recently called himself the “President of Law and Order” in a speech following a weekend of riots and looting.

McEnany went on, “This is rolling back the protective layers that protects Americans in their homes and their places of business. He is appalled by it. And it’s remarkable to hear this coming from today’s Democrat party,” she said. “As for solutions, he’s talking through a couple of proposals, no announcements on that yet, but he definitely recognizes the horrid injustice done to George Floyd and is taking a look at various proposals.”

We have seen Mayors of major cities looking to move budgets away from police departments or completely dismantle those departments.

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Source: Daily Wire

Yahoo News is reporting that the CDC is now saying that Coronavirus is not “as easily” transmitted from contaminated surfaces. From day one, it was believed and reported that the Wuhan Coronavirus could easily spread from respiratory droplets left behind on surfaces.

Reports said that if you touched a surface after someone sneezed on it and the surface had not been sanitized that you would become infected with the Virus. It is now being reported the virus is not that strong.

“The virus does not spread easily in other ways.” The CDC adds: “This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus.” The language is a subtle change from the organization’s warning in early March, when it wrote simply that it “may be possible” to spread the virus through contaminated surfaces.

The World Health Organization says “COVID-19 spreads primarily from person to person,” but adds that, “it can also spread if you touch contaminated objects and surfaces.”

The WHO goes as far to say, “If you touch something contaminated and then touch your face… you might fall ill.”

Commentary: While I still say to wash your hands, sanitizer surfaces, and be safe, it might make more sense for you to just not stand close to people while you are talking. I think it is safe to say that people shouldn’t be hoarding Lysol wipes.