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Republicans don’t need to vote in the Wisconsin primary election, Trump is the nominee. Their actions to prevent a delay clearly show they want only Democrats to be forced to go congregate in large crowds. The very active voters in the population are mostly in the highest risk group for death in this pandemic. Therefore the Wisconsin Republicans are clearly hoping to kill many Wisconsin Democrats.

The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion from which the four liberal justices dissented, reasoned that extending the date by which Wisconsin voters could mail absentee ballots “fundamentally alters the nature of the election.”

Source: Wisconsin: Supreme Court halts absentee ballot deadline extension

How do health insurers continue to see huge profits during this crisis? “If medical claims start to rise uncontrollably,” @bobjherman reports, “they’ll increase everyone’s premiums next year.” Humana CEO Brian Kane put it more opaquely: “We would price for this for 2021.” (7/11)

They’re already prepping for big rate increases next year. California officials say they expect insurers to hike premiums up to 40% next year for plans in the state’s Obamacare exchange. Those getting coverage through employers should also brace for big premium hikes. (8/11)

In addition, Anthem’s CEO said his company expects to realize a “net saving” because hospitals are canceling non-emergency & elective procedures due to COVID-19. And we already know insurers are refusing to waive copays & deductibles for COVID-19 treatments. (9/11)

This is all music to investors’ ears, who are rushing to buy these stocks.

Source: Thread by @wendellpotter: As a former health insurance exec, I don’t think any story better illustrates my old industry’s racket than the one I’m about to tell you: R…

“I can’t believe we’ve been doing remote learning for a week,” Superintendent of Schools Jay Cummings said. “It feels like a year.”

More than 100 Chromebooks were distributed to students around Grafton, several by Cummings himself. What he discovered during the visits surprised him: students whose parents did not speak English, homes without Internet access.

I think it’s very bad that the superintendent was surprised at the plight of the working class and poor families . Seriously, the white guys who run this country have to wake up to the reality and start taking from the rich & corporations to help the working class and poor in this country.

Source: Grafton struggles with lessons, technology, lunch in first week of online schools – Grafton Common

Keep that video in mind while you read this:

The cost of Trump’s ignoring and demonizing of the intelligence community just got much higher. It turns out that Trump was being warned by the intelligence reports as early as January that the coronavirus was likely to become a pandemic and hit the United States just as it had hit other countries. […]

Source: Intel Reports Predicted Coronavirus Pandemic in January | Ed Brayton

Finally see the latest way the President is likely to increase the harm:

Our president is going to get people killed. I don’t say this lightly. His actions today fall nothing short of reckless. Earlier today, President Trump tweeted: …

Source: Step Away From Your Z-Pack… – Skepchick