1. It's December in the middle of a deadly pandemic which has brought significant chunks of the economy to a halt and we are still allowing people to be evicted.
2. A study by public health researchers found that "lifting [eviction] moratoriums amounted to an estimated 433,700 excess cases and 10,700 excess deaths" between March 13 and September 3."
3. The CDC issued an "eviction moratorium" in September but it's full of holes. Tenants have to fill out a declaration to qualify and many don't even know about it. And it doesn't come with any rent support. So it's creating a bigger problem for January.
4. Mitch McConnell is proposing a COVID relief bill that allows business executives to fully deduct the cost of expensive lunches but does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for renters. It's ghoulish.
3. Warnock spoke a few minutes after Loeffler and basically anticipated her heel turn. He knew she was saying nice things at his church that day but that things would change.
1. Major corporations like to talk about their commitment to combating climate change, immigration reform, and other issues that burnish their public image.
But talk is cheap.
Look at how corporate America spends its money and wields its influence
3. In April, when more details of his pandemic-related stock trades became public, a Perdue spokesperson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Perdue "is not involved in day-to-day decisions."