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FPI / April 23, 2020 By John J. Metzler Since mid-March the American economy has been on pandemic lockdown. Commercial, social and educational interaction have faced a form of limbo, forced to follow a still uncertain script dictated by the deadly coronavirus and decreed by state governors. For many of us, the world seems suspended […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump can’t go it alone when it comes to the world shaking off its dependence on Chinese goods, Brexit leader Nigel Farage said. “Ultimately, it isn’t governments or trade deals that decide how much business gets done between nations. It is consumers that make that decision, and […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday that he will sign an executive order to “temporarily suspend immigration” as part of his administration’s effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The Agriculture Department is reportedly working with the White House to publicly clarify that farm workers will be exempt from […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 The craft store Hobby Lobby decided to stay open in the Dallas area during the coronavirus crisis, saying that it sells all the necessary items allowing customers to make face masks, a report said. A Dallas County Democrat official encouraged residents via Twitter to snitch on “non-essential” businesses that remained […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 The United States travel industry has lost eight million jobs amid the coronavirus crisis. That is a third of the industry’s U.S.-based jobs, the U.S. Travel Association said. Travel spending on airlines, hotels, and the hospitality industry has sunk so low that spending losses will top half a trillion dollars […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 The fatality rate for coronavirus in southern California is “much lower” than previously believed because the infection rate “far exceeds” the number of confirmed cases, according to a new study of the virus in Los Angeles County. Research conducted by the University of Southern California and the Los Angeles County […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 The corporate media’s constant “gloom and doom” reporting on the coronavirus crisis has become “panic porn,” comedian Bill Maher said. “If this insanity happens, again, news sources have to rein it in. Everyone knows corona is no walk in the park because you literally can’t walk in the park. But […]

FPI / April 22, 2020 Taking a different approach to the coronavirus crisis than its Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden has left its schools, gyms, cafes, bars and restaurants open throughout the pandemic. The government is relying on citizens to act responsibly and follow social distancing guidelines. Most limitations announced by Swedish authorities are no more than […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 A weekend host on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) accused President Donald Trump of encouraging “armed insurrection” via his tweets calling for liberating states from what protesters say are oppressive coronavirus stay-at-home orders. NPR Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon made the accusation twice during his three-hour show on April […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 In a series raids on April 18, Hong Kong police arrested 15 pro-democracy activists in what reports said was the biggest crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement since the outbreak of mass protests last year. Among those detained on charges of illegal assembly were Democratic Party founder Martin Lee, publishing […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 A New York Times columnist blamed Fox News host Sean Hannity for the death of a man who may have contracted the coronavirus while on a cruise to Spain. The April 18 NY Times article by Ginia Bellafante linked Hannity’s using the term “hoax” over the media’s coverage of the […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 The record clearly shows that the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed the world on the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus. Chinese health officials knew the virus was spreading between humans by mid-January. But, on Jan. 14, the WHO stated that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 Yes, President Donald Trump’s name will be printed on coronavirus relief checks. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said it was his idea to do so. “The president could have been authorized to sign the checks. That would have slowed things down. We didn’t want to do that. We did put the […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 Demonstrations against state governments’ coronavirus lockdowns have erupted in recent days in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Washington. In Pennsylvania, the state legislature passed a bill that would order much of the state re-opened much sooner that Gov. Tom Wolf had called for. […]

FPI / April 21, 2020 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday issued a series of executive orders aimed at re-opening the state amid the coronavirus crisis. “Because of the efforts by everyone to slow the spread, we’re now beginning to see glimmers that the worst of COVID-19 may soon be behind us,” Abbott said, noting […]