One of the first counties in California to open: is now locking down again. And a couple other bits

[thewayne]

Lassen County, population 30,000, is located in far north California. They've been without any cases for three months. They reopened in early May.

They now have four cases. And they're now locked down again.

They're in the process of trying to contact trace the cases to figure out what happened.

Yeah, re-open the country!

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-county-reopen-close-again_n_5ed009fcc5b64f10cb09045c

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In the Pennsylvania legislature, a GOP Representative tested positive for COVID. He went home to self-isolate. All of the Republican representatives were notified, some self-isolated.

None of the Democratic representatives were notified. They found out when the newspapers broke the story.

And during this time, the Rethuglicans were doing their newest "Open up the state!" mantra, of course.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pennsylvania-republican-covid-19-positive_n_5ecf0bc5c5b696c274fb509a

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I'm not going to bother linking to it, because what's the point. Kellyanne Conway voted by mail, but doesn't think us plebes should be allowed.

There's no standard like a double-standard.

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[silveradept]

It's been clear by this point that the Republican party has no interest in anything but enriching themselves and doing maximum damage to anyone who won't aid them in this process. Since they're the party of thieves and criminals, they should probably start being treated as such by default. Not that you can successfully prosecute a RICO case against them, but it would be a nice jab to treat the GOP like one might treat and prosecute a crime family.