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Extra Extra: There Is No Such Thing As A Social Distancing Loophole
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Published Apr 16, 2020
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- The Washington Post has obtained President Donald Trump’s proposed guidelines for relaxing social distancing guidance, which he's calling "Opening Up America Again."
- Defying social-distancing guidelines by her own father’s administration, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner traveled with their children to New Jersey earlier this month to celebrate Passover.
- If you're looking around the Internet trying to find a social distancing loophole to exploit, you should probably give it up now.
- We know that the coronavirus is mutating as it's passed person to person, so what does that mean in terms of developing a vaccine for it?
- Slate reports that Amazon is trying to subtly discourage people from ordering so much stuff.
- How have the first three weeks on the job been for Mark Meadows, Trump's fourth chief of staff? "It has not helped him with his White House colleagues that the former North Carolina congressman, who has a reputation for showing his emotions, cried while meeting with members of the White House staff on at least two occasions. One instance was in the presence of a young West Wing aide; another time was with the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner."
- Looking for new stuff to watch during quarantine? You can't go wrong subscribing to the Criterion Channel.
- Watch the trailers for their first nine Peacock Original series.
- The Trump administration said it will weaken regulations on the release of mercury and other toxic metals from oil and coal-fired power plants, "another step toward rolling back health protections in the middle of a pandemic."
- Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy has died of natural causes. He was 81.
- Listen to "(I Want To Join A) Bike Gang," another (short) new single from The Magnetic Fields' upcoming album Quickies.
- And finally, put up your volume, because the sound the dog makes when trying to eat the cars is PRECIOUS:
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