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The fully corrupt reason live TV wrestling is deemed ‘essential’ in Florida

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Linda McMahon’s Trump Ties Under Scrutiny As WWE Is Deemed Essential In Florida]

When I heard that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had declared WWE to be an essential business I immediately figured that Vince and/or Linda McMahon had worked a []

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Michigan physician assistant helping out in NYC writes righteous response to Lansing protesters

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

Michigan physician assistant voluntarily deployed to NYC pens righteously pissed off response to the idiot protesters in her home state. Seriously, read []

The vulnerability of nursing home residents in this crisis was so clearly foreseeable

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Lack Of Testing Obscures True Scale Of Coronavirus Impact On NY Nursing Homes]

The 2,200 nursing home COVID-19-related deaths (in NYS — 1,344 in NYC) include only those who have tested positive. But nursing home operators say they don’t have []

As Trump abdicates leadership role, California, Oregon, and Washington band together

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this announcement: California, Oregon & Washington Announce Western States Pact]

Very basically, federalism is the idea that states have the right to govern themselves but that certain areas of governance are better left to the federal government, such as threats to the []

Fauci is doing more harm than good as long as Trump only uses him for cover

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Trump retweets call to fire Anthony Fauci after the coronavirus expert says earlier measures ‘could have saved lives’]

A lot of people are crossing their fingers, hoping that Trump doesn’t fire Anthony Fauci, which now seems like a real possibility []

Nurses in garbage bags, and no federal plan on testing: The nightmare continues

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: How Did the U.S. End Up with Nurses Wearing Garbage Bags?]

This goes deep into the whys and hows of the federal failure to assume a leadership, or practically any role on getting hospital workers the PPE equipment they needed []

Trump is demonizing mail-in voting to get ahead of November

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

Trump is clearly signaling that he’d like November to look like yesterday’s disgraceful election in Wisconsin, which saw huge drop-offs in turnout as more people chose not to brave a []

The uncertain consequences of coronavirus deaths being undercounted for lack of testing

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Staggering Surge Of NYers Dying In Their Homes Suggests City Is Undercounting Coronavirus Fatalities]

I’ve seen numerous TV interviews with hospital personnel saying that they’re not even bothering to administer tests if the symptoms are obvious enough, and just treating []

A conspiracy isn’t necessary to explain why Trump is pushing the magic pill

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

I don’t think a conspiracy is necessary to explain why Trump is pushing Hydroxychloroquine so hard, though he’s certainly not above manipulating the stock market, and there should be some investigation undertaken to determine whether and at what times he owned Novartis []

A handy list of people who should never be listened to again in matters of life or death

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

In the early days of the virus (which really should have been the later days, had we moved in a timely fashion) there was a push from conservatives, borne from wishful thinking and a distrust of expertise (well-honed from years spent dismissing []