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- Republicans want a $400-per-week reduction in unemployment benefits in their $1 trillion economic recovery package, "initially lowering the extra federal payments for tens of millions of jobless Americans from $600 to $200."
- A Jersey Shore tiki bar was forced to close Sunday when one of its workers tested positive for coronavirus. It came a day after "the watering hole was packed with a number of maskless patrons."
- Teachers, bus drivers, health aides, and other school workers around the country are doing everything they can to fight the "school death trap" that awaits this fall.
- Is "hygiene theater" a waste of time?
- Council Member Kevin Powers has released a plan to extend support for restaurants and bars in the coming months, including permanently implementing an annual outdoor dining program.
- Adam McKay is developing an HBO show about the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19...even though we haven't gotten one yet...
- Is social distancing making it more awkward for you to socialize?
- Politico has a piece giving some insights into Joe Biden's vice presidential search, and why some Democrats are uneasy with him picking supposed frontrunner Kamala Harris.
- A lot of Reddit Relationship stories may be fake, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't helped some people escape from real life bad relationships.
- Don't waste your vacation days, take a pandemic staycation!
- Swimmers had to get out of the water at Lido West Beach and the adjacent Nickerson Beach this weekend because of shark sightings.
- And finally, I get the impression that Hudson is not a water dog:
Published Jul 27, 2020
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