One of the legacy problems of Trump is that criticism of the covid response became a partisan issue. It should never have been. The Trump Administration completely botched the response to the pandemic, but that doesn't mean that doing the opposite of the Trump response is the correct response either.

News from just the last 3 days is showing just how grim things are for retail establishments. Below is a list of places I've read about filing for bankruptcy or closing outright. There are undoubtedly others. I imagine you're probably familiar with some of these places:

--Bed, Bath, & Beyond announced it is closing 200 of its 955 stores nationwide.

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A month ago I wrote Hey Liberals, don't shame poor people for wanting to feed their families.
It took a full month, but now even a CNN anchor could smell the elitism in the shaming.

This is the subtitle of an article published on Medium by Umair Haque. Ironically, the day before Jimmy Dore called our attention to this article in a conversation with Dylan Ratigan, our own Steven D posted a comment in reply to a tweet on Twitter. I saw his comment and added my own. Our two comments may be more prescient than either of us realized at the time we posted them.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari warned yesterday how ugly it's going to get.

The economic collapse from the covid-19 lockdown is so enormous it boggles the mind.