The fallout from EDD’s massive suspension of accounts is continuing to hit jobless people who are desperate to get their benefits reinstated. The agency has been sending emails and letters telling claimants how to prove their identity, but it’s doing so in batches to keep from overwhelming its systems. EDD has told lawmakers that it could take until mid-February to finish authenticating suspended accounts. … [Read more...] about California EDD’s mass suspension of accounts hangs over jobless
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California has 2 million unused doses of vaccine even as demand soars. Here’s why
Each county reports vaccine updates differently and at sporadic intervals, making it difficult for the public to get a clear picture of what kind of progress is being made in the region and state. Several Bay Area counties said they have plans to develop online dashboards to keep the public up to date, but only Santa Clara County has done so, launching a new website on Friday. … [Read more...] about California has 2 million unused doses of vaccine even as demand soars. Here’s why
What Madison Cawthorn Saw at the Insurrection
Cawthorn won his primary by 30 points. “Madison had decent name ID because he became a local hero after his accident, and people love a hero overcoming adversity,” the Meadows aide said with casual cynicism. By the time Cawthorn won the general election, he looked, to liberals, almost like a mini-Trump, adept at owning the libs and racking up liabilities that would have ended most political careers. He visited the U.S.-Mexico border and appealed to QAnon with a claim that children were being kidnapped and sold into sex slavery across the Rio Grande; he was accused of sexual misconduct (Cawthorn maintains he did nothing wrong) and of spreading a lie that, if not for his car crash, he would have attended the Naval Academy (he was rejected prior to the accident). His campaign launched a racist attack against a member of the press; he posted a photo at Hitler’s vacation home with a caption about how seeing where “the Führer” (umlaut and everything) … [Read more...] about What Madison Cawthorn Saw at the Insurrection
Deroy Murdock: Trump really did Make America Great Again — here’s how
—Total employment (peaking at 158,803,000 working Americans in December 2019) never was higher. Black and Hispanic unemployment sank to their lowest levels ever, with female unemployment the lowest since President Dwight Eisenhower. Median household income in 2019 hit a record $68,703 — up 6.8% from 2018. Wages grew a healthy 3.6% that year, even as the left’s favorite adult toy, income inequality, slid for the second consecutive year under Trump, after rising under President Barack Obama. … [Read more...] about Deroy Murdock: Trump really did Make America Great Again — here’s how
Richmond’s Alysa Liu, trying to expand her game, takes 4th at U.S. Figure Skating Championships
She also navigated upheaval on the coaching front after parting ways with longtime coach Laura Lipetsky last spring. Liu worked with several people at various times throughout the year, eventually leaning on Italian ice dancer Massimo Scali and four-time U.S. champion Jeremy Abbott. … [Read more...] about Richmond’s Alysa Liu, trying to expand her game, takes 4th at U.S. Figure Skating Championships