Morning, all -

Please watch. Fauci, CDC director Redfield are testifying this AM before Senate HELP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxntei45r-g">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Rand Paul is currently shamelessly (and unsurprisingly) ranting about government overstep, and basically saying Fauci should stop trying to fear monger over COVID.

Paul, basically: Stop saying football shouldn& #39;t come back!!!!

It& #39;s important to watch this for a couple of reasons:

1. As Paul is clearly demonstrating with his rant, GOP leadership largely continue to not take this seriously. We have to call them on this - every state spiking is a reminder why. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=hp_hp-top-table-main_web-gfx-death-tracker%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans">https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/...

2. Important to remember (and I& #39;m annoyed the media has basically dropped this): the HEROES Act (HR 6800) passed the House in May.

The Senate is absolutely dragging their feet on voting. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6800">https://www.govtrack.us/congress/...

Remember:

The bill includes critical funding, including -

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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✔️" title="Fettes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Häkchen"> Extending unemployment
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Etc., Etc. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6800">https://www.congress.gov/bill/116t...

3. This bill, plus what is being discussed at this hearing, determines where this country is going with COVID.

We either start focusing on a strategy, or we& #39;re going to continue seeing horrifying spikes across the country.

Either way, the Senate needs to be held to account.

4. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht"> Fauci just told Senator Warren the US might reach 100K cases *per day* if the US doesn& #39;t take urgent action.

(Paraphrasing)

Reminder: we& #39;re currently at about 40K per day* https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht">