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Video from Portland, Oregon on Sunday night showed demonstrators crowded around the federal courthouse building. Eventually, authorities rushed the crowd amid explosions and gas, as demonstrators could be seen running away. (July 20)
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A predominantly white city tucked away in the northwest corner of the U.S. hardly seems the logical spot to emerge as the new flash point of the protests against racism and police brutality that have raged across the country for nearly two months.
Then again, both Portland and its home state of Oregon have a troubled past that animates the ongoing demonstrations, now in their eighth week.
Add to that a president sinking in the polls and eager to rally his base behind a vow to “dominate the streets’’ in an election year, and suddenly Portland has been thrust into the national spotlight for something other than quirkiness.
Experts say the unrequested and unwelcome arrival of federal law enforcement agents in recent weeks and their violent recent confrontations with protesters in the city’s downtown have rekindled a movement that had been simmering down.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reported more than 2,000 people, many of them belonging to parent groups, turned out to protest against the federal intervention Monday night and into Tuesday morning. The officers guarding a federal courthouse eventually responded with gas and less-lethal munitions during a midnight confrontation that lasted nearly an hour, the news outlet said.
Oregon’s governor, U.S. senators and numerous other elected officials have demanded the federal agents be withdrawn, deeming their deployment an infringement on the state’s rights and a blatant political maneuver by President Donald Trump.
Some analysts agree.
“I think Trump wants to have this open and showy use of force,’’ said Joe Lowndes, a professor of political science at the University of Oregon. “In terms of a flagging presidential campaign, this is the way to fire up his base. It’s not as if they’re doing this on the sly. I think it’s meant as a very public show of – the term he would use is ‘dominance.’’’
For as much outrage and questions of constitutionality as the federal action in Portland has evoked, the longstanding demonstrations that began in the city shortly after the May 25 killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police are more rooted in the state’s racist history than on recent events.
Oregon’s territorial constitution adopted in November 1857 – less than two years before it became a state – barred people of color from coming within its borders. It wasn’t until 1926 that the provision was repealed. Oregon imposed a tax on people of color in 1862, and racial exclusion laws and bans on interracial marriages were on the books for decades, the latter until 1951.
“That kind of set the template for what, many decades to come afterward, forms the racial exclusion, anti-Black hostility, housing covenants in Portland, Eugene and other cities that make it difficult for Black people to move in and work in Oregon,’’ Lowndes said. “It’s a white state by design.’’
Moms take action: ‘Wall of moms’ at Portland protest formed to protect demonstrators
According to a 2019 estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau, 87% of Oregon’s population of 4.2 million is white, and only 2% Black. Portland is not much more diverse, with whites making up 77% of its population of 655,000, and Blacks 5.8%. Latinos account for 9.7% of the total and their growing presence has evoked some resentment.
Christopher McKnight Nichols, who teaches history at Oregon State University and splits time between the school’s base in Corvallis and Portland, said the long trail of discrimination in Oregon informed the protests in a liberal city long known for its activism.
But he said they had tapered down, describing them as “peaceful, benign and boring’’ – until the feds took action. His comment was echoed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who told PBS the actions of “Trump’s troops’’ were “simply like pouring gasoline on a fire.’’
Nichols said a fellow history professor from another college, Maureen Healy, was hit while near the moms’ group by one of the rounds fired by federal agents Monday night.
“There had been local activists who kept the fire burning, and now with the federal agents coming in, we’ve seen a reignition of the fire,’’ Nichols said. “I mean that both literally in terms of the unfortunate violence, but also figuratively because people are getting more excited and enthusiastic.’’
Nichols also pinned much of the blame for the continued animus from the crowds on heavy-handed tactics by the police department, which he said has a culture influenced by racism even though two of its last three chiefs – including the current one, Chuck Lovell – have been Black.
The department has drawn intense criticism for its use of tear gas, high-decibel alarms and projectiles in handling demonstrations. The department has also endured a startling amount of turnover at the top. In early June, Lovell became its third police chief in less than six months.
On Saturday, protesters lit a fire and sprayed graffiti on the building of the police union, which has been accused of obstructing reforms.
“Most protesters would tell you that the Portland Police Bureau has continued to exacerbate tension, that their escalation has been a big part of why that activism and protests have continued,’’ Nichols said. “And one more thing that’s really alarming is Portland police are now back doing more of this kind of escalation, almost keeping up with the Joneses of the federal forces in there.’’
Both professors pointed out the heated clashes with police and/or federal agents are limited to a small part of downtown, in contrast to statements by Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, that Portland is “under siege’’ by “violent anarchists.’’
The city of Portland has been under siege for 47 days straight by a violent mob while local political leaders refuse to restore order to protect their city. @DHSgov stands ready to assist to bring this violent activity to an end. https://t.co/TgqY6yqFM1
— Acting Secretary Chad Wolf (@DHS_Wolf) July 16, 2020
The academics also said the demonstrations have broad-based support in Oregon’s largest city, but some believe that’s not nearly enough to heal the deep wounds inflicted by decades of discrimination.
Bobbin Singh, executive director of the Oregon Justice Resource Center – a nonprofit that provides legal services to people who have been impacted by the criminal justice system – said the state will have to confront its history of injustice to overcome its “original sin’’ of white supremacy.
That goes beyond anything that’s happening in the streets of Portland now.
“It’s very easy for people to say, ‘Trump is to blame,’’’ Singh said. “But unless Oregon engages in self-reflection and actually understands how all these systems have been complicit in sustaining white supremacy … we’re never going to be able to move forward.’’
Even though Oregon is led by a Democratic governor and legislature, a white nationalist ideology remains prominent, said Singh, whose organization is involved in litigation against the city of Portland and its police department. Experts say the Ku Klux Klan is still active in Oregon, and so are far-right groups like the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer.
The latter is based in the Portland area, which doesn’t exactly bring to mind the comically progressive ethos depicted in the TV show “Portlandia.”
“Oregon is unique in that it’s viewed as being left of center, progressive, but when we really look at all this racial justice stuff, we are as bad as any other state you would stereotype from the South, or that have all these long historic racial justice problems that are better known,’’ Singh said. “But Oregon has this very dark history the country doesn’t know.’’
With the continuing protests and the attention they’ve drawn, that history is coming to light.
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]]>President Trump said Wednesday that he has a “very good relationship” with Dr. Anthony Fauci, just hours after White House trade adviser Peter Navarro published a blistering op-ed criticizing the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his projections on the coronavirus pandemic.
“I get along very well with Dr. Fauci,” Trump told reporters Wednesday in the Oval Office. “I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci.”
TRADE ADVISER PETER NAVARRO TEARS INTO FAUCI: ‘HE’S BEEN WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING’
His comments came after Navarro tore into Fauci in a stunning op-ed published by USA Today.
“Dr. Anthony Fauci has a good bedside manner with the public, but he has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on,” Navarro wrote.
Navarro began by saying that Fauci “fought against” Trump’s “courageous decision” in late January to suspend flights from China as the novel coronavirus began to spread, arguing that that decision “might well have saved hundreds of thousands of American lives.”
He continued: “When I warned in late January in a memo of a possibly deadly pandemic, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was telling our news media not to worry.”
Further, he wrote that in February, “Fauci was telling the public the China virus was low risk.” Navarro went on to complain Fauci was “flip-flopping on the use of masks.”
He dinged Fauci for downplaying falling mortality rates, amid the debate over whether businesses should be allowed to reopen or stay shuttered. Navarro added: “So when you ask me whether I listen to Dr. Fauci’s advice my answer is: only with skepticism and caution.”
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Navarro’s comments come as tensions have been bubbling between the White House and Fauci. Officials have reportedly been concerned about the number of times Fauci has “been wrong on things,” according to a report last week.
A senior administration official, though, told Fox News that Navarro’s op-ed slamming Fauci was “definitely not approved by the White House.”
Another White House official told Fox News that Navarro is “going rogue.”
Alyssa Farah, White House director of strategic communications, said on Twitter that the piece “didn’t go through normal White House clearance processes and is the opinion of Peter alone.”
She said Trump “values the expertise of the medical professionals advising his Administration.”
Fox News’ Kristin Fisher contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON– Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday a deal with Democrats to renew an emergency situation small-business loan program is “very close” and Congress could authorize extra financing for the program today.
The program created to keep incomes going out to workers amidst the financial shutdown brought on by coronavirus was stopped briefly Thursday after it burned through its preliminary $350 billion.
” I think we’re extremely close to a deal today, and I’m hopeful that we can get that done,” Mnuchin stated on CNN’s “State of the Union.” He said the deal could be approved by the Senate on Monday and your home could vote on it by Wednesday.
Trump at a news conference Sunday, also telegraphed that a deal was near.
” We have some excellent negotiations going on right now. And I think you might have a good answer tomorrow however we’ll see,” he stated.
The program was included in a $ 2 trillion rescue bundle approved by Congress that President Donald Trump signed into law at the end of March. When it lacked money, Democrats and Republicans blamed each other.
Democrats firmly insisted that an expense to replenish the program needs to consist of cash for hospitals and states, in addition to additional protections to make sure the cash is more equally distributed after complaints that the funds had actually largely gone to bigger corporations and chains. Republicans accused Democrats of playing politics and urged fast passage of an expense as social distancing limitations damaged the bottom industries. Senate Republicans attempted to pass a costs April 9 to inject $250 billion into the program, however it was obstructed by Democrats.
Mnuchin cited the quick exhaustion of the funds as proof of the program’s success.
” We’re extremely pleased with the involvement rate, and due to the fact that of that, we desire Congress to authorize more funds right now,” Mnuchin stated. He said an extra $300 billion “need to suffice to reach practically everybody” after dismissing some quotes that at least $1 trillion would be needed.
Mnuchin said the brand-new expense would include $75 billion to assist overwhelmed health centers and $25 billion to increase the capability to evaluate for the virus. He stated Trump “is willing to think about” allocating more money to the states in future legislation. Numerous guvs have cautioned that their resources are diminished by the coronavirus reaction and that they might need to soon cut essential services.
Trump stated he talked with Senate Republicans on Sunday. A senior GOP leadership assistant stated Democratic requests for additional state and city government financing, and SNAP advantages, will not be consisted of in the final deal
Vice President Mike Pence agreed an offer is “extremely close.”
” The negotiations are going on,” Pence said. “I believe every American has actually seen the success of the president’s program to provide payroll support, and we’re going to work to expand that so that nobody working in a small company in America would have to worry about missing an income.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was also optimistic an offer was near.
” I’m very enthusiastic we could pertain to a contract tonight, or early tomorrow early morning,” Schumer said on “Fox News Sunday,” though he warned there were “a great deal of information” to exercise. He stated he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., more than happy with the method the talks are going.
” A number of the important things we have requested for on the banking side, on the testing side, on the hospital side, they’re supporting. we feel pretty great,” Schumer stated.
Schumer said the bill would set aside $60 billion in catastrophe loans ” to ensure it goes to the backwoods, to the minority locations” and to services that did not have relationships with the banks distributing the loans. Mnuchin promoted the disaster loan program as a method to get more money to smaller sized companies, though he put the figure at $50 billion.
” If you had a connection with a bank, it was quite simple to get a loan. If you didn’t– from one end of the nation to the other– we have actually been hearing that people can’t get the loans: the regional dining establishment, the regional hair salon, the local pharmacy or perhaps startup companies,” Schumer said of the dispensation of the very first $350 billion.
Pelosi informed “Fox News Sunday” she was “really pleased at the progress being made,” and she anticipated there would be a contract “quickly.”
The speaker defended her efforts to add products to the legislation to reimburse the Income Defense Program, which Republicans said delayed much-needed funds. She pushed back on the idea that Home Democrats requested for excessive in the brand-new bill.
” We want to include more money there,” she stated of the small-business loans. “It is extremely urgent though that we support our police and fire, our healthcare employees and our nurses, our teachers.”
” Whatever that we’re doing has to do with the coronavirus, comprehend that,” she said. “We’re not going afield in any other thing.”
Though Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have actually promoted the testing capacity of the U.S.A. as the very best on the planet, Mnuchin said Sunday there is large contract that more screening needs to be offered for the nation to safely begin to reopen under the three-phase plan laid out by the president last week.
” Everybody agrees we need more testing,” Mnuchin said. “We’re now up to about a million tests a week we can do, which I think ought to give people a lot more confidence. Which is ramping up very quickly.”
Schumer stated Democrats requested for $30 billion to boost the manufacturing of the tests, increase the schedule of the products required to conduct the tests and “make complimentary screening much more extensive.”
Trump suggested the states should be accountable for their own testing, but Schumer said guvs “require federal assistance” and “can’t do the screening by themselves.”
According to Schumer, when the president talked to business leaders about what was required to resume the country, “the primary call was for more testing and more federal involvement in the screening. You can’t have it state by state.”
” I believe that the president hasn’t been focused enough on screening,” he said, calling for Trump to select a single authorities to supervise and collaborate the effort.
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]]>Experimental Ebola drug remdesivir could stop SARS-CoV-2 from replicating by acting on a key enzyme, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.
Last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of a multinational trial, testing the four most promising therapeutic avenues for COVID-19.
One of these avenues is remdesivir, a drug that research scientists initially developed for the treatment of Ebola, but which has recently shown some promise in fighting coronaviruses.
Following on from this evidence, and reports that the drug may have helped some patients seeking treatment for COVID-19 to recover, scientists have been studying remdesivir’s effects on SARS-CoV-2.
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Most recently, a team of investigators from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, has conducted an in vitro study to see if remdesivir would act on SARS-CoV-2 in the same way that it appears to act on SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV.
The researchers report their findings in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Last year, University of Alberta researchers showed that remdesivir could stop MERS-CoV in its tracks by interfering with the mechanism that allows the virus to replicate and spread.
“We were optimistic that we would see the same results against the SARS-CoV-2 virus,” says Prof. Matthias Götte, who contributed to both studies.
In the new study, the researchers expressed RNA-dependent RNA polymerases present in SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in insect cells. These polymerases are enzymes that allow each of the two coronaviruses to replicate.
They then exposed the enzymes to remdesivir and observed what happened. The researchers saw that the drug effectively acted on the two viruses’ polymerases in the same way, inhibiting proliferation.
“We obtained almost identical results as we reported previously with MERS, so we see that remdesivir is a very potent inhibitor for coronavirus polymerases,” says Prof. Götte.
“If you target the polymerase, the virus cannot spread, so it’s a very logical target for treatment,” he goes on to explain.
“These coronavirus polymerases are sloppy, and they get fooled, so the inhibitor gets incorporated many times, and the virus can no longer replicate.”
– Prof. Matthias Götte
This evidence suggests that remdesivir could be an effective “direct-acting antiviral” against SARS-CoV-2, as the team terms it.
Nevertheless, the investigators note that laboratory studies, while they indicate that the drug is a promising therapeutic avenue, cannot confirm that it would be safe in humans.
Prof. Götte and his colleagues emphasize that to confirm the drugs’ effectiveness and safety in the context of a COVID-19 treatment, we must wait for the result of clinical trials, which are already underway.
“We’ve got to be patient and wait for the results of the randomized clinical trials,” the researcher notes.
Prof. Götte also declares that current and previous research from his laboratory that has involved remdesivir was possible partly thanks to funding and other support from Gilead Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company that produces the drug.
The researcher goes on to emphasize the importance of laboratory-based studies that are focused on potential therapeutics.
“We are desperate [to find an effective treatment for COVID-19], but we still have to keep the bar high for anything that we put into clinical trials,” he says.
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