Politics/Hollywood
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Bill Maher Says Trump Has Handled Coronavirus About as Well as Bush Handled 9/11 (It’s Not a Compliment)
“Real Time” host thinks they both screwed things up horribly
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Jane Fonda on Virtual Fire Drill Fridays and Trump’s ‘Catastrophic’ Move to Roll Back Pollution Rules
“When there’s bad air, air pollution makes you so much more vulnerable to something like COVID-19,” activist tells TheWrap ahead of Fire Drill Friday virtual rally on April 3
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Why Isn’t California a Bigger Coronavirus Hot Spot? State Still Has Fewer Cases Than New York
“We’re going to see a lot more people sick and a lot more people die,” an infectious diseases specialist tells TheWrap
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Samantha Bee Hilariously Explains Why Women Are Disproportionately Impacted by the Pandemic (Video)
“Full Frontal” host is not pleased with attempts to limit abortion in some states
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Google Makes Thousands of Laptops, WiFi Hotspots Free to Help Students Learn Remotely Across California
“Google stepped up in a big way,” Gov. Gavin Newsom says
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Seth Meyers’ First-Ever ‘Late Night’ From Home Guest Bernie Sanders Explains His Rage (Video)
“That is so ugly, so grotesque, so immoral”
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LA’s Convention Center Has Been Converted Into a Federal Field Hospital
Fascility may house COVID-19 patients with “lower acuity,” whose “symptoms have either relaxed or not gotten intense,” Mayor Eric Garcetti says
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Joe Biden Has a Podcast — and He Tackles COVID-19 First
Former Vice President Biden’s podcast called “Here’s the Deal” launched March 30
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Jim Carrey’s Latest Cartoon Takes a ‘Jaws’-Size Bite Out of Trump’s Coronavirus Response
“Trump is willing to risk countless lives to save his economic record. He has fully become the mayor from Jaws,” Carrey writes
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LA County Closes All Public Beaches, Trails and Piers Through April 19
“These are difficult decisions, but I agree they are vitally needed steps to protect the health and safety of our communities, and save lives,” Mayor Eric Garcetti says
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Trump Signs Into Law $2 Trillion Relief Package That Allows Gig Workers to Get $600 a Week
Taxpayers who make $75,000 or less will receive $1,200 in one-time, direct payments
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Jimmy Kimmel Talks to Joe Biden, Also Identifies ‘Where’s Waldo’ as a Serious Coronavirus Risk (Video)
It goes down in a new “Jimmy Kimmel Live” “minilogue”
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How Hollywood Benefits From $2 Trillion Stimulus Package
Freelancers, gig workers and furloughed employees will get some relief through expanded unemployment insurance and direct payments
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Senate Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Package
The package includes a $367 billion loan program for small businesses and $500 billion in loans for industries, states and cities
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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Count on Much Relief From $2 Trillion Federal Bailout
“The entertainment industry obviously has been hard hit by the current environment. But so too have a number of other industries,” a bankruptcy lawyer tells TheWrap
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