TIPS & RESOURCES

+ Contact Tracing Apps Violate Privacy

+ Not so Fast Google, Apple: Phone Contact Tracing Won’t Work in the US

+ Statewide Drive-in Wi-Fi Hotspots Help to Bridge Digital Divide – Yelm’s location at the Timberland Library

+ On Tuesday, May 19, Rep. Denny Heck invites you for a Facebook live town hall with the State Director of AARP Washington, Doug Shadel, for a conversation on the resources available to older Washingtonians during the pandemic.

+ Inslee issues additional guidance for construction, golf and photography in Phase 2

+ Inslee statement on voluntary contact information as part of phased reopening

+ Child care might be harder to find after COVID-19. Will that hurt economic recovery?

+ Some nursing homes taking coronavirus stimulus checks from patients. Can they do that?

+ TSA Preparing to Check Passenger Temperatures at Airports

+ 10 Myths About the Coronavirus You Shouldn’t Believe

+ Will I Owe the IRS Tax on My Stimulus Payment?

+ The Lancet urges Americans to vote out Trump over coronavirus handling The White House has repeatedly undermined leading US authorities on infectious diseases, the journal states

INFORMATION

‘The next big shoe to drop’ in the US economy could hit by July – missed mortgage payments

Mass unemployment over coronavirus could lead to a 45% jump in homelessness, study finds

Retail sales plunge a record 16.4% in April, far worse than predicted

Russia is interfering in our elections again. And Trump supporters are emulating Russian tactics.

US Postal Service Reportedly Considering Price Hikes as Trump’s Takeover of the Beloved Agency Accelerates “President Trump’s clear intent is to raise prices and force a crisis at the Post Office so that his political benefactors at the corporate shippers can increase their company profits at the expense of the people,” quoting Common Dreams.

Manhattan new rentals plunge 71% as coronavirus freezes the market – will the urban flight to lower density suburbs occur in Puget Sound?

Feds Targeting Doctors Who Promote Natural COVID-19 Treatment — Even if They’re Only Talking About It

As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than A Million Health Care Workers Lose Jobs

US Senate votes to allow FBI to access your browsing history without a warrant

From the Justice Department to the Intelligence Community, Donald Trump and William Barr Have Won

Whistleblower: Wall Street Has Engaged in Widespread Manipulation of Mortgage Funds