Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Aftermath of the taking of a life

So much more yet to be written but for now: “We need justice for George Floyd,” Joe Biden says. “We need real police reform, that holds cops to a higher standard that so many of them actually meetâÂ�Â�[and] that holds bad cops accountable.” https://t.co/nSGpGo3FEw pic.twitter.com/MBJC6RS6vt — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 29, 2020 Racism is not…

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Rick Bright testifies about WH incompetence

Richard Bright gave riveting testimony yesterday. As he highlighted the problems, Republicans on the committee spent time trying to defend hydroxychloroquine, which Dr. Bright was correct to challenge in real time over safety issues. That gives you an idea of how it went. Pres. Trump attacks ousted vaccine chief Rick Bright, who is set to testify to Congress that…

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Treading water on a plateau of illness

Well, Georgia is open and cases are rising (Georgia verifies 1K new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, AJC). Fingers crossed that they don’t pay too high a price for their idiot governor. The state polling the last two weeks from pollsters I trust over has been clear. Biden is ahead in the states he needs…

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Important stories to help you make sense of it all

Ed Yong/Atlantic: Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend Why do some people get really sick, but others do not? Are the models too optimistic or too pessimistic? Exactly how transmissible and deadly is the virus? How many people have actually been…