YP Daily Roundup 7/20/20

The previous single-day high was reported Wednesday with 16 new cases in employees.

In total, Ingalls Shipbuilding has reported 178 cases of COVID-19, with 84 employees cleared to return to work, leaving 69 employees unable to return to work.

MSDH: Coronavirus now at 42,638

Today MSDH is reporting 792 new cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi and 10 deaths. The total of #coronavirus cases since March 11 is now 42,638, with 1,355 deaths. See more case details and important preventive steps at https://t.co/QP8mlJ41AN pic.twitter.com/KtBeBZbdn2

— Mississippi State Department of Health (@msdh) July 19, 2020

YP – PRESLEY: Wicker’s Broadband Proposal Protects Funds and Speeds Up Expansion

As someone who has worked for broadband expansion for years, I can truthfully tell you that Senator Wicker’s approach is exactly what Mississippi and America needs at this time. Broadband expansion should be accelerated at the fastest rate possible without inviting waste, fraud, and abuse. Every dollar stolen or wasted by an unscrupulous telecommunications company is a dollar that cannot be spent expanding broadband service and connecting Americans.

Senator Wicker’s bill keeps the state-federal partnership for protection of funding intact and gives the full green light to aggressive broadband expansion. As a Mississippian and as someone who deeply cares about this issue, I say, “Good job, Senator Wicker!”

Here’s a list of the electric co-ops that applied for broadband grants and the amounts requested. As you’ll see each co-op is matching the funds requested and will be offering 100mbps upload and download, fiber-to-the home in the areas where they receive funding. Great job! pic.twitter.com/xC7buTQF4g

— Brandon Presley (@PresleyPSC) July 17, 2020

MBJ – BILL CRAWFORD: Are Mississippi farmers the next government dependents?

But, let’s focus on one small part of the rant, where Foster said, “This is about government constantly pushing more taxes, more fees, more fines, more loss of Liberty, one little bit at a time.”

This is straight out of the Tea Party dogma and appealing in many ways. No-one likes taxes, fees, or fines. However, it paints government as an evil monstrosity conspiring to steal personal liberty rather than a constitutional system of governance controlled by duly elected local, state, and national officials trying their best to serve their constituents.

Intrinsic to the evil government conspiracy theory are government programs – think Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, etc. – that make people dependent on government … and push up taxes and the national debt at the expense of “free Americans.”

How ironic, then, that the conspiratorialists’ “freedom” hero is leading the latest charge to dole out federal dollars and make more people government dependent.

#MSSen: Espy releases new ad with race as a theme

Mississippi is changing, but that change was hard won.

I’m running for the U.S. Senate because I want to keep Mississippi moving forward. We can't afford to have leaders who hold us back.

Join me in ushering in a new era of progress in Mississippi: https://t.co/PaA92zvdDo pic.twitter.com/GiRdMseMBs

— Mike Espy (@MikeEspyMS) July 20, 2020

Congressman Thompson seeks investigation into use of federal law enforcement in protests

NEWS: @RepJerryNadler @BennieGThompson and @RepMaloney call for IG probe of @TheJusticeDept, @DHSgov into the use of force on peaceful protesters

"We are increasingly alarmed at the Administration’s use of federal law enforcement to violate the civil rights of our constituents" pic.twitter.com/CCn5bGqlTd

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 19, 2020

WCBI – Caledonia Confederates will now be given new nickname and mascot