06-29

Monday, June 29

Jun 29: Gilead Sciences sets a price for remdesivir, which can shorten hospitalization stays for patients with COVID-19, at $520 a vial. With a treatment course of 6 vials, the typical treatment course will be $3120 per patient for people covered with private insurance. Critics of the price point are quick to point out that taxpayers funded the COVID-19 remdesivir trial through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s restrictive abortion law, which required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. States with COVID-19 surges roll back their reopenings. A day after retweeting the Florida man shouting “white power” in Florida, Trump tweets the video of Mark T. McCloskey and Patricia N. McCloskey waving guns at peaceful protestors in front of their St. Louis home.*

"Ken and Karen" make believe poster McCloskey memes

Sommer, Liz. “Gun-Toting St. Louis Couple ‘Karen + Ken’ Memes.” StayHipp, June 29, 2020. https://stayhipp.com/internet/memes/gun-toting-st-louis-couple-karen-ken-memes/.

McCloskey memes flooded the internet

Sommer, Liz. “Gun-Toting St. Louis Couple ‘Karen + Ken’ Memes.” StayHipp, June 29, 2020. https://stayhipp.com/internet/memes/gun-toting-st-louis-couple-karen-ken-memes/.

From ACLU Facebook page, reprimanding Mayor Krewson, which led to McClosky confrontation.

Baker, Sara. “Statement to Mayor Krewson of St. Louis.” ACLU Missouri Facebook, June 26, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/ACLUMO/photos/a.195376286544/10157482032256545/

I typed and searched for “Ken and Karen.” Bingo!

Jones, Clay. “Ken and Karen (Cartoon and Column).” The Moderate Voice (blog), June 30, 2020. https://themoderatevoice.com/ken-and-karen-cartoon-and-column/.

McCloskey memes flooded the internet

Finch, Keith. “An Overnight Meme Sensation.” GAT Daily (Guns Ammo Tactical), July 1, 2020. https://gatdaily.com/an-overnight-meme-sensation/.

“Missouri law may be on the side of the couple seen pointing guns at protesters,” KSDK News, June 30, 2020. https://youtu.be/yuhM20-HtSo

“Masks off! Protesters claim face mask order unconstitutional,” ABC13 Houston, June 29, 2020. https://youtu.be/T8X3O1YvTT8

“Mississippi House, Senate vote to remove Confederate emblem from state flag,” WWLTV 4 CBS, June 29, 2020. https://youtu.be/37nVoc-EsEc

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Russell, Stefene. “A Decades-Long Renovation Returns a Midwestern Palazzo to Its Original Glory.” St. Louis Magazine, August 16, 2018. https://www.stlmag.com/api/content/cffeeb48-a0e5-11e8-86dd-120e7ad5cf50/.

Newton, Casey. “How Amazon Is Growing Its Power during the Pandemic.” The Verge, May 14, 2020. https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/5/14/21257313/amazon-delivery-times-worker-raises-price-gouging-liability-pandemic.

Watson, Kirk, Mark P. Jones, and Pablo M. Pinto. “COVID-19 and the Texas Hair Care Industry.” Houston, Texas: Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston, June 25, 2020. https://uh.edu/hobby/salons/.

Despart, Zach. “Houston Hospitals Hit 100% Base ICU Capacity. Then They Stopped Reporting Data.” HoustonChronicle.com, June 29, 2020. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-hospitals-hit-100-base-ICU-capacity-15372256.php.

Smith, Gary. “Inflation Is the Least of Our Worries!” Mind Matters, June 29, 2020. https://mindmatters.ai/2020/06/inflation-is-the-least-of-our-worries/.

UCSF. “Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus.” Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus | UC San Francisco, June 26, 2020. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/06/417906/still-confused-about-masks-heres-science-behind-how-face-masks-prevent.

A couple has come out of their house and is pointing guns at protesters in their neighborhood #StLouis #lydakrewson pic.twitter.com/ZJ8a553PAU
— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020

I'm terribly sorry: is this just me or is there more to this couple than we might think: pic.twitter.com/xTyPwD6rO1
— ✨ Sub-Zer❄️Shirt-art ✨ (@SubZeroShirt) June 29, 2020

Looks like MAGA Bonnie and Clyde robbed a Talbots. pic.twitter.com/W1skRh0S2S
— Marie Connor (@thistallawkgirl) June 29, 2020

Why is the lady in The Purge photos dressed like she’s about to rob a McDonalds? pic.twitter.com/SwvsuySARR
— Rush Inbot (@TeamStradley) June 29, 2020

Aratani, Lauren. “How Did Face Masks Become a Political Issue in America?” The Guardian, June 29, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/29/face-masks-us-politics-coronavirus.

Baker, Mike, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Manny Fernandez, and Michael LaForgia. “Three Words. 70 Cases. The Tragic History of ‘I Can’t Breathe.’” The New York Times, June 29, 2020, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/28/us/i-cant-breathe-police-arrest.html.

Bell, Kim, and Rachel Rice. “Couple Points Guns at Protesters Marching to St. Louis Mayor’s Home to Demand Resignation.” STLtoday.com, June 29, 2020. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/couple-points-guns-at-protesters-marching-to-st-louis-mayor-s-home-to-demand-resignation/article_9edc57ed-c307-583f-9226-a44ba6ac9c03.html.

Ghaffary, Shirin. “The Real Cost of Amazon.” Vox, June 29, 2020. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/6/29/21303643/amazon-coronavirus-warehouse-workers-protest-jeff-bezos-chris-smalls-boycott-pandemic.

Johnson, Kirk. “Another Fatal Shooting in Seattle’s ‘CHOP’ Protest Zone.” The New York Times, June 29, 2020, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/us/seattle-protests-CHOP-CHAZ-autonomous-zone.html.

LaPorta, James. “AP Sources: White House Aware of Russian Bounties in 2019.” AP News, June 29, 2020. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-russia-ap-top-news-only-on-ap-john-bolton-fcf3ec359401c7575f5402b4da9b00a3.

Olmos, Dori. “St. Louis Mayor Reads Names and Addresses of Protesters Who Want to Defund Police.” KSDK 5 NBC, June 26, 2020. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/st-louis-mayor-lyda-krewson-reads-names-protesters/63-912b9c6a-8bbf-4d7a-b015-fbb1a6b48db3.

Savage, Charlie, Eric Schmitt, and Michael Schwirtz. “Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says.” The New York Times, June 29, 2020, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html.

Spoerre, Anna. “Police ID Boy Killed Monday as Kansas City’s Youngest Shooting Victim This Year.” Kansas City Star, June 29, 2020. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article243874072.html.

Wilstein, Matt. “Sacha Baron Cohen Pulls Epic Prank on Far-Right Militia.” The Daily Beast, June 29, 2020, sec. entertainment. https://www.thedailybeast.com/sacha-baron-cohen-pulls-epic-prank-on-right-wing-militia-event-in-olympia-washington.

* Timeline summaries at the top of the page come from a variety of sources:, including The American Journal of Managed Care COVID-19 Timeline (https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-timeline-of-covid19-developments-in-2020), the Just Security Group at the NYU School of Law (https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/), the “10 Things,” daily entries from The Week (theweek.com), as well as a variety of newspapers and television programs.

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