The Rick Smith Show

Sarah Ross

Sara Roos:  We've been saying all along that a school is not just four walls & a roof; it's the heart of a community. In LA, we are handing out thousands of meals a day for our students, for ex.

@BadassTeachersA

Bob Ney

Bob Ney:  Trump can make companies, like the meatpacking plants, reopen while keeping standard liability laws in place. Keeping the current situation in place would work.

@bobney

The Rick Show 04-28-2020

@ATULocal726 @ATUComm @Teamsters @ErikLoomis @MtnMD #CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVirusUpdate

Danny Cassella

Danny Cassella:  We weren't ready for this wave of the virus but we'll be ready next time. Rick: I've thought the drivers should be blocked off from passengers every day, not just now--they need that extra protection from robberies, etc, not just the virus.

@ATULocal726

@ATUComm

Russell Sherven

Russell Shjerven:  We've had a fairly good working relationship w/ Lamb Weston (French Fry maker); they built add'l cafeterias to be able to maintain 6' distances; they put 6' markers on floor near time clocks.

@Teamsters

Patricia Gilmore

Patricia Gilmore:  At the Lamb Weston french fry plant, workers have a voice on the job. We have 7 different lunch rooms now so we can socially distance ourselves; we get our temps taken; we have masks; add'l employees sanitize doors, etc. 

@Teamsters

Erik Loomis

Erik Loomis:  McConnell has said he wants protections for corporations--it's under the guise of being for the pandemic but it takes away workers' rights & makes the companies not liable for injuries/illnesses to workers.

@ErikLoomis

Kelly Sennholz

Dr. Kelly Sennholz:  It's very clear now that Trump & the GOP are trying to make this virus worse. Every single decision they make is to make it worse. What happened today with the meatpackers is further proof.

@MtnMD

#CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVirusUpdate

The Rick Show 04-27-2020

@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @cfcdirector @masksnoworg #MasksNow #WecanDoIt @docrocktex26 @BobNey

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: There's a debate internally with the campaign & WH about scaling back Trump; I did think he'd be out there a couple more times. The story surfaced that he was dropping in the polls so I figured he'd do a few more conferences, then they'd rein him in.

@BobNey

Propane Jane

Propane Jane: There is no story that's going to keep us from voting for Joe Biden. That's why many of us are backing Kamala Harris for VP. Put somebody on the ticket that excites us like Barack Obama did.

@docrocktex26

#InstabilityInChief

Jodi Murray

Jodi Murray: I still work about 45 hrs/week as an essential employee. I have a supportive family & wonderful volunteers to help out.

@cfcdirector

@masksnoworg

#MasksNow #WecanDoIt

Sarah Kendzior

Sarah Kendzior: In Missouri, there's a very rural country of about 5000 people in the Ozarks that has shut their borders--they are not letting ANYONE in. They have no COVID cases now & want to keep it that way.

@sarahkendzior

@gaslitnation

The Rick Show 04-24-2020

@hoffman_miriam @masksnoworg #MasksNow #WecanDoIt @JeffSantosShow #NHprimary2020 #ImpeachBarrNow #RogerStone @BobNey @TomArnold

Bob Ney

Bob Ney: I read the transcript of Trump's [sunshine & Clorox] press conference three times, & I watched the video multiple times... I'm likely to believe what he said first, not how he tried to correct it. Today he claims he was being sarcastic. Who thought that one up?

@BobNey

Jeff Santos

Jeff Santos: I'm in the basement; I go for my daily power walks. Staying safe here in Massachusetts.

@JeffSantosShow

#NHprimary2020 #ImpeachBarrNow #RogerStone

Miriam Hoffman

Miriam Hoffman: In Iowa, we've assembled 54 stitchers; we have 4610 masks underway, and we've completed 2904. We're working 16 hours a day. We're still short of what we need to do for all the masks that have been requested.

@hoffman_miriam

@masksnoworg

#MasksNow #WecanDoIt

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold: Trump cares about the stock market because that's part of his record. He'll be uncomfortable, and the people who support him will be uncomfortable, from now till November.

@TomArnold

Max Richtman

Max Richtman: The last thing we need to do now is further reduce the revenue stream for Social Security. People aren't going to be paying payroll taxes while they're unemployed, and employers are now allowed to pay half of their part this year & the other half next year

@NCPSSM

Scott Dworkin

Scott Dworkin: Trump's hurting his own people; he's hurting us. People are dying. It's not normal to have dozens of postal workers dying in the last few weeks; it's not normal & we shouldn't accept it. We can't even test a lot of the dead bodies.

@funder

@TheDemCoalition