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UPDATE 11 am 7.23.20   (colorful edits ) Trump throws wrench into coronavirus bill negotiations with Senate Republicans Republican senators balk at White House’s insistence that next coronavirus bill include  a payroll tax cut   IT'S OUT!   and cuts to funding for testing and contact tracing. Still unsettled but Republicans (!) are confident they'll get $25 billion. OK, the Solomon thing doesn't work anymore, but I will leave it in for archival purposes (and I like the woodcut). SO....                                      Defund Covid Testing and Tracing, or...                  ....Sabotage Social Security and Medicare ? Solomon says:   NEITHER!  Either kills the baby. Scooter says: So, Solomon, what's the answer? Solomon says:  Fund testing to the fullest extent!  And ELIMINATE ...