Labor Day. A critical time for COVID-19. So say both Dr. Anthony Fauci and Governor Hutchinson, whose business-first coronavirus strategy has Arkansas at 13th on the list of most COVID cases per capita in the U.S. and edging up on New Jersey for the 12th spot.

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Attorney General Leslie Rutledge demonstrated her concern with safe practices at the chuckwagon races in Clinton. She probably guessed correctly that a crowd of maskless people in close proximity was made up primarily of Trump voters.

The governor urges caution.

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Including boat paraders. Beware of soup depth charges, such as the Antifas unleashed to sink Trump boaters in Texas.

Oh, OK. Joking. Maybe it wasn’t terrorists who were responsible for #dumbkirk

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