Big protest of the lockdown in Wisconsin, and one small strike against the lockdown in Manhattan (2)

[Mark Crispin Miller]

This big protest in Wisconsin may have been a largely rightist gathering (unlike the 

ones in Austin and Sacramento), as this piece in The Hill suggests. In any case, it 

actually had some effect on Gov. Evers, who just eased restrictions on some 

"non-essential" businesses:

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/27/wisconsin-governor-eases-restrictions-some-nonessential-businesses/3035661001/

Meanwhile one Manhattan merchant—too upscale (and Jewish) to be dismissed as a 

"deplorable"—is publicly defying the lockdown in New York. Scroll down for that story, 

and click on the link to hear Eliot Rabin's rationale. 

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Thousands gather without social distancing to protest Wisconsin's stay-at-home order

BY BROOKE SEIPEL - 04/24/20 05:55 PM EDT

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/494593-thousands-gather-without-social-distancing-to-protest-wisconsins-stay-at

Thousands of protesters descended on the Wisconsin State Capitol on Friday as they called for coronavirus restrictions implemented by Gov. Tony Evers (D) to be lifted.

Photos of the massive demonstration show protesters packed on the capitol's steps, breaking social distancing guidelines as they crammed into the area standing shoulder to shoulder. 

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that protesters cheered "USA" and circulated petitions to recall Evers. Protesters also reportedly held signs reading "All Workers, Are Essential" and "Death.... is preferable to communism."

Click on the link for the rest.

LIVING

NYC tailor defies state order: ‘I’m opening my doors come hell or high water’

By Doree Lewak

April 26, 2020 | 12:11am

 

 

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One defiant NYC business owner — who’s been deemed “non-essential” during the pandemic — has a message to New York: “I’m opening my doors come hell or high water.”

Eliot Rabin, whose Upper East Side boutique, Peter Elliot, is known for high-end men’s and boys apparel, refuses to follow a state order closing retail business not considered essential. He insists that his $85 pocket squares and $15,000 suits are part of the fabric of New York City: “Why is a liquor store essential and I’m not?” Rabin told The Post.

He admitted that many of the customers who can afford his wares have fled the city for vacation homes, but he’s here to provide “emotional essential support” for the ones still in town. The retailer is also offering them what he jokingly calls “internal vaccinations: Chivas Regal, Kentucky bourbon — have a nip and you’ll feel better.”

Click on the link for the rest: https://nypost.com/2020/04/26/nyc-tailor-re-opens-shop-why-is-a-liquor-store-essential-and-im-not/