UPDATE:President Trump said that he and First Lady Melania have tested positive for Covid-19. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately,” he tweeted. “We will get through this TOGETHER!” **** President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have begun the “quarantine process” following the news that one …
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Late Monday night, new damning audio was released of the president sharing what he actually thought about the dangers of the coronavirus to Bob Woodward, while at the same time Trump was sharing tweets that called for the firing of Anthony Fauci. On April 13, according to new tapes from …
Read More »Why Does the DNC Speaker Lineup List More Republicans Than Latinos?
The Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday night, and Dems are really bringing the heat: A union-busting, vote-suppressing, anti-choice, former Lehman Brothers exec and Fox News host will headline the first night of festivities, with support from a former Republican governor who said ground zero air was “safe to breathe” …
Read More »Big Pharma's Covid-19 Profiteers
On June 29th, 2020, while America remained transfixed by anti-police protests, the chairman and CEO of the pharmaceutical company Gilead issued a much-anticipated announcement. In a breezy open letter, Daniel O’Day explained how much his company planned on charging for a course of remdesivir, one of many possible treatments for …
Read More »White House: 'Science Should Not Stand in the Way' of School Openings
Another day, another astonishing utterance from the Trump administration on the coronavirus. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany argued that science, in regards to COVID-19, should not “stand in the way” of the president’s desire for schools to re-open nationwide in the fall. McEnany was asked what the …
Read More »Minnesota Sues Exxon and Koch Industries for '30-Year Campaign of Deception' on Climate
The oil and gas industry was hit with yet another lawsuit when Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced this week that his office is suing two of the nation’s largest oil companies, and the oil industry’s trade group, for a “30 year campaign of deception” about the impacts of climate …
Read More »Trump Follows Through on Threat to 'Slow the Testing Down'
During his Tulsa rally last weekend, President Trump said the quiet part out loud, confessing that he sees coronavirus testing as a political threat and wants to diminish America’s caseload by doing a worse job of measuring it. “Testing is a double edged sword,” Trump told the sparse Oklahoma crowd. …
Read More »Chris Hayes Exposes Trump's Incoherence by Simply Reading His Words Aloud
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes highlighted on his program Friday night what sometimes gets lost now that so many have grown accustomed to President Trump’s ramblings, and that is just how incoherent Trump actually is. Hayes began, “One thing we’ve learned is that you can never actually get the full flavor of …
Read More »Trump Opens Door for Violent Clash: 'I Don't Care' If MAGA Counter-Protests at White House
President Trump was asked about a tweet he shared where he seemed to be inviting his supporters to gather in counter-protest of those who might demonstrate again at the White House on Saturday night. Trump denied his intent was to provoke violence when asked about his Saturday morning tweet that …
Read More »Trump's History With the Word Sarcasm Is Littered with Excuses and Ignorance
Last week President Trump went back to an often-used excuse he deploys when facing backlash for saying dumb things: sarcasm. But Trump historically has run into problems while attempting to bail himself out of trouble with the word, thanks to his inconsistency in using it correctly and how obvious and …
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