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A senior Trump administration official told CNN that the release of today’s job report from the Department of Labor (DOL), which shows a drop in the unemployment rate, could allow Republican leadership to make the case to put more coronavirus relief on hold for now. “Republicans generally want to be patient: There’s a lot of…
An ad commissioned by Priorities USA, the country’s largest Democratic Super PAC, and aimed at Hispanic voters in Florida, compares President Donald Trump to Latin American authoritarians, or caudillos. “From threatening reporters and militarizing the streets, to weaponizing the Justice Department to exact political vendettas, this administration’s abuse of power is all too familiar to…
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign pulled a space-themed YouTube ad amid complaints that it violated NASA guidelines and after a former astronaut complained she appeared in the ad without her consent. The Trump campaign’s “Make Space Great Again” ad violated strict regulations for ads posted on its website, NASA said. “As a government agency, NASA…
President Donald Trump celebrated after the Department of Labor (DOL) released a jobs report showing an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate. The United States added 2.5 million jobs during the month of May as businesses began to reopen. Additionally, the unemployment rate dropped to 13.3 percent from 14.7 percent in April. The president, who…
Speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe, retired Navy Admiral William McRaven criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to use tear gas to clear peaceful protesters for a photo-op in front of St. John’s Church in Washington, D.C. “In the military, there are three criteria for every decision we make,” McRaven said. “It has to be moral, legal,…
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s lead over President Donald Trump has grown in North Carolina, a state increasingly in play for Democrats during this year’s general election. According to the latest survey from the left-leaning firm Public Policy Polling (PPP), Biden has a 4-point lead over Trump 49 percent to 45 percent, the biggest lead…
U.S. District Judge Michael Watson in Columbus ruled that President Donald Trump cannot use a $450,000 settlement adult film actress Stormy Daniels received over a botched arrest at a strip club to cover his attorney fees. Trump had sought a portion of Daniels’s settlement to cover fees accrued a defamation case that Daniels filed against…
President Donald Trump hinted he’d pardon his former political adviser Roger Stone, who in January 2019 was convicted on seven counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and lying to federal investigators and later sentenced to 40 months in federal prison. “Roger was a victim of a corrupt and illegal Witch Hunt, one which will…
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has delayed anti-lynching legislation, saying “there has to be some give and take” on the measure’s language. “We want the bill to be stronger. We think that lynching is an awful thing that should be roundly condemned and should be universally condemned. I don’t think it’s a good idea to conflate…
Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis criticized President Donald Trump for his behavior in response to the protests that erupted after the death of George Floyd, saying he is “the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people.” Trump “does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to…
Pope Francis commented on the protests that have erupted since George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, saying that Catholics cannot tolerate racism and also “claim to defend the sacredness of every human life.” “My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion…
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to rail against his Democratic opponent, former vice president Joe Biden, suggesting he’s done more for the black community than any president, even as protests against racial injustice continue across the nation. “In 3 1/2 years, I’ve done much more for our Black population than Joe Biden has done…
According to FiveThirtyEight’s tracker of President Donald Trump’s approval ratings, his disapproval rating is 54.1 percent as of today, the highest since 54.4 on November 18 when the nation grappled with the news that he’d attempted to arrange a quid-pro-quo with Ukraine. The president’s disapproval rating has spiked amid a wave of protests against racial…
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden will rebuke President Donald Trump for wrongly using military personnel to disperse protesters so he could “stage a photo op at a noble church” during a speech in Philadelphia today. “When peaceful protestors are dispersed by the order of the President from the doorstep of the people’s house, the White…
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is demanding an investigation into an alleged police attack on an Australian news crew outside of the White House during coverage of the protests in response to the death of George Floyd. “Network Seven cameraman Tim Myers was hit with a riot shield and punched in the face, while reporter…
Michigan Representative Justin Amash (R) is preparing legislation that would the prohibition against suing police officers. “This week, I am introducing the Ending Qualified Immunity Act to eliminate qualified immunity and restore Americans’ ability to obtain relief when police officers violate their constitutionally secured rights,” Amash wrote on Twitter. This week, I am introducing the…
President Donald Trump railed against his Democratic opponent, former vice president Joe Biden, on Twitter this morning, falsely accusing him of using his influence to bail “Anarchists”––his word for protesters with the Black Lives Matter movement––out of jail. “Sleepy Joe Biden’s people are so Radical Left that they are working to get the Anarchists out…
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a 10-point lead over President Donald Trump ahead of the November election, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. 53 percent of registered voters say they would vote for Biden compared to the 43 percent who said they would vote for Trump. That’s a significant change from the…
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters that President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the United States “has become addicted to quitting groups and scrapping treaties,†according to a Reuters report. Trump made the decision to withdraw after Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged…
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is enjoying a surge of support from those working in healthcare, receiving more than  $3.8 million in donations from healthcare leaders and their employees, including pro-Biden super-PACS, according to data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. The news comes as President Donald Trump and his administration continue to…
During an appearance on Fox News’s The Five, Geraldo Rivera condemned President Donald Trump after Twitter flagged the president for “glorifying violence†after he referred to those who’ve protested in Minneapolis following George Floyd’s death as “THUGS†and said that “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.†Rivera said Democrats are “studiously avoiding” incidences of looting in…
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced the committee will hold a hearing on police use of force after George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis while in police custody. Graham said he’d spoken with Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s ranking member, about the killing, which has resulted…
President Donald Trump announced earlier today that the United States will sever ties with the World Health Organization (WHO) during his press conference earlier today. “China has total control over the World Health Organization despite only paying $40 million per year compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot denounced President Donald Trump, saying he was “encouraging people to be shot in the street” after referring to those who’ve protested in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd as “THUGS” and saying that “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” “I will code what I really want to say to…
President Trump took to Twitter to declare that today “will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!” just a day after he threatened to shut down social media platforms after Twitter, his communication tool of choice, began fact-checking his tweets. This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS! — Donald J. Trump…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says social media companies shouldn’t be responsible for fact-checking the content posted on their platforms following President Donald Trump’s criticism of Twitter for fact-checking his claim that vote-by-mail initiatives are “substantially fraudulent.” “I don’t think that Facebook or internet platforms in general should be arbiters of truth,†Zuckerberg said during an…
The reliably conservative Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board criticized President Donald Trump in an editorial this morning, calling his murder allegations against former congressman and “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough “ugly even for him.” “Donald Trump sometimes traffics in conspiracy theories — recall his innuendo in 2016 about Ted Cruz’s father and the JFK assassination — but…
President Donald Trump has falsely accused former congressman and “Morning Joe†host Joe Scarborough of murdering a staffer for the second day in a row. Writing on Twitter, the president claimed Scarborough “is rattled, not only by his bad ratings but all of the things and facts that are coming out on the internet about…
President Donald Trump threatened to shut down social media platforms after Twitter, his communication tool of choice, began fact-checking his tweets. The president suggested that social media “totally silences” conservative voices. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this…
Nearly 100,000 people have died from the novel coronavirus as the crisis has intensified over the last two months, but President Donald Trump appeared to flout all criticism and attacked presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over his response to the 2009 swine flu pandemic. “Joe Biden’s handling of the H1N1 Swine Flu was a…
President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the United States has “overreacted a little bit to coronavirus” while arguing that Americans should head back to work while wearing masks and observing social distancing guidelines. “The fact that it’s difficult to get this disease from touching stuff… should sort of reset how we…
According to a new poll of nearly 1,700 adults from Gallup and the Knight Foundation, found that 68 percent of Republicans “strongly agree” that it is harmful for the media to exaggerate the threat of the novel coronavirus. The number of Democrats, by comparison, is 34 percent. Additionally, 77 percent of the survey’s respondents feel…
President Donald Trump continues to share a conspiracy theory that former Congressman and “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough murdered a former staffer. Earlier this morning, the president suggested that law enforcement “eventually will” catch up with Scarborough. “The opening of a Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough was not a Donald Trump original thought, this…
President Donald Trump claimed he’s finished taking hydroxychloroquine, the controversial anti-malarial drug he’s been repeatedly criticized for touting as an effective coronavirus treatment against the recommendations and research from health and policy experts. “Finished, just finished,†Trump said in an interview with Sinclair Broadcast’s program Full Measure With Sharyl Attkisson. “And by the way, I’m still here….
The Republican National Committee (RNC), the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the California Republican Party filed a joint lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) over his executive orders to use mail-in ballots for the November election. “Democrats continue to use this pandemic as a ploy to implement their partisan election agenda, and Governor Newsom’s…
President Donald Trump threatened to find a new site for August’s Republican National Convention (RNC) if North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) can’t guarantee “full attendance” as the state slowly reopens amid the coronavirus pandemic. The president attacked Cooper in a series of tweets, saying he is in “Shutdown mood & unable to guarantee that…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have preemptively requested President Donald Trump order flags on public buildings nationwide to fly at half-staff when the national death toll from the novel coronavirus reaches 100,000. The current death toll is 95,016, according to the most up-to-date statistics. The two legislators noted…
According to new data from the Department of Labor, another 2.44 million Americans filed for initial unemployment benefits last week The current unemployment rate of 14.7 percent means that nearly 40 million Americans are out of work as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced many businesses to declare bankruptcy or impose layoffs….
A new election model from Oxford Economics forecasts President Donald Trump will lose the popular vote in November. An unemployment rate above its global financial crisis peak, household income nearly 6% below its pre-virus levels, and transitory deflation will make the economy a nearly insurmountable obstacle for Trump come November,” Oxford Economics said in its report. Oxford…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promised his Republican colleagues that he would end enhanced unemployment benefits. Currently, those receiving unemployment benefits receive an additional $600 a week. McConnell said Republicans are “going to have to clean up the Democrats’ crazy policy that is paying people more to remain unemployed than they would earn if…
According to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 11 points in the general election match-up. The poll of more than 1,300 self-identified registered voters found that Biden enjoys an 11 point lead, 50 percent to Trump’s 39 percent. “What does the 11 point Biden lead tell…
According to an Associated Press report, President Donald Trump’s allies are recruiting “extremely pro-Trump†doctors to go on television and advocate reopening the national economy as speedily as possible. This would be “without waiting to meet safety benchmarks proposed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to slow the spread of the new…
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called President Donald Trump’s claim that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine can be used as an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus “absolutely irresponsible” during last night’s virtual Yahoo News event with chef Jose Andres. “Look, this is absolutely irresponsible. There’s no serious medical personnel out there saying to use that…
President Donald Trump threatened to withhold Michigan’s federal funding after its Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) announced that all state residents would receive applications for absentee ballots, allowing them to vote-by-mail. Trump and Republicans have repeatedly disparaged vote-by-mail options in response to criticisms from voting rights advocates who’ve expressed safety concerns during the coronavirus…
Former President Barack Obama’s popularity has endured since he left office, and the latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey obtained by Politico indicates that  54 percent of respondents would vote for Obama and 43 percent would vote for President Donald Trump if an election was held today. Only three percent of respondents said they were unsure…
The Orlando Sentinel‘s editorial board criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after he blamed the high number of unemployed people for the state’s failure to pay unemployment benefits. DeSantis made the remarks in response to a reporter’s question about delays that have affected individuals who first applied for unemployment in March. “I can tell you that DEO…
The latest OH Predictive Insights (OHPI) survey finds former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by seven points (50 percent to 43 percent) in Arizona, a state that has no gone to a Democrat since Bill Clinton won it in 1996. 53 percent of Arizonians disapprove of the president compared to 45 percent who view Biden…
In response to a question about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recommending he fire an inspector general investigating him for improper use of government resources, President Donald Trump said he preferred for government employees to wash Pompeo’s dishes if his wife or child weren’t present, so he can continue to do his work. “And now…
A study conducted by the progressive campaign group the Committee to Protect Medicare suggests demonstrators at anti-lockdown protests have spread the novel coronavirus. The information was gathered from anonymized location data from opt-in cellphone apps. According to The Guardian, with whom the organization shared its data, “data scientists at the firm VoteMap used it to determine…
Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held up a mock Trump University degree as part of a virtual commencement address to the graduating class of 2020. “You are celebrating that journey today, not just a piece of paper that you hang on the wall. This is nothing,†Schwarzenegger said as he held up the…
President Donald Trump attacked The Washington Post in an early morning tweet, disparaging its coverage of the government’s coronavirus response. “We have done a great job on Ventilators, Testing, and everything else,” the president insisted. “Were left little by Obama. Over 11 million tests, and going up fast. More than all countries in the world, combined.”…
According to a report from the team at Variety, which was the first to report on the post on the dark web, a criminal group hacked the major entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks and claims to have obtained documents on President Donald Trump. The group has used ransomware attacks to lock networks and is…
President Donald Trump signed the 2020 Armed Forces Day Proclamation and unveiled the official flag of the Space Force, the newest branch of the armed forces. “We’ve worked very hard on this and it’s so important from a defensive standpoint, from an offensive standpoint, from every standpoint there is,” Trump said. “As you know, China,…
Speaking to VICE, Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal (D) lambasted members of the Republican Party, saying “[they’re] basically doing everything possible to strip health care away” even in the middle of global pandemic. “That’s why [Democrats] have to have alternatives to that and really show the contrast between Republican [politicians]—whether it’s governors or members of Congress…
In an unsigned editorial, The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most esteemed medical journals, slammed President Trump’s “inconsistent and incoherent national response†to the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll in the United States nears 87,000. Pointing out that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), once the “national pillar of public health…
President Donald Trump continued promoting his “Obamagate” conspiracy theory on Twitter this morning in a joint attack against former President Barack Obama and media organizations that have printed unfavorable coverage of his presidency. First Trump thanked the hosts of “Fox and Friends” for “covering, supremely, the greatest political scandal in the history of the United…
President Donald Trump said health official Rick Bright is “a disgruntled employee” in remarks on Twitter this morning. Bright, who once led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), filed a whistleblower complaint after his warnings about the novel coronavirus at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and his criticisms about the…
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) says his state is now “the Wild West” after the state Supreme Court, in a 4-3 ruling, struck down his stay-at-home order. “At this point in time, there is no orders. There’s nothing that’s compelling people to do anything other than having chaos here,†Evers told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi. “We’re…
The Richmond, Virginia-based Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Donald Trump violated the Constitution’s emoluments clauses. The president’s attorneys had tried to preserve the president’s immunity from the lawsuit filed by Democratic attorneys general in Maryland and the District of Columbia, who successfully argued that the president’s ownership of the Trump International…
U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, who oversees the case against former President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, has appointed former judge John Gleeson to counter the Justice Department’s argument that Flynn’s case should be dismissed. Sullivan wrote that Gleeson will present arguments as an amicus curiae––or “friend of the court”––”in opposition…
President Donald Trump dismissed the warnings of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, saying schools should reopen even as more reports of children afflicted with possible COVID-19 related illnesses emerge. “They should open the schools, absolutely, I think they should. And it’s had very little impact on…
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to congratulate Republican congressional candidate Mike Garcia’s performance in a California special election. There’s just one problem: The race hasn’t been officially called yet. “Big Congressional win in California for Mike Garcia, taking back a seat from the Democrats. This is the first time in many years that a…
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted in August 2018 on eight charges of tax and bank fraud related to work conducted in Ukraine and sentenced to 7 1/2 months in prison, has been granted a release as the novel coronavirus spreads in prisons. Manafort was released from a federal correctional institution in…
A new report from The Daily Beast reveals that President Donald Trump and members of the White House coronavirus task force are pressuring officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change “how the agency works with states to count coronavirus-related deaths.” The report notes that Trump and his associates are “pushing for revisions…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized former President Barack Obama after news outlets obtained a tape of a web talk between the former president and members of the Obama Alumni Association in which he said the “rule of law is at risk†in the United States after it emerged the Justice Department dismissed the…
Former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt criticized President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response, saying that the United States would not have the highest death toll from the virus in the world if former President Barack Obama were still in office. “If Barack Obama was the president of the United States, this would not have happened,†Schmidt told…
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has called for an inspector general to investigate coronavirus stimulus loans given to large companies and those close to the administration. “Let me issue a warning right now to anyone who participates in a corrupt giveaway with President Trump and his administration,” Biden said in a video message released by his…
President Donald Trump has for the second time in as many weeks attacked MSNBC commentator and former congressman Joe Scarborough, suggesting he committed murder and demanding an investigation. “When will they open a Cold Case on the Psycho Joe Scarborough matter in Florida. Did he get away with murder?” the president wrote on Twitter. “Some…
In an op-ed for The Washington Post, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden wrote that President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic amounts to little more than “deflecting blame and dividing Americans.” “The coronavirus, to date, has taken the lives of more than 79,000 Americans. One of every 5 U.S. workers has filed for unemployment — with the…
Writing in an op-ed for The Hill, journalist and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams says President Donald Trump’s “failure of leadership” allowed the coronavirus “to do greater damage to the economy than it otherwise would.” “Yet an upbeat Vice President Pence is still selling the illusion that the nation will be done with the…
President Donald Trump attacked former President Barack Obama, launching into an “Obamagate” conspiracy after news outlets obtained a tape of a web talk between the former president and members of the Obama Alumni Association in which he said the “rule of law is at risk†in the United States after it emerged the Justice Department…
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) received his first haircut in three months at Salon à la Mode, the same salon owned by Shelley Luther, who was jailed this week for defying the state’s stay-at-home order and reopening her business early. “Hair salons & barbershops are open in TX today. Just got my hair cut for first…
President Donald Trump claimed World War II veterans are “too pure” to catch the novel coronavirus in freewheeling remarks during a meeting with Republican lawmakers. The president made the remarks just one day after his personal valet tested positive for the virus. The president said he didn’t wear a face mask during a ceremony honoring…
President Donald Trump reflected on his approach to the Russia investigation during a phone interview with the hosts of “Fox and Friends,” saying he “learned a lot” from studying history and the administration of former President Richard Nixon. “I learned a lot from Richard Nixon. Don’t fire people,” he said. “I learned a lot. I…
Former Vice President Al Gore criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying that reopening the economy will endanger more American lives. “I think we’re in grave danger,†Gore told Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta during an appearance on CNN. “I have to tell you both. I think that we are seeing the…
Fox News personality Pete Hegseth told his viewers to “put freedom before fear” and violate stay-at-home orders as the coronavirus pandemic tears its way through the country. Hegseth made the comments while broadcasting from inside his home. He urged “healthy people” to “have some courage” and go outside, making the case for “herd immunity,” which…
Late Night host Seth Meyers slammed President Donald Trump over his insistence that the national economy reopen and his push for states to lift their stay-at-home orders, saying that his lack of empathy compels him to let Americans die to return to business as usual. “You would think that putting aside his venality, his narcissism,…
Senators  Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to President Donald Trump suggesting he suspend visas for guest workers “during recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.” The news was first reported by Politico. The lawmakers suggest Trump suspend guest worker visas for 60 days and prevent some workers from returning to the U.S. for…
An exclusive report from The Associated Press reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration shelved a 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) team titled “Guidance for Implementing the Opening Up America Again Framework.” The report, the AP notes, “was researched and written to help faith leaders, business owners, educators and state…
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany pushed back against criticism of the White House’s decision to block Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, from testifying before a House panel about the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “The House, however, and specifically Chairwoman Nita Lowey’s committee,…
After the Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruled that residents casting absentee ballots in the upcoming elections will not have to get their ballots notarized, House Republicans passed an amended bill to reinstate the notary requirement. The amendment, Senate Bill 210, was authored by Representative Chris Kannady (R-Oklahoma City). Kannady argued that voter fraud would have…
In an interview with Mother Jones, Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Investigative Committee, said his Republican colleagues have become “a cult of” President Donald Trump and won’t acknowledge facts. Asked what he imagined after Trump was acquitted during his impeachment trial in February and how that “square[s] with what’s happening now,” Schiff responded:…
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) admitted during a private call with lawmakers that reopening the economy would spread the coronavirus even as he publicly announced that he would end an executive stay-at-home order. The news was first reported by The Daily Beast; a spokesperson for Abbott confirmed the call is authentic. “How do we know reopening businesses won’t…
The Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act has been introduced by Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and cosigned by nine other House Democrats to forgive federal and private loans for all medical professionals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. “Health care workers are worrying about their own health and how it will…
President Donald Trump said Democrat-run states facing financial strain because of the coronavirus pandemic shouldn’t expect to be bailed out by the federal government. “I think Congress is inclined to do a lot of things but I don’t think they’re inclined to do bailouts. A bailout is different than, you know, reimbursing for the plague, 
President Donald Trump vowed to revive his White House coronavirus briefings, saying “everybody” enjoyed them, crediting his clashes with reporters for keeping the public engaged. “We set every record with those press conferences. Six million people all the time. You know we had tremendous numbers, literally, it was in [Fox News host] Bret Baier’s slot,…
President Donald Trump lashed out at attorney George Conway, the husband of presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, and other Republicans over an anti-Trump advertisement released by The Lincoln Project that criticizes the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “A group of RINO Republicans who failed badly 12 years ago, then again 8 years ago, and…
President Donald Trump revived an old conspiracy theory, suggesting Comcast––which he referred to as “Concast”––should investigate MSNBC commentator and former congressman Joe Scarborough for murder. “‘Concast’ should open up a long overdue Florida Cold Case against Psycho Joe Scarborough,â€Â the president said. “I know him and Crazy Mika [Brzezinski] well, used them beautifully in the last…
President Donald Trump suggested the press treats him worse than Abraham Lincoln, the United States’ 16th president, who was assassinated shortly after the end of the American Civil War in 1865. “I am greeted with a hostile press, the likes of which no president has ever seen. The closest would be that gentleman right up…
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has launched an ad campaign calling his response to the coronavirus pandemic an “American comeback.” The ad characterizes the president’s ban on travel from China as effective at mitigating the spread of the coronavirus even though it’s currently killed nearly 69,000 Americans. It also includes footage of Trump praising “the…
President Donald Trump, who only recently projected only 60,000 people would die from COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic, now claims he hopes the United States loses less than 100,000 people. “Hopefully we’re going to come in below that 100,000 lives lost, which is a horrible number nevertheless,†Trump said. “So, yeah, we’ve lost a lot…
The White House has blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and perhaps the most recognizable face on the coronavirus task force, from testifying at a House hearing next week. Dr. Fauci had been requested to appear at a Wednesday morning hearing on how the government has handled…
President Donald Trump slammed Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in a tweet this morning, calling the armed protesters who stormed the Michigan statehouse yesterday “good people.” “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire,” he wrote. “There are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again,…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that “young children do not spread the coronavirus” and was fact-checked live on his own show by his guest, Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel. “And now to the latest science. There is new evidence that young children do not spread the coronavirus. Not what we thought,” Carlson said…
Documents obtained by NBC News indicate that the federal government ordered more than 100,00 body bags even as President Donald Trump projected only 60,000 people would die from COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. “That batch is a pending $5.1 million purchase order placed by the Department of Homeland Security on April 21 with E.M. Oil Transport Inc. of…
Second Lady of the United States Karen Pence defended her husband, Vice President Mike Pence, amid criticism that he did not wear a mask during a visit this week to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Mrs. Pence said her husband did not mean to offend anyone and that he was unaware about the policy…
President Donald Trump criticized Sweden’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, saying the Scandinavian nation is paying “heavily” for allowing many businesses to remain open. Sweden has lost more citizens to the pandemic than its neighbors and the death rate sits at 22 per 100,000 people, a number that is three times higher than Denmark’s…
According to an investigative report from Buzzfeed News, an engineer that received a $69.1 million contract from the state of New York after replying to tweets from President Donald Trump never provided the ventilators. Yaron Oren-Pines, an electrical engineer in Silicon Valley who specializes in mobile phone technology, received a $69.1 million payment from New…
According to a SurveyMonkey Audience poll conducted by Insider asking how much Americans trust 10 Trump administration and Democratic officials for their leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) are the most trusted leaders in the United States. Insider asked the following: “When it comes to the official…
President Donald Trump threatened his campaign manager Brad Parscale with a lawsuit over recent poll numbers indicating he is losing support over his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The information came from three individuals familiar with the matter who spoke to CNN. “He’s p*ssed because he knows he messed up in those briefings,” one Republican…
