Новости за 09.02.2020

During a segment on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” host Brian Stelter called out seldom-seen White House press Stephanie Grisham for complaining that he has been shunned by the unidentified cable networks, saying she has been invited multiple times by his network and has avoided them. As the CNN host explained, Grisham has been a constant presence […]

President Donald Trump proclaims the economy the best it has ever been. But for those still suffering, hearing how great things are for everyone else can make things really depressing. Nicholas Kristof’s Sunday editorial in the New York Times explained that for all of Trump’s soaring stocks and profitable corporations, things aren’t great for many […]

In a bizarre turn, President Donald Trump seems to be disagreeing with political scientist Larry Sabato, who recently tweeted that Trump would likely remain in office. “And Trump will still be President,” Sabato tweeted. Trump seemed to disagree. “Sabato got it all wrong last time, never came close to understanding the Trump Voter. Actually it’s […]

According to a report from CNN, on Sunday prosecutors handling the federal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn filed paperwork with the judge in his case to use the testimony of his former attorneys against him to counter his bid to withdraw his guilty plea. The report states, “The court filing from prosecutors […]

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie personally sought damaging information about a congressional aide who said she was sexually assaulted in a VA hospital, according to an anonymous complaint to the House committee the woman works for. The written complaint was obtained by ProPublica. In addition, a former senior official with direct knowledge of the […]

The U.S. has never elected a president whose resume topped out at mayor — let alone mayor of the 305th most populous city in the country.But Pete Buttigieg has shattered plenty of expectations in his once long-shot presidential bid, outlasting governors and senators and finishing atop this week’s Iowa caucuses in a photo finish with […]

ATLANTA — The images sketch the life of a small-town girl in Middle America. She rides a tractor. She shows her prize cow. Wearing a pink-and-white striped waitress’ apron, she takes orders at the local diner.“Grew up on our family farm, working in the fields, showing cattle,” Kelly Loeffler, Georgia’s newly appointed U.S. senator, says […]

SAN DIEGO — The forensic results landed loudly. DNA on sperm cells in a murder case came back to one of the San Diego Police Department’s own employees: a worker in the crime lab.“We were in a very difficult spot,” said Patrick O’Donnell, a lab supervisor.What the police did next is central to a civil-rights […]

Calling the atmosphere at the White House Pentagon and State Department “not just chilling but frightening,” career government workers now feel they will quickly have their careers ruined by Donald Trump if they so much as report any unethical or illegal acts within the administration. According to a report from the Washington Post, the president’s […]

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman has become a target of Republicans after participating in the president’s impeachment hearings. On Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested that Vindman, who was forced out of his White House position, likely leaked information about President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme to the original whistleblower who outed the crime. However, there is […]

In a column for the Washington Post, long-time political observer E.J. Dionne was harshly critical of the organizers of the National Prayer Breakfast for standing by and doing nothing as Donald Trump launched a vicious attack against his critics at what has ostensibly been a deeply Christian event. Dionne got right to the point, writing, […]

What I realized about the rampaging sexism in Hollywood, as many other women have realized before and after me, in one vertiginous jolt, was that the entire industry knows exactly what’s going on and almost nobody is genuinely interested in lifting a finger to do anything about it. How can this be? Surely there are good […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A hidden man crept out of the darkness of Catherine’s bedroom in Pompano Beach, wrapped his forearm around her and pressed a sharp object against her throat. He forced her to her bed, put a pillowcase over her head and raped her. Then he left.In the months after that summer night […]

By Derrick DarbyAs Lil Nas X took to the Grammy stage to perform his hit song, Rodeo, alongside hip hop legend Nas, social media lit up with disappointment that Cardi B, who performed vocals on the remix, was missing on stage.The fact that the rapper who gave us Illmatic, a poignant and conscious hip hop […]

Donald Trump is still not over Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) for following his conscience and voting to remove him from office last week, and now is accusing him of damaging the Republican party. Following a morning of Trump seemingly retweeting every booster he could find on Twitter, the president added a comment to a quote […]

Iran started counting down Sunday to the launch within hours of a scientific observation satellite that is part of a programme the United States has previously described as a “provocation”. The arch foes have appeared to be on the brink of an all-out confrontation twice in the past seven months. Long-standing acrimony between Tehran and […]

MSNBC host Chris Matthews drew rebukes on social media Friday night after suggesting that as a Democratic Socialist, Sen. Bernie Sanders could lead a dictatorship in which establishment political figures would be “executed,” should he win the presidency. Following the Democratic primary debate, Matthews joined other MSNBC commentators including Joy Reid and Chris Hayes in […]

The recently released film “1917” is a cinematically stunning and dramatically riveting “war movie”.  I have no quibble with its receipt earlier this month of the Golden Globe award for best film of 2019 (albeit Quinton Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” a sort of anti-history of the Manson murders, is equally deserving).  But I want […]

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani lashed out at former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Sunday over reports that Bolton’s new book implicates the former New York City mayor in President Donald Trump’s Ukraine scheme. “There was never such a meeting,” Giuliani said, insisted that he was “not in the room” with the president to witness […]

Much as the still-male-dominated press may resist understanding it, reproductive rights continues to be a major issue for Democratic voters, and for the heavily female volunteer troops that get out the vote. It’s an issue that can win Democrats elections. But especially after recent victories driven by female voters, most notably in the 2018 midterms, the party […]

In a column for the Daily Beast, conservative Matt Lewis warned Republicans to not meddle in the selection of the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee because it could blow up in their faces. Noting that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appears to be the Democratic frontrunner, Lewis cautioned against Republicans voting for him in open primaries saying […]

The Academy has come under fire since revealing the nominations for this year’s Oscars, after announcing an all-male directors shortlist and Cynthia Erivo as the only black nominee across the acting categories.Taking to social media, actress and comedian Leslie, who’s been a member of the Oscars voting pool the last few years, revealed she only […]

NBC Host Chuck Todd suggested on Sunday that Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg agrees that former President Barack Obama is to blame for President Donald Trump’s ascendency into power. Buttigieg, however, refused to take the bait. “The vice president is hitting you hard, implying that you are attacking the Obama presidency,” Todd said. “Let me […]

Switzerland on Sunday voted strongly in favour of a new law against homophobia in a referendum, against opposition from the populist rightwing Swiss People’s Party (SVP). Incomplete results showed 60.5 percent voted in favour of widening existing laws against discrimination of incitement to hatred on ethnic or religious grounds to include sexual orientation. “This is […]

In a fascinating article, The New York Times shared the news that the Trump administration is proposing an executive White House order to decide on architectural style for all new federal buildings — to make them look akin to the classical style of the White House itself. It’s less the choice in architecture itself that is striking […]