Новости за 30.03.2020

Scientific warnings are being ignored, misinformation is spreading, and prominent Republicans have said that addressing the problem is either too expensive or too difficult. No, this isn’t climate change: This is the new reality of the novel coronavirus, the deadly pandemic sweeping the planet. Over the past several weeks, as global cases of COVID-19 have […]

“If we are at war, who is the enemy?” asks Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor for The Washington Post in a smart piece that examines the question of who constitutes a target for a self-declared “wartime president.” While it is obvious that the enemy, in this case, is a tiny, sticky, invisible microbe that stubbornly gloms onto […]

President Donald Trump said Monday he expects his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to request the lifting of US sanctions during an upcoming phone call. “Yeah, he’ll probably ask for that,” Trump told Fox News. Trump did not say what his response would be, noting that he had put sanctions on Russia but adding: “They don’t […]

For those of us diligently practicing social distancing, it can be infuriatingly frustrating to encounter friends and loved ones who refuse to. There’s a strong temptation to lash out at them as selfish fools whose irresponsibility endangers us all. But doing so will backfire because, when people feel attacked, they get defensive and entrench in […]

A new report from The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins reveals that some conservative Trump supporters are intentionally defying recommended social distancing protocols as a way to stick it to their political foes. In his article, Coppins interviews Georgia resident Geoff Frost, who says that older conservatives who play at his local country club have made a […]

The doctor who said this continues to show up daily, caring for patients in need. Her health — and that of millions of other doctors, nurses, their families and the patients they care for — is put at risk when our leaders de-fund the health system that protects us all. She and other front line […]

President Donald Trump called into “Fox & Friends” on Monday morning to discuss his administration’s work on handling the coronavirus pandemic — but it quickly devolved into an angry rant in which he attacked his political foes. During the lengthy hour-long interview, the president frequently drifted off topic to make outlandish statements about the media, […]

This was the week that the United States and our region became the global epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic. Across the country, the national death toll rose to near 1,200, with over 40 percent of those deaths in New York City and New Jersey. This article was originally published by InsiderNJ. For weeks, as conditions […]

Fox News hosts offered their prayers to President Donald Trump as he cut off his coronavirus update to call Russian president Vladimir Putin. The president called in Monday morning to “Fox & Friends,” which he regularly watches, and boasted about his administration’s coronavirus response and attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom he slurred as a […]

In a Sunday evening coronavirus press briefing President Donald Trump not only extended the federal government’s social distancing policies to April 30, he extended beyond credulity what most would consider a good job. Many are outraged after the President declared that he could have done nothing to battle the coronavirus pandemic and, according to scientific […]

President Donald Trump’s excitement about decades-old anti-malarial drugs to treat the coronavirus has touched off widespread interest in the medications, hoarding by some doctors, new clinical trials on the fly and desperation among patients who take them for other conditions. Many experts say there isn’t enough evidence that the drugs work for the coronavirus, but […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his close aides have been placed under precautionary quarantine after a staffer within his office tested positive for COVID-19, the premier’s office said Monday. In a statement, Netanyahu’s office made clear that the quarantine decision was purely precautionary as the veteran prime minister had not been in recent contact […]

In many ways both obvious and subtle, Donald Trump is precisely the wrong person to be president of the United States during the coronavirus crisis. Almost everything he does makes matters worse and imperils lives. This article was originally published at Salon Over the weekend, Trump threatened to instigate civil war, if perhaps only through his own ignorance, […]

Early signs show that the systems that get fresh fruit and vegetables to American homes is strained and may experience major failures. The Trump administration is only making matters worse, allowing his racism against Mexicans to inflict damage on American farms that depend on legal labor from south of the border. In Florida, winter crops […]

The U.S. census is the most democratic and inclusive activity we do as a country. For demographers like myself, this once-a-decade count serves as the backbone of virtually every product that we use to understand who Americans are, how they’ve changed and what this might mean for the future. The U.S. also uses the census […]

As a military organization divided into 50 distinct parts that can be commanded by either the president or state governors, the National Guard is perhaps the least understood branch of the U.S. armed forces. Despite its complexity – or perhaps because of it – the National Guard is taking the lead role in the military’s […]

Sometime in the late second century A.D., Christians in the city of Rome organized a collection to send to the followers of Jesus in the city of Corinth. Modern-day scholars don’t know what the crisis was that prompted the donation – it could have been a plague or a famine. What they do know from […]

You have a choice to make when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic. Do you treat this time as an insurmountable threat that pits you against everyone else? This option entails making decisions based solely on protecting yourself and your loved ones: stockpiling supplies regardless of what that leaves for others; continuing to host small […]

Two medical experts on Monday called President Donald Trump’s insinuation that doctors are intentionally hoarding masks to be an “insulting” conspiracy theory. Appearing on CNN, emergency room physician Dr. Leana Wen was asked by host Alisyn Camerota about the president’s statements about hospitals lying about the amount of equipment they need — and she replied […]

President Donald Trump railed at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a phone interview with Fox News. The president called in to “Fox & Friends,” which he regularly watches and promotes on his Twitter feed, and complained that Pelosi had criticized his response to the coronavirus crisis. “She’s a sick puppy, in my opinion,” Trump told […]

According to longtime political observer David Leonhardt, Donald Trump’s chances of being re-elected are diminishing every day as the economy continues to crash and Americans are dying because of the COVID-19 pandemic despite “snapshot polls” saying voters are still supportive of him. Writing for the New York Times, the columnist notes that the full horrors […]

“Corporate-run health insurance isn’t about saving lives. It’s about making as much money as possible. With Medicare for All we can finally put an end to this international disgrace,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. A new analysis warning that U.S. health insurance companies could hike already exorbitant premiums by 40 percent or more next year amid […]

North Korea on Monday warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States and slammed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for urging the international community to maintain sanctions on its regime. Pompeo last week told nations to “stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressure” over the North’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs while […]

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski suggested Fox News might be liable for the deaths of viewers who trusted their “misinformation” about the deadly coronavirus. Brzezinski and her “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough were shocked that President Donald Trump’s loyalists continue to downplay the outbreak — which has already killed more than 2,500 Americans and wreaked havoc on […]

The tribal chairman said the announcement came “on the very day that the United States has reached a record 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.” The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe vowed Friday to fight for its land after the Trump administration announced its reservation would be “disestablished” and its land trust status removed. This is unconscionable. […]