Новости за 30.03.2020

Congress was slow to understand the threat from coronavirus, and now Republicans want to blame impeachment. Back in January, as Democrats presented their evidence in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, only a few lawmakers from both parties were urging action against the highly contagious virus that had shut down parts of China and […]

In a column for the Daily Beast that was equal parts sad and furious, GOP strategist Rick Wilson warned Donald Trump’s most rabid fans that are about to pay a personal and horrible price for supporting the feckless president because the coronavirus pandemic is slowly coming to their states — and it is going to […]

The Australian Olympic Committee on Monday refuted suggestions it had colluded with Canadian counterparts to withdraw from the Tokyo Games to pressure organisers into a postponement. Both countries said last week, in statements released in quick succession, that they would not send teams to the Olympics in July because of the coronavirus pandemic. A day […]

Nuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested “super-large multiple rocket launchers”, state media said on Monday, but leader Kim Jong Un was not described as commanding the drill as analysts say Pyongyang seeks to normalise its launches. With the world focused on the coronavirus pandemic and North Korea insisting it has not had a single COVID-19 case, […]

Moscow on Monday imposed a lockdown in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin asked regional authorities to make similar preparations The enforcement of the tough new rules, which were suddenly announced by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin late Sunday, coincide with the beginning of a “non-working” week […]

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s government prepared Italians for a “very long” lockdown Sunday that would only be lifted gradually despite its economic hardship and traumatic impact on daily lives. The message from ministers and health officials came as Italy’s world-topping toll rose by 756 — well bellow Friday’s record of 969 — and the rate […]

Veteran newsman Dan Rather teared up talking about American exceptionalism during times of crisis. Speaking to CNN’s Don Lemon, who had a special show late Sunday evening, Rather learned over the weekend that friend and former CBS colleague Maria Mercader had lost her life to the coronavirus. Lemon asked if Rather had ever experienced anything […]

MSNBC had a panel discussion about Sunday about the ways in which President Donald Trump has ignored all of the intelligence that warned him that a health crisis was coming. Reports have surfaced over the past several weeks about the information that Trump received urged him to prepare for the coronavirus, but it was ignored. […]

Before the Dow Jones markets crashed, Republican elected officials on key committees were caught selling off hefty sums of stocks. It’s a crime to use insider information from the government or the business to profit, but that’s exactly what economics experts think these officials did. Now at least one of those officials is being investigated, […]

President Donald Trump and his administration seemed to delight in the idea that there would only be 100,000 people who die due to coronavirus. As some states still refuse to quarantine, however, those numbers could be soft. Being gleeful about the 100,000 people is disappointing, given other countries have managed to have far fewer deaths. […]

This week the state of Oklahoma held a state-wide prayer day where megachurch pastors from all over the state appeared with Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) to try and pray-away the coronavirus. But one message stuck in the craw of a Baptist preacher who watching. Speaking Thursday, Pastor Bill Scheer of the Guts Church franchise in […]

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer brought on resident fact-checker Daniel Dale to explain why President Donald Trump’s press conference Sunday was filled with statements that attempted to rewrite history. “A lot of this was inaccurate,” said Dale. “There were two remarkable moments where the journalist recited Trump’s own word, and he denied what he said. First is […]

President Donald Trump alleged that the hospitals asking for more ventilators and masks are asking for such an astounding amount that he is concerned they were hoarding or worse. “How do you go from 10 to 20 to 300,000 masks? Where are the masks going, are they going out the backdoor?” Trump asked. “They have […]

President Donald Trump attacked a CNN reporter for asking about his statement at a press conference last week. Trump said that he doesn’t call people who don’t appreciate the work he’s doing for them. He then confessed that he told former Vice President Mike Pence that he also shouldn’t call, but that Pence calls them […]

President Donald Trump snapped at two Black reporters asking questions about his past statements on the coronavirus timeline. During a Sunday press conference in the Rose Garden, Trump attacked Bloomberg and PBS reporters for their questions. In the case of the PBS reporter, who Trump has attacked multiple times, he referred to her and her […]

President Donald Trump has inevitably backtracked on reopening the country by Easter, saying it was “aspirational.” Last week the president proclaimed that he wanted packed churches on Easter Sunday, which is April 12. “I’d love to have it open by Easter,” Trump said. “I would love to have that. It’s such an important day for […]

President Donald Trump went off on a rant accusing hospitals, doctors and nurses of hoarding equipment and intentionally exaggerating the things they need. Speaking in the Rose Garden Sunday, Trump asked, “How do you go from 10 to 20 to 300,000 masks? Where are the masks going, are they going out the backdoor?” Indeed, the […]

Residents of New York were shocked to look out their windows and see white tents going up in the north meadow of Central Park in New York on Sunday. “Not sure if I find this more reassuring than terrifying,” New York Times reporter Katie Rosman confessed on Twitter. Not sure if I find this more […]

The first case of COVID-19 or the coronavirus hit the United States Jan. 19, 70 days ago, but President Donald Trump sent 17.8 tons of personal protective equipment (PPE) to China as cases were ramping up here at home. Mother Jones reported Sunday, that a press release the State Department sent out on Feb. 7 […]

While scientists and doctors are urging people to social-distance to stop the spread of the coronavirus, one Florida megachurch bucked the trend to host their own service on Sunday that packed people in with a dangerous crowd. The River Church in Tampa was packed with people looking for hope, TMZ reported Sunday. Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne […]