Новости за 16.05.2020

President Donald Trump interrupted his vacation at Camp David to push a debunked conspiracy theory. “OBAMAGATE!” Trump tweeted, in all-caps on Saturday. The nonsensical conspiracy theory has been repeatedly pushed by Trump, even though he’s struggled to explain what it is. Nonetheless, Trump has repeatedly pushed the conspiracy theory, in all capital letters. OBAMAGATE! — […]

Longtime Republican strategist Rick Wilson explained why it would be disastrous for the Republican-controlled Senate to investigate former President Barack Obama. Trump has been publicly pressuring Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to investigate the conspiracy theory that Trump calls “Obamagate.” Mitch, I love you, but this is 100% true. Time is running out. Get […]

According to a report from TMZ, popular character actor and comedian Fred Willard has passed away at age 86. “The veteran comedic actor passed away late Friday night,” TMZ reported, adding that his daughter Hope told them, “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept […]

On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that five sailors onboard the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time. “Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said that it is ‘a learning process’ to understand how to best adapt to the virus,” said the report. “Hoffman said the sailors were removed from the ship […]

Maine’s former Republican governor attended an anti-lockdown protest in Augusta on Saturday — but refused to get out of his car. “Former governor Paul LePage briefly returned to Blaine House on Saturday for a protest of the business restrictions that its current occupant, Gov. Janet Mills, has put in place to prevent the spread of […]

Democratic lawmakers and progressives erupted with anger after President Donald Trump on Friday night quietly removed the State Department’s Inspector general from his post, the latest example of the White House’s hostility to oversight and investigation. “What checks and balances do we have left?” wondered journalist Andrew Kimmel. “The slow-moving coup continues to successfully—and quite […]

On Saturday, Politico reported that President Donald Trump’s officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to suspend rules and oversight that require transparency from banks, credit card issuers, and credit bureaus. “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is relaxing rules designed to shield Americans from abuse during […]

Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview airing Sunday that the public should not expect a vacancy on the Supreme Court to remain open this election year, despite what happened last time. Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told journalist Greta Van Susteren that 2020 presents a different situation than […]

In a bizarre retweet of a Federalist editor’s claim that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been ignoring “the Russian collusion hoax,” Donald Trump professed his love for the Senate majority leader and said it was true and could cost him the Senate in November. According to Sean Davis, “Mitch McConnell has spent years pretending as […]

On Saturday, Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI) announced that he would not be mounting a bid for president after all. After much reflection, I’ve concluded that circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year, and therefore I will not be a candidate. — Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 16, 2020 In […]

On Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a photo is circulating of Rep. Matt Gurtler, the GOP state representative running for the seat held by Rep. Doug Collins, with a white supremacist leader. “The photo shows Rep. Matt Gurtler, R-Tiger, with Chester Doles, a Georgia man with longstanding ties to numerous white supremacist organizations, including […]

On Saturday, writing for USA TODAY, Women’s March official and manufacturing expert Bob Bland accused the Trump administration of diverting medical supplies her Masks for America organization had intended for medical workers. “One month ago, as COVID-19 spread across the county and critical personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves, surgical gowns and face shields […]

American culture has always demonstrated a callous indifference to death. At our nation’s inception, its triumphant rhetoric of equality and democratic revolution excluded any acknowledgment of slavery, or the genocide conducted against its Native population. Over the past two centuries, America’s history of uninterrupted war, conquest and exploitation bred into the public too much comfort with the […]

This morning President Donald Trump issued two tweets in support of anti-lockdown protestors in Commack, Long Island, New York who lashed out at News 12 Long Island reporter Kevin Vesey as he covered their event. While the majority of white Trump-supporting demonstrators peacefully picketed the roadside, four minutes into covering the event, several protestors started […]

A few weeks ago, I received an unsettling email. The staff at my daughter’s pediatrician’s office — a family-run private practice in Brooklyn that serves more than 3,800 patients — was shifting to part time. The practice had applied for the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, meant to help small businesses weather the economic […]

On Saturday, The New York Times editorial board excoriated the demand of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that any new coronavirus relief bill include liability protections for corporations that get their employees infected. “The biggest obstacle, as [McConnell] sees it, is not a deadly disease but rapacious trial lawyers, capitalizing on the virus to […]

Donald Trump continued his Twitter flurry on Saturday afternoon with an attack on MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell — also getting in a jab at fellow MSNBC host Joe Scarborough — over an interview O’Donnell did with former Vice President Joe Biden. Referring to his previous reality show, the president wrote, “Really sad, but even ‘sadder’, watch […]

States are announcing deep Medicaid cuts due to budget shortfalls stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, at the same time that millions of people lose their employer-based health coverage.This article first appeared on Salon.During the Great Recession, state Medicaid programs slashed coverage for services like dentistry, podiatry, and insulin pumps amid steep budget cutbacks. The current crisis […]

On CNN Saturday, correspondent Kristen Holmes revealed that officials at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta are frustrated with coronavirus task force official Dr. Deborah Birx, because of her unwillingness to correct false claims made by President Donald Trump. “Nick Valencia reporting with me, talking to CDC officials in Atlanta, who said they’ve been […]

According to a column from Nicole Gelinas, Republican lawmakers who have been complaining about sending coronavirus aid to predominately Democratic-run states may want to dial it back because it could come back to haunt them in the very near future. As Gelkinas explained, “A long-simmering uneasiness between densely populated Democratic states and more sprawling Republican […]

On MSNBC Saturday, former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) says he will never go back to the Republican Party, even after President Donald Trump is out of office and out of party leadership. “I want to ask you about the fact that you’re now the newly named executive chairman of something called the Serve America Movement,” […]

Donald Trump kept up his tweet barrage on Saturday morning, attacking Democrats and the media, and then turning around and praising himself for the job he is doing battling the coronavirus pandemic. According to the president: “We’ve done a GREAT job on Covid response, making all Governors look good, some fantastic (and that’s OK), but […]

On Saturday, former national security official Samantha Vinograd tore into President Donald Trump for the firing of the State Department inspector general. “The timing could not be worse, when you think of how IG to IG transmission is supposed to happen,” said Vinograd. “The U.S. government is under increased pressure right now because of the […]

Public schools have faced three distinct challenges since the coronavirus pandemic began – scrambling to make sure that low-income children don’t go hungry, teaching students remotely who lack internet access and bracing for dramatically smaller budgets. Congress tried to help in the US$2 trillion economic relief package known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic […]

The loss of 31 million jobs due to coronvirus has an added downside: 27 million have lost job-based health insurance. The worst may still lie ahead. One study estimated that 25 to 43 million people could lose coverage from their employer. The situation for many Americans feels dramatic. Fortunately, the limited U.S. safety net will […]