Новости за 09.07.2020

Yet another “Karen” video has emerged on social media, this time showing a woman harassing a Black man for the simple act of sitting in car in front of his own house. “Didn’t think this would happen to me,” the man says as the video starts. In the background, the clearly agitated woman says she’s […]

MSNBC legal analyst Neal Katyal on Thursday argued that President Donald Trump has reason to worry about the Supreme Court’s ruling that he could not simply ignore subpoenas for information about his personal finances. During an appearance on the network, Katyal said he disagreed with analysis saying that Trump should view the 7-2 SCOTUS ruling […]

Joy Reid will be the new anchor for MSNBC’s 7 PM hour starting July 20, and the internet is celebrating. The veteran journalist has been an MSNBC anchor, host, political correspondent, analyst, and commentator for over six years. Last month The Wall Street Journal reported Reid was in negotiations with the cable news network for […]

Some of President Donald Trump’s “economic nationalist” allies are furious that Joe Biden beat the White House to the punch with a “Buy American” policy push. The president’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon told the Washington Post‘s Jeff Stein that Biden’s $300 billion domestic spending proposal was “very smart,” and said the likely Democratic nominee […]

Fox News pundit Katie Pavlich argued on Thursday that a Supreme Court ruling which opened the door for prosecutors to obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns is actually “a win” for the president. Pavlich made the remarks after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance can request the president’s […]

On Thursday, following the 7-2 rulings from the Supreme Court rejecting President Donald Trump’s claims of absolute immunity in the New York tax returns and House financial oversight cases, the president took to Twitter to complain. In the thread, Trump whined that he was being unfairly targeted by the Supreme Court decisions — which were […]

An upstate New York man was charged with a hate crime after he chased a Black woman and her boyfriend shouting racial slurs. Athina Mitchell and Charles Wilkinson were looking for a new fishing spot they’d heard about Sunday in Plattsburgh when an angry white man approached their car shouting, reported WPTZ-TV. “Here n*gger, n*gger, […]

President Donald Trump faced a stinging defeat on Thursday after the United States Supreme Court ruled that he cannot block a subpoena for his financial records from New York County District Attorney Cy Vance. What made the decision particularly notable was the fact that both of President Trump’s picks for the Supreme Court — Justices […]

On Thursday, following the Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling that President Donald Trump’s taxes are not immune from the Manhattan criminal investigation, CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin broke down the implications of the decision. “All nine justices reject the position put forth by the president’s lawyers in this case,” said Toobin. “All nine justices say […]

A California security guard is facing murder charges after allegedly shooting a 1990s-era rapper while “walking away” after a dispute over face masks. CNN reported that 50-year-old Jerry Lewis was killed by Umeir Corniche Hawkins at a market in Southern California on July 5. A dispute occurred between the two men because Lewis was reportedly […]

In a 7-2 decision that surprised many court observers, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney seeking his tax returns. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, who were nominated by Trump, both joined the majority in ruling against the president. “Two hundred years ago, a […]

Writing in The Week this Thursday, Ryan Cooper says that as the coronavirus continues to spike across the country, Republicans have essentially abandoned efforts to stem the spread. “Instead they are feeding the American people into the coronavirus meatgrinder,” he writes. GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is focused on protecting companies from liability if […]

UFC fighter Mike Perry was seen on video punching an older man for allegedly touching him. Perry, who is white, can also be heard using the N-word multiple times. According to ESPN, the incident occurred at Table 82 in Lubbock, Texas on Wednesday. In a video shared on social media, Perry appears irate as he […]

When Russians voted in early July on 200 constitutional amendments, officials rigged the election to create the illusion that President Vladimir Putin remains a popular and powerful leader after 20 years in office. In reality, he increasingly relies on manipulation and state repression to maintain his presidency. Most Russians know that, and the world is […]

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Researchers around the world are working frantically to develop COVID-19 vaccines meant to target and attack the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Researchers in my nanoengineering lab are taking a different approach toward stopping SARS-CoV-2. Instead of playing offense and stimulating the immune system […]

On CNN Thursday, former Jeb Bush strategist Tim Miller, a Never Trump conservative, warned there may be no way out for Republicans who have stuck by President Donald Trump and tied their political fortunes to him. “I imagine … discussions taking place with the pandemic where it is, which is bad, but it’s also getting […]

In the face a deadly pandemic that continues to spiral out of control, President Donald Trump spent his morning hurling angry all-caps tweets about topics ranging from the news media to former President Barack Obama to the prosecutors who have put several of his allies in jail. The first Trump tweet concerned the media’s reporting […]

Trump supporters are descending on New Hampshire, one of only three states where coronavirus cases are currently waning, and locals are worried about another outbreak. The mayor of Portsmouth is refusing to back down on the city’s mask mandate ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday at an airport, and the campaign will strongly encourage […]

As COVID-19 cases rise and hospitalizations are soaring, hospitals in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California are running out of ICU beds. On Tuesday, Texas set a grim new record of 10,000 new cases in a single day. “It’s been astonishing,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent Dr. Sheri Fink, who has been reporting from Houston’s largest hospital. […]

A woman was caught on camera this week having a full meltdown in a dental office waiting room after she refused to either wear a face mask or let workers take her temperature. In a video posted on TikTok, the woman can be seen berating office employees who asked her to wear a mask while […]

A protest is scheduled Thursday at the Woodlynne Police Department, where one officer has been charged with assault and another accused by a borough councilman of barging into his house and pepper-spraying his entire family. The incidents were unrelated and on two separate occasions. Woodlynne Councilman Clyde Cook and his son, Timothy Cook, 17, were […]

On Thursday, writing for Politico, John Harris argued that part of the reason President Donald Trump is struggling to win re-election is that he is a victim of his own success. “It is not intended as an insult to President Donald Trump to observe that he is the political equivalent of ipecac syrup. Looked at […]

Democrats are growing increasingly worried the Trump administration will politicize the rollout of a possible coronavirus vaccine ahead of November’s election. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) pointedly asked Food and Drug Administration chief Dr. Stephen Hahn last week whether he could promise the administration would not rush out a vaccine to boost the president’s re-election chances […]

Jennifer Horn, the former chairwoman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, has written a scathing denunciation of President Donald Trump’s leadership ahead of his planned rally in the Granite State this weekend. In an editorial in the New Hampshire Union Leader, Horn lays into the president’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic that so far […]

Disaster relief expert Jeremy Konyndyk believes President Donald Trump is scrambling to push schools to reopen this fall because he knows failing to do so will all but doom his 2020 reelection. Konyndyk, a former Director of USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, has written a Twitter thread dissecting the president’s threats to cut […]