Новости за 09.07.2020

Desperate to acquire masks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, two federal agencies gave nearly $20 million in contracts to a newly formed California company without realizing it was partly run by a man whose business activities were under sanction by the Federal Trade Commission, court records show. On Tuesday, a U.S. District […]

While a lot of bombshell stories in the Trump era have been unpredictable, this one was not. Tulsa City-County Health Department Director Bruce Dart said on Wednesday that the president’s recent rally in the city “likely contributed” to the surging outbreak of COVID-19, the Associated Press reported. “In the past few days, we’ve seen almost […]

Lyudmila Laptander, an activist advocating autonomy for her mineral-rich Nenets region in the Russian Arctic, worries authorities are planning to sacrifice its traditions for the promise of economic enrichment. “If Nenets is merged with another region, I worry that no one will look after our language or our traditions, and that our small villages in […]

The coronavirus pandemic has led millions of people to embrace meetings via Zoom, but admittedly, those can be as tedious as in-person conferences. So one animal sanctuary in Canada, in dire need of cash after being forced to close to visitors, found a way to solve both problems. Meet Buckwheat, a donkey at the Farmhouse […]

There’s something interesting in today’s news: A number of Republican Senators have said they are skipping the Republican National Convention this year. The convention was originally scheduled in Charlotte, North Carolina, but at Trump’s insistence was relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, last month. The stated reason was that Democratic North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper would not commit to […]

Wayne Grant served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army under former President Ronald Reagan. Still, when he looks at today’s Republican Party, he can’t help but get uncomfortable. “When I look now at Donald Trump, I don’t see Ronald Reagan, I see George Wallace,” said Grant. “For my entire adult life, I […]

With the daily number of new coronavirus infections in Texas now exceeding that of most other states, experts say Texas has become a hot spot of the global pandemic and that more aggressive measures are needed to slow the virus’ spread. Texas’ new confirmed cases of the coronavirus now make up around 14% of the […]

The Lincoln Project is not the only right-wing group that has been creating attack ads slamming President Donald Trump. Another is Republican Voters Against Trump, which uses the words of President Ronald Reagan in its latest video to illustrate Trump’s failures as president. In the ad — which lasts one minute and 40 seconds — […]

Donald Trump thinks his voters are morons. This universal truth was once again demonstrated this week by a Facebook ad working Trump’s new statue-oriented campaign strategy. The ad declared, “WE WILL PROTECT THIS” and featured a photo of … no, not some racist-loser Confederate general astride a horse but “Cristo Redentor,” the famous statue of Jesus Christ that sits atop Mount […]

On Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Chris Cuomo slammed President Donald Trump for demanding people take him seriously as he ignores his own health experts and tries to override recommendations on school closures. “Another day gone without the president deciding to lead us with a plan of action to fight the pandemic,” said […]

After the United States erupted, COVID-19, masks, gowns and gloves started disappearing. It wasn’t merely the medical professionals on the front lines that needed the personal protective equipment; Americans were hoping to get them too. Finally, more were made, but now the problem is back. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that there’s about to be […]

On CNN Wednesday, Anderson Cooper blasted President Donald Trump’s attempts to push schools to reopen without a plan to keep students safe. “Today the president of the United States did something rare: he expressed a notion that we can all agree on, that kids belong in the classroom,” said Cooper. “But then made it quite […]

President Donald Trump’s comments about women have been bad enough, but when it comes to his comments about his own daughters, it gets even worse. As a baby, Trump was already thinking about whether his second daughter, Tiffany, would have breasts like her mother. In appearances on “The View” and “The Wendy Williams Show,” Trump […]

On Wednesday, writing for The Washington Post, columnist Henry Olsen said the electoral signs are getting grimmer for the GOP by the day — for their prospects of maintaining control of the Senate, but also of their seats further down the ballot. “Elections in both the House and Senate are increasingly syncing with broader presidential […]

On Wednesday, The Daily Beast reported that a wooden statue of First Lady Melania Trump carved from a tree outside her hometown in Slovenia last year has been burned to the ground. “The artist who had commissioned the sculpture, Brad Downey, had the statue removed on July 5,” reported Madeline Charbonneau. “Downey, who is American […]

A Wall Street Journal expose revealed that a Chinese businessman is under investigation by the FBI after he used funds to bankroll a media company with ties to a former aide to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon. “Federal Bureau of Investigation national security agents in recent months have asked people who know both men for […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed Egypt’s release of a US citizen but urged the ally to stop harassment of others. Mohamed Amashah, 24, was freed Monday, nearly 16 months after he was arrested in Cairo’s Tahrir Square for holding up a sign seeking the release of prisoners, according to human rights […]

A network of more than 100 social accounts and pages related to former Trump adviser Roger Stone were removed Wednesday. The under the radar raid reportedly consisted of 54 Facebook accounts, 50 Facebook pages and four accounts on Instagram, a photo-sharing platform owned by Facebook. Approximately 260,000 accounts followed one or more of these Pages […]

In June, as the national conversation about racial justice in the wake of the George Floyd killing pushed many groups and organizations to examine the racial connotations of their brands, the country music group Lady Antebellum announced they were changing their name to “Lady A” to remove reference to the slavery period of Southern history. […]

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that the flight crew on an American Airlines trip ordered two passengers to stop social distancing and move back to their seats. The reason? The empty row they moved into cost slightly more. “On a June 30 flight on American Airlines from Dallas to Newark, Joy Gonzalez, an […]

A huge sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder sold at auction in Paris on Wednesday for over 4.9 million euros, auctioneers Artcurial said, after nearly six decades on display at a holiday park in southern France. The influential sculptor is known primarily for his colorful and abstract mobiles, of which he made thousands over the […]

Mary Trump’s upcoming tell-all book alleges that President Donald Trump’s sister did his homework and friend and fellow University of Pennsylvania graduate, Joe Shapiro, took his SATs for him. ABC News reported Wednesday that Pam Shriver, Shapiro’s widow, said that he would never have done something like that. “He always did the right thing, and […]

At Wednesday’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was confronted with the fact that President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma led to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. Her reply was to plead ignorance: “I have no data to indicate that.” However, according to a health official in Tulsa, the pattern of cases indicates it is […]

The administration has repeatedly sought to cut food assistance. An anti-hunger advocate took issue with Vice President Mike Pence’s Wednesday claim that fulfilling children’s need for “nutrition” is a primary reason for having students return to schools in fall, calling it “the height of child hunger chutzpah.” Pence’s remarks came during the latest White House […]

President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that was supposed to be massive, but one of the main problems that came up for the team is that thousands and thousands of people signed up for tickets, who never attended. This time, they think they’ve figured it out, said the New York Times. […]