Новости за 10.08.2020

“This is no art of the deal. This is not presidential leadership. These orders are not real solutions. They are just another cynical ploy designed to deflect responsibility.” Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has hit back against President Donald Trump’s open threat on Saturday to  permanently cut the payroll tax which funds both Social Security and […]

The United States now has more than 5 million novel coronavirus infections — and President Donald Trump is still insisting, as he has for months, that the situation is totally under control. CNN on Monday played a damning supercut of Trump’s failed predictions about the coronavirus pandemic, starting as far back as January when he […]

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures were unlikely to lift before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single day rise in COVID-19 deaths. There was, however, some evidence that drastic lockdown measures in the city of Melbourne were having an effect, with daily new infections in the state of Victoria slowing to a near two […]

China on Monday sanctioned 11 Americans, including senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, in retaliation for similar US moves prompted by Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong. Washington last week accused 11 officials of suppressing “freedom and democratic processes” in Hong Kong, including city leader Carrie Lam, and announced plans to freeze their US assets. It […]

It wasn’t long ago that New England and west cost states were suffering under the weight of the coronavirus. They locked down states, shutdown the economies and mandated masks. Meanwhile, red states like Texas, Georgia and Florida were celebrating what they thought was smart leadership. “And guess what,” announced Fox News host Sean Hannity on […]

In discussion with MSNBC, two Republican strategists, Steve Schmidt and Stuart Stevens, Schmidt explained that after having to deal with the likes of Sarah Palin on Sen. John McCain’s bid for the presidency, he really hoped the GOP wouldn’t make the mistake again of choosing someone so clearly ill-equipped. But then there was President Donald […]

President Donald Trump attacked CNN and the New York Times for their story that the White House reached out to the governor of South Dakota about Trump being added to Mt. Rushmore. He claimed it was “fake news” but then proceeded to mischaracterize what the report actually said. “This is Fake News by the failing […]

In a bizarre moment of confusion, Attorney General Bill Barr attacked anti-fascist protesters as fascists. Appearing on Fox News’ Mark Levin, Barr ranted about the “radical left,” as the host said he thought elected officials to throw an explosive device at him while he was testifying. Barr agreed, saying that Democrats have aligned themselves with […]

President Donald Trump side-stepped Congress to pass his own stimulus bailout with a series of executive orders. Now, however, he’s claiming Democrats are desperate to negotiate with him on the coronavirus bill. Speaking to the press while leaving another vacation weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said Democrats are “calling him.” “They’re much more inclined […]

President Donald Trump’s economic adviser Peter Navarro quoted “the Lord” for giving his boss the supreme authority to write whatever laws he sees fit. But it doesn’t seem to have delivered Trump the omnipotence to fix his COVID-19 stimulus problems. Speaking on an MSNBC Sunday evening, Axios reporter Jonathan Swan explained that Democrats shouldn’t have […]

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman explained that the things President Donald Trump did on Saturday would provide little help to Americans desperate to survive amid a worse recession since the Great Depression. Amid the coronavirus crisis, the U.S. entered another recession, and jobs were lost so quickly by the shutdown […]

Shrugging off the five million coronavirus cases now tallied on US soil, thousands of motorcyclists are converging this weekend on a small South Dakota town for what is billed as the biggest cycle gathering in the world. In past years, the 10-day rally in the town of Sturgis has drawn hundreds of thousands of bikers […]

Seven months after the United States and China signed a preliminary agreement to temper their trade war, Beijing’s purchases of US agricultural goods have yet to reach the deal’s target. As President Donald Trump readies for a tough reelection battle in November, US media reported the two sides are set to meet beginning August 15 […]

Axios reported Sunday that President Donald Trump is so nervous about the three upcoming presidential debates that he quit his weekend vacation golfing short so he could meet with aides at his Bedminister resort to discuss it. Trump has been talking a big game about the debates, demanding that there be even more debates and […]

New York Times editorial board member Binyamin Appelbaum noted that when the last recession in 2007-2008 took down the United States, Republicans didn’t do anything to save Americans from being removed from their homes. President George W. Bush was quite to work with conservative Democrats and GOP leaders for a corporate bailout while the lives […]

President Donald Trump’s campaign aide Jason Miller told Congress that they need to get back to Washington to pass a stimulus package. The comment came as Trump was spending his weekend in Bedminster, New Jersey, golfing at his resort. Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign seems to also be off message about the president’s executive orders, revealing that […]