Новости за 20.08.2020

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow confessed that there were parts of President Barack Obama’s speech that genuinely “scared her.” “President Obama’s speech tonight slayed me,” said Maddow. “I’m sure people will have different opinions about it because it’s a different kind of thing. His warnings that we could potentially be at the end of American democracy scared […]

Former President Barack Obama blasted Donald Trump during his Wednesday night address to the nation at the Democratic National Committee Convention. Former Pres. Obama on Pres. Trump: "He's shown no interest in putting in the work, no interest in finding common ground, no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone […]

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) took the fight to President Donald Trump in her first speech as the official Democratic nominee. Speaking Wednesday at the convention, Harris took down the president without even having to say his name. Everyone knew who she was talking about and why. “I’ve fought for children, and survivors of sexual assault. […]

Former President Barack Obama took down President Donald Trump like he’s never done before. Addressing the Democratic Convention on Wednesday, Obama took the fight straight to Trump for being a failed leader, calling the Trump presidency “one more reality show to use to get the attention he craves.” The case against Trump and the endorsement […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was blasted on Wednesday for tweeting a picture of “The Simpsons” character Lisa Simpson crying while the Democratic National Committee Convention was broadcasting a segment featuring domestic violence survivors. The segment highlighted former Vice President Joe Biden’s leadership in passing the Violence Against Women’s Act. Pompeo was harshly criticized for […]

President Donald Trump has occasionally bragged that New Yorkers he knows are growing more and more frustrated with the leadership in the state. “I live in New York. Even the most Liberal friends that I have are thinking twice about voting Democrat this time because they’ve seen what’s happened to the City under @NYCMayor de […]

Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on Wednesday continued to ignore the Democratic National Convention, choosing instead to interview first son Eric Trump and first son-in-law Jared Kushner. Kushner described working for his father-in-law — despite having zero governmental experience — as being like “the real world.” “So look, in the Democratic Convention, I’m hearing a […]

On Fox News Wednesday, former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin accused Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) of “prostituting” herself by changing her political positions to get favorable media coverage. Commenters on social media were enraged. @SarahPalinUSA single-handedly killed John McCain's chance of be president because of her idiocy. I always felt sorry […]

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus won six consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of fictional politician Selina Meyer on the hit HBO series Veep. The actress, who has won more Emmy and Screen Actor Guild Awards than any other performer, took to Twitter on Wednesday to praise Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on the night she will […]

On Fox News Wednesday, former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) attacked Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) with a misogynistic swipe at her political ambitions. “Looking back, is there anything you could have done to get the kind of coverage that Kamala Harris is getting now?” said host Tucker Carlson. “Like you care about equality deep within your […]

At the Democratic National Convention, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), who was gravely wounded during a mass shooting in Tucson and became an impassioned gun control advocate following a long and painful recovery, moved onlookers with an impassioned speech, saying “I have not lost my voice … We can let the shooting continue, or we […]

On CNN Wednesday, Mitch McConnell adviser Scott Jennings and CNN analyst Van Jones clashed over former President Barack Obama’s post-presidency, amid reports that Obama will be delivering an explicitly anti-Trump speech at the third night of the Democratic convention. “Republicans just don’t see Barack Obama as a reluctant partisan,” said Jennings. “From a Republican point […]

The Democratic National Convention has shown the “big tent” that they have been bragging about for years as the likes of Gen. Colin Powell appeared on the same night as Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). While there were Republicans lining up to support former Vice President Joe Biden, one woman’s endorsement is just as […]

Night three of the Democratic National Convention is “vice president night” with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) addressing the crowd and officially accepting the nomination as the vice-presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket. The warm-up act for Harris, however, is former President Barack Obama, who was trashed from the White House podium on Wednesday afternoon. Obama […]

On Wednesday, during a Fox News interview, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) argued that it would be problematic if the government did too much to “soften the amount of suffering” from the job losses around the country — because then governors wouldn’t feel an urgency to reopen the economy and would wait for the threat of […]

ABC’s White House correspondent Jonathan Karl had an awkward moment at work today, when he was forced to say the words “satanic cannibals” on the world network news. The moment came after President Donald Trump announced from the White House podium that he supports the anti-Semitic conspiracy group known as QAnon. According to the president, […]

Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican up for re-election this year, posted an ad over the weekend touting his dedication to safely reopening schools in the Lone Star state, which appears to use stock footage of a classroom halfway around the world in Estonia. The 30-second spot, called “Cares,” is meant to foreground the lengths which Cornyn has gone to in […]

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Moyers on Democracy. Lisa Graves is one of the nation’s foremost experts on how special interest groups work to distort our political system. She served in Washington at the Department of Justice, the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the Administrative Office of the US Courts. She’s an adjunct law professor at George Washington […]

Dr. James Gilligan spoke with Bill Press in part three of Press’ series on the dangers of President Donald Trump. Dr. Gilligan, who served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, has become an expert after working with some of the most frightening people in our culture. “I’ve spent 50 years working with most dangerous […]

On Wednesday, the liberal watchdog group American Oversight Committee reported that new documents obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request indicate Attorney General William Barr requested that a high-ranking official at the Justice Department meet with Joseph DiGenova, a Rudy Giuliani ally, regarding Ukraine. NEW: We obtained additional documents in response to our FOIA […]

At President Donald Trump’s latest press briefing, he devoted time to attacking former President Barack Obama, saying “I see the horror that he’s left us — the stupidity of the transactions he made.” The president drew anger and mockery on social media for his efforts to tear down Obama, who will be speaking at the […]

When President Donald Trump sees an inferno, his instinct is to pour gasoline on it. Though his performances in the White House briefing room have already stretched the country’s capacity to be shocked, the president gave an exceptionally reckless and dangerous answer to a reporter on Wednesday when asked about QAnon. The conspiracy theory behind […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gave a new press conference, during which he refused to disavow QAnon after being told what it was, and doubled down on his call to boycott Goodyear tires for discouraging political attire at work. Commenters on social media laid into the president’s latest performance. Time to remember the location of […]

The past several weeks have brought stories of seniors and veterans not getting their prescriptions because of the U.S. Postal Service’s slowdown by the Trump administration. Small businesses are now suffering as shipments are delayed and now farmers are facing problems. The Portland Press Herald reported Wednesday that a Maine farmer went to the post […]

In Wednesday’s coronavirus press briefing, a reporter asked President Donald Trump for his thoughts on QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory gaining steam amid the coronavirus pandemic that has been labeled a terroristic threat by his own FBI. The president refused to disavow it, saying he didn’t know the basics of the theory but he had […]