Новости за 08.10.2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threw the White House under the bus Thursday when he explained the reason that he didn’t feel comfortable going to the White House for any events. “I haven’t actually been to the White House since August the 6th. Because my impression was that their approach to how to handle this […]

Law enforcement officials are currently involved in a standoff that’s related to the militia plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Local news station WLNS reports that the standoff is occurring in the township of Munith, Michigan, and involves State Police, Federal Law enforcement, and the Jackson County Sheriff’s department. BREAKING: We are now hearing […]

President Donald Trump announced late last month that he had authorized sending $200 cards out to Medicare beneficiaries that they could use to pay for prescription drugs. However, Politico is reporting that the plan may not deliver the political jolt the president is hoping for because many seniors won’t even receive the cards until after […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday no “standalone” relief for US airlines would pass Congress without guarantees that the White House and Republicans would back a broader Covid-19 stimulus package. “I have been very open to having a standalone bill for the airlines, or part of a bigger bill. But there is no standalone bill […]

NBC News investigative reporter Tom Winter provided details on Thursday about the militia plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and violently overthrow the government over her mask mandate and COVID-19 rules. Winter explained that the FBI began monitoring social media conversations about the violent overthrow of the government and were able to use […]

In a move that could further restrict Iran’s access to humanitarian goods such as food and medicine at a time when the country is being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration is planning to impose punishing new sanctions on the Iranian financial sector reportedly at the behest of warmongers in the Republican Party, […]

President Donald Trump has in the past appeared obsessed with being featured in Time Magazine, so much so that he even had a fake Time cover of himself framed and displayed at one of his golf courses. The president, however, is unlikely to frame the magazine’s latest cover, which depictures that White House getting overwhelmed by the novel coronavirus. […]

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel suggested that her party could withhold participation from all future presidential debates if President Donald Trump is required to participate in a “virtual” event. During an appearance on Fox News, McDaniel argued that the Commission on Presidential Debate is not following the “science” because she expects Trump to […]

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) repeatedly claimed the United States was not founded as a democracy, but legal experts from both sides of the political spectrum disagree. The Utah Republican claimed that “rank democracy” could undermine “liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic],” and argued the U.S. was established as something else. “The word ‘democracy’ appears nowhere in […]

President Donald Trump said Thursday he now sees “really good” odds of reaching a deal with Democrats in Congress on a new round of coronavirus stimulus to boost the battered US economy, a sharp reversal from his stance earlier this week. “We’re starting to have some very productive talks,” he said, referring specifically to proposals […]

The FBI says that it has thwarted a plot by a right-wing militia to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and then violently overthrow the state’s government. The Detroit News reports that the FBI is claiming that the plotters were reaching out to militia members to recruit them in carrying out a coup against Whitmer. “Several […]

There’s fresh evidence today that the robust economy Donald Trump inherited from Barack Obama was faltering before the pandemic. State personal consumption spending growth slowed sharply in 2019 compared to the year before, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday morning. The growth rate plummeted by a fifth. Personal expenditures grew in 2019 but […]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday voiced rare criticism of two of his most steadfast aides, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General Bill Barr, less than a month before elections. Fuming in a telephone interview with Fox News, Trump, who has been forced off the campaign trail by a Covid-19 diagnosis, demanded that […]

Co-hosts of “The View” couldn’t help but laugh at President Donald Trump for being too afraid to debate former Vice President Joe Biden for a second time. “I beat him in the first debate,” Trump told Fox Business. “At the second debate, we have a never Trumper as a host, but that’s okay because I […]

Writing in the New Yorker this Thursday, Susan B. Glasser contends that during the first vice presidential debate last night, Mike Pence revealed himself to be a man fashioning himself in the image of Donald Trump. According to Glasser, Pence avoided more of moderator Susan Page’s questions than he answered. “The Vice-President began the debate by […]

While billions are being spent on the search for a Covid-19 vaccine and treatment, experts say there may be something you can do to help avoid the virus that costs nothing: open the window. Growing evidence suggests that allowing air to circulate around enclosed spaces can help disperse the air-borne viral droplets that cause infection. […]

U.S. Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s most aggressive loyalists in Washington, D.C., has joined the president in claiming that mail-in voting encourages voter fraud. Reporter Jerry Lambe, in an article published by Law & Crime on October 7, discusses some of the reactions that legal experts have had to Barr’s comments — noting […]

The Lincoln Project is out with a new ad that has gasping breaths playing in the background of the video to President Donald Trump arriving home from Walter Reed hospital. Trump left the hospital while fighting against COVID-19 on Monday, and slowly climbed the stairs to the Truman Balcony while breathing heavily. “Donald Trump will […]

President Donald Trump announced in a video this week that people shouldn’t let the coronavirus “dominate” them and that they shouldn’t be afraid of the virus. But when it came to having a virtual debate, he refused. According to the president, the virtual format wouldn’t allow him to dominate the discussion. “They cut you off […]

Body camera footage obtained by The Daily Mail shows that former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale cried in front of police officers after his arrest last month and bitterly complained that his wife wouldn’t have sex with him. According to The Daily Mail, the footage was taken from a police officer’s body camera with Parscale […]

On MSNBC Thursday, Joe Biden offered an initial reaction to President Donald Trump’s refusal to participate in the upcoming presidential debate, due to rule changes that will make it virtual. “We don’t know what the president’s going to do; he changes his mind every second,” said Biden. “So for me to comment on that now […]

President Donald Trump bailed out on the next presidential debate after testing positive for the coronavirus, and social media users aren’t buying his excuse. The Commission on Presidential Debates said the Oct. 15 face-off between the president and Joe Biden would be virtual, rather than in person, after Trump became infected with the highly contagious […]

A professor at Duquesne University in Pennsylvania has been fired after using the N-word three times during an online class, KDKA-TV reports. Professor Gary Shank claimed that he used the word only to “demonstrate a point,” but officials aren’t buying his explanation. Shank’s attorney says that he plans to file a grievance against the university. In a […]

According to NBC News 12, a Chesterfield, Virginia couple’s decision to build a gigantic Black Lives Matter sign on their lawn with plywood resulted in a media frenzy — and though many people supported them, it also brought opposition and a zoning challenge from the county government. “The Barrys [say] since constructing the sign shortly […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday did an interview with Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo in which he made a series of wild and unhinged accusations against his political opponents. Below are the five craziest moments from the president’s rant. 1.) Trump says that Attorney General Bill Barr can only be considered successful if both former President […]