Новости за 08.10.2020

“Hell of a coincidence” Vice President Mike Pence appeared to have red eyes during Wednesday night’s debate, leading many to speculate why. But one medical doctor says the vice president is suffering from conjunctivitis, more commonly called “pink eye.” Dr. Jonathan Reiner is the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at The George Washington University Hospital […]

National Review editor Rich Lowry, who has evolved from a “Never Trump” conservative into a reliable defender of the president and his policy agenda, has written a new despair-filled column for Politico in which he asks, “Does Trump actually want to win this election?” Lowry starts off by delivering a scathing assessment of the president’s […]

One-term former U.S. Congressman Jason Lewis (R-MN), who lost his House seat to a Democrat in 2018, has been forced into quarantine again after being exposed to a person with COVID-19. Lewis, apparently not observing the CDC’s 14-day guidelines, had just returned to the campaign trail after riding on Air Force One with President Donald […]

In Facebook’s latest attempt to limit the spread of electoral misinformation on its platform, the social media giant announced Wednesday that it will ban political advertisements in the United States after polls close on Election Day—but critics raised concerns about the timing of the policy and other recent moves by the company. The ad ban […]

A Paris appeals court on Thursday upheld an order for Google to negotiate with media groups in a long-running dispute about revenues from online news. The ruling came as the US internet giant announced it was close to a deal on compensating French media groups for news shown in Google search results. Such a deal […]

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert scored an epic fake interview with President Donald Trump after the vice presidential debate on Wednesday night. According to the president, he hated Vice President Mike Pence’s performance, and the only way he was able to get through it was with “drugs” and “various other drugs.” “Tell me about the […]

Conservative pundit Rick Santorum on Wednesday interrupted CNN’s Gloria Borger in an effort to defend Vice President Mike Pence, who was also accused of interrupting women. Following the 2020 vice presidential debate, Borger reflected on Pence’s habit of interrupting both Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and moderator Susan Page. But before Borger could make her point, […]

Vice President Mike Pence faced off against Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday, and MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace thought it didn’t go well. She said that the only cases in which the vice-presidential debate matters is when the presidential candidate bombs so badly. That was the case in George W. Bush’s debate, she recalled, and […]

Fox News hosts anchoring Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate coverage praised Vice President Mike Pence but attacked Sen. Kamala Harris for making “a lot of faces.” Hosts Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier offered their initial impressions of the performances at the conclusion of the debate. “You can see why the Democrats were building up Mike […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted a photo of himself with a fly-swatter prepared to fix yet another of the problems the Trump administration is facing: the fly. Pence had pivoted to talk about law enforcement and civil rights when a fly landed on his head. While there were many reasons viewers speculated the fly […]

Longtime prosecutor Kamala Harris took advantage of her legal experience during Wednesday’s night’s vice presidential debate at the University of Utah. Prior to her election to the United States Senate, Harris served as a local prosecutor on both sides of the San Francisco Bay. She was the chief of the Career Criminal Division as a […]

About halfway through the debate, a fly appeared to fly into Mike Pence’s hair. It’s unclear if the fly was stuck to his hair product or simply stayed for a short nap but it rested for several minutes as Pence shook his head from side to side. It only added to the laundry list of […]

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) lectured Vice President Mike Pence during the 2020 vice presidential debate that was broadcast live on Wednesday evening. “I thought we saw enough of it in last week’s debate, but I think this is supposed to be a debate based on fact and truth and the truth and the fact is […]

At Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) slammed Vice President Mike Pence for the administration’s record on the economy. “The vice president earlier said it’s what he thinks as an accomplishment that the president’s trade war with China. You lost that trade war,” said Harris. “What ended up happening is because of […]

Mike Pence seemed to be having problems with his left eye (right from the audience). In the corner, it appeared to be very red and it sparked conversations about whether it was pink eye, generally caused by rubbing your eye without washing your hands after using the bathroom. It could also have been a ruptured […]

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Saturday explained her perspective on whether to take a Trump administration COVID-19 vaccine during the 2020 vice presidential debate on Wednesday. “If the Trump administration approves a vaccine — before or after the election — should Americans take it?” moderator Susan Page asked. “And would you take it?” “If the […]

At Wednesday’s debate, Vice President Mike Pence tried to throw off criticism from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) about the administration’s failures on COVID-19 by claiming that she lacks faith in the American people to make decisions for themselves about public health. Commenters on social media were not impressed with Pence’s deflection. Pence positions the admin’s […]

With the 2020 presidential election already in progress and its conclusion mere weeks away, the polls are starting to look exceptionally good for former Vice President Joe Biden. A new slate of polls from Quinnipiac University — which does, admittedly, tend to find more favorable numbers for the Democrat — reported Biden with a stunning lead in […]

Still suffering from an infection of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, President Donald Trump unleashed an extended and aggressive tirade on Twitter following a period of relative radio silence while he was hospitalized. He seemed to have returned from Walter Reed Medical Center with a vengeance. His furious tweeting, often in all caps, targeted […]

CNN’s Anderson Cooper called the President of the United States “pathetic” on Wednesday after conservative pundit Rick Santorum defended the notion that COVID-19 is a “blessing from God.” In a video posted to Twitter earlier in the evening, Trump said that he was thankful for being infected with COVID-19 because the treatment left him feeling […]

As MSNBC was airing pre-game analysis on the vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Republican Vice President Mike Pence, Smirnoff aired an ad with a tie-in to political debates. “America, this election season there are a lot of issues worth debate,” the ad began. But the ad has a warning to viewers, […]

Republicans in Texas expressed outrage at the Dallas County Republican Party after it called for people to wear face masks. The plea for facial coverings came this week after Dallas County Republican Party Chairman Rodney Anderson tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement was made on Facebook. “The Chairman was exposed at a personal event over […]

Yet more coronavirus infections linked to the White House were reported on Wednesday, shortly before the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence. “The coronavirus outbreak has infected ’34 White House staffers and other contacts’ in recent days, according to an internal government memo, an indication that the disease has spread among more […]

In a new video from the Rose Garden at the White House, a very orange President Donald J. Trump appeared out of breath and a bit disoriented. “Perhaps you recognize me, it’s your favorite president!” he started. And then it continued to go downhill from there. A tweet by The New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman […]

The only scheduled presidential debate of the 2020 presidential cycle is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. eastern on Wednesday. Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief for USA TODAY will moderate the debate between Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Republican Vice President Mike Pence. The debate is to be held inside Nancy Peery Marriott Auditorium […]