Новости за 17.12.2020

On Wednesday, CNN reported that President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump’s ambitions to run for Senate in North Carolina are ongoing — but could be stymied by the GOP’s unwillingness to clear the field for her. “Her public interest in the seat has not scared off a number of Senate Republican aspirants, who are driven […]

Trump supporter and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced on Wednesday that he will be starring in a new, nationwide ad urging Americans to learn from his experience of surviving COVID-19. “This message isn’t for everyone, it’s for all those people who refuse to wear a mask,” Christie says into the camera. “You know, […]

Americans were greeted with rare good news about the coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday. “Pharmacists have found a way to squeeze extra doses out of vials of Pfizer’s vaccine, potentially expanding the nation’s scarce supply by up to 40 percent,” Politico reported. “The Pfizer vials are supposed to hold five doses, but pharmacists have found they […]

On Wednesday, CNN Washington correspondent Ryan Nobles posted a clip of a news conference from Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), in which she was asked about President-elect Joe Biden’s victory six times and went out of her way not to acknowledge Biden’s win in her answer to any of them. For example, when asked if she […]

At least 16,716,777 Americans have contracted coronavirus, with 303,773 deaths according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University of Medicine. Nevertheless, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday argued Donald Trump is a “president that supports life.” The White House posted video of McEnany’s claim to Twitter, which quickly backfired. Here’s some of what […]

While thousands of small businesses are filing for bankruptcy, and Americans are struggling to pay their rent and mortgage, corporate America is raking in the dough. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that 45 of the 50 largest American companies scored a profit since March, when the COVID-19 crisis sparked lockdowns and quarantines. But the unfortunate […]

Writing in the Washington Post this Wednesday, conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin says that as Republicans and Democrats get closer to a new stimulus deal, there’s no doubt that some in the Democratic base will be disappointed by what’s in it. “While the two Georgia Senate runoff races have yet to be decided, the long and […]

Hungarian-American scientist Katalin Kariko’s obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a faculty position at a prestigious university, which dismissed the idea as a dead end. Now, her pioneering work — which paved the way for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines — could be what saves the world […]

According to a report from The Guardian, Dutch prosecutors have confirmed that President Trump’s Twitter account was hacked in October — “despite denials from Washington and the company, but said the ‘ethical hacker’ would not face charges.” According to The Guardian, the hacker, Victor Gevers, simply guessed Trump’s password to get into his account. Gevers says he […]

It’s time to defund the GOP, and there’s precedent and strategy for the effort. The need to cut the party’s access to both private and government money is seen in the reaction by some extremist Republicans to news like a New York State lawmaker’s proposal to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory. Predictably, the far right is […]

A newly uncovered gap in Florida’s coronavirus death data suggests that the state may have manipulated the numbers to create more favorable death counts ahead of November’s election. While coronavirus deaths are often recorded days or weeks later, Florida abruptly stopped including deaths that occurred more than one month earlier in its daily count on October 24, ten […]

President Donald Trump spent the majority of the 2020 election season mocking former Vice President Joe Biden for “hiding in his basement” because Biden followed coronavirus quarantine laws. But now it’s Trump who actually is hiding from the world. Watching Trump’s tweets, it appears all he’s doing is watching his favorite pro-Trump political stations, Fox […]