Новости за 07.01.2020

“Industry wants you to think universal healthcare is too expensive. In reality, it’s our current system that’s a wasteful, unsustainable disaster.” Insurers and healthcare providers in the United States spent a staggering $812 billion on paperwork and other administrative burdens in 2017 alone, bureaucratic costs that could be dramatically reduced by switching to a single-payer […]

President Donald Trump whined in the White House Tuesday that his attacks on Iran haven’t distracted people away from impeachment. Pundits and political analysts have speculated that the reason Trump attacked Iran when he did was a means of spurring his image and reelection. “It really is a shame that we can’t focus on all […]

Dismissing a letter Iraq’s prime minister says he received from US headquarters, Defense Secretary Mark Esper insisted this Tuesday that the US has no intentions of withdrawing from Iraq in the near future, POLITICO reports. According to Esper, the letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq merely “a draft” that wasn’t meant to be circulated. “A […]

For former soldiers, handicapped people and those facing terminal diseases, disability benefits can be crucial in helping them live their lives with dignity. President Donald Trump is trying to take that away for some people, the Huffington Post reported Tuesday. “Under the proposed change, the government would look more closely at whether certain disability insurance […]

President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from a threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites, which would be considered a war crime. Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters from the White House Oval Office. “They are allowed to kill our people,” the president complained. “They are allowed to maim our people. They are […]

President Richard Nixon, like President Donald Trump, had his share of unwavering loyalists and supporters — and no matter how damning the Watergate scandal became in 1974, they refused to say a word against Nixon. Those Nixon loyalists, journalist Frank Rich stresses in an essay for New York Magazine, offer some valuable insights on what will […]

California-based venture capitalist Imaad Zuberi, a major donor to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, has been charged with criminally obstructing an investigation into whether the inauguration accepted illegal donations from foreign sources. The Associated Press reports that federal prosecutors claim that Zuberi took “numerous” steps to illegally thwart their probe into Trump’s inaugural committee that […]

A new study published Tuesday examining data from over 250,000 women across the United States found no link between the use of talcum powder in the genital area and ovarian cancer. It comes after Johnson & Johnson was ordered in 2018 to pay out $4.7 billion to 22 women who had claimed that asbestos in […]

President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner met with Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Defense Khalid bin Salman on Monday, but the Saudis released the information to the press nearly 12 hours before the president acknowledged the meeting on Twitter. The White House Correspondents’ Association flattened the president for his lack of transparency. “It is disturbing […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Tuesday that he will leverage the votes of Republican senators to move forward with a trial of President Donald Trump even though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has not provided articles of impeachment to the Senate. While speaking to the press Tuesday afternoon, McConnell confirmed reports that […]

As the 2020s kick off, there is much reason to despair. Donald Trump is doing what many of us feared he would, rushing the U.S. into possible war with Iran with an impulsive decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Understandably, many of us are having flashbacks to 2002 and 2003, when the George W. […]

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) on Tuesday whacked President Donald Trump for his decision to assassinate Iranian general Qassim Suleimani, which she said was putting American lives in jeopardy. During an interview with Brianna Keilar, Speier was apoplectic that the president acted so recklessly to kill a foreign official without considering the consequences for American personnel […]

Senate Majority Leader (R-KY) apparently has enough Republican votes to change the rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. CNN reported on Tuesday that McConnell has the support of so-called moderate Republicans in the Senate, including Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney. McConnell believes that he can […]

The Secret Service and local police are investigating an unspecified crime at President Donald Trump’s private Florida club. Palm Beach police are investigating an incident Monday night at Mar-A-Lago, where officers were called about 7 p.m. to assist another law enforcement agency, reported the Miami Herald. Police and officials from the Secret Service, which is […]

This Tuesday, federal prosecutors told a judge that President Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, should serve up to six months in jail — a reversal of their earlier recommendation of probation. The switch came after Flynn repeatedly disparaged the FBI and the Justice Department by disseminating conspiracy theories about the investigation into him. On […]

More than a third of the world’s vanishing pristine forests are managed by indigenous peoples under threat from development and deforestation, scientists said Tuesday, calling for greater protection. As deadly bushfires ravage Australia’s east coast, a new assessment of how wild forests are maintained showed that indigenous people have tenure over 36 percent of Earth’s […]

This Tuesday, federal prosecutors recommended that former national security adviser Michael Flynn be sentenced to up to six months in prison —  a reversal of their previous recommendation of probation thanks to his repeated attacks on the FBI and the Justice Department. Breaking down the story for CNN, reporter Jessica Schneider pointed out that “this is […]

IT’S BECOMING CLEARER by the hour. There was no legitimate reason for Donald Trump to order the military assassination of Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani. This article was originally published at The Editorial Board The allegation that Soleimani was planning an offensive against Americans is turning out to be malarkey. That he deserved death isn’t reason […]

Presidential son Donald Trump Jr. on Monday stirred controversy when he posted a photo of himself holding a rifle that was adorned with Medieval Christian imagery, along with an inflammatory cartoon depicting Hillary Clinton behind bars. Medieval scholars Matthew Gabriele and David Perry have written an essay for the Washington Post explaining why Trump Jr., […]

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) on Tuesday called for former National Security Adviser John Bolton to testify before a House committee. Earlier this week, Bolton said in a statement that he would be willing to speak to Senate investigators if he was subpoenaed. But Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida has asserted that Bolton should not […]

“Mike Pompeo is doing everything to get the war he’s always wanted and knows his warmongering can’t withstand even basic scrutiny by the eloquent Iranian Foreign Minister.” After U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif a “propagandist of the first order” during a Tuesday morning press conference, outspoken anti-war activist […]

“Messages and bilateral exchanges are not enough,” said Agnes Callamard. The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions on Monday called for an impartial probe into the legality of the U.S. assassination of Iranian General Qasem Suleimani, warning that strongly worded denunciations from the international community are far from a sufficient response. “Messages and bilateral […]

Lawyers for Harvey Weinstein argued Tuesday that separate sex crime charges in Los Angeles made it “impossible” to pick a fair and impartial jury for his high-profile New York trial. The 67-year-old fallen movie producer was slapped with new charges in California on Monday just as his much-anticipated trial in a separate sexual abuse case […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren earned loud cheers from “The View” audience after she explained to co-host Meghan McCain why she had not changed her mind on President Donald Trump’s order to assassinate an Iranian government official. McCain pressed the Democratic presidential candidate to say whether Iranian general Qassim Suleimani was a terrorist, and suggested Warren had […]

The unanimous vote was in response to Major General Qasem Soleimani’s assassination, which the U.S. attempted to justify using its own terrorist designation of the Iranian military. In a move mirroring President Donald Trump’s own justification for assassinating Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s Parliament on Tuesday unanimously voted to declare all members of U.S. […]