Новости за 15.04.2020

On Wednesday, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins walked through the feedback President Donald Trump is getting from business leaders — and how it poses a challenge to his narrative about the effort to fight COVID-19. “Kaitlan, this is a phone meeting, I guess, of the president’s new business council,” said anchor Jake Tapper. “Are there any […]

Former Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) warned that President Donald Trump is so desperate to regain his economy that he’ll put people’s lives at risk and force scientists and doctors to back him up. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace lamented that the bar has clearly dropped even lower for Trump and has clearly reached the lowest point of […]

On Wednesday, writing for Christianity Today, evangelical expert and Billy Graham Center director Ed Stetzer slammed right-wing Christians falling for coronavirus conspiracy theories, warning that “gullibility is not a spiritual gift”. “One of the sad things that I’ve learned over time is how Christians are disproportionately fooled by conspiracy theories. I’ve said before that when […]

Speaking on Yahoo Finance’s YFi PM, Shark Tank host and entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran expressed her displeasure with President Trump’s efforts to provide relief to small business owners affected by the coronavirus lockdowns. “I think everybody was well intended with the stimulus package and they made a lot of promises they intended to keep, I just […]

Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin detailed the death toll at the hands of President Donald Trump‘s leadership failure. In her Wednesday column, Rubin pointed to Trump’s “pass the buck” style of leadership, blaming the World Health Organization for his failure to act. It was “a frantic attempt to deflect blame from his own delinquency […]

Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro have rallied fellow Hollywood A-listers in a new coronavirus fundraising campaign by offering a walk-in role in their upcoming film to one lucky donor. The actors are set to star in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” one of next year’s most hotly anticipated movies, which is directed by Martin […]

On Wednesday, a federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit from the Michigan GOP claiming that a newly-created independent redistricting commission violates their constitutional rights. In Michigan Republican Party v. Benson, the Sixth Circuit rejected the GOP’s argument, and will not block the commission from proceeding. Key case papers are available here: https://t.co/Rk4dxBIXD8 (opinion will […]

Over 17,000 people have now died in France from COVID-19, a top health official said on Wednesday, but the the total number currently hospitalised has fallen for the first time since the epidemic began. A total of 17,167 people are now confirmed to have died in France in hospitals and nursing homes, Jerome Salomon told […]

Walter Infante drove into the coronavirus “containment zone” in New Rochelle, N.Y., last month to make a delivery for Cort Furniture Rental, a Warren Buffett company. Infante’s bosses back in North Bergen, N.J., insisted he had to make they delivery. They didn’t care about the National Guard-enforced quarantine or Infante’s lack of personal protection equipment. […]

According to a report from POLITICO, Republicans are getting a little uncomfortable with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s discussions with Democrats on how to break an impasse over the next coronavirus relief package. Speaker Nancy Pelosi “has a lot of whole other demands. I know that Secretary Mnuchin is negotiating with her. And that’s all well and […]

The most remarkable thing about Donald Trump is that he is a man with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Most people, even the most evil, have a thing or two you can say about them: Harvey Weinstein had a discerning eye for movies. O.J. Simpson was a tremendous athlete. Nazi sympathizers Charles Lindbergh and Henry Ford were successful […]

A global debate has emerged among doctors treating COVID-19: When should patients who need help breathing be placed on ventilators — and could intubation do some people more harm than good? It’s one of the biggest medical questions of the day, along with how effective the antimalarial hydroxychloroquine really is, a US doctor told AFP. […]

A large crowd of protesters organized by a conservative group descended on the Michigan’s state Capitol this Wednesday, calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to reopen the state’s economy. News footage of the protest showed some demonstrators holding signs and chanting slogans on the Capitol steps while others remained in their vehicles, honking their horns. An amusing […]

President Donald Trump’s decision on Tuesday to defund the World Health Organization during the global coronavirus pandemic is a “crime against humanity” and “another example of ‘America First and to hell with the world as a whole,'” according to various world leaders and leading medical experts. Trump announced he is suspending payments to the WHO, […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday announced first steps in undoing coronavirus restrictions that have plunged the economy into a recession, with most shops allowed to open although schools must stay closed until May 4. Shops up to 800 square meters (8,600 feet) are allowed to reopen once they have “plans to maintain hygiene”, Merkel […]

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Wednesday tried to spread some purportedly encouraging news about the COVID-19 pandemic — but his happy talk was quickly shot down by his own Twitter followers. Specifically, Cornyn pointed to data posted on the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracking website showing that 25 percent of people who contracted the disease are […]

With his brash move to stop funding the World Health Organization in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump may score points at home but is handing an opportunity that China is delighted to exploit. Critics say Trump is eager to find a scapegoat as thousands of Americans die from COVID-19, even if […]

A joint report produced by the Centers for Disease Control and the Federal Emergency Management Agency has warned that even a staggered reopening of the economy could lead to a surge in new COVID-19 cases in the United States. The report, which was obtained by The Washington Post, writes that even a cautious reopening “will […]

“Our society cannot sustain itself when so few have so much, while so many have so little,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Amplifying fresh critiques of wealthy inequality that have mounted throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos—the world’s richest man—has added nearly $24 billion to his already massive fortune in 2020 as virus-related lockdowns […]

In early March as the coronavirus was spreading across the country and the world, President Trump barged into a coronavirus task force meeting and floated the idea of starting a White House radio talk show. The show, Trump explained, would allow him to ease the fears of Americans and answer their questions about the outbreak, […]

Donald Trump Jr. revealed on Tuesday that he had a conversation with this father — the president of the United States — about pardoning Joe Exotic, a tiger owner who was convicted of trying to kill an animal rights activist. Trump Jr. noted that the idea of pardoning the star of Netflix’s Tiger King began […]

“All the plans we have for a safe and legitimate general election in November depend heavily upon the ability to expand vote-by-mail. Yet those plans would be completely upended if the United States Postal Service collapses.” As the novel coronavirus pandemic makes in-person voting inherently dangerous in the United States—as demonstrated by the disastrous contests […]

The View questioned Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Wednesday, but conservative co-host Meghan McCain did not participate in the interview despite being present on the show earlier. McCain was present at the beginning of the show, when the panel discussed President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the World Health Organization. She was also present for […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday asserted that President Donald Trump’s move to defund the World Health Organization (WHO) “is dangerous, illegal and will be swiftly challenged.” Pelosi made the remarks in a statement after the president announced on Tuesday that funds for the WHO would be frozen. “The President’s halting of funding to […]

In an op-ed for The Washington Post this Wednesday, Greg Sargent contends that President Trump’s decision to suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is an attempt to paint a portrait of himself as an effective leader who holds people accountable for their failures. “In just about every conceivable way, this is the opposite […]