Новости за 08.10.2020

Writing in the Daily Mail this Thursday, British TV host and commentator Piers Morgan declared that “Donald Trump is losing.” “The man who devotes every second of his waking life to the obsessive pursuit of winning is staring down the barrel of an election loss in four weeks that could be a total blow-out,” Morgan […]

In his first interview since leaving the government, Dr. Rick Bright told CNN’s Jake Tapper that government scientists are very seriously concerned that President Donald Trump will “rewrite science” or “come up with fake science” to justify their politics. Dr. Bright initially was reassigned to the NIH while he was working on developing a coronavirus […]

ABC News will host a town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden next week during the same timeslot as the second presidential debate was supposed to be held, after President Donald Trump very publicly announced he would not attend. The Commission of Presidential Debates, citing Trump’s recent coronavirus infection, announced next week’s debate would […]

Vice President Mike Pence has canceled a plan to travel to Indianapolis to vote early in the 2020 presidential election. Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York Magazine was scheduled to be the print pool reporter and the trip and reports that planning was still underway within an hour of the cancelation. Here’s Nuzzi’s thread […]

Speaking on Fox News this Thursday, Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller took an opportunity to attack Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after the FBI conducted arrests of a militia group that plotted to kidnap her. Miller acknowledge that news of the kidnapping plot was “horrendous,” but said that Whitmer squandered a “moment of unity” and […]

The Commission on Presidential Debates on Thursday announced that the second presidential debate will be a “virtual” town hall between President Donald Trump and Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden. But with Trump threatening to boycott the affair, a group of Miami-Dade residents have filed suit to have Trump declared “a public nuisance” to prevent him […]

On Tuesday night, October 6, incumbent Republican Sen. Martha McSally debated her Democratic challenger, centrist Mark Kelly, in Arizona. McSally’s supporters were hoping that the debate would give McSally a chance to save her ailing campaign, but journalist Shay Khatiri — in an article published on the conservative website The Bulwark — argues that the debate was […]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) spoke in an address Thursday about the militia members she said were plotting to kidnap and possibly even kill her. She accused President Donald Trump of stoking domestic terrorism by legitimizing hate groups. In early March, the coronavirus exploded across the state of Michigan, infecting more than 5,500 people with nearly […]

Speaking on CNN this Thursday, veteran journalist Carl Bernstein addressed recent comments from Nancy Pelosi where she expressed her worry that President Trump is in an “altered state” in the wake of his steroid treatment for coronavirus. According to Bernstein, the White House is in the “midst of a coverup of Donald Trump’s mental and […]

In a state address, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addressed the groups of militia members who were plotting to kidnap and possibly even kill her after her coronavirus lockdown and the mask mandate. She explained that the coronavirus has exposed deep inequities in American society, but she called for national unity. “Seeing the humanity in one […]

On the heels of a debate in which Vice President Mike Pence joined President Donald Trump in refusing to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if they lose the November election, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday emphasized the importance of beating the Republicans “bigly.” The Massachusetts Democrat and former presidential candidate, who is now […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel told MSNBC on Thursday that the the many militia members who were arrested for a domestic terrorist plot to violently overthrow the government and kidnap the governor could only “be the tip of the iceberg.” She explained that the men weren’t merely angry people sitting around talking, they took steps […]

After President Donald Trump appeared in a Wednesday video claiming, without evidence, that he had discovered a “cure” for the coronavirus in the form of an antibody cocktail produced by a company run by one of his golf club members, its stock soared. This article was originally published at Salon Trump filmed the five-minute video after he […]

Given how brazenly Republicans blocked Barack Obama’s judicial nominees on an unprecedented scale and then packed the federal courts with young, conservative judicial activists, it was disappointing to see Joe Biden and Kamala Harris both dodge the question of whether they would expand the Courts if they win and Senate Republicans confirm Amy Coney Barrett […]

A desperate President Donald Trump has released what effectively is a campaign video apparently paid for by the taxpayers, promising America’s senior citizens a free coronavirus “cure” while he stands in front of a green screen faking a White House backdrop. There is no cure for coronavirus. The highly-experimental treatment President Trump is receiving is […]

Heavily armed militia members and other protesters gathered at the Michigan State Capitol in May 2020 demanding that the mask mandate be ended and the coronavirus quarantine be halted. It was during that protest that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said that she would not negotiate with terrorists. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump was tweeting “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” […]

Federal agents raided a Michigan home as part of an investigation into a plot to kidnap the state’s Democratic governor. Six individuals — Brandon Caserta, Barry Croft, Adam Fox, Kaleb Franks, Ty Garbin and Daniel Harris — were accused in the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and try her for treason before the Nov. […]

Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe pointed the finger at President Donald Trump on Thursday for fostering a cultural climate which triggered six men to allegedly plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D). During a press conference on Thursday, federal prosecutors revealed that the militia members plotted against Whitmer because of the coronavirus-related restrictions she […]

The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday became the second top academic journal in a month to break its long-held precedent of not weighing in on the U.S. presidential election, with an editorial saying it has become impossible to remain impartial after spending months observing President Donald Trump’s “shameful” and “reckless” response to the […]

In the wake of breaking news regarding an alleged plot by a right-wing militia to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, more is being learned about the alleged conspirators. One of the suspects, Adam Fox, had been living at a vacuum shop when it was raided by the FBI on Wednesday. The shop’s owner, Brian Titus, told […]

The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported earlier this week that President Donald Trump’s campaign is weighing whether to hold an event with the president in Pittsburgh on Monday. However, two local officials took to Twitter shortly afterward to ask the president to stay away. The Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports that Allegheny County Executive Ryan Fitzgerald […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s demand that the remaining presidential debates be delayed. During an interview with Fox Business, Trump blasted the Commission on Presidential Debates for a decision to use a virtual format for the next event, which was prompted by the president’s personal battle with COVID-19. […]

Like many others in Texas politics, Wendy Davis spent much of 2018 scratching her head over fellow Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s insurgent campaign against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz. Just four years earlier, Davis lost her bid for governor to Republican Greg Abbott by 20 points, a margin of defeat shared by several other Democratic statewide candidates […]

Attorney General William Barr insisted in July that he was unaware of violent threats against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, even as the FBI was working to investigate a kidnapping plot against her. The FBI broke up what agents described as a violent plot to kidnap Whitmer and put her on “trial” for treason ahead of […]

A video has emerged showing a freeway confrontation between a semi truck driver and a Trump parade participant in Hilliard, Ohio, CDL Life reports. “Police say that they received a call from an unnamed semi truck driver reporting that a man in a black pickup truck had opened fire on his truck while the two were driving […]