Новости за 18.10.2020

Assistant professor of philosophy Sasha Mudd wrote an op-ed in The New York Times Oct. 10 that presented, “The other day, my 7-year-old, having gotten wind of President Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis, asked me point blank, ‘Mommy, are you glad that Trump got the coronavirus?'” “Here’s how I explained the moral quandary to my 7-year-old: I […]

President Donald Trump attended a church service for the first time this year, aside from his June photo-op, but the church was waving a series of flags that appeared to violate the United States Flag Code. It was an observation from reporter Jack Jenkins from the Religion News Service on Sunday. “At the International Church […]

A Supreme Court case that was decided over a decade ago may come back to haunt Judge Amy Coney Barrett as America enters an impending post-election 2020 judicial nightmare; one in which the sitting president may deny a peaceful transfer of power. Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. was argued in 2009 with the primary […]

In an opinion piece for the Washington Post Sunday, columnist Jennifer Rubin argued that enablers of President Donald J. Trump must pay for “betraying their country.” “They should think more about atoning for the betrayal of their country than trying to escape the consequences of enabling a liar, racist and wannabe authoritarian,” Rubin laid out. “There […]

Fans of President Donald Trump on Sunday were seen coughing on supporters of Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The confrontation occurred in Newport Beach, California, where President Donald Trump was holding a fundraiser. Tickets to the fundraiser were available for up $150,000 per couple, the Los Angeles Times reported. The event was expected to raise over […]

According to a report from the New York Times, aides to Donald Trump are getting a jump on looking for new jobs with an eye on the fact that the president is doing nothing to stop his slide in the polls in the waning days of his re-election campaign. With just over fifteen days before […]

A projection Friday by the CDC found that the COVID-19 pandemic death toll is expected climb to 229,000-240,000 people by Nov. 7. As a maskless president tramples through the nation unapologetically spewing anti-Semitic, white supremacist nonsense, there’s a new angle on why no lives matter to Donald J. Trump. White House Correspondent John Harwood wrote […]

There are only 15 days left until the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 3 and, with Democratic candidate Joe Biden ahead in multiple national polls by up to 10 percentage points, the swing states are literally up for grabs. New this year: a Democratic frontrunner whose political power moves involve widespread television campaign ads in […]

Senate Democrats are trying to save federal workers from having big docks in their pay next spring by allowing them to opt out of the mandatory Trump scheme to give them a payroll tax holiday. Trump spent the whole of the year obsessing about “terminating” payroll taxes as stimulus in the coronavirus pandemic, somehow not […]

Donald Trump continues to make it clear that he does not intend to leave office peacefully if he is defeated by Joe Biden and the Democrats on Election Day. Moreover, Donald Trump considers any election in which he is not the “winner” to be null and void. Trump’s appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the […]

In an interview with The Australian, former senior White House adviser Steve Bannon suggested that Donald Trump will make another run for the presidency in 2024 should he go down to defeat on November 3rd. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Bannon claimed the president would not go away quietly knowing he has […]

According to a report from USA Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and fellow Republican senators waited too long to put some distance between themselves and unpopular President Donald Trump and that will likely cost McConnell his power and GOP control of the Senate. With the election a little more than two weeks away […]

Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Republican National Committee head Ronna Romney McDaniel deflected questions about Donald Trump encouraging his followers to chant “Lock her up” in reference to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) by complaining her kids are being kept out of school because of the governor’s COVID-19 shutdown. Speaking with host George Stephanopoulos, Michigan […]

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday sought to link the son of Democratic nominee Joe Biden to child pornography. Bartiromo made the assertion about Hunter Biden in the form of a question to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). According to the Fox News host, someone had analyzed the handwriting of an FBI agent who served […]

Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday called on his father to “break up” the FBI if he wins a second term. During an interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked the president’s son what his father would do if the FBI does not do his bidding by smearing the son of Democratic nominee Joe Biden […]

Having basically surrendered to the coronavirus, Republican President Donald Trump has increasingly said that he’d like to stop focusing on COVID-19 prevention measures and instead go for “herd immunity.” The White House is even backing a petition signed by thousands of doctors around the world who support the idea. The only problem: Many of the […]

Far from making the case for the re-election of Donald Trump, daughter-in-law Lara Trump inspired an avalanche of criticism for her answers on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning that was summed up by the hashtag: #LaraLied. Speaking with host Jake Tapper, the wife of Eric Trump began by stating that the president […]

Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller asserted over the weekend that masks don’t work because President Donald Trump was infected with COVID-19. Miller made the remarks during an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. “Why does the president continue to hold these rallies where thousands of people are packed together, the vast majority of […]

CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday ended an interview with Trump campaign spokesperson Lara Trump after she suggested stuttering is a sign of cognitive decline. “Joe Biden as we all know has worked to overcome a stutter,” Tapper said before explaining that Biden had been an inspiration for children who stutter. “How do you think […]

At the start of what turned into a very contentious interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump defended the president’s attacks on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) by saying the president was just “having fun.” Noting that the president on Saturday criticized the Michigan governor at a rally, just a few weeks […]

According to a report from the Daily Beast, Donald Trump is building up an enemies list of GOP lawmakers and other conservatives who have been critical of him as his re-election campaign staggers to the finish line, with the intent of taking revenge should he manage to pull off a victory on November 3rd. Following […]

According to a report from Politico, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is in the fight of his political life that could see his time in the Senate come to a close in November due to his close association with Donald Trump. With his numbers in the polls showing him in a virtual tie with Democratic challenger […]

Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s foremost public intellectuals, has provided the international left with wisdom, guidance and inspiration for nearly 60 years. Proving that he operates at the locus where argumentation and activism meet, he demonstrates indispensable intellectual leadership on issues of foreign policy, democratic socialism and rejection of corporate media bromides. This article first appeared in Salon One […]

Israel and Bahrain will officially establish diplomatic relations Sunday at a ceremony in Manama, an Israeli official said, after the two states reached a US-brokered normalisation deal last month. An Israeli delegation led by National Security Council chief Meir Ben Sabbat took off from Tel Aviv for a one-day trip to Manama that will see […]

President Donald Trump likes to make fun of his rival Joe Biden’s verbal lapses but on Saturday he made his own goof as he took a pot shot at French President Emmanuel Macron and effectively demoted him. Trump’s error downgrading Macron to prime minister came as he spoke at a campaign rally in Michigan, one […]