Новости за 03.12.2020

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent the majority of 2020 misleading his state on the facts around the COVID-19 crisis. A bombshell report from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel detailed the ways in which DeSantis suppressed bad news, spread “dangerous misinformation,” and ignored inconvenient facts about the virus. “The DeSantis administration’s approach to managing COVID-19 information carries […]

Leading American infectious disease scientist Anthony Fauci criticized Britain on Thursday for rushing through its approval process for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, suggesting the move could undermine public faith. His comments came a day after Britain became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use, prompting some skepticism among the country’s […]

The Associated Press reported Thursday that President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department was barred from entering the building. The report revealed that Heidi Stirrup, “an ally of top Trump adviser Stephen Miller,” was pressuring Justice Department staff to hand over sensitive documents and information about alleged “election fraud” and other issues […]

In part two of the SnapChat interview with President Barack Obama, Peter Hamby asked how President Donald Trump was able to persuade so many Black men to support him over President-elect Joe Biden. When Obama was elected he got about 95 percent of the Black vote, where Biden got about 80 percent. “Well, look, I […]

Scientists are a step closer to restoring vision for the blind, after building an implant that bypasses the eyes and allows monkeys to perceive artificially induced patterns in their brains. The technology, developed by a team at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN), was described in the journal Science on Thursday. It builds on an […]

Republicans are growing increasingly worried that conspiracy theories about mass election fraud may depress voter turnout and could cost them in the upcoming Georgia runoffs, and according to the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, there’s a “vile aspect” to this development that’s no laughing matter. “Georgia Republicans don’t mind when Trump lies about the integrity of […]

Now that his father won’t be president much longer, Donald Trump, Jr. is looking for a means to expand his base. There have been rumors he would seek a presidential run in 2024, if his father does not. But Trump, Jr. now has his eyes on someone else’s job: NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre’s. […]

While COVID-19 vaccines are on their way, the impact of the pandemic has worsened in the United States due to large gatherings, holiday travel and the ongoing resistance of some to wear a mask. Eviction rates are climbing, contributing to more COVID cases, bankruptcies are up too, and small businesses are struggling to stay afloat […]

Conservation campaigners on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of taking a “wrecking ball” to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as the White House announced plans to move ahead with the sale of drilling leases in the 19 million-acre coastal preserve, despite widespread, bipartisan opposition to oil and gas extraction there. Seven weeks before Trump is […]

President Donald Trump’s legal challenges suffered yet another loss in his long-shot bid to overturn his election defeat. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court denied a petition by his lawyers to challenge the president’s loss there, bringing their record in such cases to one win and 41 losses, reported the Associated Press. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning against […]

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday tried to get Congress to adjourn as part of a stunt to attack some Democratic members who are taking votes over Zoom instead of in person. The motion was filed by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a Trump-loving conservative hardliner who has relentlessly attacked medical professionals during the […]

Michigan state Rep. Aaron Miller, a Republican, this week accused Rudy Giuliani of entering the “realm of insanity” with his testimony to lawmakers in Michigan. Miller made the remarks following Giuliani’s wild testimony to the Michigan House Oversight Committee. “I’m happy to thoughtfully listen to evidence and claims and that was what today was supposed […]

As State Department leadership expressed concern about the accelerated uptick in coronavirus cases, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan, are hosting holiday parties. At a time when the United States is reporting a weekly average of more than 165,000, the couple invited hundreds of partygoers to a holiday event held on […]

Lawfare editor Susan Hennessey explained in a Twitter thread that Ivanka Trump’s assessment of the inauguration funding scandal isn’t exactly correct. Ms. Trump was deposed this week in an ongoing investigation into Donald Trump’s possible misuse of funds in the inauguration. The D.C. attorney general believes the committee and the Trump Organization “abused more than […]

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, which was recently demonstrated to have 94 percent efficacy, causes the human immune system to produce potent antibodies that endure for at least three months, a study showed Thursday. Researchers at the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which co-developed the drug, studied the immune response of 34 adult […]

Lin Wood, a celebrity lawyer taking part in Sidney Powell’s conspiracy theory-laden effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, is now being accused by Trump loyalists of helping Democrats, according to the Daily Beast. Wood has accused the state of Georgia of conducting a corrupt election and that the state should be awarded […]

First Daughter and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump is once again rankling Americans as she continues to try to elevate herself by proximity to power. Remember, for example, how the then 35-year old angered world leaders and American citizens alike by attending the 2017  G20 Summit, even sitting in for her father, the President […]

Flying with your emotional support peacock or hamster? No. But with your service dog, or even two — that’s okay on US airlines, regulators have decided. The US Department of Transportation issued a final rule Wednesday on what kind of “service animals” that airlines are required to accommodate on board flights in the United States. […]

Speaking to “The View” on Thursday, Donald Trump’s niece Mary explained that the president is “a very desperate man” working to appear as if he’s not a loser after losing after the 2020 election. “We’re seeing a very desperate man,” Dr. Trump explained. He’s “somebody who knows that his best option is to cling to […]

President Donald Trump on Thursday refused to say whether he still had confidence in embattled Attorney General Bill Barr. According to Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason, the president was asked whether Barr still had his confidence, and Trump replied that reporters should ask him that question again in a few weeks. Trump is reportedly […]

CNN White House correspondent John Harwood on Thursday said that President Donald Trump is lashing out everywhere because he cannot psychologically cope with the fact that he lost the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden. While talking with CNN host Kate Bolduan, Harwood explained how Trump’s fragility over the results of the election has now […]

Sidney Powell bristled when confronted with the copious mistakes in her already infamous “Kraken” lawsuit. The former attorney for President Donald Trump’s campaign was dumped after tossing out wild conspiracy theories to explain his election loss to Joe Biden, but she remains committed to undoing the results with a wide-ranging and error-riddled lawsuit she compared […]

One week ago today the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a group of New York churches and synagogues, overruling Governor Cuomo and declaring that even in a deadly pandemic that now is breaking new records, houses of worship are exempt from coronavirus restrictions on attendance maximums. Now, in what experts are calling an “essentially unprecedented” […]

Trump attorney Joe diGenova has resigned from the elite Gridiron Club after the club asked him to step down in the wake of his call to execute former federal cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs. The Washington Post reports that the Gridiron Club requested diGenova’s resignation after he said that Krebs, who was fired by President Donald […]

Jenna Ellis has become a star player on President Trump’s legal team, billing herself as a “constitutional law attorney” taking part in the effort to overturn the 2020 election results. But according to the New York Times, Ellis’ credentials aren’t what they’re cracked up to be. She has become one of Trump’s most visible defenders and […]