Sinclair to delay segment featuring ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy theory
The report sparked an immediate outcry on social media, where the video has been largely banned on Facebook and YouTube.
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Pompeo’s Surreal Speech on China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave one of the most surreal speeches of the Donald Trump presidency at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on Thursday. In his speech, titled “Communist China and the Free World’s Future,” he declared the failure of 50 years of engagement with China and called for free societies to stand up to Beijing.I am sympathetic to the argument.
Sinclair Delays Segment Touting Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory After Backlash
The conservative company owns a huge swath of the local news market in the U.S.
Help! My Husband’s Female Colleague Volunteered to Manage His Email.
I don’t want her to see our personal information, and I don’t love that he won’t handle this task himself.
How to Lose a Swing State
Donald Trump needs Arizona on his side in November. Losing the state and its 11 Electoral College votes would, at the very least, mean a drastically narrower path back to the White House. Keeping Arizona red shouldn’t be a challenge; the state has long been a Republican stronghold.
The Florida Democrat Who’s Been Warning About a Pandemic for Decades
Donna Shalala has a new dog named Fauci. He’s a rescue dog, maybe part Yorkie, she figures. The name seemed right: He was found running into an Italian restaurant in Miami, where she lives, so the animal-shelter staff suggested that she give him an Italian name. And like everyone else, she’s been thinking a lot about Anthony Fauci for the past few months.
Donald Trump Had A Very Bad Week
The president had to cancel his nominating party in Florida, he trails badly behind Joe Biden, and Republican lawmakers are ignoring his demands on Capitol Hill.
Emerging Markets and COVID-19
Lee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati return to discuss sovereign debt and emerging markets.
Congress Should Extend Unemployment Benefits for an Extra Three Weeks While Republicans Get Their Act Together
The GOP tried and failed to do its homework the night before it was due.
Why It’s Still So Tough to Find Disinfectant Wipes
Too few materials, too many coronavirus outbreaks, and a never-ending canister shortage.
Chris Christie cashes in on coronavirus lobbying
The former New Jersey governor has earned $240,000 lobbying the Trump administration on the pandemic
Commission still talking to vax companies, while U.S., U.K. secure deals
This news comes after the U.S. announced earlier in the day that it had secured up to 600 million doses of a vaccine created by BioNTech and Pfizer.
Republican governors of Indiana and Ohio issue mask mandates, joining more than half of U.S. states
The announcements come a day after President Donald Trump threw his support behind facial coverings to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
Fauci: I was not invited to Trump’s coronavirus briefing
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said he had last spoken with the president late last week.
True number of U.S. coronavirus infections likely 10 times larger than reported, CDC data shows
The study is based on antibody tests of about 16,000 people conducted between late March and early May.
How the Child Care Crisis Will Distort the Economy for a Generation
The economic toll of the collapse of the child system will be felt for 20-30 years, says Betsey Stevenson.
‘Oil on the inequality fire’: How slashing jobless aid could widen the wealth gap
Congress appears poised to dramatically reduce a federal program that has been providing an extra $600 per week for jobless workers since the spring.
Housing market defies expectations amid economic turmoil
Some areas of housing are actually doing better than they were before the coronavirus began sweeping the U.S.
Trump shifts messaging: Coronavirus ‘will get worse before it gets better’
In the first such briefing in three months, the president acknowledged the real scope of the pandemic’s impact in the U.S.
Cartoon: Chad Wolf’s goon squad!
The regular cops are still wilding out, and adding the Republicans’ secret police to the mix right as pandemic relief expires is a recipe for (even more) disaster.
Family jailed for nearly 11 months now fears ICE may tear them apart in just days
Claudia, a mother who has been detained with her 8-year-old son for nearly 11 months at a migrant family jail in Texas, told CBS News over the phone that she knows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has the ability to release her family together right now. Officials “have the option of letting us leave with our children,” she said.
As A Candidate, Trump Asked FBI In Intelligence Briefing: ‘Are The Russians Bad?’
GOP senators pushed to have this once-classified document released, but maybe they shouldn’t have.
We’ll prosecute: Two chief prosecutors tell Trump and federal agents to back off their cities
The top prosecutors of two major American cities issued a preemptive warning to both Donald Trump and federal agents Friday, pledging in an op-ed to prosecute Trump’s troops if they violate the law in their cities.
Portland woman said she’s had it with Trump—’I will not support a tyranist any longer’
As Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr prepare to unleash more federal forces in Seattle, Chicago, and other large cities in the U.S., protest crowds are still swelling in Portland—and there are some new faces in the crowd. At least one of them was willing to talk to MSNBC, declaring: “As of last night, I am no longer a Trump supporter.”
Watch as the unnamed woman explains why she can no longer support Trump.
Supreme Court Denies Nevada Church’s Challenge To Coronavirus Restrictions
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley argued that the hard cap on religious gatherings was an unconstitutional violation of its parishioners’ First Amendment rights.
USCIS has postponed furlough of more than half of its workforce until end of August, senator says
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is postponing its furlough of more than half of its workforce for nearly another month, Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patrick Leahy said on Friday. The agency had been set to furlough 13,000 of its 20,000 employees on Aug. 3 until revised estimates showed the agency actually had enough funds to continue work for several more weeks, his office said.
‘PAW Patrol’ Fact-Checks Kayleigh McEnany After She Said Show Was Canceled
One Twitter user noted “we’re now at a point where Paw Patrol has to fact check the White House.
Why Planned Parenthood Has Been Reluctant to Confront Its Founder’s Troubling History
“It hands the appearance of victory to the wrong people,” a former board member said.