Month: October 2020

Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning development that came hours after he confirmed one of his longest-serving aides with whom he had recently traveled also received a positive test result. The revelation MORE

Melania Trump caught on tape not being best

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, former assistant to First Lady Melania Trump and author of “Melania and Me”, tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper about First Lady Melania Trump’s legacy. Melania also has a new PSA out encouraging kids MORE

Trump Aide Hope Hicks Tests Positive for Coronavirus

10/01/2020 Surley 0

Hope plays footsies with Trump while on the 2016 campaign trail Hicks is the latest person in Trump’s orbit to contract the virus, which has infected more than 7.2 million Americans and killed more than MORE

Head of Pfizer pushes back against Trump claim on vaccine testing

The head of Pfizer, one of the drugmakers racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine, told employees he was disappointed that its work was politicized during this week’s presidential debate and tried to reassure U.S. staff MORE

KKK flyers showing up in Pennsylvania: ‘Vote Pro-White’

Police and the district attorney’s office are investigating after Ku Klux Klan flyers were distributed in parts of Greene County. The flyers have appeared in mailboxes, at the edge of driveways and at local businesses. MORE

MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin fact checks Trump sycophant Steve Cortes and destroys him in the process

MSNBC anchor Ayman Mohyeldin called out Trump sycophant Steve Cortes for lying about a doctored ad the Trump campaign put up on Facebook. Cortes pretended he knew nothing about the ad nor who posted it. MORE

If Donnie goes down for his tax shenanigans, so should Sailor Moon

10/01/2020 Great Gazoo 0

For four years, Donald Trump’s tax returns have been the white whale of political journalists and the most sought-after material of any presidency this side of Richard Nixon’s Watergate tapes. Naturally, when The New York Times obtained and MORE

Governor Abbott’s latest move to suppress the vote

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Oct. 1, limiting where eligible voters can drop off their marked mail-in ballots. Beginning on Oct. 2, voters must deliver their mail ballots to a single early voting clerk’s office MORE

McEnany Denies Reporters Definitive Denouncement of White Supremacy

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tousled repeatedly with confrontational reporters about Trump not forcefully denouncing white supremacy. McEnany pointed to past statements Trump has made denouncing the KKK and advocating for the death penalty MORE

Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump

10/01/2020 Surley 0

WASHINGTON — Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Trump. That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed MORE

Federal officials directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse

In prepping DHS officials for questions about Rittenhouse, the document suggests they say he took a gun to Kenosha “to help defend small business owners.” Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments MORE

Trump demands a personal letter from him included in all food aid boxes

Families who struggle to put food on their tables because they have either been affected indirectly or directly by the Trumpvirus will now receive a letter from Dear Leader when they pick up their boxes MORE

CDC slowing pace on releasing new coronavirus health guidance

For the last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped issuing new health information related to the novel coronavirus after altering the procedure by which that information was being shared with the MORE

Vox video: What online voter suppression looks like

The video focuses on digital voter suppression, where the goal is to infiltrate communities online and deliver messages that discourage participation in elections. We explain what those messages look like, and why they so often MORE

The GOP is looking for 50,000 brownshirts to monitor the polls

Republicans want to recruit 50,000 volunteers in 15 crucial states to observe polling places on election day this November to ensure there is no suspicious behaviour as Americans cast their ballots. Democrats and voting rights MORE

Wisconsin COVID-19 Cases Surge Before Trump Rally on Saturday

Some Wisconsin hospitals are resorting to wait-listing patients as the state sees surging numbers of coronavirus cases, the highest seen since the beginning of the pandemic. Hospitals have been especially overwhelmed in Green Bay, Wausau MORE

Amy Coney Barrett Scrubbed From People of Praise Website

A “religious organization” sought to remove all mentions and photos of prospective Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett from its website. Barrett has declined to discuss her apparent decades-long affiliation with People of Praise, a MORE

Proud Boys’ Alan Swinney Arrested in Portland on 12 Charges

Portland police arrested Alan Swinney, 50, on Wednesday, one day after Trump refused to denounce the hate group in the presidential debate. The indictment alleges Swinney, 50, used a paintball gun, unlawfully discharged mace and MORE

5 House Republicans vote against resolution affirming peaceful transition of power