Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 43
Happy Friday, News Viewers, and what a Friday! We survived the last debate and here we are, less than two weeks out from the presidential election. Here at NV, we watched the debate live last MORE
Month: October 2020
Local
MAGAt arrested in North Carolina with a van full of guns and explosives and a plot to assassinate Joe Biden
A man was arrested in Kannapolis with a van full of guns and explosives with plans to carry out an act of terrorism, including trying to assassinate Joe Biden. An order filed in federal court MORE
News
Fact checking the last presidential debate
Compared to the first dumpster fire debate, this one was, by far, the best, better moderated, and…we didn’t see any flies but we sure heard a ton of lies, mainly from the Liar in Chief. MORE
Health
U.S. signs anti-abortion declaration with a lot of countries known for being nasty to women
Most of the signatories are among the 20 worst countries to be a woman according to the Women, Peace and Security Index established by Georgetown University. None of the top twenty countries on the Georgetown index – MORE
Live Discussions
Watch Live: Second and Final Presidential Debate at Belmont University
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the final debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump at Belmont University in Tennessee. NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker will moderate it. The topics she chose and Trump MORE
Technology
A Georgia county may be a victim of a ransomware attack on its election infrastructure
“We are currently bringing various programs back online, and those two items are included in that process,” Crumley said. “However, the voting process for our citizens has not been impacted due to the network issues.” MORE
Coronavirus
Remdesivir becomes first Covid-19 treatment to receive FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration approved remdesivir for the treatment of coronavirus infection, the drug’s maker, Gilead Sciences, said Thursday.The drug, sold under the brand name Veklury, has been used under emergency use authorization. MORE
Religion
Franklin Graham Condemns Pope For “Normalizing Homosexuality” !
LE††UCE PREY Franklin Graham took exception to the Pope’s stance on gay civil unions in a Facebook post. First, what the Pope said. “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They’re children MORE
News
From 60 Minutes: Trump Never Said “Lock Her Up” About Governor Whitmer
In the 60 Minutes interview that Trump has whined about for days straight, he denies saying he would lock up Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Trump made the denial after a crowd in Muskegon, Michigan, began MORE
Coronavirus
COVID-19 Updates
Yesterday, 10/21/20, 1226 Americans were confirmed to have died from the Covid donnie virus. This is highest number of daily deaths since July and the first day of over 1,000 deaths since late August. Daily MORE
Opinion
Trump’s Psychological Warfare Against the Bidens
Since Trump began flogging the Hunter Biden story, he doesn’t have a lot to show for it. The opposition research on Joe’s son resulted in an impeachment, and not much interest outside of the Fox MORE
2020 Elections
Trump Declares His Own Magnificence After 60 Minutes Interview
President Trump on Thursday teased the release of an unedited version of his interview with “60 Minutes” as his attacks on the widely watched news program dragged into a third day. The president has been fixated MORE
News
Prager University is nothing of the sort
A couple of days ago a post went up about some public schools using Prager University videos in the classroom. I knew nothing about the organization, but the videos feature right wing ideologues like Ben MORE
Live Discussions
Watch: The Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the Handmaiden Judge’s confirmation
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on the Handmaiden Judge’s confirmation. No member of the Democratic Party will be present.
News
Trump’s Brownshirts show up at a St. Petersburg polling place
“The sheriff and I take this very seriously,” Marcus said. “Voter intimidation, deterring voters from voting, impeding a voter’s ability to cast a ballot in this election is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in MORE
Movies
Rudy shows up in new Borat film, acts like a dirty old man
In the film, released on Friday, the former New York mayor and current personal attorney to Donald Trump is seen reaching into his trousers and apparently touching his genitals while reclining on a bed in MORE
Entertainment
Jon Bon Jovi tells why he ‘Won’t Ever Go Back to the City of Buffalo’
There was a time when Jon Bon Jovi was ready to become a permanent fixture in Buffalo, N.Y., but a negative experience – spurred by Donald Trump – led the rocker to vow he’d never MORE
Breaking News
DHS and FBI claim that Iran and Russia have gained voter registration data to interfere with the election
***An update to a recent News Views article: The U.S. government has concluded that Iran was behind a series of threatening emails arriving this week in the inboxes of Democratic voters, according to two U.S. MORE
2020 Elections
Trump Posts Video to Mask-Shame Lesley Stahl
Trump Reportedly Stormed Out of 60 Minutes Interview President Donald Trump posted a five-second clip of a maskless Lesley Stahl on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon — and teased “much more to come” as if this were MORE
Religion
Pope endorses civil union laws for same-sex couples
Pope Francis has declared support for civil unions for same-sex couples for the first time, according to the Catholic News Agency. “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They’re children of God and have a MORE
US
Florida Deputy Arrested After Performing Exorcism and Arming Children
A former Orange County deputy was arrested after he performed an exorcism on one child, and armed another with a rifle, instructing them to shoot anyone who came into the home. Deputies responded to a MORE
Live Discussions
President Obama speaks at a drive-in car rally for Joe Biden
Join News Views for a Live Discussion on President Obama’s drive-in car rally for Joe Biden. The event will be held in Philadelphia and should start at 5:45 PM EDT/2:45 PM PDT.
Health
Trump administration considers slashing funding for coronavirus relief, HIV treatment, screenings for newborns in ‘anarchist’ cities
Those ‘Democrat’ ‘anarchist’ cities that Trump rails about all the time may lose billions of dollars in funding for coronavirus relief, HIV treatment, screenings for newborns according to documents obtained by POLITICO. New York, Portland, MORE
News
Maryland man arrested on federal charges for threatening VP Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris
“This is a warning to anyone reading this letter if you are a Biden/Harris supporter you will be targeted. We have a list of homes and addresses by your election signs. We are the ones MORE
2020 Elections
Co-Chairman of Debate Commission Says Trump’s Attacks “Just Wrong”
John Danforth, a Republican and former US senator from Missouri who has been on the Presidential Debate Commission since 1994, said Trump’s attacks on the debate commission are “just wrong.” The debate commission is non-partisan MORE