California and New York now saying that they won’t play along with Trump’s pre-election COVID vaccine charade. They’ll refuse to distribute a vaccine that’s not safe and effective, which seems obvious on its face, but what they mean is a vaccine that’s been rushed through abbreviated phase III trials for political reasons. Josh Kovensky has our exclusive report.
EXCLUSIVE: Some States Won’t Distribute A Trumpian Half-Baked COVID Vaccine
Officials from at least three states have suggested that they would refuse to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine if they believe it has not received adequate vetting by the federal government, or that it had been approved for political reasons.
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Trump Canceled Trip To Cemetery Honoring Slain Soldiers Who He Called ‘Losers’
President Trump reportedly skipped his scheduled visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018 after dismissing the U.S. soldiers who died during the Battle of Bellaeu Wood as “losers.” Continue reading “Trump Canceled Trip To Cemetery Honoring Slain Soldiers Who He Called ‘Losers’”
Biden: Trump’s ‘Both Sides’ Reaction To C’Ville Shows He ‘Legitimizes’ Racism
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden tore into President Trump’s “both sides” reaction to the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville during a community meeting at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday. Continue reading “Biden: Trump’s ‘Both Sides’ Reaction To C’Ville Shows He ‘Legitimizes’ Racism”
Another DHS Bulletin Reportedly Shows Russia Boosting Same Disinformation As Trump
In a newly reported Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin, analysts describe a Russian disinformation effort to amplify claims that voting by mail is unreliable and vulnerable to fraud.
Athletes’ Racial Justice Protest Last Week Made History. But It Wasn’t the First Wildcat Strike in Pro Sports
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On Wednesday last week, the Orlando Magic came out on the court and went through their usual warmups before their scheduled fifth playoff game with the Milwaukee Bucks at Disney World in Florida. But as the buzzer sounded to begin the game, the Bucks were still in the locker room. They were discussing how to respond to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin — an hour from Milwaukee — on August 23. Several cops shot Blake in the back, paralyzing him. He remains in the hospital in critical condition.
Judges Push DOJ On Why They Shouldn’t Tackle Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Census Policy Now
A lawyer for the Trump administration provoked palpable frustration Thursday from at least one of the three judges in New York who are considering a challenge to President Trump’s new anti-immigrant census policy.
WH Trolls Pelosi On Salon Appointment Despite Trump’s Disastrous COVID Response
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany kicked off her briefing on Thursday by playing on loop a video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at a salon earlier this week in San Francisco, where the Democratic leader flouted COVID-19 restrictions in the city.
But the White House doesn’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to policing anyone else’s behavior amid the coronavirus pandemic. From President Trump repeatedly insisting the virus will simply “disappear” to hosting a largely unmasked audience at the White House during last week’s RNC to applying political pressure on the development of a vaccine, the Trump administration has delivered a disastrous response to a deadly virus that has killed more than 180,000 Americans. Continue reading “WH Trolls Pelosi On Salon Appointment Despite Trump’s Disastrous COVID Response”
Where Things Stand: These Two Headlines
This morning we published two pieces with starkly disturbing headlines within about thirty minutes of each other.
Dem Mayors Slam Trump’s Defunding Gambit: Our Cities Are Not Your ‘Political Pawns’
The Democratic mayors of Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York City and Portland hit back at President Donald Trump on Thursday in response to his effort to eliminate federal funding for their cities.