New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appeared onThe Daily Show Wednesday night to discuss the coronavirus pandemic in his state. Cuomo reiterated that New York had successfully “flattened the curve” of the virus through social distancing measures and that both the death rates and hospitalization rates in the state were in …
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Conservative economist Stephen Moore, a member of the White House council to reopen the country, absurdly compared demonstrators who are dangerously opposing state social-distancing orders aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus to civil rights icon Rosa Parks. “This is a great time for civil disobedience. We need to …
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John Oliver dissected President Donald Trump‘s other favorite news outlet, OAN, on Last Week Tonight Sunday, describing the network as, “Fox News with even less shame and even fewer scruples.” The mutual affinity between Trump and OAN (which stands for One America News), is not new, but Oliver examined how …
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We’re going to take our time with Trump’s press conference Friday afternoon. Here’s why. A few weeks ago, back when President Trump’s coronavirus gibberish was a mix of bad medical advice and inaccurate disease forecasts,Rolling Stonedelivered some sage guidance: Ignore what this man says. It was good guidance. Then, unfortunately, …
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President Donald Trump’s legal team officially responded to last week’s Senate summons that notified the president that if he is convicted during the impeachment trial, he will be removed from office. Trump’s response came in a six-page letter on Saturday, according to the New York Times, where his lawyers blasted …
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His administration unable to keep its story straight about how exactly General Qasem Soleimani posed an “imminent threat” to U.S. national security, President Trump now claims it “really doesn’t matter” if the assassinated Iranian commander was about to kill Americans. Nothing could be further from the truth. The question of …
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The assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by an American drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport last week has brought the U.S. to the precipice of yet another war in the Middle East. The Trump administration’s sudden, violent confrontation with Iran stands in contrast to the methodical march to …
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Justin Clark, a senior political adviser and senior counsel to Trump’s reelection campaign, was caught discussing 2020 voter suppression efforts while at a Wisconsin chapter meeting of the Republican National Lawyers Association, according to the AP, though Clark denies it and says he was discussing “false accusations” that the GOP …
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Long before Donald Trump was our omnipresent, problematic president, he was New York City’s omnipresent, problematic gadfly. He flexed his supposed billions to attend any number of events around town, from WWE WrestleManias at Madison Square Garden to baby-boomer rock concerts. In 2008, he went to so many Neil Young …
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Trump’s campaign merchandising is living up to the image of Trump that motivates those who greet the president with a huge baby Trump protest balloon when he travels the country and overseas. Now the campaign is selling t-shirts that reads “Bull-Schiff,” aimed at House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). …
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