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A study conducted by Yangzhou University in China suggests that the act of flushing a public toilet could potentially spread coronavirus to the next person who uses that same stall, the Washington Post reports. “Flushing will lift the virus up from the toilet bowl,” co-author Ji-Xiang Wang said via email. And here’s the part where it gets disgusting, and potentially turns […]
This year has been a complete shitstorm. From a global health crisis to an economic downturn to the worst civil unrest the nation has seen in decades, it seemed no one could’ve predicted just how much turmoil 2020 would bring. Well, except for one man. In 2010, Peter Turchin wrote a scientific report published in Nature predicting economic […]
Trump, whose followers swallow whole whatever falls out of his mouth without bothering to contextualize it on their own, touted “the AIDS vaccine” on Tuesday despite no such thing actually existing. The Rose Garden ramblings were part of a string of words Trump offered regarding a cop reform executive order that stops far short of anything […]
As expected, Trump‘s upcoming gathering of the dolts in Tulsa has been preceded by the spouting of abject bullshit regarding COVID-19 numbers. The comments in question come from VP Mike Pence, who told reporters on Monday afternoon that numbers for the virus in Oklahoma had “declined precipitously” despite the state having recorded its highest one-day […]
Ahead of the release of his new comedy Irresistible hitting PVOD this month, Jon Stewart has opened up about the legacy of The Daily Show and has offered his thoughts on the current political climate. Speaking with The New York Times Magazine, Stewart mused on everything from Trump and police brutality to some of his Daily Show regrets. The interview also tackled the […]
There are an estimated 18,000 police departments across the United States with, in total, more than $100 billion in funding. In Miami-Dade County, the police and corrections department receives almost $1 billion annually. In Los Angeles, total spending on police, including pensions and HR benefits, amounts to $3.1 billion. Minneapolis in 2020 spent $193.3 million on its […]
The United States Food and Drug Administration revoked the emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine which President Trump backed as a treatment for COVID-19, Reuters reports. The FDA revealed on Monday that it has new evidence to believe that the oral formulation for hydroxychloroquine and other chloroquine drugs are not effective in treating the respiratory problems created by the coronavirus. In […]
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that an existing civil rights law protects workers from job discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation. Associated Press reports that the court decided by a 6-3 vote that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate based on a person’s […]
George Floyd‘s family attorney Ben Crump shared what he called a new video, which shows former Minneapolis Police Department officer Tou Thao dismissing bystanders who plead for him to do something as Floyd laid lifeless on the ground with Derek Chauvin’s knee still on his neck. “Warning: This is beyond disturbing, even harder to watch than the first video,” Crump […]
The Atlanta Police Department have fired the officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot Friday night, Buzzfeed News confirms. The firing of Garrett Wolfe comes after protesters took the streets demanding justice. The nearby Wendy’s, where the incident took place, was also set on fire. It’s unclear who exactly was responsible for starting […]
