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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading voice of reason on COVID-19 and thus a consistent target of Trump-related ire, is making sure the U.S. is aware of his stance regarding hasty pushes toward reopening. Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times reported late Monday that Dr. Fauci had relayed his message via e-mail, noting that […]
A pair of men who refused to wear masks after entering a Target have now been arrested after said refusal resulted in them getting into a fight with some security guards who approached them about it. The incident actually happened on May 1, but surveillance video of it is just now surfacing. The clip appears […]
File this one under developing story. On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed he’d be violating a local COVID-19 shelter-in place order for the purpose of reopening his company’s factory in California’s Alameda County. Musk further tweeted out that he’d be “on the line with everyone else,” and that if someone were to be arrested […]
Following a report that Joe Exotic‘s legal team would be ramping up its massive campaign to secure a presidential pardon for the Tiger King subject and meme-inspirer, a reliably bizarre video has been released in which the team pleads directly to Trump regarding what they feel is “a failure of justice.” “They say everything is […]
A Canadian-born doctor on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic has had her green card application denied, a decision she called a “slap in the face.” In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, Dr. Julia Iafrate said that she is still treating patients in New York despite the bad news. “I’m putting my life on the line every […]
The Justice Department officially dropped its charges against former Trump aide Michael Fynn on Thursday. Bloomberg reports that Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his talks with a Russian ambassador to the U.S. before Trump’s inauguration, has already received praise from Donald Trump as the charges were dropped. When speaking about the news […]
A medical researcher who was reportedly close to making important findings on the coronavirus has been found shot dead in a home just outside of Pittsburgh. NBC News reports that 37-year-old Bing Liu, who worked at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, was found dead with a bullet wound in his head and neck. Just an hour […]
The White House Coronavirus Task Force may be phased out in the upcoming weeks, as states across the country struggle to curb infection rates amid economic reopenings. President Donald Trump addressed the move during his Tuesday stop at a mask factory in Phoenix. POTUS praised Vice President Mike Pence, the chairman of the task force, and other members for […]
Donald Trump was spotted without a face mask Tuesday during his tour of Phoenix-based Honeywell—a manufacturing plant that has been tasked with making N95 masks for the government. According to CNBC, the president and other officials opted to only wear protective goggles throughout the visit, despite the multiple signs that stated face masks were required. Shortly before he […]
A new study conducted by the Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified a new strain of the coronavirus that appears to be more contagious than previous versions that spread during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Times reports. Researchers found that this new strain, called D614G. could also make people more vulnerable […]
