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Donald Trump has sent an unsettling message to U.S. governors: If you want life-saving resources during the coronavirus pandemic, you’ll have to play nice. The president spoke about his communications with state leaders during Tuesday’s virtual town hall on Fox News. Trump said he was confident he and the U.S. governors could work together to combat the deadly disease, […]
Nearly two weeks before the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) had warned a small group of donors about the devastating effects the disease would have on the nation. Burr’s comments were captured in an audio recording obtained by NPR reporter Tim Mak. “There’s one thing that I can tell you about this,” the senator said. “It […]
As the weeks go by, it’s become clear that no one is safe from the global coronavirus pandemic. With over 182,000 cases worldwide, everyone from athletes to celebrities have discovered that they tested positive for COVID-19. While it can feel like those in Hollywood would never fall prey to this virus for whatever reason, recent revelations […]
Barack Obama‘s camp has denounced a political ad targeting former Vice President Joe Biden. According to The Hill, Obama’s legal team says it intends to take legal action over an ad that suggests Obama once criticized Biden for harming and taking advantage of the black community. The spot was created by pro-Trump super PAC The Committee to Defend the […]
Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, former VP Joseph Biden Jr., former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren at the Democratic debate at Las Vegas‘ Paris Theatre on Wednesday night and things got tense. A highlight from the evening featured Warren going after Bloomberg over […]
Things got extremely tense at Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. It all started when Trump seemingly decided to ignore House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she tried to go in for a handshake after he handed off copies of his prepared remarks to Mike Pence and Pelosi. For what it’s worth, […]
Donald Trump is getting criticized after a video of him joking, fidgeting, pointing, and pretending to conduct the music while the national anthem played during his Super Bowl LIV watch party at Trump International Golf Club in Florida surfaced online. Said footage was posted by a real estate agent who works for a Russian-American firm, the Miami Herald reported. Trump caught […]
A little over a week ago Richard Sherman was asked about whether or not he’d make a hypothetical visit to the White House should the 49ers win the Super Bowl. For reasons that should be obvious if you watched the Super Bowl, that’s no longer an issue. And instead that particular narrative will focus on […]
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore is dead at the age of 68. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to “complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” per CBS News. In a statement, Maryland Democratic Party chairperson (and Cummings’ wife) Maya Rockeymoore Cummings recalled the Democratic leader’s decades-long work toward a stronger and more viable democracy for all. “Congressman […]
There are a ton of things that can get political ads removed from Facebook. Outright lying isn’t one of them, however. A new report from BuzzFeed News found that over 150 ads had been removed for employing fake button graphics, leading to bad landing pages or containing profanity. “Facebook has removed more than 160 ads […]
