Twitter Users Call B.S. On Donald Trump’s Latest Coronavirus Spin
Social media users didn’t buy President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to spin the narrative on the coronavirus crisis. “Coronavirus deaths are way down,” Trump boasted on Twitter late Thursday, as the United States saw yet another record spike in daily confirmed cases of the virus. Trump also falsely claimed the mortality rate in the United States
Donald Trump Claims A Friend Called Him ‘The Most Perfect Person’
During a televised town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday, the president claimed a pal had told him he has to be “the most perfect person” because he was not brought down by the Russia investigation. “Isn’t that true?” Trump asked a small audience packed with enthusiastic fans. Trump did not name the
Black Lives Matters Activists Say They’re Being Silenced By Facebook
Louiza Doran was leading an anti-racism workshop in Zoom on June 3 when she noticed the roughly 12 women participating were making strange faces. “Every single one of them, at the same moment, was starting to get notifications from Instagram that any posts that had my name, that linked to my work, or even just
The Economy Is A Mess. So Why Isn’t The Stock Market?
Graphics by Julia Wolfe We’ve said it before: The stock market is not the economy. Usually, this simply means that fluctuations in the markets may have little to no real bearing on the underlying realities we think of as making up the economy. Or that there are many important structural factors that make the markets’
Trump Threatens Protesters Ahead Of Oklahoma Rally
Ahead of a campaign rally in a city where a racist massacre took place, President Donald Trump threatened violence against protesters, as people in cities around the country are set to participate in peaceful anti-racism marches to mark Juneteenth, the anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865. Echoing his
Twitter Users Take Eric Trump To The Woodshed For Lame Swipe At Joe Biden
It has been 77 days since Biden has held a press conference — Eric Trump (@EricTrump) June 18, 2020 But the post from Donald Trump’s son only prompted a series of reminders. Critics recalled the president broke his promise to release his tax returns and his White House went more than a year without holding
Oklahoma Republicans Speak Out Against Trump Ahead Of Tulsa Rally
President Donald Trump is heading to Oklahoma on Saturday for his first campaign rally in more than three months. But not everyone is welcoming the visit. A new ad by Republican Voters Against Trump features local members of the party who’ve vowed to help defeat the president’s reelection. The organization of never-Trump Republicans said the spot will
An Appeals Court Didn’t Seem Impressed By Michael Flynn’s Effort To Get Out Of His Criminal Case Right Away
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court appeared unimpressed on Friday by arguments from President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and the Justice Department that a judge had little power to probe the government’s decision to drop the criminal case against Flynn. Flynn and DOJ raced to the US Court of Appeals for
Joe Scarborough Rips Donald Trump With Rewrite Of His Rally Coronavirus Waiver
The real legal disclaimer on the president’s 2020 campaign website warns people they can’t sue if they catch the contagion at the indoor event, planned for June 19 at the 19,000-capacity BOK Center. “By clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people
Trump Is Back To Business As Usual As Virus Surges In States
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president’s campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies. And he is back to spending summer weekends at his New Jersey golf club. Three months after President Donald Trump bowed to the realities of a pandemic that put big