In an ideal world, the White House press secretary would be a fearless defender of the truth and a window into the actions of the United States’ most powerful office. In the real world, the best we can hope for is something akin to the president’s public advocate, communicating the …
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Peter Morley was outraged. Last weekend, President Trump had once again touted the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, despite the protestations of medical professionals urging caution. “It’s not going to hurt people,” he said, adding that the government had stockpiled 29 million pills to fight the virus. …
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A Fox Business channel guest on Monday laid a ton of uninterrupted Dear Leader-esque praise of the president’s handling of the coronavirus crisis that, even for the Trump-friendly station, needs to be heard to be believed. While responding to a question about whether the president will take further action in …
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John Oliver tore into President Donald Trump‘s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, criticizing his “callous indifference to human life” on Last Week Tonight Sunday. Oliver focused on the slew of bad information about the outbreak coming from the administration, with The Independent noting that at one …
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden is back from the dead. Bernie Sanders can’t win over voters of color en masse. It’s establishment versus outsider, party elites versus the revolution. The media narratives practically write themselves the day after Biden’s resounding win in the South Carolina primary on Saturday. But on …
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A federal judge Thursday sentenced Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Trump, to 40 months in prison. Stone was convicted in November on seven counts, including lying to Congress and witness tampering. “There was nothing unfair, phony, or disgraceful about the investigation or the prosecution,” U.S. District Court Judge …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that President Donald Trump will not be impeached because Democrats went ahead with the process for “made-up reasons.” Putin made the remarks during his annual press conference in Russia on Thursday. He said that since the Democrats “lost the election” in 2016 and were not …
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“Read the transcript!” has been a mantra of President Donald Trump ever since he released a summary of his call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky over allegations he withheld aid to the nation unless its president agreed to manufacture dirt on the son of his political rival, Joe Biden. But, …
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At a time when our nation is facing an epidemic of mass shootings, supporters of President Donald Trump, at a conference held at one of the president’s resorts, showed a violent depiction of a fake Trump massacring members of the news media using a gun and other weapons, The New …
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“Its not a lie…if you believe it.” So said George Constanza while coaching Jerry on how to trick a polygraph during a 1995 episode of Seinfeld. But little did Americans cackling at the pathetic piece of advice know that in less than 25 years it would define the entire existence …
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