Monthly Archives: May 2020

Judge Slows DOJ Move To Drop Charges Against Flynn

The New York Times reports: A federal judge overseeing the criminal case of President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn opened the door late Tuesday for legal experts and other outside parties to oppose the Justice Department’s motion to drop the case, suggesting he has at least some skepticism about the government’s argument that Mr. Flynn should never …

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AOC To Co-Chair Biden’s Climate Change Task Force

CNN reports: Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will co-chair a task force for Joe Biden’s campaign on climate change, a source with direct knowledge of the planning tells CNN, a move that adds progressive credentials to the former vice president’s effort to unify the party ahead of the general election. The group is one of several task forces being formed to …

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66% Say July Or Later Before Safe Gatherings Resume

The Washington Post reports: As the coronavirus spreads across the country, Americans are curbing their expectations about when it will be safe for gatherings of 10 or more people, with about 2 in 3 adults now saying it will not be until July or later before those events can happen, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. Fully half …

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GA Gov Extends Nightlife Shutdown Thru End Of May

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Gov. Brian Kemp extended some coronavirus restrictions Tuesday as he eased other limits imposed during the pandemic, setting the stage for summer camps to reopen and some state employees to return to offices within a week. The governor ordered bars, nightclubs and live performance venues to remain shuttered through the end of May, which he said …

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Ingraham Denounces Leftist “Folly” Of COVID Testing

“Testing, testing, testing, a common refrain from the left, but that’s not necessarily the best way out of this, is it? For example, Washington went ballistic when the head of the National Guard tested positive for covid, shortly before a scheduled meeting with the President. “Two subsequent tests, however, including one today, gave him negative results. So why is this …

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WISCONSIN: Trump Endorsee Wins US House Race

Madison’s Fox affiliate reports: The Associated Press has declared Minocqua Republican state senator Tom Tiffany the winner in the 7th Congressional District over Tricia Zunker, with the race called around an hour after polls closed. With more than 99% of precincts reporting at 10:30pm, Tiffany took the race by about 14 points with 57% of the vote to Democrat opponent …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mega-hit, zeitgeist-tapping, precedent-breaking, Broadway smash “Hamilton” will land on Disney Plus just in time for our Nation’s birthday. The rap-infused look at Alexander Hamilton’s life and formative role in American history will now be released on the streaming service on July 3, roughly a year before it was supposed to debut. It had originally been slated …

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Gilead Deal Allows Overseas Generics Of COVID Drug

STAT News reports: Seeking to blunt concerns about access to its remdesivir treatment for Covid-19, Gilead Sciences (GILD) signed deals with five generic companies in India and Pakistan to manufacture and distribute the experimental medicine to 127 countries. Under the agreements, the companies can set their own prices, but will not have to pay royalties to Gilead until the World …

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Analysis: Trump Seeking To “Slow Walk” SCOTUS Cases

From a USA Today opinion column: President Donald Trump likes to characterize himself as a counter-puncher. But on Tuesday before the Supreme Court, his lawyers seemed more interested in stalling. At issue before the court are three lawsuits filed by Trump to prevent his accounting firm and banks from complying with subpoenas seeking Trump’s financial records. These cases cover separation …

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COVID Model Now Forecasts 147,000 Deaths By August

The Independent reports: As many as 147,000 people could be killed by the coronavirus in the US by early August, according to a new model frequently cited by the White House. As a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University suggested that at least 82,000 people in the US had perished and more than 1.35m infected, a new model predicted that …

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Kushner “Can’t Commit” Election Won’t Be Postponed

From a lengthy interview with Time Magazine: Jared Kushner himself had previously told TIME that Trump’s pitch to voters this fall was going to focus on a booming economy. Now, Trump is trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in both national and swing-state polls. Kushner said Trump is “looking forward” to debating Biden and dismissed the polls as “inaccurate.” When …

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Alex Jones: Nursing Homes Are Eugenics Death Camps And Nazi Nurses Get $500,000 To Harvest Baby Organs

“Imagine all the old people suddenly dying in the nursing homes, family not allowed to see what’s happening. Now they’re prisons. Now they’re eugenics death camps. And notice it’s the blue cities and the blue states that have perfected the corruption where you see almost all the deaths. “Because that’s where you’ve got hospitals, where you’ve got order-followers, who are …

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Petition Launched To “Save The Jim Bakker Show”

From the Save The Jim Bakker Show petition: In a new, carefully crafted smear-campaign by the media, they are trying to permanently silence Jim Bakker and his ministry by attempting to target the very outlets that broadcast his Christian TV show. They are collecting signatures and sending them to the broadcasting carriers and networks in order to remove him from …

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NYC May Let Restaurants And Bars Use The Streets

The New York Daily News reports: New Yorkers should get used to dining alfresco. City streets could transform into sidewalk cafes to give patrons more space when restaurants and bars reopen as coronavirus restrictions are lifted. An interagency group with the Department of Transportation is looking at how the city could use streets, curbs and sidewalks to allow for socially-distanced …

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Poll: Majority Say Feds Responsible For COVID Testing

Just in from Pew Research: As a growing number of states ease stay-at-home restrictions imposed in response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a majority of Americans (61%) say it is primarily the federal government’s responsibility to make sure there are enough COVID-19 tests in order to safely lift the restrictions. Fewer (37%) say it is mainly the responsibility …

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LA County Lockdown Likely To Continue Through July

The Los Angeles Times reports: Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer [photo] acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday. Ferrer, though she didn’t issue an official order, said that timeline would only change if there was a “dramatic change to the virus and …

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Trans Woman At Center Of SCOTUS Case Dies At 59

NBC News reports: Aimee Stephens, the Detroit-area funeral home worker whose firing led to a Supreme Court case that could decide the employment rights of millions of transgender and gender-nonconforming people, died Tuesday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which was working on her case. She was 59. Stephens had kidney disease for several years and required lengthy dialysis …

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Catholic League Press Release Explains Glory Holes

Via press release from the Catholic League: Bill Maher has a long history of anti-Catholic bigotry, and as bad as he is, no anti-Catholic in public life is more vulgar than homosexual buffoon Dan Savage. Maher invited this “intrinsically disordered” man on his show this past Friday. Many normal people have no idea what a “glory hole” is, so please …

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New McConnell Lie: Obama Left Us No Pandemic Plan

CBS News reports: Late last week, former President Obama broke his silence on the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it an “an absolute chaotic disaster.” “You know, generally, former presidents just don’t do that,” McConnell told President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, during an interview streamed live by the Trump campaign Monday night. “I think it’s a little …

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Romney: US Testing Rate Is “Nothing To Celebrate”

USA Today reports: Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said U.S. testing for coronavirus is “nothing to celebrate” because the country “treaded water” during the early stages of the pandemic while other countries such as South Korea tested people aggressively to curb the outbreak. President Donald Trump said Monday the country prevailed in testing for the virus because it has conducted 9 …

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