Monthly Archives: July 2020

AL Gov Extends Mask Order, Rule Includes Schools

The Alabama Political Reporter reports: Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday extended her “safer-at-home” order, which includes a statewide mandate to wear face masks in public, until Aug. 31, with the addition of a requirement for masks to be worn in most classrooms statewide. Ivey’s amended order Tuesday mandates that face masks be worn by employees and students in classrooms from …

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Man In Trump Shirt Spits On Cops In Mask Dispute

El Paso’s Fox affiliate reports: A man was arrested at a Las Cruces Walmart after allegedly refusing to a mask and spitting on several officers as he was being escorted away. Around 1:44 p.m. on July 12, a Walmart employee told a Las Cruces Police Department officer working overtime at the store at 1550 S. Valley Drive that a man …

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COVID Deaths In United States Surpasses 150,000

Reuters reports: U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday, a number higher than in any other country and nearly a quarter of the world’s total, according to a Reuters tally. The United States ranks sixth in deaths per capita, at 4.5 fatalities per 10,000 people. Only the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Peru and Chile have a higher …

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CA Cops Bent Badges To Celebrate Fatal Shootings

Open Vallejo reports: They call it, “The Badge of Honor.” For a generation, a secretive clique within the Vallejo Police Department has commemorated fatal shootings with beers, backyard barbecues, and by bending the points of their badges each time they kill in the line of duty, an investigation by Open Vallejo has found. The custom was so exclusive, some officers …

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GOP House Candidate Calls Off Texas Meeting With Trump After COVID+ Test, Trump Arrives Without Mask

COVID continues to vulture over the Glorious Leader: President Donald Trump is campaigning in Texas without a face mask on Wednesday as the state has seen its coronavirus cases surge and he again defended a doctor who touted hydroxychloroquine as a cure for the deadly disease. Trump arrived in Midland, Texas, without a mask even as most of the state …

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John Lewis’s Motorcade Stops At Atlanta’s Rainbow Crosswalks In Tribute To His Support For LGBTQ Rights

Atlanta’s ABC News affiliate reports: The late Rep. John Lewis arrived back home in Atlanta today, following four days of tributes and services that have taken the congressman and Civil Rights hero back to his native Alabama and then to Washington, D.C. As he did at the Alabama and U.S. capitols, Lewis will lie in state at the Georgia State …

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REPORT: Gohmert “Berated” Staff For Wearing Masks

Politico reports: Shortly after we reported that Rep. Louie Gohmert had tested positive for Covid-19, we got an email from one of his aides saying this: “Jake, thank you for letting our office know Louie tested positive for the Coronavirus. When you write your story, can you include the fact that Louie requires full staff to be in the office, …

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Trump Assures White Base: I’ll Keep The Poors Away

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday made one of his most overt appeals so far in the campaign to White, suburban voters, saying in a tweet that they will no longer be “bothered” by low income housing in their suburbs. The tweets come as polls show Trump’s reelection effort is faltering in the suburbs, fueled by his administration’s failed …

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Louie Gohmert Blames His Mask For Testing COVID+

“It’s really ironic, because you know a lot of people have made a big deal out of me not wearing a mask a lot, but in the last week or two, I have worn a mask, more than I have in the whole last four months. But I can’t help but wonder if my keeping a mask on and keeping …

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FL Again Breaks Deaths Record, Sees 9K New Cases

The Miami Herald reports: Florida’s Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed 9,446 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 451,423. There were also 216 Florida resident deaths announced, setting another fatality record in the state for the second day in a row. The statewide resident death toll is now at 6,333. The 216 deaths mark the highest …

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Fauci: No Evidence The Demon Doc’s Drug Works

“If a study that’s a good study comes out and shows efficacy and safety for hydroxychloroquine or any other drug that we do, if you do it in the right way, you accept that scientific data. “But right now today, the cumulative scientific data that has been put together, and done over a number of different studies, has shown no …

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Barr To Get COVID Test Due To Contact With Gohmert

Weren’t we told that everybody that gets near Glorious Leader must be tested? Attorney General William Barr will be tested for coronavirus one day after he came into close contact with a GOP lawmaker who since tested positive for the virus, a Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed. Barr, who testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee, came within …

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After Whining About Critical Trending Items On Twitter, Trump Threatens Executive Orders Against “Big Tech”

The Washington Post reports: President Trump urged Congress Wednesday to take action against Big Tech companies — and said if it didn’t, he would. Trump has butted heads with social media companies in particular recently as Twitter and Facebook increasingly crack down on his posts that run up against their rules. Twitter has so far labeled five of Trump’s tweets …

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Trump Retweets Column Calling Him “Totalitarian”

Law & Crime reports: President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning posted a series of tweets and re-tweets featuring an array of articles and videos maligning his political opponents and praising his own leadership. But stashed between four re-tweets which originated from Fox Business News’s Jim Varney, Trump also retweeted a Washington Times op-ed which virulently denounced the president’s deployment of …

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Biotech Firm Licenses At-Home COVID Saliva Test

Barron’s Daily reports: A small biotech called Sorrento Therapeutics announced Wednesday that it had licensed a Covid-19 test from Columbia University that, according to a small study, can provide highly accurate results in thirty minutes using only a person’s saliva. In an interview Monday, Sorrento CEO Dr. Henry Ji said that the test could eventually be used to test people …

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LIVE VIDEO: Big Tech CEOs Testify Before US House

CBS News reports: The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are set for a rare turn in the congressional spotlight on Wednesday, with lawmakers expected to pose a critical — and potentially perilous — question for the technology titans: Are you guys too powerful? For the executives, the issue of their companies’ massive market dominance comes at a delicate …

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New Georgia Poll: Biden And Trump In Dead Heat

Just in from Monmouth Polling: Donald Trump and Joe Biden are engaged in a tight race for Georgia’s electoral votes according to the Monmouth University Poll. Republicans, on the other hand, are in a good position to retain both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats. Among all registered voters in Georgia, Trump is supported by 47% and Biden is supported …

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REPORT: Loony Louie Gohmert Has Tested COVID+

Mediaite reports: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19 less than 24 hours after attending the House Judiciary Committee’s questioning of Attorney General William Barr, according to Politico. Gohmert has not been wearing a mask around the hill, he told CNN, because he’s been tested regularly. “I don’t have the coronavirus, turns out as of yesterday I’ve …

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Twitter To Block Outbound Links To “Hateful Content”

Engadget reports: Twitter is closing a loophole in its rules to make it harder for users to spread hate speech and violent content. The company is updating its policies to ban links to content that promotes violence and hateful conduct. Twitter already had rules in place barring hateful conduct and violence in tweets, but the policy didn’t extend to linked …

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Politico Accidentally Names Harris As Biden’s VP Pick

The Hill reports: Politico issued an apology for reporting that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had chosen Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to be his running mate, with the publication saying it regretted “the error and any confusion that it caused.” “Joe Biden chose Kamala Harris to become his running mate for the 2020 election on Aug. 1, two weeks …

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