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Trump Attacks “Fake News” Wall Street Journal For Forgetting His Virus Ratings Are “Through The Roof”

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump fired back at The Wall Street Journal editorial board after they declared that his daily coronavirus press conferences have become “boring” and not productive, calling the outlet “Fake News” and touting the high rating numbers for the televised pressers. On Wednesday, the WSJ editorial board ripped the coronavirus press conferences — which frequently allow Trump …

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Meghan McCain Blasts Trump’s “Honoring” Of POWs

The Hill reports: “The View” co-host Meghan McCain on Tuesday knocked President Trump’s tweet honoring former prisoners of war after he previously attacked her father, the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), for being captured during the Vietnam War. The president honored National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day on his Twitter account, saying, “We pay tribute to these Patriots for …

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WSJ Board Trashes Trump’s “Boring, Wasted” Briefings

From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Trump seems to have concluded that the briefings could be a showcase for him. Perhaps they substitute in his mind for the campaign rallies he can no longer hold because of the risks. Perhaps he resented the media adulation that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been receiving for his …

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Virus Briefings Aren’t Helping Trump’s Approval Ratings

Politico reports: In times of national crisis, the American people typically come together behind their president. But not this one. Donald Trump isn’t benefiting from what political scientists refer to as a “rally ‘round the flag” effect — a traditional surge in popularity as the nation unites behind its leader during an emergency situation. Even as the country confronts the …

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Trump Will “Take A Look” At Pardon For Joe Exotic

Two days ago Junior suggested this to troll the media. NBC News reports: During the White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, a reporter asked President Trump if he would consider a pardon for Joe Exotic. Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, is the centerpiece of the Netflix viral documentary “Tiger King.” The 57-year-old is currently serving a …

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Trump Boasts Briefing Ratings Are “Through The Roof”

Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump on Tuesday boasted about the television ratings that he’s been getting for his daily coronavirus press briefings at a time when deaths from the disease in the United States have surged past 13,000. The president began his tweet by complaining that Democrats have been calling on networks to stop airing Trump’s press conferences live …

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Trump: Ivanka Created 10% Of All US Jobs [VIDEO]

Vox reports: On Tuesday, President Trump hosted a call with business leaders to discuss efforts to provide financial relief to small businesses. During that call, he made an astounding claim: that his daughter Ivanka personally created 15 million jobs. To put this claim in perspective, as of January — before the coronavirus pandemic caused the US economy to start hemorrhaging …

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Majority Say Obama Would Handle Pandemic Better

The Hill reports: A majority of registered voters said they think that former President Obama would do a better job at handling the coronavirus pandemic than President Trump according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday. In the new poll, 52 percent of the survey’s 1,990 respondents said they believed that Obama would be a better leader than Trump …

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Trump Executive Order Encourages Mining The Moon

The Guardian reports: The world may be racked by the coronavirus, but Donald Trump has less earthly concerns on his mind, too, after signing an executive order encouraging the US to mine the moon for minerals. The executive order makes clear that the US doesn’t view space as a “global commons”, opening the way for the mining of the moon …

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Trump Vows To Stop WHO Funding (Unless He Doesn’t)

The New York Times reports: President Trump lashed out on Tuesday at the World Health Organization, creating a new enemy to attack and threatening to withhold funding from the world’s premier health institution even as a deadly virus ravages nations around the globe. “We’re going to put a hold on money spent to the W.H.O.; we’re going to put a …

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Trump: “Mail-In Voting Is Horrible, It’s Corrupt,” But I Totally Vote By Mail “Because I’m Allowed To” [VIDEO]

The Independent reports: Donald Trump accused some who cast ballots in US elections by mail of “cheating,” even though he intends to do so in Florida as part of the Sunshine State’s primary. The president made clear he opposes states moving to all-absentee ballot elections amid the coronavirus epidemic, telling reporters Tuesday night he fears that would lead to widespread …

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How Tweets From Randos Got Trump To Push Drug

Politico reports: In mid-March, a cryptocurrency investor, a law school graduate and a self-described philosopher found each other on Twitter. They discussed their hopes that a little-known drug called hydroxychloroquine could help contain the accelerating coronavirus outbreak. Two days later, two of them published a paper about the drug’s potential on Google Docs, falsely claiming the imprimatur of two major …

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Trump And Allies Hold Stock In Malaria Drug Pharmas

The New York Times reports: Some associates of Mr. Trump’s have financial interests in the issue. Sanofi’s largest shareholders include Fisher Asset Management, the investment company run by Ken Fisher, a major donor to Republicans, including Mr. Trump. A spokesman for Mr. Fisher declined to comment. As of last year, Mr. Trump reported that his three family trusts each had …

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Biden And Trump Speak By Phone On Virus Response

USA Today reports: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden spoke over the phone on Monday about the coronavirus response, days after Trump said he would “absolutely” take Biden’s call, according to a source familiar with the call. Earlier in the afternoon, the president criticized Biden in a tweet, saying “what ever happened to that phone call he …

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Trump Junior: Pardon Joe Exotic Just To Troll The Media

Mediaite reports: Everyone’s new big Netflix obsession is the docuseries Tiger King. Joe Exotic, the “star” of the show, is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence after being convicted last year on a number of charges, including murder-for-hire. Donald Trump Jr. appeared on SiriusXM’s The Jim and Sam Show Monday, and they all joked about the possibility of a pardon …

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WH Insider: Trump Is “Killing His Own Supporters”

The Guardian reports: On Sunday, initially at least, there was no White House briefing on the president’s public schedule. But the bad news kept coming. Coronavirus deaths continued to climb and reports of the heartland being unprepared for what may be on its horizon continued to ricochet around the media. In the words of one administration insider, to the Guardian: …

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IL Gov: Trump Doesn’t Understand The Word “Federal”

Axios reports: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that President Trump’s comments about the federal government’s stockpile of medical equipment suggest he “does not understand the word ‘federal.'” White House adviser Jared Kushner argued at a press briefing last week that the “notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile; …

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Jake Tapper To Trump: “What’s Your Plan?” [VIDEO]

“If I can take a moment, I would like to speak directly to one person known to watch this show, or at least clips of this show, President Trump. “Mr. President, I know you, like millions of Americans, are eager to have the nation go back to some semblance of normal. One of the questions the American people need answered …

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40K Flew To US From China After Trump’s Travel Ban

The New York Times reports: Since Chinese officials disclosed the outbreak of a mysterious pneumonialike illness to international health officials on New Year’s Eve, at least 430,000 people have arrived in the United States on direct flights from China, including nearly 40,000 in the two months after President Trump imposed restrictions on such travel, according to an analysis of data …

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Trump Blasted After Telling Public To Take Unproven Malaria Drug: “What Do You Have To Lose?” [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports: President Trump said on Saturday that the federal government was placing millions of doses of a malaria drug in the federal stockpile of emergency medical supplies to make it available for coronavirus patients, even though the drug has not been approved for Covid-19 treatment and his top coronavirus advisers have warned that more study is …

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