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Forbes reports: There appears to be some confusion about whether the media can report on a person having Covid-19. Sometimes it is erroneously assumed that all health information is protected, period. This has especially become an issue when someone well-known has contracted Covid-19, or when an employee has tested positive for it. The latest issue surrounds Trump Jr.’s diagnosis of …

“So there’s Biden, and I’m watching this, and his overall demeanor is one of great sadness. He’s very down in the dumps. Very, very disappointed. And it’s all an act, of course. “It’s designed to convey the seriousness and the sadness that is associated with the COVID-19. And the sum total of the Biden COVID plan is you will wear …

The Hill reports: Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) on Friday responded to a tweet about a segment on gender reveal parties from Trevor Noah’s “The Daily Show,” saying “many liberal males never grow balls.” Cruz wrote his comment in a retweet of an article from conservative news website The Daily Wire, which critiqued Noah for railing against gender reveal parties. …

TMZ reports: As Trump would almost certainly put it, you can now buy your “favorite President’s” favorite book … which our sources tell us he autographed during a very turbulent week in the nation, and particularly in Washington, D.C. We’re told he signed it at the White House during the first week of June, just a couple of days after …

The Independent reports: A Trump staffer has come under fire for mocking Joe Biden after the former vice president visited the graves of late family members in Delaware on Sunday. Francis Brennan, Mr Trump’s campaign director of strategic response, appeared to criticise Mr Biden, 77, for not speaking to the media while walking through the cemetery at Brandywine church in …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday mocked Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for wearing a face mask even as the US continues to lead the world in coronavirus cases, with more than 6 million infections. Speaking to a largely mask-less crowd in Pennsylvania, Trump asked his supporters if they know “a man that likes a mask as much” as …

The Colorado Times Recorder reports: A “Team Trump Bus” is touring northern Colorado today, and on it is John “TIG” Tiegen, who tweeted his unvarnished support for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Wisconsin teen accused of shooting three people at Kenosha protests yesterday. Tiegen, who delivered Trump’s signatures Colorado’s Secretary of State’s office to qualify for the Colorado ballot in November, reposted …

“African-American in the American context generally means having a direct relationship to the experiences of slavery and segregation and Jim Crow so on. Very interestingly, Kamala Harris’ father, Donald, a Stanford professor, wrote an article in a Jamaican magazine several years ago, claiming, in fact sort of boasting, that he was descended from the largest slave owner, slave owner in …

“I think that this is more of an issue of Michelle Obama’s liberalism, because the Family Institute for Studies has shown that actually conservatives tend to be more joyful and more happy overall with their lives because we still believe in the pillars of society, which is the church and the family. “I would encourage Michelle Obama to go to …

The New York Daily News reports: Florida Man says he’s sorry. Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) apologized Wednesday to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for calling her a “f—ing b–ch” after a spat on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The conservative lawmaker took the House of Representatives floor to say sorry “for the abrupt manner of the conversation I had with …

The Fresno Bee reports: The attorney for Rep. Devin Nunes said on Friday that he is at a “dead end” in attempting to identify anonymous people who criticize the California Republican on Twitter as he asked a Virginia judge to hold the company responsible for social media criticism. Nunes, R-Tulare, filed a lawsuit against Twitter last year alleging he was …

The Guardian reports: Trump is apparently using his press conference to declare both the coronavirus crisis and the George Floyd protests to be over. “Hopefully, George is looking down right now and saying, ‘This is a great thing happening for our country,” Trump said of Floyd, who died in police custody last week. “A great day for him, a great …

Axios reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a letter Friday to the Justice and Treasury departments, is calling for a criminal investigation of Twitter over allegations the company is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran. The big picture: Twitter is already under fire from the Trump administration over its decision to put a fact-checking label on two of the president’s tweets. …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday said he found it “unusual” that Joe Biden wore a mask to a Memorial Day ceremony the previous day. “Biden can wear a mask, but he was standing outside with his wife, perfect conditions, perfect weather. They’re inside they don’t wear masks,” Trump said during a Rose Garden event on insulin prices. “And …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump struck back at those criticizing him for playing golf this weekend, firing off several tweets attacking former Vice President — and Trump’s presumptive Democratic opponent — Joe Biden. On Saturday, the president was spotted golfing on his course in Sterling, Virginia, for the first time since early March. Photographs of Trump were met with immediate …

Late last night after spending the day golfing, the president of the United States apparently searched Twitter for attacks on the appearances of leading Democratic women. Trump somehow landed on the account of one John K. Stahl, who ran for the US House in 2012 in California’s District 52, finishing fourth in the open primary. Below are Stahl’s tweets that …

Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump headed to the golf course for the first time in over two months, engaging in his personal passion as well as attempting to show how the country can return to normal after stay-at-home orders taken against the coronavirus. Trump arrived at the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Virginia around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. …

The New York Times reports: Even by President Trump’s standards, it was a rampage: He attacked a government whistle-blower who was telling Congress that the coronavirus pandemic had been mismanaged. He criticized the governor of Pennsylvania, who has resisted reopening businesses. He railed against former President Barack Obama, linking him to a conspiracy theory and demanding he answer questions before …

Mediaite reports: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday blasted Dr. Rick Bright as a “deserter in the war on the China Virus” for criticizing the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. “He’s not just a disgruntled employee, in my judgment. He is a deserter in the war on the China virus,” Navarro said in an interview with …

The Hill reports: President Trump’s campaign tweeted out a video Monday showing the president as Yoda decapitating cable news networks. The video, timed for May 4 and “Star Wars Day” and taken from a scene from “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,” pastes the president’s face on Yoda. It begins with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s face on …