Tag Archives: Idiocracy

Politico reports: Roger Stone is headed to prison next week unless Donald Trump intervenes. And a chorus of outside allies is pressing the president to do just that — over the wishes of White House and campaign aides who don’t like Stone and think Trump has nothing to gain by helping him. Both camps expect Trump will at least split …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would likely wear a mask while visiting Walter Reed medical center this weekend, taking another step back from his previous reticence toward facial coverings as coronavirus cases continue to soar nationwide. Speaking with Fox News’ Sean Hannity in a live phone interview, Trump said “it’s fine to wear a mask if …

RealClearPolitics reports: Donald Trump takes Kanye West seriously. In an Oval Office interview Tuesday, the president told RealClearPolitics he has been watching intently as the music mogul mulls a bid for the White House. The two are friendly, and Trump welcomed him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue before the 2018 midterms. As Trump noted, the window of opportunity may have passed: …

Politico reports: Former national security adviser John Bolton suggested Sunday that President Trump pays more attention to television than he does to his advisers. “I think it’s a combination of television and listening to people outside of the government that he trusts for one reason or another,” Bolton said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. “I think that if you …

ABC News reports: Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students have been organizing “COVID parties” as a …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has repeated a claim that the coronavirus is going to “just disappear”, a day after the United States announced a record number of new cases. “I think we’re gonna be very good with the coronavirus. I think that at some point that’s going to, sort of, just disappear — I hope,” Mr Trump told Fox …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump set off a “five-alarm fire” in the White House on Sunday morning after he retweeted a video of one of his supporters saying “white power,” according to two White House officials. The video remained on the president’s Twitter page, where he has 82 million followers, for more than three hours because White House officials …

Politico reports: Sean Hannity traveled with President Donald Trump to Green Bay, Wis., for a Fox News town hall, and asked him this good question: “What’s at stake in this election as you compare and contrast, and what are your top priority items for a second term?” This is as standard a question as a sitting president can get — …

Fort Worth’s NBC News affiliate reports: A surprise birthday party last month has ended up with 18 members of a Texas family being diagnosed with COVID-19, including a couple in their 80s and a cancer patient.  Carole and Frank Barbosa, who are in their 80s, are among the family members fighting the coronavirus. Both have been hospitalized for at least …

CNBC reports: The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump will not change his plan to travel to New Jersey this weekend despite a new order by the governor requiring visitors who have been in states with high numbers of coronavirus cases to quarantine for 14 days. “The president of the United States is not a civilian,” said White …

Music Feeds reports: Donald Trump‘s recent rally in Tulsa has been largely circulated, and largely meme-d, and now How I Met Your Mother star and musician Josh Radnor put the President’s speech to music. God help us all. While Trump’s entire speech at the rally when for almost two hours, he devoted six minutes of the speech to explaining why …

The New York Daily News reports: Blame it on my leather shoes — and the hot sun! President Trump crept along his stage in front of a crowd of supporters Saturday and tossed back a glass of water in an effort explain away his infamous struggles walking down a ramp and lifting a cup during a graduation speech at West …

Mediaite reports: Saturday is “National No Mask Day,” a social media-fueled protest that happens to fall on the same day as President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa — the first since the coronavirus pandemic put much of the country in lockdown. It’s exactly what it sounds like — science-denying “patriots” everywhere will feel free to wear their ignorance as a …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump says he’s heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he’s not sharing even with his eldest child. Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father’s Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Jr., hosted by the president’s reelection campaign. Don Jr. wound down his interview by jokingly asking his Dad/President if he would ever …

Fox News reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., joined “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Thursday alongside his adopted, Cuban-born son Nestor one day after Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., claimed that Gaetz and his Republican colleagues do not understand what it’s like to raise minority children. “It is certainly offensive to have someone tell you that you don’t know what a certain experience is …

The Daily Beast reports: In the summer of 2018, the president spent an immoderate amount of time fixating on delivering a Donald Trump-signed CD featuring Elton John’s 1972 hit “Rocket Man” to Kim Jong Un. But he wasn’t only trying to please the North Korean dictator with a disc that included a track with a song title of the nickname …

“All of us are coming together, we came together a few months ago at the Vice President’s residence. We talked about how we wanted to go forward with this initiative. And I feel like this is such an opportune time. We’re all dealing with anxiety, we’re all dealing with stress right now. So if I can do anything as lead …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump got ripped apart on Twitter after praising the non-existent AIDS vaccine during his speech on police reform on Tuesday. “Before the end of the year, I predict we will have a very successful vaccine, therapeutic, and cure. We’re making tremendous progress. I deal with these incredible scientists, doctors very very closely. I have great respect …

The Hill reports: Leaders at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) violated the agency’s scientific integrity policy by issuing a statement in September 2019 contradicting the National Weather Service shortly after President Trump said Hurricane Dorian was headed toward Alabama. “The development of the statement was not based on science but appears to be largely driven by external influence from …

The Loveland Herald reports: A Loveland man has been arrested for allegedly holding two roofing salesmen at gunpoint because he thought they were members of antifa. On Thursday at 6 p.m., Loveland Police Department officers responded to the 600 block of Dawn Court on a report of a caller seeing two members of the militant antifa group. The caller said …