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Trump-Haters Gloat; “Pelosi Could Be President!”

"He failed to protect the country. He couldn't even protect himself." – George Conway Oct 2, 2020 Fox News – While many on social media sent well wishes to President Trump and first lady Melania Trump early Friday after the president confirmed they had both tested positive for the coronavirus, others took the time to criticize or make negative comments. "Tonight will reveal where we all think the line is comedically," director Judd Apatow, who is...

Party Time! FL Gov. Lifts All Restrictions, Nixes Fines

Sep 25, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida on Friday, and banned local fines against people who refuse to wear masks as he seeks to reopen the state's economy despite the spread of the coronavirus. The Republican governor's order unleashed fresh debate in the politically divided state, where pandemic responses have become intertwined with the upcoming presidential election. DeSantis, a major ally...

Fauci: ‘No Guarantees’ New Vaccine Will Be Safe Or Effective

"We feel cautiously optimistic that we will be able to have a safe and effective vaccine, although there is never a guarantee of that." – Dr. Anthony Fauci US experts vow 'no cutting corners' as vaccine tests expand WASHINGTON (AP) — A huge international study of a COVID-19 vaccine that aims to work with just one dose is getting underway as top U.S. health officials sought Wednesday to assure a skeptical Congress and public that they...

Cruz Blocks Ginsburg Honor Over ‘Dying Wish’

Sep. 22, 2020 The Texas Tribune — A ceremonial resolution honoring the life of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed in the Senate on Tuesday after U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz objected to language his Democratic counterparts added noting her dying wish that a successor not be chosen until after the presidential inauguration early next year. Cruz said in his floor remarks, referring to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer: "Unfortunately, the Democratic leader...

Florida Man Gets Slap On Wrist For Importing Man-Eating Reptiles

Sep 22, 2020 | AP – A Florida man has been sentenced to 90 days of home detention and 288 hours of community service for his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States. Akbar Akram, 44, was sentenced earlier this month in Tampa federal court. He pleaded guilty in January to one count of...

Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell Met Secretly For ‘Intimate Dinner’: Report

New York Post – Bill Clinton secretly met socialite-turned-accused sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell for an “intimate” dinner in 2014 — well after allegations that she and perv pal Jeffrey Epstein had abused at least one teen, a report said Tuesday. The former president joined Maxwell — who is now cooling her heels in a Brooklyn jail cell on charges involving the alleged sex abuse of young women — and a small group of friends for the...

Profs’ Ugly Words To Trump Voters: ‘Get Covid And Die’

Professor on Trump supporters: “I hope they all die before the election.” University suspends professor for viral video wishing Trump supporters would ‘die before the election’ Sep 18, 2020 DAILY CALLER – Professor Jennifer Mosher, who teaches in Marshall University’s Biology department, was placed on administrative leave following the “overtly political statement” Mosher made in the viral video from a class session Wednesday. Mosher was teaching when she began commenting on President Donald Trump’s indoor political rally,...

Biden Challenges Trump To Battle Of The Fittest

“When it comes to Donald Trump versus me: Just look at us. Okay? Just look at us.” Set 14, 2020 Fox News – Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went on the offensive on Sunday in the war of words between him and President Trump over who the fittest man – both mentally and physically – to lead the country. As the fitness feud between the two septuagenarians heats up as Election Day quickly approaches, Biden asked...

TRUMP: COVID “The Fault Of a Country That Could Have Stopped It

"...the whole COVID, the 'China virus' as I call it - because it comes from China, I think it's a much more accurate term." | Trump takes on tough questions on COVID-19, health care Sep 16, 2020 ABC11.com – In an ABC News town hall Tuesday, President Donald Trump faced questions from undecided voters in a critical battleground state: Pennsylvania. The socially-distanced event was moderated by ABC News' chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, at the National Constitution Center in...

Fauci Calls Trump Wrong Again On Weekend News Show

Dr. Fauci once again goes on camera, 'publicly disputing' Trump | Says normal life may not return until ‘well into 2021’ | Sep 12, 2020 Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, says he disagrees with President Trump’s claim that coronavirus numbers are “plunging.” He says: “If you're talking about getting back to a degree of normality which resembles where we were prior to COVID, it's going to be well into 2021, maybe even towards the end...

Near-Maskless Trump Rally Draws 5,000+ “True, Loyal American Patriots”

"Joe Biden cannot fill up a room for the media and uses COVID-19 social distancing as an excuse." Sep 13, 2020 | This Is Reno – President Donald Trump called attendees at his Saturday rally in Minden “true, loyal American patriots,” noting that the thousands who’d gathered to hear him speak amounted to “a lot of people for Minden.” Masks were few among the crowd of an estimated 5,000 people. The President’s Minden rally was the first...

Fact-Checking Fauci, Trump; 3 Views

FACT CHECK: Do Fauci, Gates, Epstein, and Soros have ties to drug company? Sep 11, 2020 | USA TODAY – The claim: George Soros founded Moderna, Jeffrey Epstein was an investor, Anthony Fauci was its first CEO and Bill Gates was his college roommate News of biotech company Moderna's planned development of a vaccine against the coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, has incited internet conspiracy theorists. A popular social media claim links certain high-profile individuals to Moderna and...

Trump Staffers Boot NYT Reporter Who Covertly Tweeted Maskless Pics

The Hill – A New York Times reporter claims she was removed from President Trump’s campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Thursday after campaign staff located her by using images she had just posted on Twitter. As the rally was getting started, Kathy Gray noted on Twitter that out of the thousands of people who were at the rally, "maybe 10% have masks." Less than 15 minutes later, Gray tweeted, “I’ve just been kicked out...

Chauvin’s Atty. Blames Other Cops For Slow EMS Response To Floyd

"If EMS had arrived just three minutes sooner, Mr. Floyd may have survived." Sep 11, 2020 | Minneapolis (AP) — Attorneys for four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd say that each client should get his own trial, as the officers try to diminish their roles in the Black man's death by pointing fingers at one another. Prosecutors say all four officers should be tried together because the nature of the charges and...

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