Category: Politics

COVID-19

Why do Democratic leaders keep ignoring their own COVID-19 rules?

Faced with rising COVID-19 cases, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted at the end of November to prohibit outdoor dining countywide. The ban goes much further than nearly any other in the U.S., where outdoor dining is seen as a mostly safe way to keep restaurants afloat. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl voted in favor of it and then went out for one last meal … Continue reading Why do Democratic leaders keep ignoring their own COVID-19 rules?

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Our Long National Nightmare

Trump threatens to withhold funding from the Pentagon unless Twitter deletes his account

Calling it a “serious threat to our National Security & Election Integrity,” President Trump today tweeted that he would veto the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020 – which funds the Department of Defense – unless the act includes a rider repealing 47 U.S.C. § 230. Commonly known as “Section 230,” this is the little bit in federal law that protects tech companies from legal … Continue reading Trump threatens to withhold funding from the Pentagon unless Twitter deletes his account

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Feature, Politics

Trump doesn’t care about other Republicans. Why do they care about him?

There’s a possibility that Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff can change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate towards Democrats. The pair are popular, they’re running in the same Georgia that recently tilted ever-so-slightly for Joe Biden, and there’s a real national effort to support their bids. It would put the Senate in 50-50 control with the deciding vote cast by Vice President … Continue reading Trump doesn’t care about other Republicans. Why do they care about him?

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Health in America

After Kid’s Minor Bike Accident, A $18,933 Bill

Adam Woodrum was out for a bike ride with his wife and kids on July 19 when his then 9-year-old son, Robert, crashed. “He cut himself pretty bad, and I could tell right away he needed stitches,” said Woodrum. Because they were on bikes, he called the fire department in Carson City, Nevada. “They were great,” said Woodrum. “They took him on a stretcher to … Continue reading After Kid’s Minor Bike Accident, A $18,933 Bill

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Health in America

New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients

JoNel Aleccia Back in March, just as anxiety over COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., Erinn Baldeschwiler of La Conner, Washington, found herself facing her own private dread. Just 48 and the mother of two teenagers, Baldeschwiler was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer after discovering a small lump on her chest, no bigger than a pea. Within weeks, it was the size of … Continue reading New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients

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Our Long National Nightmare

Here all are the GOP senators who hate Trump, according to Carl Bernstein

Late Sunday night, famed investigative journalist Carl Bernstein dropped a list of 22 sitting U.S. Senators – all Republicans – who have all “repeatedly expressed extreme contempt for Trump & his fitness” for office. Here’s the list. The expecteds Mitt Romney, Utah Susan Collins, Maine Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Marco Rubio, Florida Lamar Alexander, Tennessee (outgoing) Ben Sasse, Nebraska Romney was the only senator from Donald … Continue reading Here all are the GOP senators who hate Trump, according to Carl Bernstein

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Politics

Will there be a Donald Trump presidential library?

Gerald Ford lost the 1976 presidential election. Ford holds a really unique honor among presidents, because he was never elected; he was appointed vice president to Richard Nixon and then assumed the presidency when Nixon resigned. In 1976, he was defeated by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. The election was fairly close, with Carter winning 297 electoral votes and a 1.7 million vote margin (compare to … Continue reading Will there be a Donald Trump presidential library?

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Who The Fuck Are All These Fucks

President Kamala Harris

Back in 2019, a rumor began circulating. First, it flowed through prominent Democratic officials and donors, then through the outer ring of politicos, and finally through the press. The rumor: Joe Biden, the 77-year-old seeking the presidency for the third time in his life, was also seeking it for the last time. He did not plan to run in 2024, whether he won in 2020 … Continue reading President Kamala Harris

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COVID-19

Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines

Arthur Allen When he started researching a troublesome childhood infection nearly four decades ago, virologist Dr. Barney Graham, then at Vanderbilt University, had no inkling his federally funded work might be key to deliverance from a global pandemic. Yet nearly all the vaccines advancing toward possible FDA approval this fall or winter are based on a design developed by Graham and his colleagues, a concept … Continue reading Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines

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Our Long National Nightmare

The coming presidency-in-exile

In January 2021, Donald Trump will assume the title of pretender, the first widely-recognized President of the United States in exile. It will not be pretty. The first evidence of this came in Trump’s inability to admit publicly that he lost the November 3rd election. Even when, this past Sunday, he admitted that Joe Biden won, he quickly took it back. Joe Biden won in … Continue reading The coming presidency-in-exile

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