President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will square off for the final time on Thursday. We think. Though the third — err, second — and final debate is scheduled to take place on October 22nd, saying it’s “scheduled” is about as far as we’re willing to go …
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WASHINGTON —There’s a good rule of thumb for thinking about President Trump’s personal finances: It’s not what he owns; it’s what he owes. The New York Times’ explosive new investigation into Trump’s history of tax avoidance and IRS battles not only reveals that Trump paid a measly $750 in federal …
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WASHINGTON — A few weeks ago, more than 2,000 election officials from across the country participated in a virtual-training program known as a table-top exercise. Organized by the Department of Homeland Security, the training brought home the many obstacles facing state and local election officials in this pandemic year. Election …
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President Donald Trump has largely avoided subjecting himself to the scrutiny of a one-on-one interviews with actual journalists. There’s a good reason for this. We caught a glimpse of it last month when Chris Wallace of Fox News dismantled Trump’s argument that Joe Biden wants to defund the police. But …
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It’s been nearly two months since George Floyd was killed. President Trump has had enough of all of this hubbub about racial justice. When asked on Tuesday why African Americans are still dying at the hands of law enforcement in the United States, a problem that has of course persisted …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Liz Franczak and Brace Belden, co-hosts of the podcast True Anon. For the “Democrats Suck” segment, Matt submits a recent action supported by many Dems to restrict the removal of American troops from Afghanistan, …
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“It is scary to go to work,” White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said while discussing admiration staff members testing positive for coronavirus. Hassett made the admission during an appearance on CBS News’ Face the Nation. Host Margaret Brennan asked President Trump’s economic adviser about wearing a mask at the …
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The White House coronavirus response coordinator decided to blame the media for President Trump’s wildly irresponsible and dangerous remarks about using disinfectants and ultraviolet light on coronavirus patients. “It bothers me that this is still in the news cycle,” Dr. Deborah Birx told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday when the …
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A Texas physician used his Republican political connections to secure the anti-malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine and has begun administering it to elderly COVID-19 positive patients at a nursing home. Some patients and their families are not aware that they are being given the unproven drug that has been heavily-endorsed by President …
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Sixty-four percent of New Hampshire Democratic voters would rather see “a giant meteor strike the Earth, extinguishing all human life” than see President Trump re-elected, according to a new poll from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. Somewhat surprisingly, 28 percent of conservatives joined the majority of Democrats on wiping …
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