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, …
Read More »With Chants of 'Shame,' Protesters Tell Minneapolis Mayor to Leave Demonstration
Demonstrators told Minneapolis, Minn., Mayor Jacob Frey to leave a rally on Saturday after he declined to commit to defunding the police. The protesters booed and chanted, “Go home, Jacob, go home,” and “shame” as Frey walked away. The city has been the epicenter of protests across the country after …
Read More »Can Trumpism Outlast Trump? Ask Steve King
Iowa’s 4th District Republican primary takes place on Tuesday, June 2nd. Steve King faces off against four challengers, most notably State Senator Randy Feenstra, who has siphoned a sizable chunk of King’s support as the nine-term congressman’s overt racism has become a national news story. After King questioned why terms …
Read More »Romney to Testing Czar: 'Nothing to Celebrate' in Trump Coronavirus Response
Sen. Mitt Romney has had enough of the Trump administration’s happy talk on testing. On Monday at the White House, appearing before a banner reading, “America Leads the World in Testing,” President Trump attempted to spin his administration’s deadly testing debacle into a success story: “This week, the United States …
Read More »Watch Trump Advisor Admit 'It Is Scary to Go to Work'
“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 …
Read More »Dr. Birx More 'Bothered' by Media Than Trump for Injecting Disinfectant Comments
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 …
Read More »Doctor Used Republican Connections to Get Unproven, Trump-Endorsed Meds to Treat Unknowing Elderly COVID-19 Patients
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 …
Read More »Racist Trump Defends Using 'Chinese Virus' to Describe Coronavirus Pandemic
In tweets and public statements, the president of the United States is using racist language to describe the coronavirus, calling it the “Chinese virus.” The demagogy and scapegoating of foreigners is familiar. What’s new is that Trump is using this tactic to deflect from his own glaring failures to prepare …
Read More »Over 1,100 Former Prosecutors and DOJ Officials Call on Barr to Step Down
More than 1,100 former Department of Justice officials have signed a scathing letter calling for Attorney General William Barr to resign. The statement cites this week’s actions taken by both President Trump and the attorney general in the Roger Stone case that “require Mr. Barr to resign.” The open letter …
Read More »Large Majority of New Hampshire Democrats Prefer Death by Meteor Than to See Trump Win Again
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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