US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's response to the novel coronavirus, lashing the media for spreading panic as he conducts an evening news conference on the epidemic.--March 2, 2020 2:25PM (UTC)Last Wednesday as the stock market dropped precipitously for the third day in a row, President Trump was reluctantly forced to admit that the nation was in the midst of a major global public health crisis. So he held a desultory press...…US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's response to the novel coronavirus, lashing the media for spreading panic as he conducts an evening news conference on the epidemic.--March 2, 2020 2:25PM (UTC)Last Wednesday as the stock market dropped precipitously for the third day in a row, President Trump was reluctantly forced to admit that the nation was in the midst of a major global public health crisis. So he held a desultory press...WW…

Chris Wallace--April 27, 2020 7:00AM (UTC)This article originally appeared onOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) humiliated himself on national television when he was asked about the Oklahoma Medical Association opposing his state reopening.During a Fox News appearance Sunday, Stitt claimed that reopening the state, starting with personal care services like salons, was a brilliant idea. He claimed that hospitalizations in the state "peaked on March 30." However, he seems to be unaware that the greatest increase in reported COVID-19 cases came just five days before his appearance.Fox News host...…Chris Wallace--April 27, 2020 7:00AM (UTC)This article originally appeared onOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) humiliated himself on national television when he was asked about the Oklahoma Medical Association opposing his state reopening.During a Fox News appearance Sunday, Stitt claimed that reopening the state, starting with personal care services like salons, was a brilliant idea. He claimed that hospitalizations in the state "peaked on March 30." However, he seems to be unaware that the greatest increase in reported COVID-19 cases came just five days before his appearance.Fox News host...WW…

Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Justin Amash---May 2, 2020 10:00AM (UTC)Politics Twitter had a Groundhog Day moment last Tuesday night. We'd lived through this debate so many times before.Would hurt Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Would the former Republican congressman drain votes from the president, or would he divide the anti-Trump vote? Was Amash another or , or Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot or John Anderson? To think that we have six more months of this! Perspective is everything, and we'd improve our politics if we also stepped back for a fresh look at our elections. This tedious finger pointing...…Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Justin Amash---May 2, 2020 10:00AM (UTC)Politics Twitter had a Groundhog Day moment last Tuesday night. We'd lived through this debate so many times before.Would hurt Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Would the former Republican congressman drain votes from the president, or would he divide the anti-Trump vote? Was Amash another or , or Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot or John Anderson? To think that we have six more months of this! Perspective is everything, and we'd improve our politics if we also stepped back for a fresh look at our elections. This tedious finger pointing...WW…

view in app--May 11, 2020 9:23PM (UTC)President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population "must not count" as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to vote.Trump over the weekend inserted himself into the special election in California's 25th Congressional District, which was vacated by former , D-Calif., . The president complained on Twitter that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, opened up a new poll site in Lancaster, which lies just north of Los Angeles, despite calls from...…view in app--May 11, 2020 9:23PM (UTC)President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population "must not count" as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to vote.Trump over the weekend inserted himself into the special election in California's 25th Congressional District, which was vacated by former , D-Calif., . The president complained on Twitter that California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, opened up a new poll site in Lancaster, which lies just north of Los Angeles, despite calls from...WW…

This Dec. 17, 2016 photo shows a Donald Trump campaign sign along a highway near Los Banos, Calif. A California farmer says Donald Trump's campaign vow to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally pushed him into buying more equipment, cutting the number of workers he’ll need during the next harvest. Others in California's farming industry say Trump's tough campaign talk targeting immigrants in the country illegally, including a vast number of farmworkers, spurred them into action, too. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)--April 19, 2020 12:00AM (UTC) originally appeared on , an...…This Dec. 17, 2016 photo shows a Donald Trump campaign sign along a highway near Los Banos, Calif. A California farmer says Donald Trump's campaign vow to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally pushed him into buying more equipment, cutting the number of workers he’ll need during the next harvest. Others in California's farming industry say Trump's tough campaign talk targeting immigrants in the country illegally, including a vast number of farmworkers, spurred them into action, too. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)--April 19, 2020 12:00AM (UTC) originally appeared on , an...WW…

Ron DeSantisview in app--May 22, 2020 7:42PM (UTC)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at the media Wednesday for , claiming that his state had defied expectations even as a new analysis showed it might be undercounting deaths by up to 58%.DeSantis, a Republican, countered criticisms of  by arguing that Florida had the "best data" among its 49 peers. The governor also touted that  than most regions in the country. "People just don't want to recognize it, because it challenges their narrative," he claimed. "It challenges their assumption, so they've got to try and find a boogeyman."But an...…Ron DeSantisview in app--May 22, 2020 7:42PM (UTC)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out at the media Wednesday for , claiming that his state had defied expectations even as a new analysis showed it might be undercounting deaths by up to 58%.DeSantis, a Republican, countered criticisms of  by arguing that Florida had the "best data" among its 49 peers. The governor also touted that  than most regions in the country. "People just don't want to recognize it, because it challenges their narrative," he claimed. "It challenges their assumption, so they've got to try and find a boogeyman."But an...WW…

Donald Trumpview in app--June 3, 2020 11:00PM (UTC)Let us pretend, for the sake of argument, that all of the other terrible things that Donald Trump has done during his presidency never happened: the and , the , his and  . Even if one could look the other way on all of that and more, the unavoidable reality remains that Trump's mishandling of the coronavirus — completely on its own and without regard to any other policy issue — has been serious enough to justify deeming his administration to be an abject, unforgivable failure.Trump supporters obviously don't want to admit this. If you turn...…Donald Trumpview in app--June 3, 2020 11:00PM (UTC)Let us pretend, for the sake of argument, that all of the other terrible things that Donald Trump has done during his presidency never happened: the and , the , his and  . Even if one could look the other way on all of that and more, the unavoidable reality remains that Trump's mishandling of the coronavirus — completely on its own and without regard to any other policy issue — has been serious enough to justify deeming his administration to be an abject, unforgivable failure.Trump supporters obviously don't want to admit this. If you turn...WW…

Mark Zuckerbergview in app--June 4, 2020 6:56AM (UTC)This article was produced by , a project of the Independent Media Institute.When you tell people they won't be held accountable for their actions, it almost always ends badly. That's what's happened with our police and our social media, two institutional pillars of personal and political society in America today. Removing those dual immunities could dramatically change—for the better—the lives of millions of Americans.For police, the doctrine of "qualified immunity" first took hold in 1967 in the Supreme Court case , when it was used "to...…Mark Zuckerbergview in app--June 4, 2020 6:56AM (UTC)This article was produced by , a project of the Independent Media Institute.When you tell people they won't be held accountable for their actions, it almost always ends badly. That's what's happened with our police and our social media, two institutional pillars of personal and political society in America today. Removing those dual immunities could dramatically change—for the better—the lives of millions of Americans.For police, the doctrine of "qualified immunity" first took hold in 1967 in the Supreme Court case , when it was used "to...WW…

Veterans of World War I gather outside the Congressional Library in Washington, to demand the immediate payment of a cash bonus promised to them eight years before, 15th July 1932. | Hundreds of demonstrators walk down 16th street to the White House, during a rally north of Lafayette Square near the White House to protest police brutality and racism, on June 7, 2020 in Washington, DC.view in app--June 14, 2020 10:00AM (UTC) An editor and poet, Kirk Swearingen received his degree in journalism half a lifetime ago from the University of Missouri–Columbia and then took a Greyhound Bus directly...…Veterans of World War I gather outside the Congressional Library in Washington, to demand the immediate payment of a cash bonus promised to them eight years before, 15th July 1932. | Hundreds of demonstrators walk down 16th street to the White House, during a rally north of Lafayette Square near the White House to protest police brutality and racism, on June 7, 2020 in Washington, DC.view in app--June 14, 2020 10:00AM (UTC) An editor and poet, Kirk Swearingen received his degree in journalism half a lifetime ago from the University of Missouri–Columbia and then took a Greyhound Bus directly...WW…

Jeanine Pirro and Lindsey Graham--February 10, 2020 2:30PM (UTC)Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade last week "When I go to meet God at the pearly gates, I don't think he's going to ask me, 'Why didn't you convict Trump?'" He may be right about that, but only because he's likely to first be asked to explain what he did afterward. Graham has become Trump's instrument of revenge in the Senate, and he isn't making any bones about it.Appearing on Judge Jeanine Pirro's Fox News show on Saturday night, Graham made it clear that the president's impeachment for...…Jeanine Pirro and Lindsey Graham--February 10, 2020 2:30PM (UTC)Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade last week "When I go to meet God at the pearly gates, I don't think he's going to ask me, 'Why didn't you convict Trump?'" He may be right about that, but only because he's likely to first be asked to explain what he did afterward. Graham has become Trump's instrument of revenge in the Senate, and he isn't making any bones about it.Appearing on Judge Jeanine Pirro's Fox News show on Saturday night, Graham made it clear that the president's impeachment for...WW…