Conservative activist and Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe is out with another video, supposedly offering up a new exposé of a common right-wing conspiracy theory: The official counts of coronavirus-related deaths are being inflated — supposedly by New York City authorities — in order to request more federal funding. O’Keefe’s new video was promoted on Thursday … Continue reading James O’Keefe (R) falls flat again, in supposed “investigation” of coronavirus fraud
Month: April 2020
Well-connected Trump alumni benefit from coronavirus lobbying rush
“No one” in Puerto Rico has received stimulus checks, says San Juan mayor
The Treasury Department has sent out more than 88 million payments. Not one of them went to Puerto Rico https://www.salon.com/2020/04/30/no-one-in-puerto-rico-has-received-stimulus-checks-says-san-juan-mayor/ Salon; 4/30/2020
Secret Service paid Trump’s D.C. hotel more than $33,000 for lodging to guard treasury secretary
The Secret Service rented a room at President Trump’s Washington hotel for 137 consecutive nights in 2017 — paying Trump’s company more than $33,000 — so it could guard Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin while he lived in one of the hotel’s luxury suites, according to federal documents and people familiar with the arrangement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-paid-trumps-dc-hotel-more-than-33000-for-lodging-to-guard-treasury-secretary/2020/04/30/cd38e864-8987-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html -Washington … Continue reading Secret Service paid Trump’s D.C. hotel more than $33,000 for lodging to guard treasury secretary
The Michael Flynn (R) revelation: Bombshell or business as usual?
New documents turned over by the legal team of former national security adviser Michael Flynn show an unnamed official preparing for the interview in which Flynn lied to the FBI by musing about whether the goal was “to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?” Flynn’s legal team labeled … Continue reading The Michael Flynn (R) revelation: Bombshell or business as usual?
A Staggering Toll: 30 Million Have Filed For Unemployment
Vote safely by mail in November? Not so fast, say Republicans
Both Republicans and Democrats have long utilized mail-in voting, and voters on both ends of the political spectrum overwhelmingly favor making it easier to do so in the election. But Trump’s opposition appears based on a thinly veiled political calculus: the fewer Americans who vote, the better the political prospects for the Republican party. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/30/america-voting-rights-vote-by-mail-republicans … Continue reading Vote safely by mail in November? Not so fast, say Republicans
Laura Ingraham (R) used to be a leading promoter of public mask usage. Now she frames it as a media conspiracy.
Kelly Ruiz Says the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Was ‘Mind Control’ to Prepare the World for the Coronavirus
On last night’s episode of her “Steel Truth” program, right-wing QAnon conspiracy theorist Ann Vandersteel interviewed fellow QAnon conspiracy theorist Kelly Ruiz, who claimed that the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London contained “mind control” content designed to prepare the world for the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kelly-ruiz-says-the-2012-olympic-opening-ceremony-was-mind-control-to-prepare-the-world-for-the-coronavirus/ -Right Wing Watch; 4/30/2020
Pence’s (R) staff threatens action against reporter who tweeted about visit to clinic without surgical mask
Vice President Pence’s office threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence’s office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence’s visit to the Mayo Clinic — a requirement Pence himself did not follow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/pence-staff-threatens-action-against-reporter-who-tweeted-about-visit-to-clinic-without-surgical-mask/2020/04/30/27c63056-8b0a-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html -Washington Post; 4/30/2020
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