Month: March 2020

A worker in protective gear directs a masked passenger from the cruise ship Grand Princess on the tarmac at Oakland International Airport as authorities continue debarkation from the ship after 21 people on board tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Oakland, Calif., March 10, 2020. (Stephen Lam/Reuters) COVID-19 returns us to the still-unsettled stimulus
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Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden in the tenth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, February 25, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The Democratic also-rans exit, stage left The hecatomb of unsuccessful Democratic candidates raises questions about the current viability of the Democrats
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(Image via IMDb) As the preserved corpse of the Bernie Sanders campaign gets prepped for its inevitable journey back to its spiritual home in Red Square, it’s yet another period of mourning for crushed idealism in the Democratic Party. Hollywood has been scripting this story for nearly 50 years, via two of its paradigmatic liberal
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On Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (S-USSR) said he still didn’t regret praising Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, even though his remarks may have galvanized Democrats to unite behind Joe Biden in an effort to prevent a Sanders nomination. Bernie has continued to insist that the Soviet-aligned dictator notorious for using firing squads to silence dissent nevertheless
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Former vice president Joe Biden argues with a worker as he defends his positions on gun control during a campaign stop at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Mack Assembly plant in Detroit, Mich., March 10, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Charles touches on Joe Biden’s heated exchange with a Michigan autoworker whom he accused of being “full of
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Sen. Bernie Sanders takes part in a FOX News Town Hall with co-moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum in Detroit, Mich., March 9, 2020. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Maybe Bernie Sanders and his supporters will console themselves with the argument that the primary calendar didn’t do him any favors. After South Carolina, Super Tuesday featured a slew
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A person wearing a protective suit and mask checks the temperature of people departing from the ferry port of Molo Beverello in Naples after Italy orders a countrywide lockdown to try and contain a coronavirus outbreak, March 10, 2020. (Ciro De Luca/Reuters) Italy had 62 coronavirus cases on February 22, and two-and-half weeks later it
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Arrogant Sen. Chuck Schumer crossed the line in threatening United States Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. His words were shocking, even for him. I don’t usually get too exercised about political rhetoric, realizing that impassioned politicians regularly engage in hyperbole. But Schumer’s remarks were inexcusable by any standard. At an abortion rights
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The headline makes it sound like martial law, especially with the National Guard participating, but “containment area” is a misnomer. They aren’t restricting the residents’ movements. “Somebody who lives in that containment area could be in this room today. There’s nothing you can do about that,” said Cuomo at today’s briefing. What they’re trying to
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A United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER takes off from Los Angeles International airport, March 28, 2018. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Bailing out airlines and energy companies might be politically unpopular, but in this case it’s necessary. As markets tanked Monday, President Donald Trump announced plans for a payroll-tax cut to stimulate the economy, as well as potential wage
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York, September 14, 2018. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced a one-mile “containment zone” in New Rochelle, where the first cases of coronavirus in the state were observed. The “containment area,” which is about three-square-miles, centers around Young Israel of New
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A farmer works in his field near the cooling towers at the nuclear power plant in Saint-Laurent-Nouan, France, in 2016. (Regis Duvignau/Reuters) Efforts to combat climate change must start with the most reliable source of carbon-free energy we have. Any serious conversation about the future of America’s energy production must include nuclear energy, which accounts
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