People cross a street during evening rush hour in Beijing’s Central Business District as the spread of coronavirus continues in China, April 15, 2020. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) U.S. intelligence has “increasing confidence” that the novel Wuhan coronavirus outbreak began in a lab that was researching bat-coronaviruses, contrary to China’s claim that the pandemic emerged from a
Month: April 2020
Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly remains a heroine to many conservatives. Clearly, she is not to the makers of Mrs. America, which debuted on FX on Hulu Wednesday. From the start, Schlafly is shown pretending. She pastes a smile to walk a runway in a red, white and blue bikini at a Republican fundraiser. Once
Senator Chris Murphy speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 13, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) said Tuesday that the blame for coronavirus “is not because of anything that China did” and instead rests squarely with President Trump. Speaking to CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Murphy laid out the case that Trump “didn’t
A thought inspired by this story about what business leaders apparently told Trump today. You want the economy to reopen? Then let’s see more testing. Lots more. In the first phone call convened between President Donald Trump and some members of his newly formed business council, industry leaders reiterated to the President what public health
Donald Trump greets supporters at a rally in Fountain Hills, Ariz., in March 2016. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) The Russian Intelligence Service was aware of former British spy Christopher Steele’s investigation into the Trump presidential campaign as early as July 2016, according to newly declassified footnotes from the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s report on the FBI’s Russia
Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 11, 2019 (Erin Scott/Reuters) Senator Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) on Wednesday said fellow North Carolina Republican senator Richard Burr should respond to recent allegations of insider trading and self-dealing. “I suspect that there is an investigation in the DOJ, and
The official reason for the unprecedented closure of much of the United States in response to COVID-19 is that lives matter. Indeed, they apparently matter so much that no sacrifice is too great—neither of your freedom nor of the economy—if it can save even one life from the virus. Surely this is a noble sentiment,
People wear masks in Hong Kong, China, January 31, 2020. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters) A new study from four Chinese scientists currently awaiting peer review suggests that the coronavirus could be much more likely to spread indoors than outdoors. The proctors reviewed more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases in China, classified groups of cases into “clusters” and “outbreaks,”
(Unsplash) U.S. Small Business Administration loans may dry up by the end of Wednesday even as businesses seek relief from closures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Bloomberg has reported. The SBA’s emergency Paycheck Protection Program was established by Congress as part of its $2.2 trillion coronavirus-relief package. The PPP allocated $349 billion for loans
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Her point is simple. Given how quickly we’ve seen the virus spread here in the U.S. with our own eyes, it should have been apparent immediately to health authorities in China that it was being passed between humans. And no doubt it was apparent. The Chinese Communist Party has an excuse for not reporting it,
Former Vice President Joe Biden participates in a CNN townhall dedicated to LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, Calif., October 10, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) His bipartisan ‘national unity cabinet’ idea makes no sense in American terms. Tom Friedman, the amiable but compulsively mistaken columnist of the New York Times, has produced a proposal for Joe Biden
During a Wednesday morning interview with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on NBC’s 3rd Hour Today show, co-host Craig Melvin made sure to tread softly while asking about the Democrat’s highly controversial and draconian measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Once that was out of the way, he was free to chat with her about
President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, April 7, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) President Trump announced yesterday that he plans to halt U.S. taxpayer funding for the World Health Organization. Our recent editorial laid out chapter and verse on how appallingly the WHO has performed in connection with the
A Long Island man has filed a police report after an incident with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Easter. Cuomo has tested positive for the coronavirus and is supposed to be quarantined, but a cyclist named “David” saw him hanging out with two women on undeveloped property the anchor bought in his neighborhood. The bicyclist, a
People wearing protective masks walk in a shopping district, following an outbreak of the coronavirus in Beijing, China, March 25, 2020. (Thomas Peter/Reuters) U.S. retail sales plummeted in March as the coronavirus pandemic caused business to grind to an almost complete halt and consumers became tighter with their spending habits. Total U.S. retail sales, which
The Light at the End of the Quarantine Tunnel May Still Be a Train Full of Tyrants One of the more frequent themes of shutdown humor has been our inability to discern time and dates much anymore. We are in the fifth week of a calendar blur that at times has seemed as if it
A medical worker makes a phone call at Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus in New York City, April 14, 2020. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters) The traditional tax day is almost here, but this year, the Internal Revenue Service is allowing Americans to file until July 15. You can also defer federal income tax
You may not be able to find CNN uttering a peep about Tara Reade’s accusations against Joe Biden, but never fear. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is ready and willing to step into the breach. During an online chat with a women’s group last night, AOC was asked about the accusations and whether or not Democrats
Former President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wis., October 26, 2018. (Sara Stathas/Reuters) Former president Barack Obama endorsed his former running mate Joe Biden in a video released Tuesday, weeks after Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president. [embedded content] “I’m so proud to endorse Joe Biden for President of the
Freeway interchange in Los Angeles, Calif. (Eric Thayer/Reuters) This ‘stimulus’ bill will bury America more deeply in debt, fail to stimulate economic growth, and likely be squandered by politicians. The free-falling economy is bringing Washington, D.C., together in bipartisan calls for a massive infrastructure stimulus bill. President Trump tweeted that “With interest rates for the
It’s no secret that New Amsterdam’s psychiatrist Dr. Iggy Frome is a “bleeding heart liberal.” His left-wing views drive many show plots including one in Tuesday’s Season 2 finale, “A Matter of Seconds.” Focusing on Red Flag laws, the finale subtly promoted gun control by featuring an unsympathetic gun owner whose firearm was taken when his
(Pixabay) The American people should have as much health-care freedom as possible, especially during this pandemic. When the Health Savings Account law passed in 2003, the release of the first iPhone was still four years away. Now, imagine your iPhone, Samsung, or Android phone was prohibited by law to have any upgrades. How well do
Democrats have a very serious problem on their hands. Even though Bernie Sanders has now endorsed Joe Biden for president, many of his supporters are refusing to go along, just like in 2016. Joy Reid of MSNBC is not happy about this. FOX News reports: TRENDING: Video of the Day: One Day After Arguing With
There’s groaning about this quote online today but those of us who’ve been following coronavirus news closely surely must see it as a fait accompli by now. Under what conceivable circumstances would it be safe and responsible to attend a concert or a major sports event before a vaccine for COVID-19 has been administered to
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Miss., March 8, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Writing yesterday in the New York Times, columnist Michelle Goldberg exemplifies how not to opine on politics if you wish to be taken seriously by any significant percentage of your readers. “What to Do
Attorney General William Barr speaks during a farewell ceremony for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters) The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a statement of interest supporting the Temple Baptist Church of Greenville, Miss. whose congregants were fined for attending a drive-in Easter service
The whole country is on an anxious edge. We’re dealing with a deadly virus, one we have no history with and no immunity from yet. There’s no vaccine. Tests are still spotty. It has killed more than 22,000 Americans to date and infected hundreds of thousands more. And it came from a hostile China that
People in Tokyo, Japan, watch a screen showing Japan’s prime minister declaring a state of emergency, following the coronavirus outbreak, April 7, 2020. (Naoki Ogura/Reuters) As mentioned yesterday, the general sense is that several Asian nations have handled the threat of the coronavirus more effectively than the United States has, through a variety of different
President Donald Trump takes questions as he addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, April 13, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) President Trump on Tuesday announced he would halt U.S. funding to the World Health Organization pending a review of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “Today I’m instructing my administration to halt
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