Then GOP nominee Donald Trump celebrates with his family as balloons fall at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 21, 2016. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) We’ll know more clearly in the coming weeks, as the epidemiological data on the George Floyd protests come in. The Republicans will not be holding their national
Month: June 2020
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner released the autopsy results on George Floyd on Wednesday nine days after his death. The medical report revealed George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus in early April. The Star Tribune reported: The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office released the full autopsy results performed on George Floyd with his family’s permission.
A pharmacy worker shows pills of hydroxychloroquine used to treat the coronavirus at the CHR Centre Hospitalier Regional de la Citadelle Hospital in Liege, Belgium, April 22, 2020. (Yves Herman/Reuters) Remember that scary hydroxychloroquine study in The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine that everyone in the media was writing about a few weeks
People take part in a protest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Boston, Mass., June 3, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) It’s still mandatory — unless you’re looting, rioting, and starting fires. Cardenas Ortiz-Sandoval’s mother, Guadalupe, died last month. Cardenas, 22, helped to plan her funeral. She was told by mortuary officials
Then-Defense Secretary James Mattis and President Donald Trump before a briefing from senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House, October 23, 2018. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Retired Marine general James Mattis, who resigned as President Trump’s Secretary of Defense in 2018, broke his silence on the administration in a statement Wednesday, saying he
Dozens of people were arrested this week for rioting and looting in St. Louis during demonstrations that started as protests of the police killing of George Floyd — and all of them have been released, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt criticized the release of 36 people who were arrested. “In
A horde of celebrities have signed an open letter calling for state and local governments to cut police budgets and reallocate the funds to necessary areas to benefit the black community. The open letter is to supplement a petition of the same type from The Movement for Black Lives. The Movement for Black Lives is
President Donald Trump has accused another platform of rigging the election by deboosting his content from youth. Snapchat will no longer allow Trump’s verified Snapchat account to be promoted on its platform. This decision came “after executives concluded that his tweets over the weekend promoted violence, the company said today,” The Verge reported in a
What CNN host Chris Cuomo lacks in brains he makes up in passion and enthusiasm. And on Tuesday night, the host of “Cuomo Prime Time” was passionately and enthusiastically flat wrong – and worse, dangerous. The CNN host encouraged violence – rioters, looters, killers – by encouraging more of the violent protests. Really. First off,
Looters in Fairfield, California were seen on video using a forklift to bust into a Best Buy store. Advertisement – story continues below Not sure what this has to do with the murder of George Floyd, but here we are. WATCH: Looters Use Telescopic Forklift To Break Into Best Buy In Fairfield, California pic.twitter.com/PKIkjAeKU6 —
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, January 14, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Secretary of Defense Mark Esper drew the ire of the White House Wednesday for publicly stating that he opposed invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military to states beset by unrest, after President Trump said Monday
Just how long will this strange feud persist? Even the normal cui bono rules don’t seem to apply to the weird contretemps between Joe Biden and radio host Charlamagne tha God. Biden’s initial appearance on The Breakfast Club turned into a disaster when Biden rebuked the host by saying “you ain’t black” if even considering the option of
Rep. Steve King speaks during a town hall in Primghar, Iowa, January 26, 2019. (KC McGinnis/Reuters) Dumping him is an act of both political and moral hygiene. The Republican primary voters of Iowa’s fourth district finally sent Steve King packing last night by a margin of almost ten points, in favor of more conventional conservative
Protesters gather in the Manhattan borough of New York,, June 2, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) It bears no resemblance to reality — not in police forces, and not in America. About twice as many white people as black people are killed by police. In fact, in about 75 percent of police shootings, the decedent is not
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Tuesday night that the Republican Party will no longer host the 2020 Republican National Convention in North Carolina as was previously planned, but instead will be seeking other locations to host. The president blamed Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper for the change in plans, saying that the governor is still
An alleged looter bragged about his ill-gotten haul on social media — but it’s apparent he didn’t get away with what he might have thought. What are the details? The suspect, apparently based near Santa Monica, California, shared a video on Twitter featuring boxes upon boxes of stolen merchandise. Twitter user Santa Monica Problems tweeted
The big three networks continued to gaslight Americans by insisting that protests and riots across the country were “mostly peaceful” while cities burn, policemen are attacked and both officers and bystanders are assaulted and in some cases, murdered. Another one of these tragic cases happened Tuesday as 77-year-old retired police captain David Dorn was murdered
Britain’s former colony of Hong Kong is under threat from China and the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming to their assistance. China is threatening to blatantly violate the agreement signed with Great Britain in 1997 that gave Beijing possession of the island. In that deal, China agreed to maintain a certain autonomy
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the man who launched the fraudulent Mueller Special Investigation, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. After his opening statement Judiciary Chairman Senator Lindsey Graham asked Rosenstein about his decision appointing the Mueller Special Counsel. Within the first few minutes Rosenstein tossed Andrew McCabe under the
A viral photo showing the White House with its lights off, shared by numerous Democrats during demonstrations in Washington, D.C., is at least five years old and was edited to make it seem darker, the Associated Press reported on Monday. The image can be found in Getty Image’s stock photo collection. The … Read More
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a lawmakers meeting to elect a speaker, in London, Britain December 17, 2019. (Jessica Taylor/Handout via Reuters) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the United Kingdom is ready to offer refuge and citizenship to nearly three million Hong Kong citizens should China implement a restrictive national
While polling in the Iowa Fourth District Republican primary was rather sparse, everyone expected this race to be fairly tight. But in the end, it wasn’t really all that close and Steve King will be leaving Congress after serving nine consecutive terms. King wound up losing to state Senator Randy Feenstra last night by around
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Del., March 12, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Joe Biden can best capitalize on the rioting following the death of George Floyd in the same way he can best capitalize on anything in 2020: by keeping quiet and out of sight. Unfortunately
Butler Library on the campus of Columbia University in New York City (Mike Segar/Reuters) Is a self-consciously conservative approach to the humanities and social sciences desirable? Prominent right-leaning scholars are skeptical. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE E arlier this year, author Avi Woolf argued that right-leaning academics ought to start crafting a conservative vision for research in
A retired black police captain was murdered by looters outside a pawn shop in St. Louis in the early morning hours on Tuesday, when he went to check on the business as violent protests in the city and across the U.S. continue to rage following the death of George Floyd. What are the details? David
The scientist architect behind the lockdown policy to stop the spread of coronavirus admitted that Sweden, which rejected the lockdown model, had similar results to those nations with lockdowns. Imperial College London scientist Neil Ferguson made the startling comments in his first public address since he was caught violating his own social distancing guidelines in
Volatile San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich unleashed a torrent of hatred for President Donald Trump during a Sunday night phone call to Dave Zirin, sports editor and resident communist for The Nation magazine. The Washington Post, Yahoo! Sports and Boston Globe, among others, jumped all over this golden opportunity to join in the roasting
President Donald Trump signed an executive order championing religious freedom on Tuesday, commemorating the anniversary of Pope Saint John Paul II’s historic journey back to Poland, which sparked the freedom movement that toppled the Soviet Union. Trump’s executive order directs $50 million to advance religious freedom outside the U.S. and allows the U.S. Treasury to
Retired St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn was murdered last night outside of Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry in North St. Louis City. The looters then broke in the store and looted it as dozens of cars drove by on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. David Dorn was 77-years-old when he was gunned down by looters.
A viral photo showing the White House with its lights off, shared by numerous Democrats during demonstrations in Washington, D.C., is at least five years old and was edited to make it seem darker, the Associated Press reported on Monday. The image can be found in Getty Image’s stock photo collection. The … Read More