Stephen Colbert upped the ante on podcast host Joe Rogan’s attempt to host a presidential debate, setting up some exciting parameters of his own for a face-off between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden on The Late Show. Last week on Rogan’s podcast, he and MMA fighter Tim Kennedy discussed …
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President Trump deliberately downplayed the severity of the coronavirus despite knowing in early February that the virus was “deadly.” according to a new book from Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” he told Woodward on March 19th, according to audio obtained by CNN. “I still like playing …
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The Simpsons have shared an animated response from Marge Simpson after Trump campaign advisor and lawyer Jenna Ellis tweeted earlier this week that Democratic vice presidential nominee, “Kamala [Harris] sounds like Marge Simpson.” On Friday, The Simpsons posted a short clip in which Marge (who’s long been voiced by Julie …
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A federal judge ordered Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen to be released to home confinement after finding that the government had sent him back to prison in retaliation for Cohen’s plan to write a book about the president. Cohen had been held in solitary confinement in a New York federal …
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Gretchen Whitmer was in a great mood the evening of March 10th. Joe Biden, whom she’d endorsed, was in the middle of sweeping all 83 counties in Michigan’s primary. A relatively low-profile state legislator before she beat her Republican rival by 10 points to become governor of Michigan in 2018, …
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The difference between the two presidential candidates played out in stark contrast on Sunday. While Joe Biden was using social media to share a message of understanding, acknowledging the country’s pain, President Trump used the same medium to endorse a call for violence in response to the protests raging across …
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Trump is all-in on hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has touted without proof as a miracle cure for those afflicted with COVID-19. The president told the press he has been taking the controversial drug — which he has promoted despite scientists finding it does not help treat COVID-19 — for the …
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Dr. Anthony Fauci will go into “modified quarantine” after coming into contact with an unnamed White House staffer who tested positive for the coronavirus. A member of the White House’s coronavirus task force told CNN that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ contact with the …
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No one should have ever had to risk her or his life to vote, as Wisconsin residents did last week. Republicans kept the election open against both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ wishes and the recommendations of public-health experts. Texas, for now, has avoided that fate. On Wednesday, a state court …
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The pandemic is a black light on America, bringing our imperfections into sharper relief. One of them is how we elect presidents. As I write, we are planning to do it the same way we always have come November, even though Americans will likely still be sick and dying throughout …
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