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With cooler temperatures comes a Covid surge: new US cases top 83,000, the most in a single day since the pandemic began. About 800 Americans are dying each day, and almost a quarter million have died so far. There is no vaccine and no cure. This new surge is hitting rural America especially hard.
October 28, 2024 at 12:15 AM
With cooler temperatures comes a Covid surge: new US cases top 83,000, the most in a single day since the pandemic began. About 800 Americans are dying each day, and almost a quarter million have died so far. There is no vaccine and no cure. This new surge is hitting rural America especially hard.
Oct 19, 2020
The US death toll passes 220,000.
Trump says America is over the pandemic and repeatedly attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“People are tired of Covid. People are saying, ‘Whatever, just leave us alone.’ People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump says.
The US death toll passes 220,000.
Trump says America is over the pandemic and repeatedly attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“People are tired of Covid. People are saying, ‘Whatever, just leave us alone.’ People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump says.
October 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Oct 19, 2020
The US death toll passes 220,000.
Trump says America is over the pandemic and repeatedly attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“People are tired of Covid. People are saying, ‘Whatever, just leave us alone.’ People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump says.
The US death toll passes 220,000.
Trump says America is over the pandemic and repeatedly attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“People are tired of Covid. People are saying, ‘Whatever, just leave us alone.’ People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots," Trump says.
The NYT reveals that in July, Trump aides blocked the CDC from issuing a mandate requiring face masks on flights, buses, trains and subways, and in airports, train stations and taxis.
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/h...
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White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation (Published 2020)
The order would have mandated that both passengers and employees wear face coverings on planes, trains, buses and subways and in airports, stations and depots.
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2024 at 6:25 PM
The NYT reveals that in July, Trump aides blocked the CDC from issuing a mandate requiring face masks on flights, buses, trains and subways, and in airports, train stations and taxis.
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/h...
After three days of experimental antiviral drugs unavailable to most Americans, Trump leaves the hospital to return to the White House. He takes the unusual route of climbing the stairs of the White House South Portico where he theatrically removes his mask, waving, saluting and giving thumbs-up.
October 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
After three days of experimental antiviral drugs unavailable to most Americans, Trump leaves the hospital to return to the White House. He takes the unusual route of climbing the stairs of the White House South Portico where he theatrically removes his mask, waving, saluting and giving thumbs-up.
Amid cable TV chatter of transferring power to Mike Pence, Trump shocks doctors by briefly leaving the hospital so his motorcade can drive slowly by a handful of flag waving supporters as he waves. He is accused of endangering the lives of the two Secret Service agents with him.
October 4, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Amid cable TV chatter of transferring power to Mike Pence, Trump shocks doctors by briefly leaving the hospital so his motorcade can drive slowly by a handful of flag waving supporters as he waves. He is accused of endangering the lives of the two Secret Service agents with him.
At Walter Reed, Trump begins taking the antiviral drug remdesivir. His blood oxygen dangerously low, he is also receiving dexamethasone, a steroid given to the most critically ill patients.
Notably, he is not treated with hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, the quack cures he urged on his fans.
Notably, he is not treated with hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, the quack cures he urged on his fans.
October 3, 2024 at 4:07 AM
At Walter Reed, Trump begins taking the antiviral drug remdesivir. His blood oxygen dangerously low, he is also receiving dexamethasone, a steroid given to the most critically ill patients.
Notably, he is not treated with hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, the quack cures he urged on his fans.
Notably, he is not treated with hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, the quack cures he urged on his fans.
Oct 2 2020
In a 1 am tweet, Trump announces he has Covid, which has now killed 200,000 Americans. All campaign events are canceled a month before the election. Trump is admitted to the Walter Reed military hospital where he is given experimental drugs. His staff conceals that he lies close to death.
In a 1 am tweet, Trump announces he has Covid, which has now killed 200,000 Americans. All campaign events are canceled a month before the election. Trump is admitted to the Walter Reed military hospital where he is given experimental drugs. His staff conceals that he lies close to death.
October 2, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Oct 2 2020
In a 1 am tweet, Trump announces he has Covid, which has now killed 200,000 Americans. All campaign events are canceled a month before the election. Trump is admitted to the Walter Reed military hospital where he is given experimental drugs. His staff conceals that he lies close to death.
In a 1 am tweet, Trump announces he has Covid, which has now killed 200,000 Americans. All campaign events are canceled a month before the election. Trump is admitted to the Walter Reed military hospital where he is given experimental drugs. His staff conceals that he lies close to death.
What the business news looks like Oct 1, 2020:
26.5 million Americans are unemployed - 837,000 lost their jobs just last week as Disney laid off 28,000 theme park employees, Allstate cut 3,800 positions, and American and United Airlines newly furloughed 30,000 people.
26.5 million Americans are unemployed - 837,000 lost their jobs just last week as Disney laid off 28,000 theme park employees, Allstate cut 3,800 positions, and American and United Airlines newly furloughed 30,000 people.
Layoffs still piling up as jobless claims remain stubbornly high
Airlines, theme parks, and insurance and petroleum companies all announced layoffs in recent days, as economists continue to warn about more job loss ahead.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
What the business news looks like Oct 1, 2020:
26.5 million Americans are unemployed - 837,000 lost their jobs just last week as Disney laid off 28,000 theme park employees, Allstate cut 3,800 positions, and American and United Airlines newly furloughed 30,000 people.
26.5 million Americans are unemployed - 837,000 lost their jobs just last week as Disney laid off 28,000 theme park employees, Allstate cut 3,800 positions, and American and United Airlines newly furloughed 30,000 people.
Trump and Biden meet in Cleveland for a Fox News debate. Trump mocks Biden for frequently wearing a mask. He does not reveal that he and his wife had tested positive for Covid three days before the debate, where his wife and children all removed their masks contrary to venue rules.
October 1, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Trump and Biden meet in Cleveland for a Fox News debate. Trump mocks Biden for frequently wearing a mask. He does not reveal that he and his wife had tested positive for Covid three days before the debate, where his wife and children all removed their masks contrary to venue rules.
My apologies. I jumped the gun on this: it was Sept 26
Trump packs the White House Rose Garden to announce he is naming conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace the trailblazing Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. It is later called a superspreader event: a dozen people in the unmasked crowd, including Trump and the First Lady, caught COVID.
September 26, 2024 at 1:28 AM
My apologies. I jumped the gun on this: it was Sept 26
Trump packs the White House Rose Garden to announce he is naming conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace the trailblazing Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. It is later called a superspreader event: a dozen people in the unmasked crowd, including Trump and the First Lady, caught COVID.
September 24, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Trump packs the White House Rose Garden to announce he is naming conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace the trailblazing Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. It is later called a superspreader event: a dozen people in the unmasked crowd, including Trump and the First Lady, caught COVID.
Visiting the California wildfires, Trump scoffs at officials worrying about global warming.
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency: "I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually."
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency: "I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually."
'It will start getting cooler' | President Trump responds to combating climate change in fires | RAW
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September 15, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Visiting the California wildfires, Trump scoffs at officials worrying about global warming.
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency: "I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually."
Trump: "It'll start getting cooler. You just watch."
Wade Crowfoot, secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency: "I wish science agreed with you."
Trump: "I don't think science knows, actually."
Sept 2020
- Unemployment rate: 7.9%
- Americans out of work: 12.6 million
- Dow close sept 12: 27,534
- Tank of gas: $2.21
- Inflation rate: 0.5%
Sept 2024
- Unemployment rate: 4.2%
- Americans out of work: 1.8 million
- Dow close sept 12: 42,096
- Tank of gas: $3.2
- Inflation rate: 2.5%
- Unemployment rate: 7.9%
- Americans out of work: 12.6 million
- Dow close sept 12: 27,534
- Tank of gas: $2.21
- Inflation rate: 0.5%
Sept 2024
- Unemployment rate: 4.2%
- Americans out of work: 1.8 million
- Dow close sept 12: 42,096
- Tank of gas: $3.2
- Inflation rate: 2.5%
September 12, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Sept 2020
- Unemployment rate: 7.9%
- Americans out of work: 12.6 million
- Dow close sept 12: 27,534
- Tank of gas: $2.21
- Inflation rate: 0.5%
Sept 2024
- Unemployment rate: 4.2%
- Americans out of work: 1.8 million
- Dow close sept 12: 42,096
- Tank of gas: $3.2
- Inflation rate: 2.5%
- Unemployment rate: 7.9%
- Americans out of work: 12.6 million
- Dow close sept 12: 27,534
- Tank of gas: $2.21
- Inflation rate: 0.5%
Sept 2024
- Unemployment rate: 4.2%
- Americans out of work: 1.8 million
- Dow close sept 12: 42,096
- Tank of gas: $3.2
- Inflation rate: 2.5%
Several hundred former aides to President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain announce they are endorsing the Democrat, Joe Biden, for president over the Republican incumbent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of former aides to George W. Bush, John McCain endorse Biden for president
The endorsements, which come as Trump prepares to accept his party's nomination, are the latest in a string of Republican statements supporting Biden.
www.nbcnews.com
August 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Several hundred former aides to President George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain announce they are endorsing the Democrat, Joe Biden, for president over the Republican incumbent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Aug 20, 2020
Trump's former chief strategist is arrested by the feds for ripping off Trump fans who donated $25 million to a bogus "build the wall" effort.
Steve Bannon is taken into custody off the coast of Connecticut when agents board a yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
Trump's former chief strategist is arrested by the feds for ripping off Trump fans who donated $25 million to a bogus "build the wall" effort.
Steve Bannon is taken into custody off the coast of Connecticut when agents board a yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
August 21, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Aug 20, 2020
Trump's former chief strategist is arrested by the feds for ripping off Trump fans who donated $25 million to a bogus "build the wall" effort.
Steve Bannon is taken into custody off the coast of Connecticut when agents board a yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
Trump's former chief strategist is arrested by the feds for ripping off Trump fans who donated $25 million to a bogus "build the wall" effort.
Steve Bannon is taken into custody off the coast of Connecticut when agents board a yacht owned by Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
Aug 13, 2020
For the first time in months, fewer than 1 million people lost their jobs in the previous week. This is hailed as great news.
For the first time in months, fewer than 1 million people lost their jobs in the previous week. This is hailed as great news.
August 14, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Aug 13, 2020
For the first time in months, fewer than 1 million people lost their jobs in the previous week. This is hailed as great news.
For the first time in months, fewer than 1 million people lost their jobs in the previous week. This is hailed as great news.
In a strange pandemic VP announcement, candidate Joe Biden introduces Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in an empty hall - no cheering crowds, no waving signs. Keeping to health precautions at a time when 1,200 Americans are dying each day, the new ticket does not even raise clasped hands.
August 12, 2024 at 1:54 PM
In a strange pandemic VP announcement, candidate Joe Biden introduces Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate in an empty hall - no cheering crowds, no waving signs. Keeping to health precautions at a time when 1,200 Americans are dying each day, the new ticket does not even raise clasped hands.
Conflated total deaths with daily deaths, sorry. Posting corrected version now.
August 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Conflated total deaths with daily deaths, sorry. Posting corrected version now.
With 1,000 Americans dying each day, Trump sits down with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan to claim the virus is "under control." Swan pushes back strongly, causing a sensation. Clips of the reporter's baffled expressions as Trump says outlandish things go viral. Swan will win an Emmy for the interview.
The Trump Interview That Broke The Internet
Previous interviewers of President Trump have been applauded for asking tough questions, but the interview by Axios’ Jonathan Swan caused a sensation. What s...
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August 4, 2024 at 9:40 AM
With 1,000 Americans dying each day, Trump sits down with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan to claim the virus is "under control." Swan pushes back strongly, causing a sensation. Clips of the reporter's baffled expressions as Trump says outlandish things go viral. Swan will win an Emmy for the interview.
Amid BLM protests in Portland, Trump's Department of Homeland Security begins snatching protesters off the street into unmarked vans filled with officers in camo. The Oregon AG sues DHS for violating the civil rights of its citizens but a federal judge throws out the case.
A warning for the future?
A warning for the future?
July 20, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Amid BLM protests in Portland, Trump's Department of Homeland Security begins snatching protesters off the street into unmarked vans filled with officers in camo. The Oregon AG sues DHS for violating the civil rights of its citizens but a federal judge throws out the case.
A warning for the future?
A warning for the future?
This exchange on Fox News Sunday, six months before the Jan 6 Trump mob tried to stop the 2020 election verification:
Chris Wallace: "Can you give a direct answer that you will accept the election result?"
Trump: "I have to see. I'm not just going to say yes. I'm not going to say no."
Chris Wallace: "Can you give a direct answer that you will accept the election result?"
Trump: "I have to see. I'm not just going to say yes. I'm not going to say no."
Trump declines to say he'll accept results of election: "I have to see"
"I'm not a good loser. I don't like to lose. I don't lose too often."
www.axios.com
July 20, 2024 at 8:39 PM
This exchange on Fox News Sunday, six months before the Jan 6 Trump mob tried to stop the 2020 election verification:
Chris Wallace: "Can you give a direct answer that you will accept the election result?"
Trump: "I have to see. I'm not just going to say yes. I'm not going to say no."
Chris Wallace: "Can you give a direct answer that you will accept the election result?"
Trump: "I have to see. I'm not just going to say yes. I'm not going to say no."
In a glaring example of corruption, Trump commutes the 3-year sentence for Roger Stone, his loyal dirty-trickster who was convicted of obstruction, lying and threatening witnesses in connection with Wikileaks targeting the Clinton campaign to help Trump win in 2016.
www.justice.gov/pardon/page/...
www.justice.gov/pardon/page/...
July 11, 2024 at 11:33 PM
In a glaring example of corruption, Trump commutes the 3-year sentence for Roger Stone, his loyal dirty-trickster who was convicted of obstruction, lying and threatening witnesses in connection with Wikileaks targeting the Clinton campaign to help Trump win in 2016.
www.justice.gov/pardon/page/...
www.justice.gov/pardon/page/...
July 7, 2020
As the pandemic continues to rage, Trump announces the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Candidate Joe Biden promises to immediately reverse this if elected. (He did, in his first hours in office.)
As the pandemic continues to rage, Trump announces the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Candidate Joe Biden promises to immediately reverse this if elected. (He did, in his first hours in office.)
July 7, 2024 at 8:59 PM
July 7, 2020
As the pandemic continues to rage, Trump announces the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Candidate Joe Biden promises to immediately reverse this if elected. (He did, in his first hours in office.)
As the pandemic continues to rage, Trump announces the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization. Candidate Joe Biden promises to immediately reverse this if elected. (He did, in his first hours in office.)
In a baleful 4th of July speech to a crowd of about 3,700 people at Mount Rushmore, Trump rails against Democrats and warns that “angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.”
July 4, 2024 at 5:58 AM
In a baleful 4th of July speech to a crowd of about 3,700 people at Mount Rushmore, Trump rails against Democrats and warns that “angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.”