Four Years Ago Today
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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.
Biden's reax:
October 9, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Biden's reax:
In a prerecorded video, he tells Americans to "get out there." "Don't be afraid of it," he says. "Don't let it dominate your lives."
Despite being contagious, Trump does not replace his mask when greeted by mask-wearing staffers.
Despite being contagious, Trump does not replace his mask when greeted by mask-wearing staffers.
October 5, 2024 at 6:03 PM
In a prerecorded video, he tells Americans to "get out there." "Don't be afraid of it," he says. "Don't let it dominate your lives."
Despite being contagious, Trump does not replace his mask when greeted by mask-wearing staffers.
Despite being contagious, Trump does not replace his mask when greeted by mask-wearing staffers.
On Twitter, he dramatically downplays the virus risk, telling Americans not to fear the disease that has killed 211,000 so far. He portrays his illness - which aides later reveal was life-threatening - as a rejuvenating spa treatment. "I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
October 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
On Twitter, he dramatically downplays the virus risk, telling Americans not to fear the disease that has killed 211,000 so far. He portrays his illness - which aides later reveal was life-threatening - as a rejuvenating spa treatment. "I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
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.
A top doctor at Walter Reed medical hospital, disaster medicine specialist Dr. James Phillips, tweeted criticism of the stunt. He lost his job.
October 4, 2024 at 12:59 PM
A top doctor at Walter Reed medical hospital, disaster medicine specialist Dr. James Phillips, tweeted criticism of the stunt. He lost his job.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%
On his last day in office, Trump will pardon Bannon of all federal charges. However, a year later, Bannon will be rearrested on New York state charges for money laundering and conspiring to defraud the Wall donors. His trial begins later this year, after his prison term on an unrelated crime.
August 21, 2024 at 10:04 PM
On his last day in office, Trump will pardon Bannon of all federal charges. However, a year later, Bannon will be rearrested on New York state charges for money laundering and conspiring to defraud the Wall donors. His trial begins later this year, after his prison term on an unrelated crime.
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.
Trump says he'd done more for black people than any president since Lincoln. "Better than Lyndon Johnson? He passed the Civil Rights Act!" Swan asks. "Ask, how has it worked out?" Trump replies, suggesting he is skeptical of ending segregation.
August 4, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Trump says he'd done more for black people than any president since Lincoln. "Better than Lyndon Johnson? He passed the Civil Rights Act!" Swan asks. "Ask, how has it worked out?" Trump replies, suggesting he is skeptical of ending segregation.
Trump repeatedly refuses to praise the late Rep. John Lewis, saying "many others" also fought for civil rights. When asked how history would remember Lewis, Trump says, "he chose not to come to my inauguration."
August 4, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Trump repeatedly refuses to praise the late Rep. John Lewis, saying "many others" also fought for civil rights. When asked how history would remember Lewis, Trump says, "he chose not to come to my inauguration."
Trump, who comes armed with charts, shuffles through the papers stammering: "Right here, the United States is lowest in ... numerous categories ... ah, we’re lower than the world."
"Lower than the world?" Swan asks incredulously.
"Lower than the world?" Swan asks incredulously.
August 4, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Trump, who comes armed with charts, shuffles through the papers stammering: "Right here, the United States is lowest in ... numerous categories ... ah, we’re lower than the world."
"Lower than the world?" Swan asks incredulously.
"Lower than the world?" Swan asks incredulously.
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?
(He later gives a full pardon to Stone, along with his crooked campaign manager, Paul Manafort, convicted of fraud, and his daughter's father in law, Charles Kushner, who was convicted of charges you should absolutely look up if you don't already know about them.)
July 11, 2024 at 11:39 PM
(He later gives a full pardon to Stone, along with his crooked campaign manager, Paul Manafort, convicted of fraud, and his daughter's father in law, Charles Kushner, who was convicted of charges you should absolutely look up if you don't already know about them.)
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.)
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who says Trump said he wanted his own face on the mountain monument, ingratiates herself by giving Trump a two-foot sculpture of Mount Rushmore with his head added.
July 4, 2024 at 6:02 AM
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who says Trump said he wanted his own face on the mountain monument, ingratiates herself by giving Trump a two-foot sculpture of Mount Rushmore with his head added.
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.”