In a week where the number of Americans killed by Covid-19 passed 66,000, Donald Trump assured us that this death toll, looked at from the right angle, is really proof of how great he is at his job. Asked on… Read More ›
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Quack-in-Chief Donald Trump Asks If Bleach Injections or Tanning Could Cure Covid-19
Dr. Deborah Birx tried hard not to betray her feelings, looking down and away from the president, when Donald Trump suggested, during a coronavirus briefing on Thursday, that doctors should “check” to see if injecting patients suffering from Covid-19 with… Read More ›
Trump Bungles Hit on Cuomo and Shatters Own Wrongness Record on “1917” Pandemic
It was amateur hour at the White House on Sunday, as the president’s effort to neutralize criticism of his failure to prepare for the coronavirus pandemic was undermined by his A/V team, and he mistakenly referred to the 1918 flu… Read More ›
Untested Covid Treatment Trump Talks Up Can Have Fatal Side Effect, Cardiologists Warn
An experimental treatment for Covid-19 championed by President Donald Trump — in which patients are given doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria and lupus, along with the antibiotic azithromycin — raises the risk for some patients of… Read More ›
Pandemic Planning Should Ensure All Votes Can Be Cast by Mail in November, Experts Say
As Ohio’s governor defied a court ruling and ordered that his state’s primary be delayed until June, citing the need for social distancing in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Senate Democrats and election experts pressed Congress to act immediately on… Read More ›
Homeland Security Algorithm Revokes U.S. Visa of War Crimes Investigator Eyal Weizman
Eyal Weizman, an Israeli-born British architect who uses visual analysis to investigate war crimes and other forms of state violence, was barred from traveling to the United States this week for an exhibition of his work after being identified as… Read More ›
To Unravel the Plot Against Marie Yovanovitch, the Senate Needs to Hear From Lev Parnas
Lev Parnas, the indicted Donald Trump donor who helped Rudy Giuliani press Ukrainian officials to smear the president’s political rivals, arrived in Washington on Wednesday to offer himself as a witness in the Senate impeachment trial. Although Parnas is not… Read More ›
Trump and Netanyahu Dictate Terms of Palestinian Surrender to Israel and Call It Peace
Flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but no Palestinian leader, President Donald Trump unveiled “a vision for peace” in the Middle East on Tuesday which permits Israel to annex much of the occupied West Bank immediately, offering the Palestinians… Read More ›
A “Jeopardy!” Contestant Asked, “What Is Palestine?” The Game Show Gave the Wrong Answer.
The producers of the game show “Jeopardy” broadcast a rare, uncorrected error on Friday, when a contestant mistakenly said that the Church of the Nativity, the site in Bethlehem believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus, was in… Read More ›
Israeli Police Officer Jailed for Killing Unarmed Palestinian Protester Without Permission
After a trial that lasted nearly four years, Ben Deri, a former member of Israel’s paramilitary border police force, was sentenced to nine months in jail on Wednesday for firing live ammunition through the chest of an unarmed Palestinian protester… Read More ›