“Tomorrow, by the way, tomorrow, come here tomorrow,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday at her weekly press conference. “We’re going to be talking about the 25th Amendment.” The comments came after Pelosi had been discussing negotiations on a Covid-19 relief bill with Trump. She didn’t elaborate on her tease about the …
Read More »I’ve gone from pro-lockdown to NO lockdown. Here’s why people must take over from inept governments and learn to live with Covid
Sometimes, if you want a job done well, you have to do it yourself. Sadly, many jobs that need doing well are occupied by people whose gift for doing them isn’t just non-existent, it’s a black hole that sucks in and destroys any crumbs of talent that happen to be …
Read More »Zizek: Covid crisis sparked fear of communism & China’s rise as superpower. But best way to prevent communism is to FOLLOW China
A story picked up by the UK media at the end of September passed almost unnoticed. As The Guardian reported, “The government has ordered schools in England not to use resources from organizations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism. Department for Education guidance issued on Thursday for school …
Read More »As Boris Johnson announces Britain’s ‘great reset’, were the Covid ‘conspiracy theorists’ right all along?
‘It’s not really about public health or a virus. They have another agenda.’ That’s what the so-called ‘conspiracy theorists’ have been saying since March, when the first British lockdowns were imposed and our lives were turned upside down. Those ‘conspiracy theorists’ were denounced, as always, as ‘cranks’ and ‘flat-Earthers’ but …
Read More »Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19, and Resistance rejoices
Miller has been working remotely and tested negative for the past five days, but turned up a positive test on Tuesday and was quarantined, multiple outlets reported citing a senior White House official. The news triggered an outpouring of vitriol on social media last seen in May, when Miller’s wife …
Read More »Trump calls off Covid-19 stimulus talks, blaming Democrats – he says he’ll pass relief package AFTER election
Pelosi (D-California) is asking for $2.4 trillion to bail out “poorly run, high-crime Democrat states” funding that is entirely unrelated to the virus, Trump tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major …
Read More »‘Not enough just to go back to normal’: Johnson says Covid-19 ‘plague’ will reshape UK
In an address to his Conservative Party, the UK leader expressed his opposition to a return to normality once the health crisis is over. Johnson pointed to wars, famines and other catastrophes throughout history, noting that events that affect the “vast bulk of humanity” don’t simply “come and go” but …
Read More »‘Don’t let Covid-19 dominate you’: Trump tells Americans to ‘get out’ & ‘be careful’ in first statement after hospital stay
The president shared a brief video message on Twitter after returning to the White House on Monday evening, thanking staff at Walter Reed Medical Center and stating that he felt “better than I have in a long time” after his three-day stay. “One thing that’s for certain: Don’t let [Covid-19] …
Read More »US government takes some Covid-19 relief benefits BACK from workers after OWN mistake, while corporations hoard relief money
Workers who erroneously received a financial windfall under the massive expansion of state unemployment benefits that formed a key part of the federal government’s Covid-19 relief package are being told they owe thousands of dollars in surprise crippling debt as the states struggle to claw back their excess payments, the …
Read More »Trump leaves hospital after being treated for Covid-19, as Democrats slam him for setting ‘dangerous example’ with quick return
Trump walked out of the hospital doors at 6:40 local time on Monday and walked to the waiting motorcade, not taking any questions from the gathered press pool but giving a thumbs-up gesture to the photographers before getting into his car. Trump took a helicopter back to the White House, …
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