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Jul 08 2020
News
Tulsa sees Covid-19 surge in the wake of Trump's June rally
(CNN) - The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.
Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday there are high numbers being reported this week, with nearly 500 new cases in two days and trends are showing
CNN DigitalJul 28 2021
News
CDC guidance fallout: House, White House bring back mask mandates
House Attending Physician Brian Monahan said late Tuesday that the House of Representatives is reinstating its mask mandate – and therefore the threat of fines to members who don't comply – following updated guidance from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the delta variant of the coronavirus.
The White House also appears to be going back to mandated masks. A
Fox News DigitalSep 21 2017
News
Brown University Plans to Eliminate Loans From Student Aid
Brown University wants to replace all loans in student aid packages with grants that do not have to be paid back, the school announced in a press release on Wednesday.
Pacific StandardMar 25 2021
News
Here are nine questions Biden may face at his first presser
President Biden will hold his first formal press conference on Thursday, more than 60 days after taking office.
The presser comes as Biden faces a burgeoning crisis at the southern border, mass shootings that have reenergized a debate over gun control and internal battling among Democrats over whether to get rid of the filibuster and how much to even try to work with Republicans.
The HillJan 24 2017
News
Outright Lies, Constant Tweets & "Alternative Facts": Inside Trump's Orwellian War with the Media
We turn now to look at President Trump, the media and what the new administration calls "alternative facts." On Saturday, in his first full day in office, Trump visited CIA headquarters. Speaking in front of the CIA Memorial Wall, he told the agency he had a running war with the media. Hours later, Trump then ordered his new press secretary, Sean Spicer, to hold an emergency press briefing to
Democracy Now!Feb 12 2021
Analysis
Inside the Making of Facebook’s Supreme Court
On a morning in May, 2019, forty-three lawyers, academics, and media experts gathered in the windowless basement of the NoMad New York hotel for a private meeting. The room was laid out a bit like a technologist’s wedding, with a nametag and an iPad at each seat, and large succulents as centerpieces. There were also party favors: Facebook-branded notebooks and pens. The company had convened
The New YorkerApr 29 2021
Analysis
Biden Just Gave the Most Ideologically Ambitious Speech of Any Democratic President in Generations
With his vow to spend money on blue-collar jobs and tax the rich, Biden’s program aims to splinter the Trump Coalition.
President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session Congress was the most ambitious ideological statement made by any Democratic president in decades—couched in language that made it sound as if he wasn’t making an ideological argument at all.
Make no mistake that
PoliticoOct 02 2020
Fact Check
Fact checking Gov. Cuomo's false claim about Covid-positive patients and nursing homes
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that nursing homes "never needed" to accept Covid-positive patients from hospitals in the state due to a shortage of hospital beds.
During a press call Wednesday, Finger Lakes News Radio asked Cuomo about his administration's advisory in late March requiring that nursing homes accept the readmission of patients from hospitals, even if they were positive
CNN DigitalSep 21 2020
News
What's behind Trump’s push for ‘patriotic education’?
President Trump last week said his administration would be taking action to promote a “pro-American curriculum” in U.S. schools in an effort to counteract what he called “left-wing indoctrination” in education.
Speaking at the National Archives Museum, Trump said he intends to sign an executive order to create the “1776 Commission” to encourage schools to teach a positive view of
Yahoo! The 360Feb 05 2021
Analysis
Don’t Trust Those ‘Secure’ Messaging Apps
Recent political turmoil has driven a stampede of smartphone users to encrypted messaging services, so much so that service providers are having a hard time keeping up with demand. The exodus to these digital havens might come across as reasonable given social media’s newfound penchant for censorship and deplatforming. However, the public record shows that encrypted messaging apps, despite the
The American Conservative