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Aug 11 2022
Analysis
Hyperbolic GOP claims about IRS agents and audits
“Do you make $75,000 or less? Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you — with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.”
— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, in a tweet, Aug. 9
With a vote scheduled Friday in the House on the big spending package approved in the Senate, the GOP has focused its fire on provisions that would bolster the
Washington Post Fact Check
Aug 11 2022
News
Ukraine Claims 9 Russian Military Planes Destroyed In Blasts; Zelensky Calls For Liberation Of Crimea
Aseries of explosions at an air base in Crimea destroyed nine Russian jets, Ukrainian military officials claimed Wednesday.
Numerous explosions reportedly struck Russia's Saki military airbase, located on the western coast of Crimea, on Tuesday, leaving one dead and 13 others injured.
Russia, however, denied the officials' claims and said no aircraft were damaged. But satellite
International Business Times
Aug 11 2022
Opinion
FBI Has Reestablished Trump as the Alpha Dog in the Republican Party
As the late political philosopher Hans Gruber once said, “You ask for miracles — I give you the F-B-I.”
There was a time when having one’s home searched by federal law enforcement would trigger talk about the end of somebody’s political career. But it is a testament to what a bizarre moment in American history we are in that it may very well mark the informal launch of a presidential
National Review
Aug 11 2022
News
FBI Has Reestablished Trump as the Alpha Dog in the Republican Party
Who could be in a better position to capitalize on outrage over the FBI searching Trump’s home than Trump himself?
As the late political philosopher Hans Gruber once said, “You ask for miracles — I give you the F-B-I.”
There was a time when having one’s home searched by federal law enforcement would trigger talk about the end of somebody’s political career. But it is a testament
National Review
Aug 10 2022
News
Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waiting
Bhasha Mewar has had it with doctors. Over the past two years, Mewar has spent nearly all of her life savings seeing heart and respiratory specialists, haematologists, urologists, dermatologists and more, in a desperate bid to tame her long-COVID symptoms. She has taken a slew of drugs: beta blockers to calm her racing heart, steroid inhalers to ease her laboured breathing and an antimalarial
Nature.com
Aug 10 2022
News
Sanya: Covid lockdown strands tourists on 'China's Hawaii'
More than 80,000 tourists have been left stranded in a popular resort in China after a coronavirus outbreak sparked a lockdown.
Authorities cancelled all flights and trains from Sanya, known as "China's Hawaii", on Saturday, a day after 263 positive cases were confirmed.
Travellers must now present five negative PCR tests over seven days before being allowed to leave.
BBC News
Aug 09 2022
News
Republicans speak out against FBI raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate
Since news broke that the FBI searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, a growing number of Republicans have spoken out against the raid.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., tweeted a statement that read in part: "I've seen enough."
"The Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization," McCarthy continued
ABC News (Online)
Aug 08 2022
News
Trump Says Mar-A-Lago Home Raided by FBI Agents
Former President Donald Trump said Monday evening that FBI agents were conducting a raid at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
“Nothing like this has ever happened to a president of the United States before,” he said in a statement. “After working and cooperating with the relevant government agencies, this unannounced raid on my home was not necessary or appropriate.”
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 09 2022
News
Black family accuses Missouri water park of racism after teens' pool party reservation canceled
A Black family is claiming their teens’ birthday park was canceled at a Missouri water park due to racial discrimination, but the park and city officials maintain that more than 500 teens showed up in the parking lot, raising safety concerns about capacity after the event was advertised on social media.
Chris Evans, the father of two teen YouTubers reportedly with an online following
Fox News (Online News)
Aug 09 2022
News
Was the FBI's Raid on Mar-a-Lago the Biggest In-Kind Contribution to Trump's 2024 Bid?
After all that, the safe at Mar-a-Lago was empty. It was pried open by FBI agents who swarmed the premises under the pretense that they were looking for documents marked for preservation by the National Archives. Does anyone believe that? The FBI’s raid on the former president’s home was not over boxes of documents. If you think that, please, get some crack cocaine, White Claws, and wallow in
Townhall