To help our listeners join in on the conversation and share their own voice, Rolling Stone — in partnership with Yappa — will take our weekly Useful Idiots platform and transform the podcast into a live virtual event series. “Useful Idiots” is hosted by contributing veteran editor, Matt Taibbi and …
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In a press conference before President Trump’s scheduled discharge from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he has spent three days being treated for Covid-19, his medical team shared some information about his health while still evading certain specific questions from the media. Although Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, conceded that …
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White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said President Donald Trump is “doing very well” during a press conference at Walter Reed Medical Center on Saturday morning. Trump was taken to Military Medical Center on Friday after announcing that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19. “This …
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Trump, as most know by now, is a Hall of Fame liar. A simple Google search of the president’s name and the word lie leads to a seemingly infinite scroll of articles that might just reach back to the creation of the Internet itself. But when Trump is cornered, as …
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President Trump openly bragged about protecting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman from scrutiny after the royal was accused of orchestrating the murder and dismemberment of a Washington Post columnist, Bob Woodward reports in his new book. Trump told Woodward in January that he “saved” the prince’s “ass,” justifying his …
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Civil-rights icon and congressman John Lewis will be laid to rest Thursday morning with a service at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lewis served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district for 33 years. Former presidents Barack …
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Fox News’ Laura Ingraham took a break from misleading viewers about all things coronavirus to disparage those at CNN who have shared their experiences while battling the virus. On Wednesday night, Ingraham, who regularly trolls in dangerous coronavirus advice like touting untested drugs and encouraging people to take part in …
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As the United States’ death toll from coronavirus surpassed 2,000 over the weekend, our reality show president took to Twitter on Sunday to inform everyone he was more popular than ABC’s The Bachelor. Citing a report from theNew York Times, Trump tweeted: “Because the ‘Ratings’ of my News Conferences etc. …
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WASHINGTON — Sherrod Brown was pissed off. For days, the U.S. Senate had delayed crafting a massive coronavirus relief bill as the economy went into free fall. Rather than work through the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had flown home to watch Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh swear …
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The United States intelligence community has been warning the president since January and February about the dire consequences that would occur when coronavirus reached America, but the president seemed determined to play down the threat, leaving the country largely unaware and unprepared. According to the Washington Post,intelligence agencies sent reports …
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