[ad_1] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo dismissed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision announcement that New York City schools would remain closed for the rest of the school year. Cuomo and de Blasio are at odds over who has the authority to decide when New York City’s schools should open. De Blasio announced Saturday morning that
Month: April 2020
[ad_1] Topics in this post: Devin Nunes Spygate California Rep. Devin Nunes said Saturday that he expects to file more criminal referrals based on new revelations from the Justice Department inspector general’s investigation of the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign. Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has already filed eight criminal
[ad_1] Posted by: R. Mitchell in Syndicated Posts, Trump Administration April 12, 2020 Topics in this post: Donald Trump The President’s Schedule President Donald Trump has no public events on his schedule for Easter Sunday. Keep up with Trump on Our President’s Schedule Page. President Trump’s Itinerary for 4/12/20 – note: this page will be
[ad_1] On Saturday, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi reported on Fox News with the hyperbolic headline “Up-in-arms Fox hosts fuel a drug war.” This might spur mental pictures of Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham flying a plane dropping herbicides on the coca fields. But it’s not an illegal or addictive drug. Online, the headline
[ad_1] I just got back from Easter Vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican with Pope Francis – because, why not?, when all the livestreaming world is your only option. (“Presided over by the Holy Father in a nearly empty basilica,” the Vatican English language translator, Sister Bernadette, said on the livefeed.) And
[ad_1] On Friday’s Real Time show on HBO, host Bill Maher delivered another of his lectures against his fellow liberals on the issue of political correctness as he argued that they should stop trying to shield China in its culpability for allowing the deadly COVID-19 virus to get out by claiming that valid criticisms of
[ad_1] A hospital worker readies a swab during drive-thru tests for the coronavirus in Indian Wells, Calif., March 26, 2020. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Almost two weeks ago I offered at NRO a few synopses of various theories about why California — which, for a variety of reasons, had seemed so ripe for a New York–style epidemic —
[ad_1] Easter weekend is always a meaningful time of the year and it may mean even more for people this year as the COVID-19 pandemic forces us to confront our physical mortality. If you are MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, however, this holy week means more than previous years’ because it helps serve as a reminder that President
[ad_1] Magic Johnson’s reckless behavior as an NBA player led to an HIV diagnosis and early retirement from the L.A. Lakers. Astonishingly, in a USA Today story Friday, he compares his plight to people who, through no fault of their own, have contracted or died from the coronavirus. In Mark Medina’s USA Today story Friday, Johnson (seen
[ad_1] The abortion clinics that sought a wholesale exemption from the Texas governor’s executive order, GA-09, postponing non-essential medical procedures through April 21 did not ask the Supreme Court to review the strong decision that the Fifth Circuit issued against them on Tuesday, April 7. But they now appear poised to ask the Court to
[ad_1] Holy Saturday — sometimes called “Black Saturday” — is the day after Good Friday, and has traditionally been associated with Christ’s “Harrowing of Hell.” Tradition holds that Christ descended into hell after His death to liberate the righteous departed. There is some debate whether the “hell” into which Christ “descended” — Descensus Christi ad
[ad_1] Topics in this post: Barack Obama coronavirus When Barack Obama stated that, as president, he intended to “fundamentally transform America”, he was basing this promise on taking over the nation’s healthcare system with Obamacare, and using the lie of global warming in order to outlaw automobile usage, halt commercial jet airline travel, convince people
[ad_1] (Christian Hartmann/Reuters) Earlier today, JulieAnne donated $25 to the in-the-home-stretch NR webathon and described her kindness thusly: “Just a kernel for those who give me the whole cob! I realize I’m being corny, but you have my ear. Quarantine brain is real!” Thanks JulieAnne. Feel free to stalk us any time with the puns.
[ad_1] LEAVE CHINA ALONE!!! The scientific journal Nature doesn’t exactly say that in its April 7 editorial but the title sure gives off that same vibe: “Stop the coronavirus stigma now.” The subhead complains “The pandemic is fuelling deplorable racism and discrimination, especially against Asian people.” What Nature calls “stigma” is really reasonable criticism of
[ad_1] The New York Times most classless columnist, Paul Krugman, hit all his usual tropes in Friday’s New York Times with the borderline-hysterical “American Democracy May Be Dying.” It’s the same paranoia that he shows whenever a Republican gains the presidency, and you’re an ignorant sheep if you’re not as terrified as he is. If
[ad_1] Welcome to Groundhog Day, Coronavirus Christian style 2020. It’s Holy Saturday, which every year for me is the oddest day of the year. If a church door is open, Jesus seems so far. He is not in the tabernacle. Because He has died. He has died for us. Every year, I feel as though
[ad_1] At the nation´s Spanish-speaking media, the word “controversy” seems fit for use in just about any report about the coronavirus and the measures taken by the Trump administration to contain it, as well as to mitigate the economic hardships it has triggered. This video clip from recents newscasts at Telemundo and Univision gives you
[ad_1] Los Angeles Police Department officers check the purpose for passenger travel at Union Station during the coronavirus outbreak in Los Angeles, Calif., April 4, 2020. (Kyle Grillot/Reuters) There are worse things that can happen than a pandemic. ‘An overreach by our police officers.” Yeah, I’ll say. “Overreach” was the concession that the police department
[ad_1] On the PBS NewsHour Friday night, pundits David Brooks and Mark Shields trashed President Trump’s “North Korean-style loyalty tests” and praised Bernie Sanders for making a socialist moment. Brooks said a commission to make recommendations on reopening the economy is a good thing, but there’s the sense that being nice to President Trump is
[ad_1] This has been the pattern: the Executive assumes new power that is never fully annulled when the threat ends. Presidents Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush and Richard M. Nixon (public domain) The COVID-19 crisis offers unprecedented insight into the delicate balance between free market solutions and government overreach. We see it today in the
[ad_1] It takes something pretty wild to make a viewer think the CW dramatic soap opera Dynasty has gone beyond the pale, given the standard storylines written for the show. This week though, it succeeded. Just in time to be broadcast on Good Friday, during the episode airing on April 10 titled “She Canceled”, Cristal
[ad_1] The Wall St. Bull on a nearly empty Broadway in the New York financial district as the coronavirus outbreak continues, March 23, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Coronavirus fears hit stocks hard, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding nearly 11,000 points, or 38 percent, from the February peak of 29,423. As of today the markets
[ad_1] Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks with supporters in Henderson, Nev., February 14, 2020. (Gage Skidmore) Klein argues that Biden should push for a more ambitious public option than the one already in his platform: It would help him appeal to supporters of Bernie Sanders while also addressing the concerns Americans are increasingly going
[ad_1] Charitable groups have stepped in to serve the hungry, poor, and dying for centuries, and today is no different. As of Thursday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in America is 427,460, with 14,696 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The unemployment rate likely is around 9.7%—approaching three times the record-low
[ad_1] The coronavirus lockdowns are putting our entire social fiber at risk. The initial solidarity of the response to the coronavirus was overwhelming. People clapped for hospital staff; balcony choirs amazed the #StayAtHome social media crowd. Those who objected to lockdown policies were few and quickly dismissed as naysayers and contrarians. Since then, weeks have
[ad_1] In crises like the coronavirus pandemic, it’s only natural that people look to government. The American framework of federalism has been critical, with local, state, and federal governments all taking on different roles in the response. But government alone cannot get the job done. As critical as the work of government has been, its
[ad_1] This week, according to members of the federal government, and state and local governments, Americans have begun to flatten the curve in the novel coronavirus outbreak. The excitement was muted—after all, trends can easily reverse—but real. Americans have abided by recommendations and orders. They’ve left their jobs to stay at home; they’ve practiced social
[ad_1] Since first emerging in China late last year, the novel coronavirus quickly has become a global crisis. The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, have spread rapidly across the world, infecting more than a million people and taking the lives of tens of thousands. Along the way, the virus has slowed a
[ad_1] Map of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States as of March 24, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons) When historians look back at “the coronavirus crisis of 2020,” they’re likely to focus on the spread of the disease, the economic dislocation it caused and how the federal government responded to it. Predictably, and depending on the
[ad_1] It turns out 2016 was a high watermark, not a baseline, for what he could achieve with his prog-grassroots appeal. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Austin, Texas in February 2020. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) In his Pat Buchanan memoir The Crusader, journalist Timothy Stanley recalled the final moments of the