Herman Cain

Top Trump Supporter Dies Of Covid After Stating Masks Were Not Necessary

Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate and affable business magnate, died Thursday after being hospitalized for coronavirus. Cain, 74, first went to an Atlanta hospital for treatment on July 1, his staff had said. His death was announced on Herman Cain’s website and Facebook page. “Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a […]

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President Trump Suggests Delaying Election As Poll Number Continue Slide

President Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the 2020 elections, something he does not have the power to do unilaterally, as he levied fresh attacks against mail-in voting. Trump, who is badly trailing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in national polls, framed the suggestion as a question and argued that with more mail-in ballots there […]

Fauci Says Trump Retweeted Fake News About Cure

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease effort, said Wednesday that trials have shown “consistently” that hydroxychloroquine is “not effective” in treating coronavirus. His comments come as President Donald Trump faces questions over his promotion of a now-deleted video in which one doctor claimed the drug was a “cure” for COVID-19. Speaking with Andrea […]

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Twitter Bans 7,000 Pro-Trump Accounts, Limits 150K More

Twitter announced Tuesday that it has begun taking sweeping actions to limit the reach of QAnon content, banning many of the conspiracy theory’s followers because of problems with harassment and misinformation. Twitter will stop recommending accounts and content related to QAnon, including material in email and follow recommendations, and it will take steps to limit […]

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Sadly, Trump Continues To Intentionally Mislead Public About Coronavirus

President Donald Trump overstated his administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis Tuesday and repeated falsehoods that he has pushed since the earliest days of the pandemic. In a solo briefing at the White House that included a question-and-answer session with reporters — his first coronavirus briefing in months — Trump offered a newly sober projection […]