On the heels of an Emmy nomination for the second season of the HBO series, showrunner Jesse Armstrong discovers how he reworks the scripts to be more cinematic and whether we will see a pandemic storyline in the series. Follow-up showrunner Jesse Armstrong stood up to shoot the third season …
Read More »Dangerous Oleander Extract Not a COVID-19 cure
An unusual and highly toxic compound makes headlines after President Trump reported it in an interview in the Oval Office. Axios reports that Trump expressed support for oleandrin, a botany made from the poisonous oleander plant, during a meeting in July attended by MyPillow.com founder and CEO Mike Lindell and …
Read More »Cindy McCain praises Biden in DNC video – without signing him for president
Cindy McCain, widow of Senator John McCain, cast her vote for a video on Tuesday of the second night of the Democratic convention highlighting her late husband’s close friendship with presidential nominee Joe Biden. “It was a friendship that should not have worked,” she says in the video, describing the …
Read More »DHR Health partnership to bring clinical trials to Starr County
Starr County’s partnership with DHR Health has only been strengthened under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and one of its latest collaborations seeks to bring clinical trials to the county’s hospital. Starr County Judge Eloy Vera, Sheriff Rene “Orta” Fuentes, Ameida Salinas-Tax Assessor / Collector, Cynthia Garcia Fuentes-Starr County, Ashley …
Read More »Rank and file Dems press Pelosi for more votes on coronavirus help
One proposal driven by several Democrats is a package of economic measures that would automatically extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans as the economic and health crisis continues. The push was led for months by the centrist New Democrat Coalition, which plans to send a letter to Speaker Nancy …
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