Good Morning. As Donald Trump continues to downplay or denigrate the advice of scientists from his own administration, more than 1,200 members of the US National Academy of Sciences have signed an open letter urging the President to “restore science-based policy in government”. The letter began in 2016 in response …
Read More »“I’m not losing,” says the President of the United States in an interview, just as it happened | United States News
Once again this morning, President Trump attacked CDC and public health experts who should guide our response to Covid-19, saying they “don’t know” what they are talking about. The past six months have proven time and time again that it’s Donald Trump who doesn’t know what he’s talking about when …
Read More »Donald Trump v Fox News Sunday: extraordinary moments of a wild interview | United States News
Almost four years after his wild and improbable presidency, Donald Trump managed to shock the world again. An interview with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace included a claim that they don’t care what the military has to say about the name change of their bases, and an argument about whether …
Read More »Coronavirus Live News: Trump Says Fauci Is ‘Alarmist’; Hong Kong makes masks mandatory indoors | World News
In an extraordinary interview with Fox News on Sunday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, called the expert in the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci, “an alarmist” and when asked about the daily number of deaths from coronavirus of about 1,000 said, “It is what it is.” The …
Read More »John Lewis knew that civil rights did not end with voting rights or Barack Obama | Peniel E Joseph | Opinion
TThe death of John Lewis, the Alabama-born civil rights activist Freedom Rider and student leader-turned-Georgia congressman, represents a generational transition in America’s long struggle for black freedom, dignity and citizenship. A disciple of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who experienced brutal and repeated acts of violence by racist white police …
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