Shortly after the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reached 1,500 on Friday, President Donald Trump took to the podium at a White House press briefing and complained that certain state’s governors are not “appreciative” enough of the federal government’s help—so much so that he said he’d told Vice President Mike Pence, the leader of the coronavirus task force, to skip calling governors of some […]
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Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,The hand that mocked them and the […]
A former organizer for Mike Bloomberg filed a class-action suit against the former New York Mayor’s 2020 presidential campaign Monday morning. The complaint argues that campaign workers, like Donna Wood who filed the complaint, were laid off eight months earlier than expected. “People are going from a pretty generous health care benefit to projected 20 to 30 percent unemployment,” Wood’s lawyer Sally Abrahamson told the New […]
Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the coronavirus task force, in coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, would issue guidance this week about how people exposed to the virus could return to work by wearing a mask. His statement comes as the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge in the U.S. On Sunday, the number of people infected with COVID-19 surpassed 30,000. […]
Breaking news late Saturday evening: Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen have both tested negative for COVID-19, according to a report by Fox News Channel. A member of the Coronavirus Task Force, which the vice president heads, tested positive on Friday. Neither the vice president nor his wife had direct contact with that person, but were tested as a cautionary measure. Pence’s press secretary, […]
In a poignant moment at the end of Saturday’s COVID-19 briefing, Vice President Mike Pence offered condolences to NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell over the recent death of her colleague from the coronavirus. As Pence left the podium and walked toward the lower press office after the briefing, he paused for a moment and told O’Donnell “Sorry for your loss.” “Thank you, sir,” O’Donnell replied. When another reporter […]
Vice President Mike Pence announced at the Coronavirus Task Force briefing on Saturday that he and Mrs. Pence are both to be tested for Covid-19, after a member of the Vice President’s staff tested positive for it. “On a personal note, many of you may have been made aware that a member of my staff has tested positive for the coronavirus. We learned of that late […]
A member of US Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House has confirmed, but said that neither Pence nor President Donald Trump were exposed. “This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus,” Pence’s spokeswoman Katie Miller told reporters on Friday evening, adding, “Neither President [Donald] Trump nor […]
Photo credit: Brett Carlsen, Getty Images Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Friday morning that his 2020 campaign would not create an independent political organization to aid Democrats to beat President Donald Trump . Instead, the billionaire is set to lay off campaign staffers. Bloomberg has announced he will toss the Democratic National Committee (DNC) $18 million as a contribution on Friday. “While we considered creating […]
Given CDC recommendations about not gathering in group of 50 or above in the next few weeks, there has been a serious question of what that means for the states that have yet to vote in the Democratic presidential primary. Given those concerns, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Monday that voting should be extended until June 2nd because in-person voting at this time “cannot conform with […]
Late night host Jimmy Fallon took a rare political turn when he floated the theory that President Donald Trump plans to blame Vice President Mike Pence for the coronavirus “disaster,” then dump the VP in favor of Nikki Haley during the general election. On Wednesday night’s edition of NBC’s The Tonight Show, Fallon interviewed Sen. Bernie Sanders on a range of topics, including the Trump administration’s response […]
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota put Vice President Mike Pence through a gauntlet of questions regarding President Donald Trump’s newly-announced policy on the coronavirus. Following Trump’s Oval Office address where he said America would broadly ban European travel, the White House had to issue a series of corrections that walked back his framing on how his policy would impact travel and trade. So when Pence gave an interview […]
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta pressed Vice President Mike Pence on whether President Donald Trump should lead by example during the coronavirus crisis and stop publicly shaking hands. During what has become a daily White House briefing on the outbreak, Acosta queried the VP on Tuesday about the president’s behavior, noting that the CDC guidance recommends against shaking hands in public and that Pence had […]
Mike Tyson became the youngest ever world heavyweight champion over three decades ago, but ‘Iron Mike’ has proven he still has that knockout power when he was filmed flooring rap god Eminem in his video for new track ‘Godzilla’. The former ‘baddest man on the planet’ made a knockout comeback by sucker punching ‘Slim Shady’ in the new video, released in full on Monday. Tyson became […]
Vice President Mike Pence notably did not specifically answer when pressed during a White House briefing to say exactly how many Americans have been tested for coronavirus and to address the impact of President Donald Trump’s tweets on the response effort. At the Trump administration’s daily press conference on coronavirus outbreak, the final question came from Playboy White House correspondent Brian Karem, an aggressive skeptic of the president, […]
Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Michael Bloomberg dropped out of the Democratic Party’s primary this week, but not before he spent more than $500 on political advertisements. According to Bloomberg (the news service, not the man), Through Friday [Feb 21], he’s spent $505.8 million on broadcast, cable, radio and digital ads, according to Advertising Analytics. That’s an average of $5.5 million a day since he […]
MSNBC’s Brian Williams was mocked for falsely claiming that former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and billionaire Mike Bloomberg could give every American $1 million, Friday. After New York Times editorial board member and MSNBC guest Mara Gay said, “Somebody tweeted recently that actually with the money he spent he could have given every American a million dollars,” Williams responded, “Let’s put it up on the screen.” […]
Nicholas Kamm/Getty Images President Donald Trump ripped into former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg Wednesday morning after the billionaire announced he would drop out of the race. Trump boasted that Bloomberg should have listened to him — which would have saved the Democratic contender “a billion dollars.” Trump added that Bloomberg’s support for Vice President Joe Biden, who he […]
Billionaire Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg has abandoned his campaign after failing to win any of the 14 Super Tuesday primary states despite spending over $500 million. He has endorsed Joe Biden. The former New York mayor announced he was suspending his campaign via a press release on Wednesday after the veritable tidal wave of cash he poured into the race netted just 12 delegates (plus […]
Never in American history has a presidential candidate spent more to get less than Mike Bloomberg, making his buy-a-nomination bid a big bust. Bloomberg spent $600 million to win as many states as every American who chose not to run: zero. (He has American Samoa to show for it.) Is it any wonder that billionaire Mike Bloomberg, according to Axios, is suspending his campaign… Full Statement […]
Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Mike Bloomberg is dropping out of the 2020 race. The billionaire former mayor of New York is suspending his campaign after a poor showing on Super Tuesday despite blowing half a billion dollars on the race. Bloomberg, long heralded as a data-driven billionaire, likely saw the pathway forward for his campaign evaporate after his rival moderate Joe Biden surged on Tuesday night, leaving […]
South Carolina Congressman and House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), whose influential endorsement helped fuel former Vice President Joe Biden’s political resurrection for the Democratic nomination, pushed 2020 candidate Mike Bloomberg on Wednesday to drop from the race after a lackluster performance on Super Tuesday. Touting Biden’s successes on Morning Joe, Clyburn did congratulate Bloomberg, “I guess mayor Bloomberg is demonstrating once again what a class guy he is.” […]
US President Donald Trump cautioned his billionaire Democratic rival Mike Bloomberg about the gross-out unhygienic behavior on display in a TikTok video apparently posted by his campaign. Score one for the mega-troll. “Don’t lick your dirty fingers,” Trump tweeted at his adversary “Mini Mike” on Tuesday evening as voting results for Super Tuesday primaries began to surface. “Both unsanitary and dangerous to others and yourself!” The […]
The gist of how everyone wants you to respond to the coronavirus mostly boils down to normal hygiene: wash your hands, don’t touch your face and keep your distance from people that appear to be sick. Vice President and coronavirus czar Mike Pence violated all of these rules in one fell swoop during last week’s coronavirus press conference when he wiped his nose with his hands, […]