Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges: These "are the good times — compared to what's coming next"
4 years, 8 months ago

Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges: These "are the good times — compared to what's coming next"

Salon  

Empires fall a little bit at a time and then all at once. In this conversation, Hedges warns that the tumult and pain of Trump's coronavirus crisis is but a preview of far worse things in America's future, as social inequality and political failure combine to create a full collapse of the country's already declining standard of living, as well as its ailing democracy. Hedges also explains how the Democratic Party and its presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden, will likely not be able to respond to the Age of Trump and the economic and social destruction created by gangster capitalism, in combination with the coronavirus pandemic. The president, his party, the corporate overlords and Trump's Christian nationalist cult are now telling the American people to go out and risk death from the novel coronavirus as an act of "patriotism" and "love" for the economy. Watching Trump stand before the country and speak about the coronavirus pandemic while he is flanked by corporate CEOs — never mind how Trump has filled the government with people from some of the world's largest corporations — really speaks to how the country is a naked plutocracy.

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Coronavirus is no longer a top issue for Americans. That’s good news for Republicans
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus is no longer a top issue for Americans. That’s good news for Republicans

CNN  

CNN — This week was more of a normal week for news – something we haven’t had in a long time. The fact that the coronavirus pandemic, now in its third year, is no longer a top news story is where we begin this week’s statistical journey. Americans may be losing interest in Russian invasion of Ukraine Unlike the coronavirus …

On the day before the US election, the coronavirus pandemic is the worst it has ever been in the country
4 years, 2 months ago

On the day before the US election, the coronavirus pandemic is the worst it has ever been in the country

ABC  

The ebbs and flows of the coronavirus pandemic have set the rhythm in the US in 2020, a year that was expected to focus on the race for the White House. Since the United States recorded its first coronavirus case in January, Donald Trump has declared dozens of times that the virus will simply "go away". At least 31 states …

Analysis: The Trump presidency is now the coronavirus presidency
4 years, 3 months ago

Analysis: The Trump presidency is now the coronavirus presidency

Al Jazeera  

The virus is likely to determine Trump’s political fate, despite his efforts to avoid just that. For better or for worse, and despite US President Donald Trump’s efforts, coronavirus and Trump are forever entwined: It has defined his presidency and may likely decide his political fate. He bulldozed his way through a widely-panned first presidential debate with Biden last week, …

Majority of Americans say they're 'embarrassed' by US coronavirus response as disapproval over Trump's handling hits record high
4 years, 4 months ago

Majority of Americans say they're 'embarrassed' by US coronavirus response as disapproval over Trump's handling hits record high

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the CNN poll conducted by SSRS, 68 per cent of respondents said they …

WHO chief says there is no return to normalcy in the future, too many countries are heading in the wrong direction with Coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

WHO chief says there is no return to normalcy in the future, too many countries are heading in the wrong direction with Coronavirus

Firstpost  

The WHO said that government and individual responses should depend on local virus conditions - namely, whether there is community spread or no. The World Health Organization’s chief on Monday slammed some government leaders for eroding public trust by sending mixed messages on the coronavirus and warned that their failures to stop their countries’ spiraling outbreaks mean there would be …

U.S.: Growing rate of disaffection
4 years, 6 months ago

U.S.: Growing rate of disaffection

The Hindu  

THE COVID-19 pandemic seems never-ending in the United States, where a burst of cases from Florida to California threatens to send the numbers of infected well over the three million mark. Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is the point person for the fight against COVID-19 in the U.S., said that he …

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump has been suggesting the coronavirus is under control for 156 days now

CNN  

CNN — On January 22, President Donald Trump did an interview with CNBC from Davos, Switzerland, where he was asked, for the first time, about the coronavirus in America. “It’s going away,” Trump said of the coronavirus during a speech to a conservative students group in Arizona on Wednesday. A week ago, in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, …

Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump still seems to not understand how bad the coronavirus crisis is

CNN  

CNN — Three months in – after a million infections, nearly 60,000 US deaths and a potential economic depression – it’s still unclear whether President Donald Trump grasps the gravity of the coronavirus crisis. “Many very good experts, very good people too, said this would never affect the United States,” Trump told CNN’s Jim Acosta on Tuesday. For the record, …

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
4 years, 8 months ago

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Associated Press  

Christians the world over are celebrating a solitary Easter amid a global virus pandemic. ___ THE FIGHT FOR NEW YORK: Listen to AP’s coronavirus podcast, “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak,” for an interview with three AP reporters who worked on “24 Hours: The Fight for New York,” a multiformat package following 10 New Yorkers as they negotiate life in a …

Good coronavirus news makes it harder for Trump to hold the line
4 years, 8 months ago

Good coronavirus news makes it harder for Trump to hold the line

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump urged Americans eight days ago to brace for the “toughest week” of the coronavirus pandemic – but for Trump himself, the week ahead may well be tougher. “People are also going to remember just how bad things got.” Deep divisions about when to return to old routines A CNN poll last week showed most want …

Trump’s alarming coronavirus message to America portends tragic days ahead
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump’s alarming coronavirus message to America portends tragic days ahead

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump finally leveled with America about the desperate reality of the coronavirus pandemic, warning of cruel weeks to come in one of the most chilling White House moments in modern history. Even with blanket nationwide adoption of stringent mitigation efforts, between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans could face death in the coming weeks in a cascading nationwide …

Coronavirus could shut down America for months, and that scares Donald Trump for more than economic reasons
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus could shut down America for months, and that scares Donald Trump for more than economic reasons

ABC  

If a week is a long time in politics, it's an eternity during a pandemic. Indeed, on the very day the World Health Organisation warned America it could soon become the global epicentre of the pandemic, Mr Trump pushed for the US economy to be "opened up and raring to go" in just over two weeks. "Getting coronavirus is not …

Coronavirus changes everything (opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus changes everything (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. “Silver’s decision is a sobering but inspiring reminder that true commitment to social responsibility means that capitalism doesn’t always have to mean profits over people,” wrote Roxanne Jones. “But it quickly became apparent that this was one more error-filled display in what has been a grotesque carnival …

Ex-GOP Lawmaker Spots The Coronavirus Moment Donald Trump Will Come To Regret
4 years, 9 months ago

Ex-GOP Lawmaker Spots The Coronavirus Moment Donald Trump Will Come To Regret

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Former Rep. David Jolly predicted the moment that may come to define President Donald Trump’s haphazard and widely criticized response to the coronavirus crisis. “And whether it’s incompetence or not, what Donald Trump doesn’t realize in this moment is the American people are fearful,” Jolly continued. In fact, he is asking for people to accept his grievance …

Trump takes a victory lap early on in the coronavirus fight
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump takes a victory lap early on in the coronavirus fight

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump wants America to know he’s doing a great job in keeping out the novel coronavirus, in a victory lap that could look premature if his own experts are correct in their more somber forecasts. “The risk to the American people remains very low,” Trump said, as he unveiled his big announcement: Vice President Mike Pence …

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