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Seth Meyers Exposes Sean Hannitys Huge Coronavirus Hoax Lie

Nobody in the media got a pass from Seth Meyers on Wednesday night. In his latest praised President Donald Trumps new tone on the crisis at his daily briefing on Tuesday. Because he managed to restrain himself for an hour, after weeks of lies and serial failures that led us to this harrowing moment, Meyers said, some in the media were actually gullible enough after four years to give Trump credit for his change of tone. He singled out MSNBCs Brian Williams and CNNs Erin Burnett and Jim Acosta, among…

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Whats Behind Trumps Baffling New Power Grab

Two days after claiming he hadTrump said during Wednesdays coronavirus task force briefing, in a move reminiscent of propaganda outlet, the service has maintained its promoted Chinese propaganda. "If you heard what's coming out of the Voice of America, it's disgustingwhat things they say are disgusting toward our country," Trump said on Wednesday. Regardless of his motives, Trumps latest threat illustrates how, in a crisis, an executive can unilaterally act (or threaten to act) while everyone else has to react. Even if successful, these appointees would serve under a considerable…

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Seth Meyers Unloads on Trump for Mocking Mitt Romneys Coronavirus Quarantine

It seemed pretty weird when Seth Meyersthe novel coronavirus pandemic to viewers from an empty hallway in his house. It may be weird to do this from a hallway, the Late Night host said. But at least Im not doing it from a public beach! Meyers caught his audience up on nearly every aspect of the crisis that he has missed over the past week, including the revelation that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) had The Last Laugh podcast. Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/seth-meyers-unloads-on-trump-for-mocking-mitt-romneys-coronavirus-quarantine

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The Good Fight Is the Best TV Show to Watch if You Really F*cking Hate Trump

This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beasts Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, . Christine Baranskis Diane Lockhart came back this week. The armor: a chic blazer embellished in a gold-foil brocade print. The helmet: The classiest damn blown-out bob that ever existed. The weapon: A manilla folder clutched close to the vest, her methodical plan to eviscerate her opponent in the name of moral justice enclosed. The steed: No need. Diane Lockhart…

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The Villains of the Virus Are Cashing In and Spreading Death

Devin Nunes, who over the course of his career has blamed collusion with the Kremlin on the FBI, went dark on us for a little while but has returned with a vengeance, blaming the soon-to-be-wrecked economy on California education bureaucrats. OK, not directly. But in a The ugly world view that has brought us to this wretched point was on full display, along with the evidence that this impassioned advocate of a return to pedagogical normalcy must have skipped English class as a lad (kids coulda went back to school…

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The Party of Life Embraces Trumps Death Cult

In the last 24 hours, it has become clear that, despite warnings from experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, o say the silent part out loud. Consider the comments of Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who, a few days ago, Why should a global pandemic be any different? Johnson went on to add thatgetting coronavirus is not a death sentence except for maybe no more than 3.4 percent of our population, (and) I think probably far less. When I signed up to be a columnist, I was told thered be no math.…

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Trump Obsesses Over Flu Deaths, Attacks Cuomo in Softball Fox News Chat

In a Tuesday virtual town hall with a deferential Fox News panel, President Donald Trump spent much of his time obsessing over the number of flu deaths America experiences annually in order to downplay the threat of the coronavirus pandemic as complained about the lack of ventilators received from the federal government. I watched Governor Cuomo and he was very nice, the president said of the New York governors press conference, which preceded the Fox News town hall, before attacking Cuomo for complaining about receiving only 3,000 ventilators from the…

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Trumps New Plan: Become a Living Everything Is Fine Meme

passed a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan on a unanimous vote and ended with the news that America now has one where an abject crisis is causing historic economic disruption and human suffering on a global scale, and one constructed by Trump, in whichthrough his ingenuity and stewardshipAmerica is on the precipice of putting this all behind us. As we look forward, the president said on Tuesday, we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The next day, the number of deaths in the U.S. reached…

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Melania Trump: The Inventor of Social Distancing

Some of our thickest-headed politicians have been passing the time by spreading nonsense about the coronavirus, Jimmy Kimmel said in the argued to Tucker Carlson on Monday that, in Kimmels words old people are willing to go to an early grave in order to help boost the stock market. And that doesnt make me noble or brave or anything like that, Patrick said on Fox News. No, it makes you an idiot, Kimmel replied, before adding, I shouldnt say it makes you an idiot. It reveals to us that you…

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Congress Wanted Answers From Trump on Coronavirus. He Blew Them Off.

The morning of Feb. 12, members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee filed into their Capitol Hill committee chambers for a scheduled hearing about the rapidly growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus. On that day, the number of total coronavirus cases in the world had crossed 60,000 and more than 1,000 were dead from the disease, nearly all in mainland China. But there were 14 cases in the United States, and top officials from the Centers for Disease Control were warning the coronavirus could gain a foothold. Against that backdrop,…

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Trump-Loving CPACs Favorite Democratic Candidate Is Mike Bloomberg

The Conservative Political Action Conference, a yearly confab dedicated to all things on the right side of the aisle, is a Democratic presidential contender. I would pick Bloomberg, because I think hes the most sane of them all, Ron Fodor, a 67-year-old retiree, told The Daily Beast. Basically because a wise man once said, Be a success before you tell someone else how to be a success. I think Bloomberg, hes been a success, theres no doubt about it Hes also a capitalist, where the other ones could swing to…

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Trump Turns to Tucker Carlson to Help Decide Roger Stones Fate

If President Trump ends up pardoning his former political operative part-time Trump adviser: Tucker Carlson. For roughly a year, the primetime host has done a series of segments devoted to calling on the president to pardon the so-called dirty trickster Stone, a Republican consultant, Nixon enthusiast, withdrew, mere hours after the Justice Department headquarters intervened to supercede their recommendation to a federal judge that Stone be sentenced to seven-to-nine years behind bars. And on Wednesday morning, Trump posted a tweet railing against the rogue prosecutors, branding them part of the…

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Trevor Noah Exposes Trumps Hypocrisy on Pelosi and Limbaugh

After taking a few moments to express shock at Mitt Romneys decision to stand by him, Trevor Noah moved on to the rights ripping up her copy of the presidents State of the Union address. The Daily Show host played a montage of the most over-the-top reactions from Fox News pundits, culminating with both Kellyanne Conway and Laura Ingraham accusing Pelosi of shredding the stories of the Americans Trump talked about in his speech. That is so true, my friends, Noah said, nodding gravely. When Nancy Pelosi tore up a…

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SNL Brutally Mocks Trumps Orange Face Tan Line Photo

President Trump was acquitted in a Senate trial this week and Democrats are calling it a cover-up, Colin Jost said at the top of Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update this week. But does this look like a guy who can pull off a cover-up? With that line, the show displayed the awarded Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom. And then immediately after the speech in a more touching moment, Rush traded the medal for a bottle of Oxy, he joked before adding, Now, look, say what you want about…

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