January 2020

Don Lemon Gives World’s Worst Non-Apology After His Panel Bashing Trump Supporters

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 30, 2020 21 Comments

Under fire for a hideous panel in which he and his guests mocked Trump supporters (which the RNC turned into an ad), CNN host Don Lemon issued THE worst non-apology Tuesday.

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WHO Declares Wuhan Coronavirus Global Health Emergency After First Person-to-Person U.S. Case Reported

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 30, 2020 16 Comments

As of today, there are now over 8200 cases of those with the Wuhan Coronavirus officially reported worldwide, and 170 deaths attributed to the pathogen.  Finland is now reporting its first case, which brings the total of nations that have Wuhan Coronavirus cases to 18.

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Roberts Rejects Rand Paul’s Question Again Since it Supposedly Names the Whistleblower

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 46 Comments

Chief Justice John Roberts once again rejected a question from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) since it supposedly names the impeachment whistleblower...even though supposedly NOBODY knows the identification of the whistleblower.

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LIVE: Senate Finishes Question-and-Answer Session in Trump Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 22 Comments

The Senate will conclude its Q&A session today. I encourage everyone to pay attention to it. I found it interesting, except when Adam Schiff speaks. It begins at 1 p.m. ET.

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Students Protest After Racist Graffiti Found at the University of Richmond

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 4 Comments

"Whoever’s door that got written on, that’s going to have to be with them for the rest of their life"...

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Gabbard on CNN Town Hall Snub: “Excluding the First Female Combat Veteran Ever to Run for President”

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 42 Comments

CNN is holding a series of town hall events with Democratic candidates ahead of the New Hampshire primary. For some unknown reason, the network excluded Tulsi Gabbard.

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Petition Launched at Arizona State to Cancel Classes Due to Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 2 Comments

"The students of ASU do not feel comfortable attending classes due to the outbreak"...

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Ex-Trump Aide Carter Page Files Lawsuit Against DNC, Law Firm Perkins Coie Over Dossier

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 23 Comments

Fox News reported that for President Donald Trump campaign aide Carter Page filed a lawsuit against the Democrat National Committee (DNC), the law firm Perkins Coie, and those connected to the funding of the Christopher Steele dossier.

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Iran Accuses Europe of ‘Racism’ Over Faltering Nuclear Deal

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 30, 2020 25 Comments

Angered by Europe's waning support for the nuclear deal, Iran has accused Britain, France, and Germany of "racism," the French news agency AFP reported.

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UMass Amherst Seminar Will Discuss the ‘Oppressions of Whiteness’ in Healthcare

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2020 7 Comments

“Listening outside of whiteness: Make our bodies matter”...

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Branco Cartoon – The Three Amigos

Posted by A.F. Branco on January 30, 2020 8 Comments

No Mas!...

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The Schiff impeachment circus run should end this week

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 29, 2020 60 Comments

We are approaching the witching hour in the Senate impeachment trial. It could all but end this week, or go on for weeks or months, depending on which way the media wind blows a handful of wobbly Republican Senators.

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As nations scramble to contain Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, CDC expands screening to 20 US airports

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 29, 2020 7 Comments

I had an opportunity to have lunch with the biosafety specialist and colleague this week, to do a preliminary risk assessment related to the Wuhan Coronavirus and its potential for the outbreak in China to blossom into a full-blown pandemic. One of the biggest challenges in this exercise is the reliability of any of the data coming from China. Presently, we will assume that the death toll stands now at 169, with 7169 cases officially reported (including the five in the US).

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Pete Buttigieg Campaign Reportedly Worried About Staff Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 23 Comments

We have repeatedly covered the topic of microaggressions as part of our ongoing examination of the culture of higher education. We did not however, expect the subject to come up in our coverage of the 2020 Democratic primary.

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Trump Crushes Bolton: ‘If I Listened to Him, We Would be in World War Six by Now’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 16 Comments

President Donald Trump unloaded on former National Security Adviser John Bolton over his book's manuscript, which appeared in The New York Times. Bolton claimed Trump wanted to withhold millions to Ukraine unless its government opened an investigation into the Biden family.

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Bolton’s Manuscript Lands in NYT Three Days After NSC Warns Bolton Book has ‘Significant Amount of Classified Information’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 36 Comments

Questions have surfaced over who leaked the manuscript of John Bolton's book. How did it get out? Gee, why would it come out now? The Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York found something interesting in the timeline.

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LIVE: Question-and-Answer Session Begins in Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 29, 2020 18 Comments

Today begins the question-and-answer session. The Senate has 16 hours total to ask questions, which will be split into eight hours today and eight hours tomorrow. It will start at 1 p.m. ET. These next 16 hours could influence the witness vote.

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College Suspends Football Coach for Saying He Would Like to Have Dinner With Hitler

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 29, 2020 8 Comments

"This is probably not going to get a good review"...

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