Category: Left

After the Flynn Case, There’s ‘Lawlessness at the Top of the Nation’s Top Law Enforcement Agency’
Attorney General William "Bill" Barr has come under fire for allowing the Justice Department to drop its case Thursday against former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn after Flynn repeatedly admitted to lying to the FBI.

AOC: ‘We’re Not Going Back to Normal and that Is for Better or for Worse’
With US unemployment soaring to 14.7 percent--and 20.5 million Americans losing their jobs in April alone--all as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is reimagining what the economy could look like after the pandemic, potentially working for more working-class Americans.

Not Listening To His CDC, Trump Could Cause a ‘9/11 Every Single Day’
Donald Trump's coming under fire for ignoring guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how best to reopen the US economy in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Pelosi: Dr. Bright ‘Is a Person of the Highest Integrity and Experience as a Scientist’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is defending a immunologist and former federal official who has filed a whistleblower complaint and will testify next week before a House subcommittee.

‘The Race Is Slipping Away from Donald Trump’
Public opinion polling and other indicators are pointing to Donald Trump starting in a tough spot as he looks towards competing for a second term this year against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Whitmer on Reopening the State of Michigan: ‘We Have to Keep Listening to the Epidemiologists…Not Tweets’
Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D) said that her decision to begin to lift the stay-at-home orders and lockdown conditions on the basis of public health professionals and not politics and angry tweets.

Stepping on Bush’s Graceful Words, Trump Proves Himself Incapable of Unity
While Trump of course misses his point, the rest of us ought to very much heed President Bush's wisdom.

Dr. Birx: Michigan Protesters in Big Crowds and Not Wearing Masks Are ‘Devastatingly Worrisome’
While Donald Trump has been encouraging the protesters in Michigan, his White House coronavirus response coordinator is aghast at the potential for those protesters to eventually sicken others.

Joe Biden Defends Gretchen Whitmer, She’s Doing ‘One Heck of a Job’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden defended Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D), who has been the subject of fierce conservative protests against the state stay-at-home and lockdown orders she's issued in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

N.C. Governor: I’m ‘Really Concerned’ About How Quickly Georgia’s Reopening
North Carolina Gov Roy Cooper (D) is expressing worry about the speed at which his neighbor to the southwest is reopening their economy in the face of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

