Category: Left

Biden Responds to Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘It Never, Never Happened’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared on television Friday to take on the snowballing allegations of sexual assault against him, which threaten his bid for the White House.

With Republicans Extorting Vulnerable Americans To Work Amidst COVID-19, Democrats Must Intervene
The choice such politicians as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is forcing countless American workers to make is this: Go to work and risk infection--and perhaps death--or stay at home and potentially starve. It's up to Democrats to fight back.

We’re Not There Yet on Testing, but LA Shows the Way
A testing system closed to only those who have physician referrals--which themselves are based on showing symptoms--will never be adequate and up to the task to safely begin loosening up those lockdown and social distancing measures. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti gets it, opening up a new wider testing program in LA County.

Senator on LA Lakers Getting PPP Money: We Need to Get the Facts
A senior Senate Democrat wants his committee to investigate how the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team collected $4.6 million from a federal program designed to help American small businesses stay afloat during the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO Director General on Coronavirus: ‘World Should Have Listened to WHO … Carefully’
While Donald Trump has sharply criticized the World Health Organization's response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the organization was actually ringing the early alarm on the global emergency, according to the chief of the WHO.

Schiff: Every American Must Have ‘Easy Access to Voting by Mail with a Postage Paid Ballot’
In the debate raging over what exactly Election Day 2020 might look like, a senior Democratic lawmaker wants to ensure that every American voter has access to ballot-by-mail so as to avoid crowds and the potential for infection by the novel coronavirus, should that continue to be a concern by November.

Fmr. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack: ‘The Food Supply Chain Is Threatened in Some Parts of the Country’
One of the lesser-seen, but potentially disastrous, effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic is a potential breakdown of the US food supply.

Trump’s Re-Election Strategy Is ‘Jekyll and Hyde,’ Pundit Zakaria Says
Donald Trump's attitude toward reopening the nation's economy from its coronavirus-induced deep freeze has been surprisingly inconsistent because he's basing his coming re-election bid on "Jekyll and Hyde" populist campaign, according to journalist and CNN host Fareed Zakaria.

While Disinfectant Comments Cause Trump To Retreat from View, They Cast Unwanted Spotlight on Dr Birx
While the fierce blowback from remarks he made last week about taking household disinfectants internally has caused Donald Trump to put an end to the daily briefings he led at the White House, it's causing some new and unwanted scrutiny for one of the nation's top officials leading the federal response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Schiff Suggests ‘50,000 Americans Now Are Dead’ Because Trump Wasn’t Removed
The deaths of those Americans who have passed away due to COVID-19 is the result of an incompetent Donald Trump not being removed from office as a result of his Senate impeachment trial earlier this year. That's according to the top House Democrat who led the prosecution of Trump during that trial.

