Author: Thomas Bush
Medical experts challenge AstraZeneca’s vaccine claims
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 24, 2021A group of medical experts monitoring AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine trial has accused the company of cherry-picking data to make the vaccine seem more effective. That is especially bad news since Dr. Fauci has warned of a possible U.S. COVID surge following an uptick in cases in Europe. Some 15 states are seeing rising cases already. …
Read MoreCapitol riot prosecutor says Trump may be culpable for violence
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 23, 2021One of the prosecutors investigating the January 6 riots says that Trump could be culpable for the riot since so many of the rioters said they were taking Trump’s orders. Christopher Miller, Trump’s former acting Defense Secretary, says that Trump’s January 6 speech incited the Capitol riot. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat House impeachment manager and …
Read MorePittsburg police share troubling comments on facebook group
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 23, 2021In a closed facebook group, Pittsburg police shared troubling comments about Democrats, BLM protestors, trans people, according to an AP report. Following the January 6 Capitol riots, lawmakers and law enforcement officials are worried about extremist groups infiltrating police forces around the nation. According to a report by a former FBI agent, white supremacist groups …
Read MoreAmnesty condemns China’s policy of separating Uighur families
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 21, 2021Amnesty International has condemned the Chinese government’s policy of separating Uighur family in brutal detainment camps in Xinjiang. According to a legal analysis by a United States-based thinktank, China is breaching every act of the UN genocide convention, the most thorough legal analysis yet. The Chinese government has criticized western nations critical of their treatment …
Read MoreFour Proud Boys leaders charged with conspiracy
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 20, 2021Last week, four Proud Boys leaders in 4 states have been charged with involvement in the Capitol riots, part of a federal crackdown on the group. Now, those four leaders have been indicted on conspiracy charges. Earlier this week, a total of 10 Oath Keepers have been indicted in the January 6 riots, and prosecutors have …
Read MoreBiden’s goal of 100m shots in 100 days to be finished 42 days early
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 19, 2021Biden’s ambitious goal of 100 million vaccine doses administered by his first 100 days in office is set to be accomplished 42 days ahead of schedule. COVID deaths have fallen 22% from last week, while the number of vaccines have increased to a record-breaking 2.4 million shots a day. Some 13% of adults, and some …
Read MoreWhite House press secretary: “No question” Trump exacerbated anti-Asian hate
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 19, 2021Joe Biden’s press secretary says there’s “no question” that Trump’s rhetoric exacerbated anti-Asian hate following the deadly shooting in Atlanta that left six Asian people dead.Even before that, though, there was a spate of attacks against Asian people, and especially elderly Asian people, in the past weeks and months. A man was arrested in White …
Read MoreCOVID deaths falling, vaccine rates rising
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 16, 2021COVID deaths have fallen 22% from last week, while the number of vaccines have increased to a record-breaking 2.4 million shots a day. Some 13% of adults, and some 100 million Americans, have gotten a COVID vaccine. Biden’s approval rating is correspondingly much higher than Trump’s. Nearly 70% of Americans approved of Joe Biden’s COVID plans …
Read MoreAmazon rainforest now releasing more greenhouse gasses than it’s absorbing
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 15, 2021The Amazon rainforest is now releasing more greenhouse gasses than it’s absorbing, due to human-caused damage. The crippled rainforest is now worsening climate change. Climate change reached another grim milestone last month. The Arctic Circle reached a shocking 100.4ºF this week, a temperature scientists didn’t expect to see until the year 2100. If that temperature is verified, …
Read MoreFacebook is destroying journalism, and with it democracy
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 14, 2021Washington Monthly has levied a bold, convincing attack on Facebook, claiming that it has destabilized the media landscape, allowed for the proliferation of misinformation, and subsequently harmed democracy. The piece comes as Facebook is embroiled in controversy. For example, Facebook is facing mounting criticism over its ban of news in Australia. The company instituted the …
Read MoreNearly 13% of American adults vaccinated
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 13, 2021Some 13% of adults, and some 100 million Americans, have gotten a COVID vaccine. Biden’s approval rating is correspondingly much higher than Trump’s. Nearly 70% of Americans approved of Joe Biden’s COVID plans in the earliest stages of his presidency, polls revealed. That included 97% of Democrats, 40% of Republicans, and 70% of independents. Biden’s …
Read MoreFormer Nixon lawyer: Trump indictment coming
Posted by Thomas Bush / March 12, 2021John Dean, former counsel to Richard Nixon, is certain that a Trump indictment is coming. From personal experience as a key witness I assure you that you do not visit a prosecutor’s office 7 times if they are not planning to indict those about whom you have knowledge. It is only a matter of how …
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