Memorial Day has inspired tens of thousands of Americans to congregate on beaches and in parks, at restaurants, and at clubs.  Cell phone data from participants in anti-lockdown protestors reveals that they traveled across state lines to gather and protest, potentially spreading COVID to places that have seen little activity until now. These Memorial Day …

Donald Trump’s 2020 chances aren’t looking great. You don’t even have to look at polls to know, you can look at his behavior. The more he lashes out, especially at women, the worse he’s doing. Lately, he’s taken to retweeting sexism-laden taunts (including the word “skank”) towards Hillary Clinton (good lord, LET IT GO people, …

Mike Pompeo held lavish dinners on the government’s dime––that means your dime, if you pay taxes––to further his political career. Ostensibly, those were diplomatic dinners, but in reality the majority of invitees were donors and media people. But what should we expect from someone so closely linked to Trump, who reeks of corruption? According to …

The Secret Service has signed a $179,000 contract to rent golf carts (from a private company) at one of Trump’s golf courses. In past years, the Secret Service has rented carts during one of Trump’s visits, so it’s likely that Trump will be golfing while the country struggles with COVID. It’s starting to make sense …

Since Trump took office, the U.S. government––that is, you the taxpayer––has paid Trump’s company nearly a million dollars in room rentals and other expenses. And though Trump’s reelection campaign is only really just getting starting, his campaign manager Brad Parscale has already had $40m paid to his companies from the campaign. Parscale isn’t the only …

Although Donald Trump is proudly touting his COVID response and claiming that the number of cases have fallen, his critics aren’t so kind. In fact, some have set up a “Trump Death Clock” which keeps track of how many people have died due to Trump’s mishandling of the Trump crisis. Even the White House itself …

California officials have given in to Elon Musk and allowed the Alameda Tesla factory to reopen. Earlier this week, Elon Musk vowed to reopen his Alameda, CA factory despite a statewide lockdown. He has also threatened to move Tesla to Texas, drawing the ire of California politicians, one of whom tweeted “F*ck Elon Musk.”   Elon Musk …

Although Donald Trump is proudly touting his COVID response and claiming that the number of cases have fallen, a leaked White House report shows that cases are spiking. Rural areas in particularly are suffering––ironically the root of his support––and seeing spikes in infection rates as much as 1000%. According to an exclusive report by the …

  It’s not surprising that Kemp’s ratings dropped, since an overwhelming majority of Americans, 81%, say that lockdown restrictions should not be lifted if it means coronavirus will spread. President Trump sent a series of tweets urging citizens to violate Democratic governors’ stay-at-home orders. Jay Inslee has called the tweets “unhinged” and “illegal,” since they’re calling …

Angela Merkel is facing mounting pressure from German lawmakers to confront the Chinese president Xi Jinping over China’s human rights violations. Almost on cue, a Chinese scholar has been arrested for criticizing the government. A University of Queensland philosophy student is facing expulsion for criticizing China’s human rights record. Let’s let the sink in for …

Elon Musk has vowed to reopen his Alameda, CA factory despite a statewide lockdown. He has also threatened to move Tesla to Texas, drawing the ire of California politicians, one of whom tweeted “F*ck Elon Musk.”   Elon Musk got back to his manic antics last week. He tweeted Friday that shares of his company, Tesla, …

A University of Queensland philosophy student is facing expulsion for criticizing China’s human rights record. Let’s let the sink in for a moment. This student might be expelled for criticizing the same government that is sending Uighurs to detention camps for growing beards or wearing veils, both related to Muslim practices. The same government that …