Author: Thomas Bush
Trump’s campaign manager allegedly financially benefitting from reelection campaign
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 7, 2020Although 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 one making hay out of Trump. Billionaire Liz Uihlein, an economic advisor to President Trump and a GOP mega-donor, has not only been telling lawmakers …
Read MoreTrump’s approval rate falls still farther
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 6, 2020President Trump’s approval rating has fallen one percent from April, while his disapproval rating has risen two percent to 51%. Approval ratings for Trump’s handling of COVID is worse. Only 42% of Americans approve of his performance, down from 50% in March. 51% of Americans say he’s doing a bad job, up from 45% in March. …
Read MoreElon Musk vows to “own no house,” sells mansion
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 5, 2020Elon Musk is back to his crazy (manic?) antics. He tweeted Friday that shares of his company, Tesla, were too high. As a result, they plummeted some 12%. He also tweeted that he would “own no house” nor any possessions. He’s now selling his house. The case is growing that Musk might be manic depressive, …
Read More6-week unemployment numbers top 30 million
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 3, 2020The latest unemployment numbers are in, and the 6-week total has now reached 30.3 million people. According to a New York Times investigation, the numbers may be much higher. The first week of April, the number of Americans applying for unemployment claims doubled from the week before, and that week was already a record-setting week! …
Read MoreConcern grows about opening economy too soon
Posted by Thomas Bush / May 1, 2020The Japanese island of Hokkaido was once a model for how to handle the COVID pandemic. Now, it’s a model for what not to do, because they opened too early and are experiencing a send wave of victims. Along those lines, Dr. Fauci has warned states against opening too early, despite the expiration of federal …
Read MoreKansas man drank bleach following Trump’s suggestion
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 28, 2020A man in Kansas has drunk bleach based on “advice” he’d gotten. He did not identify who gave him the advice, but he drank the bleach after Trump suggested it in one of his briefings. Trump takes no responsibility, as per usual. (Howard Stern, by the way, encourages more Trump supporters to try the bleach …
Read MoreTrump might quit COVID briefings because of negative press coverage
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 27, 2020President Donald Trump has apparently reached his breaking point with his calamitous daily briefings. He tweeted: What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing …
Read MoreMillions of dollars of Paycheck Protection funds taken by big companies
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 22, 2020Of the total $349 billion allotted for the Paycheck Protection Program––a program designed to help small businesses––a whopping $243.4 million has been snatched up by large, publicly traded companies. What’s worse, evidence is growing that Trump’s COVID response is political corruption. President Trump sent the series of tweets urging citizens to violate Democratic governors’ stay-at-home …
Read MoreNeiman Marcus latest casualty of COVID economic fallout
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 20, 2020Iconic department store Neiman Marcus is expected to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as this week as a result of the economic fallout from the COVID pandemic. The store already had debt before it was forced to shut its 43 locations, ultimately leading to the plans to file bankruptcy. This is the first department …
Read MoreCOVID causing Britons to radically rethink their lives
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 18, 2020The COVID pandemic is changing things in Britain like few things have since the Second World War. For the first time in her 68-year reign, the Queen has asked that there be no celebration of her birthday. Other British people are making changes, as a well. According to a recent poll, only about 10% of …
Read MoreTrump family travel spending is 10x more than Obamas
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 12, 2020The Trump family is taking a whopping twelve times the number of secret-service protected trips than the Obama family did. This means that their travel has already cost the American taxpayer ten times as much as the Obamas cost for the entire eight years. According to a recent ProPublica investigation, the Trump administration pushed FEMA …
Read MoreFrench hospital suggests major cardiac risk associated with malaria drug COVID treatment
Posted by Thomas Bush / April 9, 2020A French hospital has stopped experiment treatment with malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, citing major concerns for the cardiac health. According to a New York Times investigation, Donald Trump’s family trust and some of his associates have a small stake in Sanofi, the company that makes it. Other aspects of Trump’s handling the COVID crisis are leading to cries …
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