| Jim Jordan explodes when asked to put on a mask, pivots to 'unmasking' of Michael Flynn Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:49 PM PDT  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has successfully twisted a public health concern into a conservative conspiracy theory -- but not the one of the dozens of COVID-19 conspiracies one might expect.During a Wednesday hearing with the country's four biggest technology companies, Jordan used his questioning time to claim Google tried to help Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Penn.) was up next, and started her questioning by saying she would pivot from "fringe conspiracy theories" to anti-trust questions. Chaos predictably ensued."We have the email, there is no fringe--" Jordan interrupted before committee chair Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) cut him off. "Put your mask on," Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) chimed in. Jordan then used Raskin's request to pivot to a favorite conspiracy: "You want to talk about masks? Why would the deputy secretary of the treasury unmask Michael Flynn's name?"> "Put your mask on!"> > Shouting breaks out among members of the House subcommittee during tech hearing, after Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon suggests Rep. Jim Jordan is pushing "fringe conspiracy theories" https://t.co/83sKht0bRx pic.twitter.com/E6fEZKT6tO> > -- CBS News (@CBSNews) July 29, 2020Jordan's outburst came just hours after Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) tested positive for COVID-19 and then walked around the House office building knowing he had it. Jordan was also reminded, albeit more gently, to put on his mask during a Tuesday hearing with Attorney General William Barr. Gohmert was also at that hearing, and one of his aides -- and other Republican staffers -- have since anonymously complained about the lack of mask compliance among their congressmembers. > Ever since PM came out, Ive gotten a flood of emails from republican staffers who say they too are being forced to come to the hill without a mask now. > > If you're one of those people, email me or dm me.> > -- Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) July 29, 2020More stories from theweek.com Pelosi to implement new order requiring all lawmakers wear masks on House floor Republicans' coronavirus aid bill is a joke. It might take a stock market crash to change their minds. The Pentagon wants a new nuke because it might fire off the old ones by mistake
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| Trump news: President plans to send more agents nationwide amid crackdown on protests while attacking Biden in Twitter rant Posted: 29 Jul 2020 03:06 PM PDT  The nation's death toll from coronavirus surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday, reaching the highest such figure globally, as Covid-19 infections continue to rise across the US.Donald Trump meanwhile spent the day travelling to a fundraiser in Texas to support oil drilling efforts, raging against Democrats in a campaign-style speech before signing a series of pipeline permits.
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| Harvard professor accused of lying about China ties faces U.S. tax charges Posted: 28 Jul 2020 03:20 PM PDT  U.S. prosecutors brought tax charges on Tuesday against a Harvard University professor accused of lying to authorities about his ties to a China-run recruitment program and funding he allegedly received from the Chinese government for research. Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's chemistry and chemical biology department, was charged in an indictment filed in federal court in Boston with failing to report income he received from Wuhan University of Technology in China. The four tax-related counts are in addition to two counts of making false statements to federal authorities that Lieber, 61, pleaded not guilty to in June.
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| Biden's notes on display: 'Do not hold grudges' against Sen. Kamala Harris Posted: 28 Jul 2020 06:23 PM PDT  Harris' name was scrawled across the top of his notes, followed by five talking points: "Do not hold grudges." "Campaigned with me & Jill." "Talented." "Great help to campaign." "Great respect for her."
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| Sen. Cruz: Local officials should be held accountable for 'letting their cities burn' Posted: 28 Jul 2020 07:11 AM PDT  Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduces legislation to allow cities to be sued and federal funds to be denied over the riots.
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| Elon Musk says Tesla doesn't want to crush rivals, and the company is open to licensing its self-driving software and battery technology Posted: 28 Jul 2020 07:37 PM PDT  Musk's comments came in response to a story about German automakers envious of Tesla's sophisticated electric vehicle technology.
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| Hong Kong students arrested under national security law Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:38 AM PDT  Those arrested include Tony Chung, the ex-leader of a group that called for Hong Kong independence.
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| Revel suspends New York electric moped sharing service after second reported death Posted: 28 Jul 2020 10:48 AM PDT  Electric moped sharing service Revel said on Tuesday it was suspending service in New York after a string of accidents and reports of a second rider killed in the city in recent weeks. Revel said in a statement it was "reviewing and strengthening our rider accountability and safety measures and communicating with city officials, and we look forward to serving you again in the near future." New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told a Tuesday news briefing his office spoke to the company and made clear the situation was unacceptable.
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| Kavanaugh reportedly tried to find middle ground in Louisiana abortion case, but other justices weren't having it Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:58 AM PDT  Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh reportedly didn't want to be on the losing side of a major case.In late June, the court ruled 5-4 that a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have "active admitting privileges" at a hospital within 30 miles was invalid. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with liberals to provide the pivotal vote in the case, but as people familiar with court discussions tell CNN, that's not how Kavanaugh wanted it to go down.Abortion rights were a big focus of Kavanaugh's 2018 confirmation hearing, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) saying Kavanaugh's promise to uphold Roe v. Wade was a big reason the pro-choice Republican overlooked a sexual assault allegation and cast a deciding vote to confirm him. The Louisiana ruling in late June brought Kavanaugh's stance into question, as he joined conservatives to claim the law protected women's health.But as CNN reports, "Kavanaugh wanted the justices to sidestep any ruling on the merits" of the law and avoid having to "put their own views on the line." In an internal memo and in conversations, Kavanaugh tried to convince the justices to return the case to a trial court judge to gather more facts on just how burdensome the law would be on abortion doctors, sources say. That would stop the law from going into immediate effect, but also spare the justices from making a clear determination on abortion restrictions. But even Roberts, who upheld a Texas law just like Louisiana's 2015, didn't go for it.Kavanaugh also reportedly tried a similar strategy in cases regarding subpoenas for President Trump's financial records, but ultimately sided with the majority to declare Trump wasn't absolutely immune to those subpoenas. Read more about Kavanaugh's attempt to keep the middle ground at CNN.More stories from theweek.com Pelosi to implement new order requiring all lawmakers wear masks on House floor Republicans' coronavirus aid bill is a joke. It might take a stock market crash to change their minds. The Pentagon wants a new nuke because it might fire off the old ones by mistake
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| Republican Senate hopeful says coronavirus numbers being 'cooked' to hurt Trump, as death toll nears 150,000 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 10:42 AM PDT  A Republican congressional candidate in Kansas claimed that the number of people that have died due to the coronavirus has been exaggerated to hurt Donald Trump.Kris Kobach, who is running for a Senate seat in Kansas and previously served as its secretary of state, appeared on a YouTube channel and claimed the number of cases and deaths was a lie.
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| Pakistani Muslim accused of insulting Islam killed in court Posted: 29 Jul 2020 02:14 AM PDT |
| Russia and China Are Catching Up on Hypersonic Missiles Amid US Neglect, Expert Says Posted: 29 Jul 2020 10:22 AM PDT  The U.S. is at risk of falling behind Russia and China on "game changer" hypersonic missile development.
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| U.S. cybersecurity firm says Beijing-linked hackers target Vatican ahead of talks Posted: 28 Jul 2020 11:31 PM PDT  Hackers linked to the Chinese government have infiltrated Vatican computer networks, including the Roman Catholic Church's Hong Kong-based representative, a U.S. firm that tracks state-backed cyber attacks said on Wednesday . It said the attacks began in May. The Vatican and Beijing were expected to engage in talks this year over the renewal of a landmark 2018 deal that stabilised relations between China and the Church. U.S. cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said in the report that the attacks targeted the Vatican and the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong, including the head of the Hong Kong Study Mission, who is seen as Pope Francis' de facto representative to China.
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| Inside a Park Avenue Co-Op That Playfully Breaks With Convention Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:44 AM PDT |
| 'Put your mask on!': Lawmakers erupt after Jim Jordan throws a temper tantrum during the big tech hearing Posted: 29 Jul 2020 12:36 PM PDT  Lawmakers slammed Rep. Jim Jordan at the antitrust hearing after he interrupted a colleague accusing him of raising "fringe conspiracy theories."
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| Colombia coronavirus quarantine to be extended until Aug 30 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 05:28 PM PDT  Colombia's national lockdown to curb infections of the new coronavirus will be extended by one month until the end of August, President Ivan Duque said on Tuesday. The Andean country has reported more than 267,300 coronavirus cases and 9,074 deaths. "Obligatory preventative isolation, as the general concept, will continue until August 30," Duque said in his nightly broadcast.
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| Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, gave 8-figure donations to 6 different HBCUs for their 'transformative' work against inequality Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:18 PM PDT  Four of the presidents of these institutions highlighted that Scott's donations were the largest from a single individual in the schools' history.
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| Ghislaine Maxwell loses 'extraordinary' last-minute appeal to stop release of 'embarrassing' confidential documents Posted: 29 Jul 2020 12:59 PM PDT  Ghislaine Maxwell has lost a desperate last-minute appeal to stop "embarrassing" confidential documents from being released. US District Judge Loretta Preska confirmed her ruling that the files must be unsealed and released to the public, despite Ms Maxwell's lawyers' "extraordinary request" for her to reconsider. The British socialite, 58, had tried to argue that the government wrongfully used depositions filed in her civil lawsuit to bring criminal charges. She is currently answering a number of suits brought by victims of associate Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier found dead in his prison cell last year. Her lawyers charged on Wednesday that prosecutors in a separate criminal case used confidential depositions she made in 2016 in the civil case that is now being consideration by Judge Preska. The defamation suit was filed in 2015 by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, who alleges she was abused by Epstein and pimped out to powerful figures including Prince Andrew, and confidentially settled in 2017. The Duke of York has denied all allegations.
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| Department of Justice spokeswoman Kerri Kupec says Barr hearing was 'lost opportunity' for the American people Posted: 28 Jul 2020 06:41 PM PDT  Attorney General William Barr was prepared to answer lawmakers' questions but House Democrats refused to let him speak, says Department of Justice spokeswoman Kerri Kupec.
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| India and China race to build along a disputed frontier Posted: 29 Jul 2020 04:05 PM PDT  The rival nuclear powers are trying to out-build each other along their disputed Himalayan border.
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| Tesla quietly revealed it got a government coronavirus bailout after Elon Musk opposed another stimulus package Posted: 28 Jul 2020 08:32 AM PDT  Earlier this month, the billionaire said the government should only do direct stimulus payments to citizens because of "special interests."
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| Georgia governor backs out of hearing on Atlanta mask order Posted: 27 Jul 2020 08:35 PM PDT  Georgia's governor said he's withdrawing a request for an emergency hearing in a lawsuit that aims to block the state's largest city from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Brian Kemp earlier this month sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council, but a spokesman announced late Monday that the governor wanted "to continue productive, good faith negotiations." As a result, the governor decided to withdraw the request for a hearing that was scheduled for Tuesday morning, spokesman Cody Hall said.
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| Escape to North Korea: Defector at heart of COVID-19 case fled sex abuse investigation Posted: 27 Jul 2020 10:23 PM PDT  Last week, a 24-year-old defector returned to North Korea the way he left in 2017, authorities say, but with a coronavirus pandemic raging in the background this time, his illicit trip drew far more attention. Facing a sexual assault investigation, Kim evaded high-tech South Korean border control systems by crawling through a drain pipe and swimming across the Han River to the North on July 19, the South Korean military has said. Kim's story as a defector begins and, so far, ends in the city of Kaesong, a North Korean border town that hosted a now-shuttered inter-Korean factory park and liaison office.
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| Great white shark kills woman in rare attack in Maine, authorities say Posted: 28 Jul 2020 10:52 AM PDT  Maine has recorded only one shark attack since 1837, researchers say.
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| Trump COVID Task Force to Guvs: Make Masks Mandatory Before You Fall Into Red Zone Posted: 28 Jul 2020 04:36 PM PDT  As states in the South and Southwest grapple with how to control the spread of the coronavirus, officials on President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force cautioned the nation's governors Tuesday that a new set of states is beginning to experience an uptick in positive cases and recommended that local leaders implement mask mandates and close bars to contain the outbreaks.Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator for the task force, said the positivity rate in states such as Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Colorado was increasing and warned they should quickly take action before they fall into what she described as the "red COVID zones" category. Birx defined the red zones as those states with more than 100 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people and more than a 10 percent test positivity rate."By the time you see hospitalizations, your community spread is so wide that you've flipped into a red state incredibly quickly," Birx said, according to a recording of the call obtained by The Daily Beast. "By the time you see it, up to 80 or 90 percent of your county already has more than 10 percent positivity rate."The warnings from Birx and other task force officials come as the administration is pushing states across the country to reopen schools, a point Vice President Mike Pence reiterated on the call. Pence said the task force would support whatever decision state leaders make but that the team was beginning to see evidence that "encouraging masks," closing bars, and limiting indoor gatherings were slowing the spread in some of the hot spot states. Birx was more explicit with her advice, saying that the "100 percent mask mandates" played a significant role in containing the virus in those states.Trump in the past has resisted mask wearing and said in a Fox News interview this month that he would not impose a national mask mandate. On Monday, Trump retweeted a video shared by his son Donald Trump Jr. that featured a doctor saying masks were unnecessary. Twitter restricted Donald Trump Jr.'s account and removed the video from the platform.Trump Pushes Fake COVID Cure From Fringe Doctors, Banned by FacebookDr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top vaccine official, was also on the call with governors and said states should adhere to Birx's recommendations even if it wasn't politically expedient to do so. "You may be reluctant to do that because the general population is saying, 'Wait a minute, we're not that bad,'" Fauci said, referring to the advice of implementing mask mandates and restricting large gatherings of people. "You are worse than you think you are because where you are now is going to be reflected and what you are going to see… weeks from now. I know it may sound intrusive but it really isn't."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| 'Unimaginable loss': Chicago police deputy chief dies by apparent suicide in department facility Posted: 28 Jul 2020 04:47 PM PDT  A newly-promoted Chicago police officer and father of two has died by suicide, city officials said Tuesday.
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| Firearms maker Remington files for bankruptcy Posted: 27 Jul 2020 09:32 PM PDT  Remington Arms filed for bankruptcy on Monday, its second restructuring since 2018.Prior to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the firearms manufacturer had been in talks with the Navajo Nation about a potential sale, but the negotiations fell through. A person with knowledge of the matter told The Wall Street Journal that Remington's firearms and ammunition businesses could now be sold off separately. Gun sales are up in the United States, with the FBI conducting a record number of background checks for licenses in June, the Journal reports.Last year, the Supreme Court said a lawsuit filed against Remington by the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims could proceed. The company's Bushmaster rifle was used in the attack, which left 20 children and six adults dead, and the families allege in their suit that the weapon was improperly marketed. The case is set to go to trial in 2021.More stories from theweek.com Trump: 'Nobody likes me' American Federation of Teachers supports strikes if schools don't reopen safely Even mild coronavirus cases can cause lasting cardiovascular damage, study shows
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| Carbon monoxide fumes from a generator killed 4 family members in Texas after Hurricane Hanna knocked out power Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:36 AM PDT  Neighbors realized they had not seen the family in some time and could not spot their generator outside, so they grew alarmed and called police.
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| China's Mars probe photographs Earth en route to Red Planet Posted: 28 Jul 2020 08:00 PM PDT  China's first Mars probe has beamed back a photo of the Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination, the country's space agency said Tuesday. The image, which shows the two celestial bodies as small crescents in the empty darkness of space, was taken 1.2 million kilometres (746,000 miles) away from Earth three days after the Tianwen-1 mission was launched on Thursday, the China National Space Administration said. China joined the United States and United Arab Emirates this month in launching a mission to Mars, taking advantage of a period when Mars and Earth are favourably aligned.
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| Bill Gates calls Elon Musk's comments on COVID-19 'outrageous' Posted: 28 Jul 2020 08:19 AM PDT  Bill Gates said he hoped Elon Musk would not "confuse areas he's not involved in too much," during an interview with CNBC.
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| 2 arrested for attacking senator during Wisconsin protests Posted: 28 Jul 2020 05:25 AM PDT |
| 'Act now and act fast': Vietnam says every city at risk of coronavirus Posted: 28 Jul 2020 09:11 PM PDT  Vietnam, virus-free for months, is bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of Danang. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the current wave of infections was different to a second wave Vietnam fought in March, and every province and city in the country was at risk, state broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) reported.
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| Dreamworld deaths: Theme park owner pleads guilty to safety breaches Posted: 28 Jul 2020 08:55 PM PDT  Dreamworld's owner pleads guilty to safety breaches, after a malfunctioning water ride killed four people.
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| Ex-FBI agent regularly targeted by Trump bringing out book about president's links to Russia Posted: 28 Jul 2020 09:13 AM PDT  An ex-FBI agent whose part in the investigations into Donald Trump administration's ties to Russia angered the president, will soon claim he was compromised in a tell-all book.In a statement to the Associated Press on Tuesday, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media said Peter Strzok's book would outline claims that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to sway the 2016 presidential election.
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| Former 49ers player Dana Stubblefield convicted of raping disabled woman Posted: 27 Jul 2020 11:59 PM PDT  After a nine-month trial, Stubblefield was found guilty of rape by force, oral copulation by force and false imprisonment. The jury also found that he used a gun in the assault.
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| US imposes sanctions on teenage son of Syrian leader Assad Posted: 29 Jul 2020 10:49 AM PDT  The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the 18-year-old son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, vowing never to let the war-torn nation's regime enrich itself. Hafez al-Assad -- named after his grandfather, who ruled Syria with an iron fist for three decades -- will not be allowed to travel or maintain assets in the United States, the State Department said. The designation was part of a second set of sanctions under the Caesar Act, a US law that took effect in June and aims to prevent any normalization of Assad even as he wins back most of Syrian territory after a brutal nine-year war.
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| SpaceX has a 'go' from NASA to send the company's first astronauts back to Earth, but a major storm threatens their ocean splashdown on Sunday Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:55 AM PDT  After a two-month space mission, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are supposed to splash down near Florida on Sunday, but a brewing storm may intervene.
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| Tennessee state senator charged with stealing federal funds Posted: 29 Jul 2020 02:01 PM PDT  A Tennessee state senator has been charged with stealing more than $600,000 in federal funds received by a health care company she directed and using the money to pay for her wedding and other personal expenses, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. A criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday charges state Sen. Katrina Robinson with theft and embezzlement involving government programs and wire fraud, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said in a news release. Robinson, a Democrat elected to the General Assembly in 2018 from a Memphis district, is also the director of The Healthcare Institute, which provides training for jobs in the health care field, prosecutors said.
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| Mumbai's slums may be reaching herd immunity, study finds Posted: 29 Jul 2020 06:58 AM PDT  Some of the largest slums in Mumbai, India, may be nearing herd coronavirus immunity, a new serological survey found, Bloomberg reports.The study tested 6,936 people across three suburbs in Mumbai — Dahisar, Chembur, and Matunga — and discovered that 57 percent of the subjects had coronavirus antibodies, a figure far higher than the 21 percent found in New York City in April and 14 percent in Stockholm, Sweden, in May. Per Bloomberg, epidemiologists generally believe a population must reach infection levels of 60 percent to achieve herd immunity, so the study indicates the neighborhoods are pretty much there. The survey appears to go hand-in-hand with a steep decline in cases in the slums in recent weeks, despite India having the world's fastest growth in infections overall.Social distancing is a challenge in the crowded Mumbai neighborhoods, which seemingly makes them well-suited for the virus' spread, and the study suggests that it did so widely. Fortunately, the population in the slums is young and more likely to avoid severe cases of COVID-19. That, coupled successful government containment measures that helped catch cases early and ensure high quality care, have kept the fatality low in the slums, even if many infections went undetected, Bloomberg notes.It's encouraging that some of Mumbai's slums may be closing in on herd immunity without experiencing a high death rate, but the jury is still out on how long immunity lasts. It's also worth noting antibody rates were not nearly as high in other parts of Mumbai, where social distancing is more feasible. Read more at Bloomberg.More stories from theweek.com Pelosi to implement new order requiring all lawmakers wear masks on House floor Republicans' coronavirus aid bill is a joke. It might take a stock market crash to change their minds. The Pentagon wants a new nuke because it might fire off the old ones by mistake
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| Tucker Carlson Rallies to Demon Sperm Doc’s Defense Posted: 28 Jul 2020 07:33 PM PDT  Fox News host Tucker Carlson continued his contrarian stance on the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday night, defending a viral video of fringe doctors peddling COVID-19 falsehoods and claiming the group was only attacked because they criticized the "sainted" Dr. Anthony Fauci.Hours after President Donald Trump doubled down on his support for the doctors—including eccentric pediatrician Dr. Stella Immanuel, who has previously said "demon sperm" causes gynecological ailments—Carlson kicked off his primetime program by railing against social media platforms for cracking down on the video's disinformation.The video, livestreamed by far-right digital outlet Breitbart on Monday, featured a press "summit" funded by right-wing political group Tea Party Patriots. Prior to being taken down by Facebook, the video racked up nearly 20 million views on Monday evening. Besides claiming controversial anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine could prevent and even "cure" coronavirus, "America's Frontline Doctors" also said masks and social distancing were unnecessary to prevent the spread of the virus.Claiming that there's an "incentive" for Democrats to have coronavirus cause "more damage" as it hurts Trump politically, the Fox News star tied the removal of the video to the 2020 presidential election, claiming it was only taken down because Trump retweeted it and that "enraged Democrats.""Any scientific advancement that reduces the suffering of Americans in the election year is a threat to Joe Biden's campaign so they decided to pull the video off the internet," Carlson huffed.After comparing social media companies to "Chinese authorities," Carlson told his viewers that he works for "one of the very few mass media companies" not controlled by Google and Facebook and therefore would show them clips from the video.Reiterating his belief that the video was only removed to help presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden win, Carlson aired comments from Immanuel excitedly declaring that the "cure for COVID" is hydroxychloroquine. "Dr. Immanuel's claim is harder for us to endorse," Carlson said. "Is hydroxychloroquine part of the cure for the coronavirus? We don't know the answer. We do know that many front-line physicians around the world have prescribed hydroxychloroquine and continue to prescribe it."Recent studies and trials, however, have shown that the anti-malaria drug is not effective in preventing or treating coronavirus. The Federal Drug Administration has also rescinded emergency use for the medication as a treatment, citing potential deadly side effects.After saying the "science is not settled" on the drug—Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel would tell Carlson later in the program that hydroxychloroquine has shown little benefit—the Fox host claimed Immanuel was facing backlash because she criticized Fauci, the face of the White House's coronavirus task force."That clip enraged them. Because above all, you must never mock the sainted Anthony Fauci," Carlson said after airing Immanuel's anti-Fauci remarks. "Under no circumstances can you note that Dr. Fauci is, in fact, very often a hypocritical buffoon who refuses to admit what he clearly doesn't know.""If you say that out loud they will cancel you," he continued. "Fauci is too useful to the Biden campaign, so until November, Fauci's word must be law even if it doesn't make sense. Criticize Fauci and you will disappear from the internet."Besides taking more gratuitous shots at Fauci, Carlson also took aim at this publication for reporting on Immanuel's many bizarre claims, such as her beliefs that doctors use "alien DNA" in medications and that the government is overrun by "reptilian" aliens."Google's countless toadies online did the cleanup work, the ugly stuff," Carlson groused. "The Daily Beast attacked Dr. Immanuel for getting her medical degree in Africa and then suggested she believed in witchcraft—because you know Africans do that, right?! Huh."He went on to claim that while the Beast is fine with "political correctness" most of the time, this outlet was "happy" to help destroy Immanuel because it is an election season. The Houston-based pediatrician and minister appeared unfazed, however, even publicly thanking this outlet for doing a "great job summarizing" her work. Carlson's shot at The Daily Beast comes just a few weeks after this publication reported that Fox News staffers have become incensed over the racist rhetoric and "white supremacist crap" aired nightly on his show. And earlier this month, Carlson went on a "pre-planned vacation" days after his head writer resigned when he was outed as an outspoken racist.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Man charged after 'illegally detaining black teenager' on his way to basketball practice Posted: 28 Jul 2020 03:02 PM PDT  A man in Florida has been arrested after he allegedly detained a black teenager who was on his was to basketball practice.Luis Santos was arrested on Saturday over the incident that occurred on 9 June, according to Raw Story.
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| Meat banned by council as part of 'climate change action plan', as critics say it shows no understanding of British farming Posted: 29 Jul 2020 08:30 AM PDT  Meat is to be banned by a local council as part of its 'climate change action plan', as critics say it has 'no understanding of British farming'. Enfield council will not be serving meat at any of its catered events from Christmas 2020 as it hopes to "influence the behaviour" of local businesses and suppliers. The local authority is understood to be the first in the UK to announce such a move. Ian Barnes, the deputy leader of the council, said it had already announced a climate emergency and this is one of the steps being taken to make sure the local authority is carbon neutral by 2030. Ensuring Enfield is carbon neutral in 10 years means "taking bold and sometimes unpopular action", he wrote in the council's climate report. The report added: "All events held by Enfield Council where catering is provided to offer only vegan or vegetarian options." The Labour controlled authority uploaded the extensive 'Enfield climate action plan 2020' online after holding a month-long consultation during the coronavirus lockdown. Countryside campaigners have said this ignores the ambitious efforts being put in by UK farmers to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. This is the target set by the National Farmers' Union. Farmers argue that banning meat in this way makes no differentiation between the industrial farming systems in countries like the US and Brazil and the mainly grass-fed systems in Britain. The ban follows similar moves taken at both Goldsmiths and Cambridge University, which saw red meat removed from campus menus. Commenting on the proposal, Mo Metcalf-Fisher of the Countryside Alliance said: "Banning meat is completely the wrong approach and demonstrates no understanding of how meat in this country is produced, which thanks to UK farming practices, is among the most sustainable in the world. That this ban has gone through with what appears to be very limited public consultation, is damning. Enfield Borough Council would do well to actually liaise with the farming community, properly consult their local residents and drop this proposed ban immediately."
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| Review: The lies and mistakes that led us into Iraq, laid out in a new book Posted: 28 Jul 2020 12:20 PM PDT  Robert Draper has written an authoritative account of the deceit and misjudgments that the George W. Bush administration used to lead America to a ruinous war.
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