Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Trump abruptly ends briefing after being pressed over retweeting misinformation
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-briefing/index.html
Even amid an attempt by President Donald Trump's aides to shift his focus back to coronavirus,
he continues to hear from a wide range of associates -- including the
CEO of a far-right television network -- who are undermining the
administration's health experts and questioning their approach to the
pandemic, people familiar with the conversations say.
Trump
resumed his daily news briefings on Tuesday afternoon, where he again
touted advancements on vaccines and treatments for the virus. After
largely ignoring the pandemic for weeks and denying its severity, the
White House revived the briefings last week to demonstrate presidential
leadership.
But the approach has hit early stumbling blocks.
When
Trump was pressed by CNN's Kaitlan Collins about his words of support
for a doctor who downplayed masks and suggested alien DNA was used in
medical treatments, he cut the briefing short and stormed out.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Barr clashes with Democrats over policing and Roger Stone sentencing: 'I'm telling my story — that's what I'm here to do'
Democrats launched into several
impassioned attacks on Barr, and in multiple exchanges he and the
lawmakers raised their voices and interrupted one another. When
Democrats cut off Barr during their time to question him, he often used
the next round of Republican questioning as a chance to respond.
House
Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler, a Democrat from New York, pressed Barr
on whether federal troops deployed to cities were being used as "props"
for Trump's reelection. Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas
pushed him on whether the Trump administration was fighting systemic
racism in policing, and Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia accused
Barr of aiding Trump's longtime friend Roger Stone and first national
security adviser Michael Flynn.
Barr
dismissed the Democratic charges, saying that he acted independently to
protect the rule of law in the Stone and Flynn cases, that he disagreed
there was systemic racism in police departments and that federal
officers had been sent to protect federal buildings "under attack" and
combat violence crime.
'Shame on you': Democrats attack Barr for carrying out Trump agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/28/william-barr-hearing-democrats-federal-agents-trump
Democrats
clashed angrily with Donald Trump’s attorney general on Tuesday, over
the aggressive deployment of federal agents to US cities three months
before a presidential election.
The attorney general denied the interventions were motivated by Trump’s re-election.
Don Lemon, Chuck Todd make cameos at Barr hearing when Jim Jordan plays video of 'peaceful' protesters
A variety of MSNBC and CNN hosts made cameos during Attorney General William Barr's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday when Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, used
his opening statement to put an emphasis on mainstream media’s efforts
to paint sometimes violent protesters as “peaceful.”
“I
want to thank you for defending law enforcement, for pointing out what a
crazy idea this defund the police policy ... whatever you want to call
it, is, and standing up for the rule of law,” Jordan said. “We have a
video we want to show that gets right to this point.”
Jordan then played a powerful video montage featuring a variety of
mainstream media members referring to recent protests as
“peaceful,” which included everyone from CNN’s Don Lemon to NBC News’
Chuck Todd dismissing violence amid images of burning buildings and
attacks on law enforcement.
Trump Pushes Fake COVID Cure From Fringe Doctors, Banned by Facebook
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-pushes-fake-covid-cure-from-fringe-doctors-banned-by-facebook
At least one of the accounts
the president retweeted on Monday night was from a follower of QAnon,
the conspiracy theory that alleges a “deep state” cabal of pedophiles is
plotting against Trump.
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube scrub platforms of viral video making false coronavirus claims
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/28/tech/facebook-youtube-coronavirus/index.html
A
video featuring a group of doctors making false and dubious claims
related to the coronavirus was removed by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
after going viral online Monday.
The
video, published by the right-wing media outlet Breitbart News,
featured a group of people wearing white lab coats calling themselves
"America's Frontline Doctors" staging a press conference in front of the
US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
President
Trump shared multiple versions of the video with his 84 million Twitter
followers Monday night despite the dubious claims running counter to
his administration's own public health experts. Spokespersons for the
White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Donald Trump says Dr. Fauci misled the public on hydroxychloroquine and shares a video of a doctor saying the drug can prevent the virus in Twitter spree
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8566907/Donald-Trump-goes-Twitter-binge-retweets-posts-praising-hydroxychloroquine.html
- President Donald Trump retweeted a slew of posts praising controversial drug hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19 on Monday night
- He shared a retweeted that slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci for 'misleading' the country by dismissing hydroxychloroquine, and supporting drug Remdesivir
- He shared video of Dr. Stella Immanuel's speech outside Capitol Hill on Friday where she claimed the anti-malaria drug is a 'cure' for the virus
- She slammed 'fake doctors' who doubt the efficacy of the drug and said to the public 'you don’t need a mask'
- Trump shared videos of her speech twice, and both were removed
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