Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Trump repeats claims he received 'Bay of Pigs Award', which doesn't exist – video
Donald Trump repeats claims he earlier made online, boasting of winning
the 'Bay of Pigs Award' – an honour that doesn't exist. Trump twice
visited a Bay of Pigs museum in Miami in 2016, where he received 'a
hand-painted Brigade 2506 shield', which his campaign insisted was the
award in question. Trump made the claims while courting Latino voters in
Nevada, a state where he trails rival Joe Biden in polls, and one where
the president failed to overcome Hillary Clinton during the 2016
campaign
Nevada city fines Trump rally venue $3,000 in COVID-19 flap
https://apnews.com/dbbc1114fde84bb3f839e3ae57b224c7
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada city where President Donald Trump held an indoor campaign rally said Monday the venue owner is being fined $3,000 for violating coronavirus prevention mandates imposed by the state’s Democratic governor.
Henderson officials told Xtreme Manufacturing owner Donald Ahern that the event that drew thousands of people to a warehouse in suburban Las Vegas violated Gov. Steve Sisolak’s coronavirus emergency directives.
State rules prohibit gatherings larger than 50 people, require “social distancing” of 6 feet (1.8 meters), and mandate masks or face coverings in public to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Democrats launch probe into Trump officials' Covid-report tampering
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/14/democrats-investigate-trump-cdc-414272
House Democrats are launching an investigation into how Trump appointees have pressured officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to change or delay scientific reports on coronavirus, citing POLITICO reporting that found political interference in the publishing process.
"During the pandemic, experts have relied on these reports to determine how the virus spreads and who is at greatest risk," Rep. Jim Clyburn, chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, and his Democratic colleagues write in a letter shared first with POLITICO. "Yet HHS officials apparently viewed these scientific reports as opportunities for political manipulation."
Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets.
A digital ad released by a fundraising arm of the Trump campaign on Sept. 11 calling on people to “support our troops” uses a stock photo of Russian-made fighter jets and Russian models dressed as soldiers.
The ad, which was made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, features silhouettes of three soldiers walking as a fighter jet flies over them. The ad first appeared on Sept. 8 and ran until Sept. 12.
Trump campaign ad used stock photo of Russian fighter jets
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-campaign-ad-stock-photo-russian-fighter-jets-report
A fundraising ad for President Trump’s reelection campaign reportedly used a stock photo featuring Russian fighter jets and weapons, as part of a call to “support our troops."
Made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, the ad first appeared on Sept. 8 and ran until Sept. 12.
Trump dubs Carl Bernstein a ‘total nut job’ after Watergate legend calls president 'homicidal'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-bernstein-homicidal-president
Trump ripped CNN’s Carl Bernstein as a “nut job” on Tuesday after the famed Watergate reporter labeled him a “homicidal president” for holding an indoor rally amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“He was a total nut job and I see him,” Trump continued. “He’ll say anything. No matter what you did. Like today, I’m doing a great deal with Israel... no matter what you do, with some of the fake news, it doesn’t make any difference.”
Trump then spent a moment condemning the mainstream media for not spending enough time reporting that he was nominated for a pair of Nobel Peace Prizes before returning to his thoughts on Bernstein.
“Carl Bernstein is a dummy. He’s a dumb guy and Woodward’s book, last night I read it, it’s like lightweight reading and he doesn’t get it. When my policies turn out to be right, as they have... the [Woodward] book was really boring, I have to tell you,” Trump said.
NIH 'very concerned' about serious side effect in AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial
A great deal of uncertainty remains about what happened to the unnamed patient, to the frustration of those avidly following the progress of vaccine testing. AstraZeneca, which is running the global trial of the vaccine it produced with Oxford University, said the trial volunteer recovered from a severe inflammation of the spinal cord and is no longer hospitalized.
Top HHS spokesman runs through conspiracies in video and claims without evidence CDC scientists are working to resist Trump
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/14/politics/michael-caputo-coronavirus-sedition-election/index.html
The top spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services issued an extraordinary broadside on Sunday against career government scientists, accusing them of "sedition" in their response to coronavirus and claiming without evidence that a critical federal health agency has a "resistance unit" against President Donald Trump.
Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19
The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports are authored by career scientists and serve as the main vehicle for the agency to inform doctors, researchers and the general public about how Covid-19 is spreading and who is at risk. Such reports have historically been published with little fanfare and no political interference, said several longtime health department officials, and have been viewed as a cornerstone of the nation's public health work for decades.
But since Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign official with no medical or scientific background, was installed in April as the Health and Human Services department's new spokesperson, there have been substantial efforts to align the reports with Trump's statements, including the president's claims that fears about the outbreak are overstated, or stop the reports altogether.