The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Friday released a 46-page report confirming what was readily apparent to most reasonable, informed Americans: The Trump administration made “deliberate efforts” to undermine America’s response to Covid-19 for political purposes. Most of the documents cited in the committee’s report have already …
Read More »Chris Rock Reveals Covid-19 Diagnosis: 'Trust Me You Don't Want This. Get Vaccinated'
Chris Rock revealed on social media Sunday that the comedian has tested positive for Covid-19. “Hey guys I just found out I have COVID, trust me you don’t want this,” Rock tweeted Sunday. “Get vaccinated.” Rock didn’t elaborate on the severity of his condition, but the diagnosis likely represents a …
Read More »How Vaccines and Masks Are Making Broadway Safe Again
The standing ovation was inevitable. Not just because audiences getting to their feet and applauding has felt perfunctory and expected for decades. Pass Over is being lauded as the first play staged on Broadway since the coronavirus pandemic forced all live performances to stop in March 2020. And at the …
Read More »Take It From Them: Americans Hospitalized With Covid Regret Not Getting the Vaccine
Conservative radio host Phil Valentine spent months preaching vaccine skepticism to his followers in Nashville. It seems like many of them listened. Tennessee has experienced a dramatic spike in the Covid-19 cases as the Delta variant has swept the nation, with the case rate ballooning over 220 percent over the …
Read More »Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for Covid-19, Pauses Show Until 2021
Ellen DeGeneres revealed Thursday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus. While DeGeneres is “feeling fine” following the diagnosis, production on her daytime show has been suspended until January 2021, Variety reports. “Hi everyone, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for Covid-19. Fortunately, I’m …
Read More »Super Spreader Trump Holds White House Event, Puts Supporters at Risk
In his first public event since leaving Walter Reed Medical Center this week, President Trump who continues to remain silent about whether he is now free of the virus, instead, dangerously called on his supporters to gather on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday to hear him …
Read More »QAnon Followers Think Trump's Covid-19 Tweet Had a Secret Message About Hillary Clinton
Considering how adamantly Trump has denied that Covid-19 is a threat, and considering how his most fervent supporters have fallen for this line of reasoning, one would think that the recent revelation that the president has tested positive for the virus would be a sobering reminder of the dangers of …
Read More »If Trump Gives You COVID-19 at His Rally, You Can't Sue Him
President Trump, who frequently uses litigation as a cudgel to get his way, is now requiring attendees at his political rallies to sign a waiver promising not to sue him if they contract the coronavirus while there. As the second wave of COVID-19 cases looms, the president has announced he …
Read More »Tom Hanks Tells Graduates They Will Make a 'New World'
Tom Hanks surprised a group of lucky college seniors at Wright State University with a heartfelt video message this past weekend. The actor drew headlines in March for being one of the first celebrities to announce that they had contracted the novel coronavirus, alongside his wife Rita Wilson. Hanks’ message …
Read More »Hayden James, Icona Pop Release Upbeat New Single 'Right Time'
Australian producer Hayden James and Swedish dance duo Icona Pop have collaborated on a new single, “Right Time.” The song captures the feeling of the dance floor during this time of isolation, and the music video, directed by Icona Pop‘s Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, follows suite: It sees the …
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