Sen. Mike Lee perpetuated an unfounded conspiracy theory that federal agents or informants were among the rioters on Jan. 6 and that one may have flashed a law enforcement badge during the attack (in reality, it was a vape). In two posts to X (formerly Twitter) over the weekend, the Republican indulged in a Maga disinformation campaign.
Lee quoted a post from former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney that contained footage of the Capitol attack, writing, “Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times. You made sure we saw that—and nothing else.
Lee quoted a post from former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney that contained footage of the Capitol attack, writing, “Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times. You made sure we saw that—and nothing else.
- 11/19/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster may face an antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice as early as this fall, Politico reports.
According to three people familiar with the matter, the lawsuit would claim that Ticketmaster is abusing its power in the entertainment industry by squashing other ticketing competition. Based on past comments from antitrust head Jonathan Kanter, if the lawsuit is successful, Live Nation and Ticketmaster may be forced to separate lines of business.
Kanter has made clear his preference to litigate antitrust violators rather than settle, and would also rather impart structural remedies — like breaking up the entertainment giants — rather than behavioral fixes, like asking the companies to promise not to engage in certain behaviors.
In a statement to Politico, Live Nation executive VP for corporate and regulatory affairs Dan Wall said, “We’re in regular contact with the DOJ and they haven’t told us they...
According to three people familiar with the matter, the lawsuit would claim that Ticketmaster is abusing its power in the entertainment industry by squashing other ticketing competition. Based on past comments from antitrust head Jonathan Kanter, if the lawsuit is successful, Live Nation and Ticketmaster may be forced to separate lines of business.
Kanter has made clear his preference to litigate antitrust violators rather than settle, and would also rather impart structural remedies — like breaking up the entertainment giants — rather than behavioral fixes, like asking the companies to promise not to engage in certain behaviors.
In a statement to Politico, Live Nation executive VP for corporate and regulatory affairs Dan Wall said, “We’re in regular contact with the DOJ and they haven’t told us they...
- 7/29/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Lawmakers in Brasil have proposed a new bill that would increase penalties for ticket scalping. Nicknamed the “Taylor Swift Law,” the proposal comes after the pop star recently announced that she’d be bringing “The Eras Tour” to the country, which led to reports of violent scalpers in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro once tickets went on sale.
Scalping is already recognized as a crime in Brasil, but Congresswoman Simone Marquetto wants to reinforce the existing penalties. As translated from Portuguese by The Brazilian Report, the bill suggests increasing the maximum jail sentence for scalping from one year to four years, and sets fines of up to 100 times the price scalpers were asking for tickets. That means for Swift’s concerts, fines could reach the equivalent of $125,500.
“The exploitation of the Brasilian population by so-called ‘scalpers’ at any paid events expected to see a big public influx is public and notorious,...
Scalping is already recognized as a crime in Brasil, but Congresswoman Simone Marquetto wants to reinforce the existing penalties. As translated from Portuguese by The Brazilian Report, the bill suggests increasing the maximum jail sentence for scalping from one year to four years, and sets fines of up to 100 times the price scalpers were asking for tickets. That means for Swift’s concerts, fines could reach the equivalent of $125,500.
“The exploitation of the Brasilian population by so-called ‘scalpers’ at any paid events expected to see a big public influx is public and notorious,...
- 6/21/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The Senate Judiciary Committee revived the prospects for a long-proposed bill that would bolster print and broadcast news outlets in their negotiations with tech giants.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in a 14-7 vote.
The bill would create a “safe harbor” from antitrust laws for a period of six years years for newspapers, broadcast stations and digital journalism outlets, giving them more market power in the face of competition for advertising from Google and Facebook. If publishers are unable to come to terms with platforms on a deal for their content, an arbitrator would ultimately determine the rates.
Lawmakers who champion the legislation, led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-la), say that it is needed in the face of the decline of local journalism, which has seen the scaling back of newsroom coverage and severe cuts in staffing.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in a 14-7 vote.
The bill would create a “safe harbor” from antitrust laws for a period of six years years for newspapers, broadcast stations and digital journalism outlets, giving them more market power in the face of competition for advertising from Google and Facebook. If publishers are unable to come to terms with platforms on a deal for their content, an arbitrator would ultimately determine the rates.
Lawmakers who champion the legislation, led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-mn) and Sen. John Kennedy (R-la), say that it is needed in the face of the decline of local journalism, which has seen the scaling back of newsroom coverage and severe cuts in staffing.
- 6/15/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, has since July 2022 maintained an unfiltered Twitter presence as @BasedMikeLee, using this personal account to vent, bluster, own the libs, and share epic memes. But on Wednesday, the account was briefly suspended.
My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers. pic.twitter.com/1llVm4fVu3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2023
“Thanks to all who assisted in operation #Free@basedMikeLee,” he...
My personal Twitter account – @BasedMikeLee – has been suspended. Twitter did not alert me ahead of time, nor have they yet offered an explanation for the suspension. My team and I are seeking answers. pic.twitter.com/1llVm4fVu3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 1, 2023
“Thanks to all who assisted in operation #Free@basedMikeLee,” he...
- 3/1/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
As Live Nation Entertainment faces continued criticism from fans and lawmakers over its place in the ticketing marketplace, on Thursday the company called on Congress to pass legislation to crack down on scalpers and ticket resale. The company is looking to broaden the conversation regarding ticketing reform beyond potential issues with Ticketmaster itself toward the secondary market.
Pushing for a “Fair Ticketing act,” Live Nation — owner of both the eponymous live music promoter as well as ticketing giant Ticketmaster — is advocating for federal laws that could weaken scalpers’ ability to...
Pushing for a “Fair Ticketing act,” Live Nation — owner of both the eponymous live music promoter as well as ticketing giant Ticketmaster — is advocating for federal laws that could weaken scalpers’ ability to...
- 2/24/2023
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
The Oscar category of Best Film Editing is historically dominated by war epics, action pictures, multicharacter dramas and musicals. But two years ago, in a rare and wonderful exception to the rule, the statuette was won by Mikkel E.G. Nielsen for his delicate work on the “Sound of Metal,” a film in which the editing was crucial in synching the audience to its main character’s sonic experience.
Nielsen’s mastery of rhythm and tone also proved invaluable for the sly currents of Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” the acclaimed tragicomedy for which he is nominated this year. The 49-year-old Danish editor made history in 2021 as the first Scandinavian winner in the category, and this year he’s the only previous nominee in the category.
Chatting from London, Nielsen discussed his repeat trip to the Oscars, the difficulty of mixing comedy and tragic tones in the cutting room,...
Nielsen’s mastery of rhythm and tone also proved invaluable for the sly currents of Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” the acclaimed tragicomedy for which he is nominated this year. The 49-year-old Danish editor made history in 2021 as the first Scandinavian winner in the category, and this year he’s the only previous nominee in the category.
Chatting from London, Nielsen discussed his repeat trip to the Oscars, the difficulty of mixing comedy and tragic tones in the cutting room,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
Sen. Mike Lee is in a tight reelection race in Utah against former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Lee is a Republican, as is the state’s other senator, Mitt Romney. Now, normally, senators of the same party from the state would endorse each other, but Romney has yet to throw his weight behind Lee. Romney is one of the scant few Republicans who have yet to turn their souls over to former President Donald Trump, and Lee is very much … not that.
Lee is desperate, though, and on Tuesday night,...
Lee is desperate, though, and on Tuesday night,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) accused the Justice Department of “overreach” after federal authorities arrested an anti-abortion protester for allegedly assaulting an elderly Planned Parenthood volunteer twice in one day.
“Just in the last few days we’ve seen some pretty glaring examples of what appear to be instances of overreach,” Lee said of the DOJ in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. After first mentioning a group that was federally subpoenaed regarding its lobbying for an anti-trans health care bill in Alabama, Lee spoke about an anti-abortion protester charged...
“Just in the last few days we’ve seen some pretty glaring examples of what appear to be instances of overreach,” Lee said of the DOJ in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. After first mentioning a group that was federally subpoenaed regarding its lobbying for an anti-trans health care bill in Alabama, Lee spoke about an anti-abortion protester charged...
- 9/25/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Shannon Bream first tried her hand at journalism at the age of 30 after having earned a law degree. Some of the people working with her called her “Grandma Intern.” They won’t be calling her that on Sunday.
Bream will this weekend kick off a new era on “Fox News Sunday,” the jewel of the news side at Fox News Channel, which often gets more attention for its opinion programming. She will be the programs’ first permanent female host and will be the first permanent replacement for Chris Wallace, who burnished his reputation for prosecutorial questioning of newsmakers and politicians over a tenure that lasted just under two decades. Wallace raised eyebrows in late 2021, when he announced on air he was leaving the show. He later disclosed he had jumped to CNN, where he is slated to host a new program for both HBO Max and CNN’s Sunday schedule.
Bream will this weekend kick off a new era on “Fox News Sunday,” the jewel of the news side at Fox News Channel, which often gets more attention for its opinion programming. She will be the programs’ first permanent female host and will be the first permanent replacement for Chris Wallace, who burnished his reputation for prosecutorial questioning of newsmakers and politicians over a tenure that lasted just under two decades. Wallace raised eyebrows in late 2021, when he announced on air he was leaving the show. He later disclosed he had jumped to CNN, where he is slated to host a new program for both HBO Max and CNN’s Sunday schedule.
- 9/9/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
In the week before the publication of Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s Peril, many of its juiciest revelations already had made headlines.
Sans any kind of spoiler alert, there were the calls that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave to assure his Chinese counter part despite an erratic President Donald Trump. There also was former Vice President Dan Quayle counseling Vice President Mike Pence that no, he didn’t have the power to reject electors during the Jan. 6 vote count, despite Trump’s relentless pressure to do more.
But despite the pre-publication buzz surrounding Peril, fairly typical for a Woodward bombshell, some of the minor items still are revelatory.
One that stands out, oddly enough, is Trump’s apparently realization that his tweets weren’t necessarily helping him.
The scene in the book, which came out Tuesday, is a post-inauguration meeting at Mar-a-Lago...
Sans any kind of spoiler alert, there were the calls that General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave to assure his Chinese counter part despite an erratic President Donald Trump. There also was former Vice President Dan Quayle counseling Vice President Mike Pence that no, he didn’t have the power to reject electors during the Jan. 6 vote count, despite Trump’s relentless pressure to do more.
But despite the pre-publication buzz surrounding Peril, fairly typical for a Woodward bombshell, some of the minor items still are revelatory.
One that stands out, oddly enough, is Trump’s apparently realization that his tweets weren’t necessarily helping him.
The scene in the book, which came out Tuesday, is a post-inauguration meeting at Mar-a-Lago...
- 9/23/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, with Klobuchar comment: Amazon’s planned $8.45 billion acquisition of MGM got a chilly reception from some Capitol Hill lawmakers, but there may not be much that they can do to stop it.
The opposition largely centers on Amazon, already with a market cap of more than $1.6 trillion, getting even bigger. But it’s not up to Congress to give the greenlight to mergers, but the Justice Department and perhaps the Federal Trade Commission. On this score, there are doubts as to what grounds the government could challenge a transaction given existing antitrust law and the state of the marketplace.
“Another day. Another mega merger. Amazon’s proposed purchase of MGM reinforces what we already know — they are laser-focused on expanding and entrenching their monopoly power,” wrote Rep. David Cicilline (D-r.I.), who chairs the House antitrust subcommittee. “That’s bad for workers, consumers, and small businesses.”
His sentiment was shared by Rep.
The opposition largely centers on Amazon, already with a market cap of more than $1.6 trillion, getting even bigger. But it’s not up to Congress to give the greenlight to mergers, but the Justice Department and perhaps the Federal Trade Commission. On this score, there are doubts as to what grounds the government could challenge a transaction given existing antitrust law and the state of the marketplace.
“Another day. Another mega merger. Amazon’s proposed purchase of MGM reinforces what we already know — they are laser-focused on expanding and entrenching their monopoly power,” wrote Rep. David Cicilline (D-r.I.), who chairs the House antitrust subcommittee. “That’s bad for workers, consumers, and small businesses.”
His sentiment was shared by Rep.
- 5/26/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple will allow social media app Parler back onto the iPhone App Store, according to members of Congress who had protested the removal of the controversial service back in January.
Parler had back then become a gathering place for supporters of former President Donald Trump, including insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 to attempt to overturn the election results. Amazon Web Services also refused to host Parler, saying persistent violent content in its posts violated contractual terms of use. The Rebecca Mercer-backed company has since found a new CEO and an alternative web host — said to be SkySilk, a web infrastructure company based outside of Los Angeles.
Apple had similar issues to Amazon Web Services but said it was only suspending Parler, not banning it permanently and that the situation could be “cured” if Parler added moderation and removed violent content. Google had also removed Parler from its Google Play store.
“Apple made an independent decision to remove Parler for non-compliance with [its] Guidelines and it did not coordinate or otherwise consult with Google or Amazon with respect to that decision. Apple stands by that decision,” said Timothy Powderly, Apple’s senior director for government affairs, in the letter, which was addressed to Rep. Ken Buck and Sen. Mike Lee (see below).
Since then, Parler has proposed updates to its app and the app’s content moderation practices and Apple’s App Review Team “has informed Parler as of April 14, 20211 that its proposed updated app will be approved for reinstatement to the App Store. Apple anticipates that the updated Parler app will become available immediately upon Parler releasing it,” the letter said.
Apple CEO Tim Cook had presaged the move including in an interview with Kara Swisher on her podcast Sway.
“You can’t be inciting violence or allow people to incite violence. You can’t allow hate speech and so forth. And they had moved from moderating to not being able to moderate. But we gave them a chance to cure that. And they were unable to do that or didn’t do that. And so we had to pull them off. Now, having said that … I hope that they come back on. Because we work hard to get people on the store, not to keep people off the store. And so, I’m hoping that they put in the moderation that’s required to be on the store and come back, because I think having more social networks out there is better than having less.”
On March 31, @SenMikeLee and I sent a letter demanding answers about why Apple removed Parler from the App Store.
Parler had back then become a gathering place for supporters of former President Donald Trump, including insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6 to attempt to overturn the election results. Amazon Web Services also refused to host Parler, saying persistent violent content in its posts violated contractual terms of use. The Rebecca Mercer-backed company has since found a new CEO and an alternative web host — said to be SkySilk, a web infrastructure company based outside of Los Angeles.
Apple had similar issues to Amazon Web Services but said it was only suspending Parler, not banning it permanently and that the situation could be “cured” if Parler added moderation and removed violent content. Google had also removed Parler from its Google Play store.
“Apple made an independent decision to remove Parler for non-compliance with [its] Guidelines and it did not coordinate or otherwise consult with Google or Amazon with respect to that decision. Apple stands by that decision,” said Timothy Powderly, Apple’s senior director for government affairs, in the letter, which was addressed to Rep. Ken Buck and Sen. Mike Lee (see below).
Since then, Parler has proposed updates to its app and the app’s content moderation practices and Apple’s App Review Team “has informed Parler as of April 14, 20211 that its proposed updated app will be approved for reinstatement to the App Store. Apple anticipates that the updated Parler app will become available immediately upon Parler releasing it,” the letter said.
Apple CEO Tim Cook had presaged the move including in an interview with Kara Swisher on her podcast Sway.
“You can’t be inciting violence or allow people to incite violence. You can’t allow hate speech and so forth. And they had moved from moderating to not being able to moderate. But we gave them a chance to cure that. And they were unable to do that or didn’t do that. And so we had to pull them off. Now, having said that … I hope that they come back on. Because we work hard to get people on the store, not to keep people off the store. And so, I’m hoping that they put in the moderation that’s required to be on the store and come back, because I think having more social networks out there is better than having less.”
On March 31, @SenMikeLee and I sent a letter demanding answers about why Apple removed Parler from the App Store.
- 4/19/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“The View” hosts continued to share their feelings on Trump’s second impeachment trial, with co-host Ana Navarro slamming Republican senators for their inability to be impartial despite their personal experiences with the Capitol riots.
“We saw them running in fear, these senators, and they’re still going to go act like cult members? And not vote to set the record straight for history? They are going to be maligned in history,” Navarro said. “We will be studying this for decades and people are going to know that they are cowards, cowards, cowards.”
Navarro went on to share her disappointment with the situation, adding: “I’ve been so upset at the dereliction of so many Republican senators. They are supposed to be impartial jurors. That’s their job right now. And there were something like fifteen empty seats. There were people playing on their iPad. Then we heard that three of them — Cruz,...
“We saw them running in fear, these senators, and they’re still going to go act like cult members? And not vote to set the record straight for history? They are going to be maligned in history,” Navarro said. “We will be studying this for decades and people are going to know that they are cowards, cowards, cowards.”
Navarro went on to share her disappointment with the situation, adding: “I’ve been so upset at the dereliction of so many Republican senators. They are supposed to be impartial jurors. That’s their job right now. And there were something like fifteen empty seats. There were people playing on their iPad. Then we heard that three of them — Cruz,...
- 2/12/2021
- by Andrea Towers
- The Wrap
Washington, Dec 7 (Ians) US President Donald Trump has announced that his attorney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a tweet on Sunday night, Trump said: "@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus.
"Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on."
Also taking to Twitter on Monday morning, Giuliani, 76, said that he was "getting great care and feeling good".
"Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything," he added.
Following his diagnosis, Giuliani was taken to the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., the BBC quoted US media reports as saying.
The former Mayor's son, Andrew Giuliani, who works at the White House and had tested positive for the virus last month,...
In a tweet on Sunday night, Trump said: "@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus.
"Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on."
Also taking to Twitter on Monday morning, Giuliani, 76, said that he was "getting great care and feeling good".
"Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything," he added.
Following his diagnosis, Giuliani was taken to the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., the BBC quoted US media reports as saying.
The former Mayor's son, Andrew Giuliani, who works at the White House and had tested positive for the virus last month,...
- 12/7/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Washington, Dec 7 (Ians) US President Donald Trump has announced that his attorney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
In a tweet on Sunday night, Trump said: "@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus.
"Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on."
Also taking to Twitter on Monday morning, Giuliani, 76, said that he was "getting great care and feeling good".
"Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything," he added.
Following his diagnosis, Giuliani was taken to the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., the BBC quoted US media reports as saying.
The former Mayor's son, Andrew Giuliani, who works at the White House and had tested positive for the virus last month,...
In a tweet on Sunday night, Trump said: "@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far) in the history of the USA, has tested positive for the China Virus.
"Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on."
Also taking to Twitter on Monday morning, Giuliani, 76, said that he was "getting great care and feeling good".
"Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything," he added.
Following his diagnosis, Giuliani was taken to the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., the BBC quoted US media reports as saying.
The former Mayor's son, Andrew Giuliani, who works at the White House and had tested positive for the virus last month,...
- 12/7/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
By Nikhila Natarajan
New York, Dec 4 (Ians) After more than a year of intense political tangling, the US Senate has passed a bill that lifts the existing per-country cap on the number of employment based permanent-residency permits or 'Green Cards' issued to legal immigrants, potentially paving the way for Indians waiting in decades-long lines to breathe easier.
But there's a catch. Several, actually. It's the Senate vs House lawmakers versioning problem.
Aparna Bhatnagar, an Indian living in Stamford, Connecticut who's been in the "queue forever" places the developments in context.
"This version has to reconcile with the previous version that the House passed. It's still a long way to go and by that time the new ruling party will take over. Let's wait and watch," she told Ians.
The "previous version" that Bhatnagar refers to is the 'Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act' which passed the House of Representatives in 2019 in a 365 to 65 vote.
New York, Dec 4 (Ians) After more than a year of intense political tangling, the US Senate has passed a bill that lifts the existing per-country cap on the number of employment based permanent-residency permits or 'Green Cards' issued to legal immigrants, potentially paving the way for Indians waiting in decades-long lines to breathe easier.
But there's a catch. Several, actually. It's the Senate vs House lawmakers versioning problem.
Aparna Bhatnagar, an Indian living in Stamford, Connecticut who's been in the "queue forever" places the developments in context.
"This version has to reconcile with the previous version that the House passed. It's still a long way to go and by that time the new ruling party will take over. Let's wait and watch," she told Ians.
The "previous version" that Bhatnagar refers to is the 'Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act' which passed the House of Representatives in 2019 in a 365 to 65 vote.
- 12/5/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
A highlight of the opening day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination was how committee member and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris would frame Democratic opposition.
To start, Harris attacked the idea of even holding a hearing amid the Covid-19 epidemic and an outbreak among members of the committee.
Appearing remotely from her office Monday, Harris said, “This hearing has brought together more than 50 people to sit inside of a closed door room for hours, while our nation is facing a deadly airborne virus. This committee has ignored common sense requests to keeping people safe, including not requiring testing for all members, despite a coronavirus outbreak among senators of this very committee.”
She also noted that the Senate postponed floor votes this week, but the committee did not. Republicans plan for a vote on the confirmation October 22 and a full Senate vote about a week later.
To start, Harris attacked the idea of even holding a hearing amid the Covid-19 epidemic and an outbreak among members of the committee.
Appearing remotely from her office Monday, Harris said, “This hearing has brought together more than 50 people to sit inside of a closed door room for hours, while our nation is facing a deadly airborne virus. This committee has ignored common sense requests to keeping people safe, including not requiring testing for all members, despite a coronavirus outbreak among senators of this very committee.”
She also noted that the Senate postponed floor votes this week, but the committee did not. Republicans plan for a vote on the confirmation October 22 and a full Senate vote about a week later.
- 10/12/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Lee, apparently, has some concerns about democracy.
This could be argued of pretty much any Republican lawmaker who has endorsed the party’s voter suppression efforts and total supplication to an authoritarian president who won’t commit to a peaceful transition of power. But on Thursday morning, the senator from Utah went ahead and tweeted it himself. “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and [prosperity] are,” he wrote. “We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”
Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are.
This could be argued of pretty much any Republican lawmaker who has endorsed the party’s voter suppression efforts and total supplication to an authoritarian president who won’t commit to a peaceful transition of power. But on Thursday morning, the senator from Utah went ahead and tweeted it himself. “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and [prosperity] are,” he wrote. “We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.”
Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity are.
- 10/8/2020
- by Ryan Bort and Patrick Reis
- Rollingstone.com
Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate will put more than 12 feet of distance plus two layers of plexiglass between incumbent Mike Pence and challenger Kamala Harris, as confirmed by first photos of the stage set-up.
The added precautionary measures for the VP debate — which starts at 9/8c, held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City — come in the wake of President Donald Trump himself as well as many, many people from his inner circle testing positive for the coronavirus over the past week or so. (Trump was discharged from the Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday, after checking...
The added precautionary measures for the VP debate — which starts at 9/8c, held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City — come in the wake of President Donald Trump himself as well as many, many people from his inner circle testing positive for the coronavirus over the past week or so. (Trump was discharged from the Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday, after checking...
- 10/7/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Mike Pence should be in quarantine and Wednesday’s vice presidential debate will put those around him at risk of contracting Covid-19, according to public health experts.
The vice president last Saturday attended the White House event commemorating Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, along with at least eight people who have since tested positive for Covid-19. One of them, Sen. Mike Lee, was seated right behind Pence the entire time, undoubtedly breathing directly onto the back of the vice president’s head at close range. Since then, Pence...
The vice president last Saturday attended the White House event commemorating Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, along with at least eight people who have since tested positive for Covid-19. One of them, Sen. Mike Lee, was seated right behind Pence the entire time, undoubtedly breathing directly onto the back of the vice president’s head at close range. Since then, Pence...
- 10/6/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for Covid-19 Monday, she tweeted, making her the latest person in President Donald Trump’s orbit to have contracted the virus.
“After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms,” McEnany announced on Twitter. “No reporters, producers or members of the press are listed as close contacts by the White House Medical Unit.”
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“After testing negative consistently, including every day since Thursday, I tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday morning while experiencing no symptoms,” McEnany announced on Twitter. “No reporters, producers or members of the press are listed as close contacts by the White House Medical Unit.”
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- 10/5/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
At the top of tonight’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver quickly admitted that there is so much to unpack from this week that there is no time to talk about Trump’s taxes, the catostrophic debate or how Melania Trump basically said, as he put it “f*ck Christmas”. The first thing Emmy-award winning host wanted to talk about was what the world is talking about: Trump get testing positive for coronavirus, which he said is “shocking” but also “utterly inevitable”.
“Obviously, the president having coronavirus is a very big deal,” said Oliver adding that the White House has handled the whole situation terribly. The news only came out after one of Trump’s closest aides Hope Hicks tested positive. This prompted us to ask questions when Trump had been exposed and what he had done about it. Oliver said that the answers to those questions “weren...
“Obviously, the president having coronavirus is a very big deal,” said Oliver adding that the White House has handled the whole situation terribly. The news only came out after one of Trump’s closest aides Hope Hicks tested positive. This prompted us to ask questions when Trump had been exposed and what he had done about it. Oliver said that the answers to those questions “weren...
- 10/5/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Update 10/4/2020: Joe Biden, 77, has tested negative for the coronavirus for the third time since Tuesday’s debate. The Democratic nominee’s campaign has committed to releasing the results of all future Covid-19 tests. Biden is not yet in the clear, however, because most people incubate the virus for two to 14 days before testing positive or showing symptoms, and studies suggest that people may be most likely to spread the virus during the 48 hours before they start to experience symptoms.
Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife tested negative for Covid-19 Friday morning,...
Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife tested negative for Covid-19 Friday morning,...
- 10/4/2020
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — In a little-noticed ruling on Friday evening, the Trump administration rejected a petition by a coalition of labor unions that had asked the federal government to require passengers to wear masks on airplanes, trains, and other major forms of transportation.
The Department of Transportation told the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO labor federation that the agency would not proceed with a regulation to mandate that passengers wear masks on modes of major commercial transportation used by tens of millions of Americans. Right now in the U.S., a patchwork of airport authorities,...
The Department of Transportation told the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO labor federation that the agency would not proceed with a regulation to mandate that passengers wear masks on modes of major commercial transportation used by tens of millions of Americans. Right now in the U.S., a patchwork of airport authorities,...
- 10/3/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
(Mark Meadows attribution added) Update: Just minutes after President Donald Trump’s physician presented a relatively rosy picture of his Covid-19 condition, a source familiar with the president’s health gave a much more concerning picture.
“The president’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We’re still not on a clear path to a full recovery,” the source said in the statement, which was sent to members of the White House pool.
In point of fact that source is White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. In a rookie move at best, the ex-Congressman was captured on camera earlier today walking over to reporters right after the doctors’ press conference and asking to be “off the record.”
Update: Immediately after the press conference ended and before the anonymous statement was sent out, Mark Meadows briefed...
“The president’s vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We’re still not on a clear path to a full recovery,” the source said in the statement, which was sent to members of the White House pool.
In point of fact that source is White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. In a rookie move at best, the ex-Congressman was captured on camera earlier today walking over to reporters right after the doctors’ press conference and asking to be “off the record.”
Update: Immediately after the press conference ended and before the anonymous statement was sent out, Mark Meadows briefed...
- 10/3/2020
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Add yet another name to the list of Republicans close to Donald Trump who have tested positive for Covid-19 this week: Trump’s re-election campaign manager, Bill Stepien.
According to Politico, which broke the story, Stepien was diagnosed on Friday night and will be quarantining from home while continuing to work on the Trump campaign remotely. According to Politico, people associated with the Trump campaign said Stepien has experienced “mild flu-like symptoms.” It’s not known how Stepien contracted the illness, though he spent time with Trump in the White House on Monday and traveled with Trump to Cleveland on Air Force One for the first presidential debate on Tuesday.
Stepien, who so far has not released a public statement confirming the diagnosis, is the 12th person in Trump’s immediate orbit to test positive for the coronavirus on Friday.
Six other people who have received that diagnosis — Trump, First Lady Melania Trump,...
According to Politico, which broke the story, Stepien was diagnosed on Friday night and will be quarantining from home while continuing to work on the Trump campaign remotely. According to Politico, people associated with the Trump campaign said Stepien has experienced “mild flu-like symptoms.” It’s not known how Stepien contracted the illness, though he spent time with Trump in the White House on Monday and traveled with Trump to Cleveland on Air Force One for the first presidential debate on Tuesday.
Stepien, who so far has not released a public statement confirming the diagnosis, is the 12th person in Trump’s immediate orbit to test positive for the coronavirus on Friday.
Six other people who have received that diagnosis — Trump, First Lady Melania Trump,...
- 10/3/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Kellyanne Conway, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump, said that she has tested positive for the coronavirus.
She wrote on Twitter, “Tonight I tested positive for Covid-19. My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I’m feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians. As always, my heart is with everyone affected by this global pandemic.”
Another positive case in the White House https://t.co/944LgxqsPd
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) October 3, 2020
Conway attended a White House ceremony last weekend where Trump introduced his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. About 150 attended the Rose Garden ceremony, but most of them did not wear masks and were packed together for the event.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-ut) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-nc), who attended the event, also said that they tested positive, as did Notre Dame University president John Jenkins. A White House reporter who attended the event also tested position.
She wrote on Twitter, “Tonight I tested positive for Covid-19. My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I’m feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians. As always, my heart is with everyone affected by this global pandemic.”
Another positive case in the White House https://t.co/944LgxqsPd
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) October 3, 2020
Conway attended a White House ceremony last weekend where Trump introduced his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. About 150 attended the Rose Garden ceremony, but most of them did not wear masks and were packed together for the event.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-ut) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-nc), who attended the event, also said that they tested positive, as did Notre Dame University president John Jenkins. A White House reporter who attended the event also tested position.
- 10/3/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“I spoke to him this morning” Donald Trump Jr. told Tucker Carlson of his father, who’d been hospitalized on Friday night. “Obviously, he’s taking it seriously, but it’s business with usual. I’m 42 years old. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen him sick with the flu or whatever. He’s a fighter.”
The elder Trump, who is 74, was whisked to Walter Reed Hospital just an hour or so before as media reports about the nature of the president’s coronavirus infection worsened.
“They’re bringing him to Walter Reed not for anything in particular other than an abundance of caution,” Trump Jr. told the Fox News host. “He wasn’t brought there — unlike what the conspiracy theorists say — for anything other than an abundance of caution.”
“As it relates to running the free world,” said the trump scion, “it’s business as usual. He’s still working.
The elder Trump, who is 74, was whisked to Walter Reed Hospital just an hour or so before as media reports about the nature of the president’s coronavirus infection worsened.
“They’re bringing him to Walter Reed not for anything in particular other than an abundance of caution,” Trump Jr. told the Fox News host. “He wasn’t brought there — unlike what the conspiracy theorists say — for anything other than an abundance of caution.”
“As it relates to running the free world,” said the trump scion, “it’s business as usual. He’s still working.
- 10/3/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace, the moderator of the recent presidential debate, said that he plans to get tested for the coronavirus following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and First Lady Melania Trump that they tested positive.
On Fox News’ Outnumbered, Wallace also said that he believes that the president had coronavirus during the debate.
Meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter said, “We are taking all necessary precautions, including testing, to ensure the safety of our anchors, reporters and staff who attended the presidential commission debate in Cleveland or were in proximity of the White House within the last week.”
Among those who were in Cleveland were Sean Hannity, Bill Hemmer Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, along with Suzanne Scott, the CEO of Fox News Media, and Jay Wallace, its president.
Fox News Chief White House correspondent John Roberts was at a briefing on Thursday, along with Jon Decker,...
On Fox News’ Outnumbered, Wallace also said that he believes that the president had coronavirus during the debate.
Meanwhile, a source familiar with the matter said, “We are taking all necessary precautions, including testing, to ensure the safety of our anchors, reporters and staff who attended the presidential commission debate in Cleveland or were in proximity of the White House within the last week.”
Among those who were in Cleveland were Sean Hannity, Bill Hemmer Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, along with Suzanne Scott, the CEO of Fox News Media, and Jay Wallace, its president.
Fox News Chief White House correspondent John Roberts was at a briefing on Thursday, along with Jon Decker,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Sen. Kamala Harris is currently scheduled to still take place on Wednesday, Oct. 7, despite President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and others in their circle having tested positive for the coronavirus this week.
Both Pence and Harris tested negative for the coronavirus on Friday, in the wake of President Trump’s diagnosis.
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Both Pence and Harris tested negative for the coronavirus on Friday, in the wake of President Trump’s diagnosis.
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- 10/2/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Washington — President Donald Trump’s positive test for Covid-19 has triggered a public-health crisis at the highest levels of American government and set the stage for a vast contact tracing effort to understand how the president and First Lady Melania Trump got infected and to whom they might have spread the virus.
Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, called it a public-health “nightmare.”
The Friday morning that the Trumps both tested positive came not long after Hope Hicks, one of the president’s top aides,...
Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, called it a public-health “nightmare.”
The Friday morning that the Trumps both tested positive came not long after Hope Hicks, one of the president’s top aides,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump is experiencing mild symptoms after testing positive for Covid-19, his chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Friday.
“I’m optimistic he will have a very quick and speedy recovery,” Meadows told reporters.
He did not say what kind of treatment the president was receiving.
“He continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic,” Meadows said. “We’ve talked a number of times this morning. I got five or six things he tasked me to do like I do every sigle morning, and he certainly wanting to make sure that we stay engaged.”
He said that doctors continue to monitor Trump’s health and that of First Lady Melania Trump.
The first lady said in a tweet that she also was experiencing mild symptoms “but overall feeling good. I am looking forward to a speedy recovery.”
Trump announced early on Friday that he and the first lady tested positive,...
“I’m optimistic he will have a very quick and speedy recovery,” Meadows told reporters.
He did not say what kind of treatment the president was receiving.
“He continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic,” Meadows said. “We’ve talked a number of times this morning. I got five or six things he tasked me to do like I do every sigle morning, and he certainly wanting to make sure that we stay engaged.”
He said that doctors continue to monitor Trump’s health and that of First Lady Melania Trump.
The first lady said in a tweet that she also was experiencing mild symptoms “but overall feeling good. I am looking forward to a speedy recovery.”
Trump announced early on Friday that he and the first lady tested positive,...
- 10/2/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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