While Americans are filling up hospitals and dying in droves from the coronavirus, Rudy Giuliani is boasting about how his “celebrity” influenced the treatment he received from doctors. Either because he is too dense, too stupid, or just thoroughly devoid of any empathy for others who are not famous, Giuliani …
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In the latest socially distanced episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by friend-of-the-show journalist and historian Thomas Frank. For this week’s Democrats Suck, Katie takes issue with Democrats “punching left,” citing a leaked conference call among House Democrats where some Dems reportedly blamed the poor …
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One week after an election that was in part about health care, President Donald Trump was at the Supreme Court trying to gut the nation’s health care laws. Ironically, it appears that at least one of the justices Trump himself appointed to the Supreme Court might not let the president …
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President Trump returned to the White House on Monday after spending the weekend at Walter Reed Medical Center following his positive Covid-19 diagnosis. Though the president tweeted Tuesday that he’s “FEELING GREAT,” his health status remains a mystery, and a growing number of people he’s been in contact with directly …
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Only one day after he was indicted on conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering charges, a video has surfaced showing former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon joking with one of his alleged co-conspirators about stealing “all that money from ‘We Build The Wall,’” a crowdfunding campaign that raised …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Omar Wasow, assistant professor of politics at Princeton University. Our hosts Matt and Katie debate (or as Matt describes it, “I decided to pick a fight with Katie”) the shifting attitudes of …
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A new ad that attempts to capitalize on President’s Trump’s laissez-faire handling of the coronavirus crisis by using his own words against him seems to be a sure-fire strategy, but will it prove effective? The digital ad artfully pulls together clips of the president lying about the state of the …
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In an ironic twist, due to the growing number of coronavirus cases in the U.S., health officials in Mexico are considering border restrictions for Americans looking to enter their country. On Friday, Mexico’s Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell told reporters that the spread of the coronavirus coming from the U.S. …
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With the goal of calming Americans’ fears, President Trump used a national address to blame the spread of coronavirus on the European Union and offered little help to Americans beyond economic assistance. Trump said in a Wednesday evening speech from the Oval Office that he is “marshaling the full power …
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Using a whiteboard and a deep breadth of knowledge regarding the costs of testing for the coronavirus, Representative Katie Porter peppered Trump administration officials into submission, finally causing them to cry uncle and commit to free testing for Americans “regardless of insurance.” During a Thursday House hearing on the government’s …
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