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Month: October 2021

McAuliffe says Virginia election ‘is not about Trump’ after making former President central figure in campaign

By Dan Merica, CNN Terry McAuliffe claimed on Saturday that the Virginia gubernatorial election is “not about Trump” — even though the Democratic gubernatorial candidate has invoked the former Republican President perhaps more than any other political figure. The comment, which belies the fact that tying Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin to Trump has been a

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John Deere and the United Auto Workers Union reach tentative agreement following two-week strike

Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business John Deere and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a new tentative agreement, more than two weeks after 10,000 John Deere workers went on strike, both parties announced Saturday. “Our UAW John Deere national bargaining team went back to our local members after the previous tentative agreement and canvassed the

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Arizona reports 2,843 additional COVID cases, 57 more deaths

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported over 2,800 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases  and nearly 60 more deaths. The additional 2,843 additional cases and 57 deaths reported by the Department of Health Services’ coronavirus dashboard increased the state’s pandemic totals to over 1,166,000 cases and over 21,100 deaths. The dashboard also reported that COVID-19-related hospitalizations

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Washington Post: Trump lawyer John Eastman blamed Pence for January 6 violence by refusing to block 2020 election certification

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A lawyer for then-President Donald Trump blamed Mike Pence for causing the violence at the US Capitol on January 6 with his refusal to block Congress’ certification of the 2020 election results — as the riot was occurring and the then-vice president hid from the mob who had breached the building,

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Fox News’ Tucker Carlson problem

CNN by Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here. Fox News is not officially commenting on the record, but it seems the right-wing talk network is quietly trying to distance itself from Tucker Carlson’s 1/6 trutherism. That’s the

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