Satire and Politics, and Idiots in the News
During a weekend interview with CBS's Margaret Brennan, Republican Representative Liz Cheney called the allegations against Matt Gaetz "sickening." Gaetz is the the Republican Congressman who has been alleged to have been involved in inappropriate behavior with a minor, and is currently under federal investigation into the allegations against him. The House Ethics Committee has …
Last week, Pfizer requested to extend the use of its COVID Vaccine to include children ages twelve to fifteen. The request to the FDA is to amend the emergency use authorization, which they granted last year for teenagers sixteen and older. Last week Pfizer-BioNTech reported that its phase three clinical trials were completely safe and …
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warned Monday that cases and hospitalizations were rising in Michigan due to a surge in coronavirus, and the best thing to do is to "really close things down." Michigan's rate of infection from the virus has risen since one of its lowest points in February. There has been a seven day average …
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About sixty people were killed in Yangon, Mayanmar during protests of the military coup which occured on February 01. More than several hundred people have been reported killed by security forces since protests and demonstrations began in the southeast asian country, bordered partially between Bangladesh and India. Local media reported that an alliance of ethnic …
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Certain words and events have been changed for humorous effect. Trump before his bizarre speech at Mar-a-Lago. Speaking to a group of Republican donors at his Mar-A-Lago golf resort Saturday night, Donald Trump lambasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Looking as if he were about to fall asleep standing up, Trump …
Duante Wright. Tensions were inflamed again Sunday afternoon when police officers fatally shot a young black man who had been pulled over during a routine traffic stop. The motorist had been pulled over just before 2 p.m.. The incident occured in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, about ten miles from where George Floyd met his fate at …
Employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer , Alabama voted against creating a union. The final count which was announced this past Friday, was 1,798 no's to 738 yeses. The attempt to form a union at this particular warehouse is said to be significant in that it would have far-reaching effects if it succeeded, encouraging …
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