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8 Women On Why They Went To The Supreme Court Vigils After Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:10:22 -0400
In the days since the justice's death, people have placed flowers and candles outside the Supreme Court building.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-vigil
Republicans Say They'll Vote On Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Even If He Loses The Election
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 01:28:56 -0400
“Let’s be honest here. There’s a Republican majority in the Senate with a Republican president. The Democrats would do the same thing.”
Julián Castro Now Says Democrats Should Consider Court-Packing
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:11:33 -0400
The former presidential candidate also told BuzzFeed News that he thinks Biden and his campaign “understand they have work to do” to build Latino support.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/julian-castro-democrats-consider-packing-court-rbg
His Victory Was Major For Progressives. Now He Wants To Keep It Going By Expanding The Supreme Court.
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:05:53 -0400
Progressive candidate Mondaire Jones wants Democrats to add four new justices to the Supreme Court. “This is a constitutional crisis that has existed for years now.”
Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Sanders Want Big Banking Reforms Following The FinCEN Files Investigations
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 01:13:59 -0400
Warren called for the creation of a new unit in the US Treasury Department, separate from FinCEN, “to investigate these types of financial crimes.”
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-fincen-files
Trump’s Swift Push To Replace Justice Ginsburg Has Democrats Rallying Around Court-Packing
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 22:18:41 -0400
The Supreme Court has had nine justices for 151 years. Liberals see adding seats as one of their few options to counter a potential 6–3 conservative majority.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/supreme-court-packing-democrats-ginsburg-replacement
The CDC Removed A New Guidance About Airborne Coronavirus Transmission Days After Posting It
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:18:07 -0400
"We need the public institutions to have a clear message based on science and not to be announcing something on Friday and pulling it out on Monday," said one scientist.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/cdc-coronavirus-aerosol-reversal
HSBC's Secret Files: The Inside Tale Of What Happened After It Apologized For Being Dirty
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 01:11:39 -0400
From the FinCEN Files investigation: Secret documents show how one of the world’s biggest banks kept doing business with companies that its own employees raised red flags about.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/hsbc-money-laundering-drug-cartels
Standard Chartered’s Problems With Suspicious Clients Didn’t Go Away. Just Like These Two Ex-Employees Had Been Saying.
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:40:42 -0400
Confidential records from the FinCEN Files show that the bank was reporting its own suspicions about customers with links to Iran until at least 2017.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richholmes/standard-chartered-bank-money-iran-fbi
Joe Biden Escalated His Supreme Court Fight With A Plea To Republican Senators
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:20:27 -0400
"Don't vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and Sen. McConnell have created," Biden said in a Sunday appeal to Republicans.
Explore Thousands Of Suspicious Payments Sent Around The World
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:39:12 -0400
This interactive map, created by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for the FinCEN Files investigation, shows $35 billion in transactions — reported as suspicious by banks and other financial institutions — making their way through the global financial system.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/icij/fincen-files-global-transactions-map
Documents Show Deutsche Bank’s Top Executives Were Warned It Had A Dirty Money Problem. Then A $10 Billion Scandal Broke.
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:39:57 -0400
When the $10 billion mirror trading scandal was exposed, little emerged about who its victims were or how much Deutsche’s executives knew. The FinCEN Files investigation shows how deep the rot went.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/deutsche-bank-money-laundering-mirror-trades
Here Is How Banks Have Responded To The FinCEN Files Investigation
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:29:16 -0400
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/buzzfeednews/bank-responses-fincen-files
He Was At The Heart Of Two Of The Biggest Dirty Money Scandals In History. These Are His Secrets.
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:21:15 -0400
Alexander Perepilichnyy transformed himself from a money launderer to a whistleblower, and then he died. The company he founded began a new life in the criminal underworld. A FinCEN Files investigation.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/alexander-perepilichnyy-money-laundering-scandals
Deadly Terror Networks And Drug Cartels Use Huge Banks To Finance Their Crimes. These Secret Documents Show How The Banks Profit.
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 13:38:44 -0400
Thousands of secret “suspicious activity reports” offer a never-before-seen picture of corruption and complicity — and how the government lets it flourish.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/fincen-files-financial-scandal-criminal-networks
We Got Our Hands On Thousands Of Secret Documents. Let’s Break Them Down.
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:25:37 -0400
Twenty-two thousand pages of never-before-released government documents. Hundreds of thousands of transactions. More than $2 trillion. A close accounting of BuzzFeed News’ unprecedented trove.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jsvine/fincen-files-explainer-data-money-transactions
A Second Republican Senator Said She Won’t Support Replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg Before The Election
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:43:08 -0400
Lisa Murkowski joins Susan Collins in saying confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice shouldn’t happen before the election.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/ginsburg-senate-vote-lisa-murkowski-supreme-court
Susan Collins Is The First Republican To Say Whoever Wins The Election Should Fill Ginsburg’s Seat
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 22:49:29 -0400
Collins said Saturday that whoever wins the presidential election should choose the nominee to replace Ginsburg, “in fairness to the American people.”
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/susan-collins-ruth-bader-ginsburg-vote-mcconnell
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death Increases The Likelihood That Obamacare Is Repealed Next Year
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:25:42 -0400
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether Obamacare is unconstitutional in November when three Trump appointees could hold the balance of power.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/obamacare-repeal-supreme-court-trump-ginsburg
Will Republicans Vote On A Supreme Court Nominee Before The Election? Don’t Forget The Intense Senate Campaigns In 2020.
Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:22:14 -0400
Republicans can lose four votes in the Senate and confirm a justice. Three in tight reelection campaigns have said there should be a vote. Two key senators are silent so far.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/susan-collins-cory-gardner-supreme-court-vote
Here's How The Supreme Court Will Function With Eight Justices Leading Up To The Election
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:21:19 -0400
The justices have already ruled on emergency requests this year related to how states handle voting during the pandemic.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/ginsburg-supreme-court-election-cases-tie
Joe Biden Said There's "No Doubt" The Next President Should Nominate Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Replacement
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 18:32:47 -0400
“In the coming days, we should focus on the loss of the justice and her enduring legacy,” Biden said soon after news broke of the Supreme Court justice's death.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/joe-biden-ruth-bader-ginsburg-court-replace
Mitch McConnell Said The Senate Will Vote On Trump’s Replacement For Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:25:25 -0400
McConnell vowed to vote on Trump’s pick to replace Ginsburg, despite blocking a vote on Obama’s nominee before the 2016 election.
The Life Of Supreme Court Justice And Feminist Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Photos
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:07:35 -0400
Wife, mother, justice for the highest court in the land, and a self-proclaimed "flaming feminist litigator," Ginsburg served on the Supreme Court for more than 25 years before dying Sept. 18, 2020, at the age of 87.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurageiser/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-photos
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died At 87
Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:46:35 -0400
Ginsburg spent nearly 40 years on the bench, first as a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and then on the Supreme Court.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisgeidner/ruth-bader-ginsburg-dies-supreme-court
Friends And Family Members Of QAnon Believers Are Going Through A “Surreal Goddamn Nightmare”
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 10:25:21 -0400
Almost 200 people told us what it’s been like to lose a loved one to the mass delusion. Here’s what they said.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/qanon-families-friends
Trump Has Lambasted Puerto Rico For Years. Now With The Election Close, He’s Changing His Tune.
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:50:24 -0400
Trump, who repeatedly attacked Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, changed his tune on Friday as he released funds already approved by Congress for the island’s recovery.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/trump-puerto-rico-election-biden
Emails Show Tulsa Officials Considered An Event To Counter Trump’s Rally
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:15:12 -0400
Tulsa city officials considered bringing in a “national figure” to counter the president’s rally, newly obtained emails from June show.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/trump-tulsa-rally-city-response-juneteenth
Democrats Are Taking Their Case Against Donald Trump To Black Newspapers In Battleground States
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 15:28:39 -0400
A full-page ad calls back to Trump’s “What the hell do you have to lose?” appeal to Black voters in 2016.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/donald-trump-black-voters-dnc-biden-ad
Trump Downplayed The Role Of Slavery In American History As He Vowed To Build A Statue Of An Enslaver
Fri, 18 Sep 2020 19:25:22 -0400
In an event at the National Archives, the president delivered a thinly veiled election campaign speech in which he attacked liberal politicians, the media, and Joe Biden.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/trump-slavery-speech-american-history-1619-project
Trump Is Waging A Multistate, Multimillion-Dollar Legal Battle Against Mail-In Voting During The Pandemic
Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:37:52 -0400
Trump's campaign is backing up his rhetoric against mail-in ballots with a deep-pocketed legal push to make it harder for people to vote remotely.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-republican-party-lawsuits-mail-in-voting-covid
Are You Not Sure About Voting? BuzzFeed News Wants To Hear From You.
Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:48:25 -0400
With the general election less than 50 days away and the first debates coming up, we want to hear from people on the fence for a video project.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/undecided-voters-2020-trump-biden-debate
Trump Called The CDC Director’s Timeline For A Coronavirus Vaccine A “Mistake”
Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:35:56 -0400
As the coronavirus vaccine is thrust into the center of the US presidential election, experts fear that public trust in the vaccine is taking a serious hit.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/trump-redfield-vaccine-deadline-trust
Joe Biden Is Seeking Latino Votes In Florida With A New Plan To Rebuild Puerto Rico
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:11:10 -0400
Biden’s visit to Florida this week came with a new plan for Puerto Rico and policies aimed directly at one of the state's most crucial groups.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/joe-biden-florida-vote-puerto-rico
Tell Us How You Are Dealing With The QAnon Believers In Your Life
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:25:29 -0400
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/qanon-callout
Samuel L. Jackson Is Offering Cussing Lessons If You Register To Vote, And I Love This So Much
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:25:33 -0400
Link : https://www.buzzfeed.com/morgansloss1/samuel-l-jackson-swearing-lessons
A US Diplomat Is Pleading With Belarus To Release Her Spouse From Jail
Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:25:37 -0400
Vitali Shkliarov’s “only offense,” his wife, Heather Shkliarov, said, was writing articles critical of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s administration.
People Are Low-Key Loving That Kamala Harris Has Worn Converse Sneakers For Much Of Her Campaign
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:03:32 -0400
"Women were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993. Now our VP candidate is rocking sneakers."
Link : https://www.buzzfeed.com/melissaharrison/kamala-harris-converse-sneakers-chuck-taylors
Biden Called Trump "A Climate Arsonist" As The President Continued To Deny Climate Science
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:01:59 -0400
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/biden-trump-wildfires-california-climate-change
Don't Call Bernie Sanders And Joe Biden "Friends"
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:03:03 -0400
The future of Bernie Sanders' movement has been transformed in the Time of Biden. But the progressive leader isn't backing away.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rubycramer/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-relationship-friends
“I Have Blood On My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
Tue, 22 Sep 2020 06:25:40 -0400
A 6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew about specific examples of global political manipulation — and failed to act.
Andrew Gillum Has Come Out As Bisexual
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:25:32 -0400
The public admission comes after a difficult year for Gillum, once a rising star in the Democratic Party, who was found intoxicated in a Miami hotel room in March.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/andrew-gillum-comes-out-bisexual-tamron-hall-show
A Federal Court Has Denied Voting Rights To Ex-Felons In Florida Who Can’t Pay Off Court Fees
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 21:15:53 -0400
Florida residents voted to extend voting rights to former felons, but actions by the Republican legislature and courts mean many people will still not be able to vote.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/court-upholds-florida-ex-felons-voting-law-poll-tax
A Court Ruled Texas Can Have Different Rules For Voting By Mail During The Pandemic Based On Age
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 18:25:53 -0400
Texas allows all voters over age 65 to request mail-in ballots, but only lets voters under 65 do it if they have a disability or are in jail, or will be traveling on Election Day.
Peter Thiel Met With The Racist Fringe As He Went All In On Trump
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:57:45 -0400
The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency. Now what does he have to show for it?
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/peter-thiel-donald-trump-white-nationalist-support
Judges Blocked The Trump Administration From Excluding Undocumented Immigrants From The Census Count
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:38:54 -0400
It was "not particularly close or complicated" that Trump violated federal law with his latest presidential order related to the census, a special three-judge panel found.
GOP Senate Nominee Jason Lewis Founded A Social Network Where People Promoted A Pro-Hitler Documentary
Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:25:26 -0400
Galt let its community decide what was most important to them. This is what they chose.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/jason-lewis-galt-io
Young Latino Voters Say The Fight For Racial Justice Is Pushing Them To Vote In November
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:51:03 -0400
According to a new survey, 55.8% of young Latino voters said they’d actively participated in racial equality or Black Lives Matter movements.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/latino-voters-2020-poll-election-protests
Trump Said He Underestimated How Quickly The Coronavirus Would Spread Despite Reports Saying He Knew
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 22:29:30 -0400
“All of a sudden, the world was infected. The entire world was infected," Trump said when asked about his comments to Bob Woodward.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/trump-woodward-coronavirus-interview
A Whistleblower Has Accused Top DHS Officials Of Lying About Border Threats To Support Trump's False Claims
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 22:10:17 -0400
The complaint also accuses DHS officials of suppressing intelligence reports on Russia and making false statements to Congress.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/whistleblower-complaint-border-threats-congress
Trump’s New List Of Supreme Court Nominees Includes A Judge Who Served In His White House And Three Republican Senators
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:51:49 -0400
Trump is hoping to repeat his 2016 strategy of using the courts to motivate his base and win over skeptics. Democrats are still figuring out how to make courts a priority for liberal voters.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-supreme-court-picks-2020-election-biden
The Trump Administration Is Considering Excluding Some Immigrant Children From A Controversial Pandemic Border Policy
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:27:21 -0400
“On first glance, this revised order seems mostly like an attempt to avoid an embarrassing court defeat,” one expert said.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/trump-immigrant-children-pandemic-border-order
Judges Confirmed Under Trump Are Splitting With Other Republican Appointees In Cases Against Police
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:25:28 -0400
Fights over whether police should get immunity against lawsuits show what a rightward shift of the federal courts under Trump looks like in practice.
She Challenged Europe’s Last Dictator In Belarus And Was Forced Into Exile. She Says She’s The Country’s “Chosen President.”
Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:29:36 -0400
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said in an exclusive interview with BuzzFeed News from exile in Vilnius, Lithuania, that she — not Alexander Lukashenko — is “the national, chosen president” of Belarus.
Trump Is Now Trying To Cancel Racial Sensitivity Trainings For Federal Agencies, Calling Them "A Sickness"
Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:59:19 -0400
The White House memo targeting these trainings comes after weeks of pro-Trump pundits attacking critical race theory.
The FBI Is Warning Scientists To Watch Out For “Suspicious” Packages
Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:25:24 -0400
After COVID-19 researchers on the East Coast received a package containing an “unknown substance,” the University of Washington told 500 of its staff to be on alert.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/suspicious-package-covid-19-researchers-fbi
A Federal Judge Ordered The Trump Administration To Stop Detaining Immigrant Children In Hotels
Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:01:38 -0400
Immigration authorities have been detaining children at a network of hotels before expelling them from the US.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/federal-judge-order-ice-immigrant-children-hotels
Facebook Says Trump’s Misleading Post About Mail-In Voting Is OK. Employees Say It’s Not.
Sat, 05 Sep 2020 23:25:28 -0400
“Facebook is broken. Another performative announcement by leadership not intended to address any issues.”
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-trump-post-voting-twice
Trump, Who Definitely Called John McCain A Loser, Is Denying Calling John McCain A Loser
Fri, 04 Sep 2020 23:25:30 -0400
The president is lashing out at reports he called US soldiers who died in war "suckers" and that he didn't want to visit their graves because rain would mess up his hair.
Trump Made Fun Of Politicians Wearing Masks During A Crowded Rally Where Many Didn’t Wear Masks
Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:38:46 -0400
At a Pennsylvania rally, Trump made light of wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to a crowd of many maskless people.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/trump-coronavirus-masks-campaign-rally
Joe Biden’s Kenosha Visit Did What Donald Trump’s Didn’t: Centered On The Community In Crisis
Fri, 04 Sep 2020 15:25:25 -0400
Trump was often the focal point of his Tuesday trip to Kenosha. Biden used much of his time there Thursday to give a platform to the city's people and their feelings.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/biden-kenosha-jacob-blake-visit-trump
Election Officials And Social Media Companies Are Begging You To Ignore Trump And Not Vote Twice
Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:25:29 -0400
Voting twice is illegal. Trump has suggested people try to do so to test the integrity of the election system. But, again, voting twice is illegal.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/trump-double-voting-illegal-north-carolina
Facebook Said It Removed A Militia Event Page Threatening Violence In Kenosha. It Didn’t.
Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:25:32 -0400
Facebook said it removed a militia event associated with the shooting of three protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It didn't. Here's what really happened, and why it could happen again.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-failed-kenosha
New York City Republican Leaders Are Sticking By Trump’s Plan To Defund New York City
Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:08:04 -0400
Republicans in the overwhelmingly Democratic city think Trump's legally questionable plan is fair if Democrats want to defund the police.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/trump-new-york-city-funding
Facebook Won’t Accept New Political Ads The Week Before The Election — But Older Ads With Lies Are Still OK
Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:35:12 -0400
Nancy Pelosi Called Video Of Her Visit To A Hair Salon Despite Coronavirus Rules "A Setup"
Sat, 05 Sep 2020 09:25:39 -0400
"As it turns out, it was a setup, so I take responsibility for falling for a setup."
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/nancy-pelosi-hair-salon-video-controversy
Joe Biden Said The Police Officers Who Shot Jacob Blake And Breonna Taylor Should Be Charged
Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:35:10 -0400
The Democratic presidential nominee made the comments during a press conference, ahead of a Thursday trip to Kenosha.
A Republican Member Of Congress Threatened To Kill Armed Demonstrators In A Facebook Post
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:04:05 -0400
Rep. Clay Higgins has spoken at events organized by militia groups. When a rumor spread of a Black militia group protesting police brutality, he said their armed presence would be considered a threat and he'd "drop any 10 of you where you stand."
A German Test Revealed Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned
Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:51:43 -0400
Novichok, a nerve agent, is blamed. It's the same poison that was used on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain in 2018, and the finding will further raise suspicion about a Kremlin role.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-poisoned
Ed Markey, An Atypical Progressive Darling, Beat Joe Kennedy In Massachusetts' Senate Primary
Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:45:48 -0400
Markey, a longtime politician, became a favorite of young progressives in the race against a much younger Joe Kennedy, who had the support of Nancy Pelosi.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/markey-kennedy-massachusetts-senate-primary-results
Richard Neal Has Defeated Progressive Challenger Alex Morse In A Massachusetts Primary
Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:35:40 -0400
Morse's loss is a tough hit for Justice Democrats after a string of successes in other primary races.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/neal-morse-massachusetts-primary-results
Trump’s Trip To Kenosha Wasn’t About Jacob Blake
Wed, 02 Sep 2020 09:25:29 -0400
Trump rarely talks about the underlying issues that lead to protests or rioting. And he avoided it during his visit to Wisconsin on Tuesday.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/trump-kenosha-protests-jacob-blake
Facebook Has Removed Fake Accounts From A Washington PR Firm And Russian Trolls
Wed, 02 Sep 2020 07:25:32 -0400
The fake pages, groups, and profiles tried to sow political chaos around the world.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/facebook-russia-us-removals
Trump Wants To Force Immigrants To Submit Eye Scans, Voice Prints, And DNA
Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:25:32 -0400
“They’re using what is overly general language in the law to justify a massive, unprecedented expansion to collect really personal information," one former immigration official said.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/trump-immigrant-biometric-info-applications
Trump Defended The Alleged Kenosha Protest Shooter But Criticized The Portland Protest Shooter
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:25:35 -0400
Trump claimed the Kenosha shooting suspect “probably would’ve been killed” if he had acted differently.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emersonmalone/trump-kenosha-portland
Trump Staff Keep Spreading Manipulated Videos Of Joe Biden
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:25:35 -0400
“This is what happens when you corner a rat,” a spokesperson for Joe Biden told BuzzFeed News
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/trump-staff-spreading-manipulated-biden-videos
Joe Biden’s Most Direct Case Against Trump: The President Is A "Toxin"
Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:59:07 -0400
Biden scrapped his go-to "soul of the nation" speech, at least for a day, to characterize Trump as a leader who only deepens the crises of the moment.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/biden-kenosha-portland-protests-trump
Michael Flynn's Fate Is Unsettled Again After An Appeals Court Said It Wouldn't Force A Judge To Dismiss His Case
Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:13:12 -0400
The case now goes back to a district judge to decide whether to approve the Justice Department's request to dismiss Flynn's criminal case.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/michael-flynn-court-wont-dismiss-case
Activists At The March On Washington Say Jacob Blake’s Shooting Has Reenergized Black Lives Matter Protests. They Wish It Didn’t Have To.
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 01:19:13 -0400
“I was just kind of saddened that it took someone, a Black man, getting hurt that badly for us to come together like that.”
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/march-on-washington-2020-jacob-blake-protest
These Scientists Are Still Studying The World’s Most Controversial Drug, But They Can’t Find Enough People To Take It
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 09:25:28 -0400
Scientists launched clinical trials to see if a malaria drug could prevent COVID-19. What happened next shows how politicized and disorganized coronavirus research has become.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/hydroxychloroquine-clinical-trials-prevention
Alice Johnson Received A Full Pardon From President Trump
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:25:27 -0400
Johnson was released in 2018 after her sentence was commuted by Trump. She received the pardon a day after speaking about her story at the Republican National Convention.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/alice-johnson-pardoned-by-president-trump
Mark Zuckerberg Said Apple Has A “Stranglehold” On Your iPhone
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:25:20 -0400
At a companywide meeting, Facebook's CEO also said President Donald Trump brought up China during an October dinner at the White House.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/zuckerberg-apple-monopoly
Facebook Employees Are Outraged At Mark Zuckerberg's Explanations Of How It Handled The Kenosha Violence
Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:25:33 -0400
Following days of violence and civil unrest, Facebook employees wonder if their company is doing enough to stifle militia and QAnon groups stoking violence on the social network.
Here's What DC Looked Like During Trump's Speech Last Night
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:15:54 -0400
As Trump accepted the nomination for president at the White House, protests took over the streets of DC.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katebubacz/blm-protest-trump-speech-rnc
Painters In Kenosha Are Covering Up Black Lives Matter Messages With Murals About “Love” And “Unity”
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:25:28 -0400
As protests and violence upset their city, some white residents are trying to drown out BLM messages with something else. “Black lives — no, cut me out,” one said. “All lives matter.”
Trump Asked For A Chance To Fix America's "Chaos" In 2016. He's Asking For The Same After Four Years As President.
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:03:13 -0400
The president and many of the Republicans who spoke at this week's RNC detailed America's major cities as drowning in violence, but placed blame elsewhere.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/rnc-trump-speech-2020-republican-nomination
A Large Crowd At President Trump's RNC Rally Basically Ignored COVID-19 Social Distancing Precautions
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:08:28 -0400
Washington, DC, prohibits crowds larger than 50 people because of the pandemic, but federal land is exempt.
Yes, Hurricane Laura Really Did Tear Down A Confederate Monument
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 06:25:33 -0400
Calcasieu Parish voted to keep the South's Defenders monument in August. Nature disagreed.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/confederate-monument-hurricane-laura
The H1N1 Vaccine Is A Cautionary Tale For The Coronavirus
Sun, 30 Aug 2020 20:25:23 -0400
The first lesson of any vaccination program? “You have to get people on board with getting the vaccine.”
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-vaccine-h1n1-biden-trump
Donald Trump And Republicans Have Seen The Future And It Is Canceled
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:12:36 -0400
There’s no policy platform at this week’s RNC — just a whole lot of loyalty to Trump and a whole bunch of speakers afraid Democrats will cancel them next.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/henrygomez/donald-trump-cancel-culture-rnc
What They Saw: Ex-Prisoners Detail The Horrors Of China's Detention Camps
Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:25:25 -0400
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been held inside Xinjiang’s camps, but very little is known about life inside. BuzzFeed News spoke to dozens of ex-detainees.
Blanked-Out Spots On China's Maps Helped Us Uncover Xinjiang's Camps
Sun, 13 Sep 2020 15:25:28 -0400
China's Baidu blanked out parts of its mapping platform. We used those locations to find a network of buildings bearing the hallmarks of prisons and internment camps in Xinjiang. Here's how we did it.
China Secretly Built A Vast New Infrastructure To Imprison Muslims
Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:00:29 -0400
China rounded up so many Muslims in Xinjiang that there wasn’t enough space to hold them. Then the government started building.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/china-new-internment-camps-xinjiang-uighurs-muslims
RNC Video Showing Rioters In “Biden’s America” Is Actually Spain
Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:25:23 -0400
The video is part of a pattern of Trump and his supporters portraying BLM protests as violent.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/rnc-protest-video-barcelona
The ACLU Is Suing The Trump Administration Over Its Repression Of Portland Protests
Wed, 26 Aug 2020 21:13:58 -0400
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/aclu-suing-trump-portland-protests
I Was Abducted By Federal Agents In Portland
Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:25:31 -0400
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/markpettibone/i-was-abducted-by-federal-agents-in-portland
Schools Cannot Discriminate Against Transgender Students When It Comes To Bathrooms, An Appeals Court Ruled
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:25:24 -0400
The decision from the 4th Circuit siding with transgender student Gavin Grimm puts the issue of transgender bathroom use back on track for a US Supreme Court fight.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/court-rules-schools-cannot-discriminate-transgender
Trump Used The Power Of His Office As A Prop During The RNC
Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:40:07 -0400
The segments broke political norms of separating official government business from campaigning with a naturalization ceremony and pardon signing at the White House.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/trump-white-house-rnc-backdrop
The Republican National Convention Is Creating A False Coronavirus Fantasy
Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:26:41 -0400
Melania Trump spoke to COVID-19’s devastation. But almost no one else at the RNC has.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/republican-convention-coronavirus-trump-rnc
A Refugee From Vietnam Has Been Named The New Leader Of ICE
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 15:25:23 -0400
Tony Pham takes over the agency amid a major drop in the number of immigrant detainees as facilities grapple with the coronavirus.
Link : https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/tony-pham-new-ice-director