How QAnon Fueled a Hoax About Oprah Being Arrested
Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images Seemingly out of nowhere on Tuesday night, an outlandish hoax about Oprah Winfrey getting arrested and Tom Hanks’ coronavirus diagnosis went massively viral only to be debunked by Winfrey herself—all in the period of time when many Americans were asleep. “Just got a phone call that my name is trending.…
Trump Has a New Group to Blame for the Coronavirus Crisis: Millennials
Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA After weeks of dismissing the novel coronavirus as a liberal hoax designed to undermine his reelection bid, and falsely claiming that the United States was overprepared to tackle the surge of outbreaks, President Donald Trump appears to have finally come to grips with the devastating realities of the pandemic. But that hasn’t put…
Whistleblower Lawyer Calls for Coronavirus Fraud Task Force
Attorney General William BarrPatrick Semansky/AP As the federal government works to stop the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate the grave economic disaster it has caused, one lawyer is urging the Department of Justice to set up a task force to stop potential fraudsters who might try to illegally profit from the crisis. On Monday, Stephen…
Can I Get It Twice? Why Don’t Some People Have Symptoms? Experts Answer Our Big COVID-19 Questions.
Mother Jones illustration;Getty There’s a lot of information out there about how to protect yourself from the coronavirus—which hand sanitizer to buy, when to wear a mask, which 20-second hand washing songs to hum, how to have safe sex during the outbreak, and so, so much more. But there isn’t much about how and why…
“That’s Been the Story of Life”: Trump on Why Rich People Are Getting Tests First
Kevin Dietsch/CNP/Zuma As news emerges every day of asymptomatic professional athletes and celebrities testing positive for the coronavirus, ordinary Americans are struggling to access tests. At a White House press conference Wednesday, NBC’s Peter Alexander asked President Trump the question that’s been on everyone’s mind: “Do the well-connected go to the front of the line?”…
Trump Just Announced He’ll Start Turning Back People at the Border “Very Soon, Probably Today”
Evan Vucci/AP President Trump said in a press conference Wednesday that he will start turning back anyone crossing the US-Mexico border illegally—including those seeking asylum—”very soon, probably today,” to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. The plans to immediately turn people back to Mexico instead of detaining them was reported by multiple news outlets Tuesday.…