First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19

One in a series of conversations with industry figures about the 2022 midterm elections. 

read more about it here.But that speech was a follow-up to remarks Biden last week, when he described Trump’s supporters and allies, which he called “MAGA Republicans,” as semi-fascist,” a term scholars of fascism say is appropriate. Republicans have of course objected strongly to that characterization, including Jennings, who on Lemon’s show Wednesday acted as if Biden had somehow called him a fascist.In the clip below, Jennings can be heard saying that his conservative viewpoint “doesn’t make me a fascist, and it doesn’t want me to [hurt] our democracy.”“I gotta be honest with you, he did not call all Republicans fascists, he said MAGA republicans, and he made it a distinction, and also pointed out Republicans who were not part of what you’re saying,” Lemon said.

Joe Biden’s speech in Philadelphia on Thursday evening was a full-blown attack on Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans that “represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic.”

announced that Biden would address the nation in a prime-time speech on Thursday, Sept. 1.Streaming live from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA, the speech will focus on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation.”Known as the birthplace of American democracy, the location of Thursday’s remarks is also where Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign.

UPDATED, with speech excerpts: President Joe Biden will deliver a speech in Philadelphia tonight on the “continued battle for the soul of the nation,” and while cable networks and news streaming channels will cover the address, broadcast networks have so far yet to announce plans to carry it.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor In “The March on Rome,” which world premieres in the Venice Days sidebar of Venice Film Festival Wednesday, Northern Irish-Scottish filmmaker Mark Cousins tracks the ascent of fascism in Italy in the 1920s, and its fall-out across 1930s Europe. He also draws a dotted line from those events to the storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., in January 2021. The documentary, illustrated with archive footage and Cousins’ characteristic cinematic analysis, starts with Donald Trump defending his decision to retweet a quote from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini: “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” Later in the film, Cousins inserts footage of Trump supporters attacking the Capitol, hoping to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral victory.

Joe Biden will deliver a primetime address in Philadelphia on Thursday on the “continued battle for the soul of the nation,” just as the midterm elections enter their fall phase.

President Joe Biden trekked to Beltsville, MD, this afternoon to tape an appearance with Jay Leno and his show Jay Leno’s Garage.

First up, it was Donald Trump: “What can you say about Donald Trump that he hasn’t already heard at this point? Oh I know, ‘yes, I’d love to have sex with you. I can’t wait to have your body on mine. Look at him.

UPDATE, Wednesday Aug. 24: First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid again, in what her spokesperson described as a rebound case.

Dennis Rodman isn’t a judge, but he uses all his power and influence to get Brittney Griner out of a Russian jail. In a recent interview, the former basketball player said he’s planning to go to Russia; however, he never explained how he would make it happen. The 61-years-old icon also revealed that he is approved to fly to Russia and negotiate the release.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced he’s stepping down as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and as chief medical officer to President Joe Biden.

After a series of legislative wins for Joe Biden and the Democrats over the last few weeks, the president’s approval ratings have increased – but only by three points. So, on Thursday night, “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon offered his sympathies to the president and reassured him that a decrease in performance happens to every man over a certain age.Thanks to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act – the largest bill to fight climate change ever passed, as it provides $430 billion to climate change measures and health care coverage, while also working to reduce the national deficit – Biden’s approval rating now sits at just 40%, up only three points from previous polling.

President Joe Biden has joined the list of US presidents and other world leaders who have held the position of Honorary Chairman of the Presidents Cup. It was announced on Monday, Aug. 15 that First Lady Dr. Jill Biden’s husband had accepted the role for the 2022 Presidents Cup.

Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday the extends veterans’ health benefits to those exposed to toxic burn pits, praising Jon Stewart for his role in rallying public support to compel Congress to act.

The former Pink Floyd frontman is still sparking controversy.

CNN, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters offered a defence for his labelling of US President Joe Biden as a war criminal.Waters is currently on tour across North America with his latest stage show, ‘This Is Not A Drill’, having played 15 dates in the region since early July. For the show, Waters’ stage is lined with giant screens, which at one point, display a slideshow of people that Waters has branded as “war criminals”.Biden is shown among the cohort – right after his predecessor, Donald Trump – with a label asserting to concertgoers that the current US President is “just getting started”.Speaking with CNN’s Michael Smerconish (who notes that he’s a fan of Waters’ music, but disagrees with him on some of his political viewpoints), Waters was asked why he considers Biden to be a fit for the inflammatory slideshow.“Well, he’s fuelling the fire in the Ukraine, for a start – that is a huge crime,” the artist answered, rhetorically posing to Smerconish: “Why won’t the United States of America encourage [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy, the [Ukrainian] president, to negotiate, obviating the need for this horrific, horrendous war that’s killing… We don’t know how many Russians.”Smerconish responds by telling Waters that he’s “got it reversed”, and that the artist is erroneously “blaming the party that got invaded”.

Brittney Griner, the two-time U.S. Olympic gold medal basketball player and WNBA star, was found guilty Thursday in Russia of drug smuggling and possession and sentenced to nine years in jail. The news comes six months after Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport while entering the country with cannabis oil in her luggage.