This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMuch of David W. Nagy’s , which ran in his local paper in Jefferson, Tex., on July 30, recounted his painful death from the novel coronavirus at age 79 and named his surviving family members. But midway down, the tone shifted to offer a pointed message for President Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R).“Family members believe David’s death was needless,” his wife, Stacey Nagy, wrote. “They blame his death and the deaths of all the other innocent people, on Trump, Abbott and all the politicians who did not take this...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareMuch of David W. Nagy’s , which ran in his local paper in Jefferson, Tex., on July 30, recounted his painful death from the novel coronavirus at age 79 and named his surviving family members. But midway down, the tone shifted to offer a pointed message for President Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R).“Family members believe David’s death was needless,” his wife, Stacey Nagy, wrote. “They blame his death and the deaths of all the other innocent people, on Trump, Abbott and all the politicians who did not take this...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareLast month, Michigan GOP official Jason A. Watts was one of the few wearing a mask at an indoor party meeting with about 70 others. He said he was ordered to attend and threatened with being ousted from his role after criticizing former president Donald Trump in an interview.About two weeks later, he was in a hospital bed gasping for air.“I wore two masks” at the event, said Watts, 44, who ended up spending five days in the hospital. “I found out later that four people at my table — not including me — came down with...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareLast month, Michigan GOP official Jason A. Watts was one of the few wearing a mask at an indoor party meeting with about 70 others. He said he was ordered to attend and threatened with being ousted from his role after criticizing former president Donald Trump in an interview.About two weeks later, he was in a hospital bed gasping for air.“I wore two masks” at the event, said Watts, 44, who ended up spending five days in the hospital. “I found out later that four people at my table — not including me — came down with...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareIn the week since news broke that theclaims that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) , including a 17-year-old girl, the Trump ally has largely stayed out of the public eye save for an Fox News show to deny the allegations.Now, Gaetz is planning to take center stage later this week as a keynote speaker at a conservative women’s group’s conference at former president Donald Trump’s Miami golf course.Women for America First, a nonprofit organization of Trump loyalists, a rally on Jan. 6 before the deadly insurrection at the U.S....…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareIn the week since news broke that theclaims that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) , including a 17-year-old girl, the Trump ally has largely stayed out of the public eye save for an Fox News show to deny the allegations.Now, Gaetz is planning to take center stage later this week as a keynote speaker at a conservative women’s group’s conference at former president Donald Trump’s Miami golf course.Women for America First, a nonprofit organization of Trump loyalists, a rally on Jan. 6 before the deadly insurrection at the U.S....WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareLast Wednesday, Austin residents enteredof frigid temperatures, powerless homes and frozen pipes. Shelves in grocery stores were , schools had transformed into and local hospitals struggled after water pressure and heat. Winter storms were battering the state.But one city homeowner had escaped the misery: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who was nearly 1,300 miles away in Salt Lake City, where water flowed freely and electricity pumped warm air indoors.Paxton traveled to Utah’s capital with his wife, state Sen....…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareLast Wednesday, Austin residents enteredof frigid temperatures, powerless homes and frozen pipes. Shelves in grocery stores were , schools had transformed into and local hospitals struggled after water pressure and heat. Winter storms were battering the state.But one city homeowner had escaped the misery: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), who was nearly 1,300 miles away in Salt Lake City, where water flowed freely and electricity pumped warm air indoors.Paxton traveled to Utah’s capital with his wife, state Sen....WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA French nun who survived both world wars, the 1918 flu pandemic and a coronavirus infection is marking her 117th birthday with red wine, a Mass in her honor and dinner followed by her favorite dessert: baked Alaska.Sister André, who is believed to be the second-oldest person in the world, is set to spend Thursday celebrating her long life at her care home in the French city of Toulon. The facility’s spokesman, David Tavella, that the nun was “in great shape” and “really happy,” ahead of a busy schedule that would feature...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA French nun who survived both world wars, the 1918 flu pandemic and a coronavirus infection is marking her 117th birthday with red wine, a Mass in her honor and dinner followed by her favorite dessert: baked Alaska.Sister André, who is believed to be the second-oldest person in the world, is set to spend Thursday celebrating her long life at her care home in the French city of Toulon. The facility’s spokesman, David Tavella, that the nun was “in great shape” and “really happy,” ahead of a busy schedule that would feature...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs she planned a run for the Missouri House last April, Patricia Ashton Derges went on local TV to trumpet a stem cell treatment offered at three clinics she owns as a “potential cure” for the coronavirus.But when federal officials began investigating the claim, they found Derges was making “misleading statements” about the treatment, prosecutors said — it didn’t actually include any stem cells.Derges, a 63-year-old Republican who was elected to the state House in November, now faces 20 criminal charges, including wire...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAs she planned a run for the Missouri House last April, Patricia Ashton Derges went on local TV to trumpet a stem cell treatment offered at three clinics she owns as a “potential cure” for the coronavirus.But when federal officials began investigating the claim, they found Derges was making “misleading statements” about the treatment, prosecutors said — it didn’t actually include any stem cells.Derges, a 63-year-old Republican who was elected to the state House in November, now faces 20 criminal charges, including wire...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn an effort to get students back in school, a medical center in rural northeast Georgia decided to let teachers, bus drivers and cafeteria workers from a local district sign up to get vaccinated.The act ended up costing the facility in Elberton, Ga., its vaccine supply altogether.On Thursday, the Medical Center of Elberton that the Georgia Department of Public Health would be suspending all shipments of the vaccine to the facility for six months. The center violated policies by inoculating people who were not eligible,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn an effort to get students back in school, a medical center in rural northeast Georgia decided to let teachers, bus drivers and cafeteria workers from a local district sign up to get vaccinated.The act ended up costing the facility in Elberton, Ga., its vaccine supply altogether.On Thursday, the Medical Center of Elberton that the Georgia Department of Public Health would be suspending all shipments of the vaccine to the facility for six months. The center violated policies by inoculating people who were not eligible,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThree weeks after hundreds of people stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent rampage that left one police officer and four rioters dead and led to more than 100 arrests of the pro-Trump rioters, the House to the Senate, charging the former president with inciting the mob.In Oregon, the state Republican Party isn’t just backing former president Donald Trump — its official position falsely claims that the entire episode was a “false flag” operation staged to discredit the GOP and silence Trump’s supporters.Last week, the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThree weeks after hundreds of people stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent rampage that left one police officer and four rioters dead and led to more than 100 arrests of the pro-Trump rioters, the House to the Senate, charging the former president with inciting the mob.In Oregon, the state Republican Party isn’t just backing former president Donald Trump — its official position falsely claims that the entire episode was a “false flag” operation staged to discredit the GOP and silence Trump’s supporters.Last week, the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareWith copies of the century-old manifests from his great-grandparents’ journeys to Ellis Island , Jon Ossoff on Wednesday clutched a Hebrew Bible that was equally steeped in history as he was sworn in as Georgia’s first Jewish senator.It once belonged to Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, an ally of Martin Luther King Jr. and leader of Atlanta’s Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple, the city’s oldest synagogue and a home for civil rights activism that was bombed by white supremacists in the 1950s.More than just recognizing Ossoff’s...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareWith copies of the century-old manifests from his great-grandparents’ journeys to Ellis Island , Jon Ossoff on Wednesday clutched a Hebrew Bible that was equally steeped in history as he was sworn in as Georgia’s first Jewish senator.It once belonged to Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, an ally of Martin Luther King Jr. and leader of Atlanta’s Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple, the city’s oldest synagogue and a home for civil rights activism that was bombed by white supremacists in the 1950s.More than just recognizing Ossoff’s...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareWhen Thomas Fee got a text on Jan. 6 from his girlfriend’s brother asking if he was in Washington, he responded with a selfie inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as dozens of others who had just stormed the building waved flags behind him, federal officials said.In one message, Fee wrote he was “at the tip of the spear,” according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday.But Fee’s girlfriend’s brother wasn’t asking out of simple curiosity — he is a special agent with the State Department. The agent, who isn’t identified in court...…This article was published more than 2 years agoGift ShareWhen Thomas Fee got a text on Jan. 6 from his girlfriend’s brother asking if he was in Washington, he responded with a selfie inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as dozens of others who had just stormed the building waved flags behind him, federal officials said.In one message, Fee wrote he was “at the tip of the spear,” according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday.But Fee’s girlfriend’s brother wasn’t asking out of simple curiosity — he is a special agent with the State Department. The agent, who isn’t identified in court...WW…