News Roundup 09/05/20
Trump calls dead American soldiers “losers” and “suckers”
President Trump refuses to visit a cemetery of American soldiers that have lost their lives in World War I. From multiple different sources, he was said to call these soldiers “losers” and “suckers” begging his way out of the visit because of the foggy flying conditions.
Reported in The Atlantic, “Trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as ‘suckers’ for getting killed.”
After this information came out, he refuses to be held accountable. He says, “I would be willing to swear on anything that I never said that about our fallen heroes. There is nobody that respects them more. No animal — nobody — what animal would say such a thing?”
Source: The Week
Source: The Atlantic
Source: AP News
COVID-19 vaccine developers pledge to the safety of the nation
There are dozens of corporations and labs racing to create a vaccine for COVID-19 in order to end the global pandemic. Scientists have been making record time and progress from the added pressure of the government asking for a cure as soon as possible. However shown in history, this may be a hard task to accomplish.
National Geographic states, “It can typically take 10 to 15 years to bring a vaccine to market; the fastest-ever—the vaccine for mumps—required four years in the 1960s.”
Counteracting this, vaccine developers such as Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and others have pledged not to seek approval of the government, solely focusing on the best cure possible for COVID-19.
Source: Wall Street Journal
Source: The Week
Source: National Geographic
President Trump Refuses to Instill Racial Sensitive Trainings in America
Trump calls federal government agencies because he states that racial sensitive training are “un-American propaganda training.” He says it is very “diverse,” as officials work around the law in order to cancel these practices. Trump also believes the nation is spending millions of dollars in these trainings for no good reason, only to split our country in half more than it already is.
The Slate states, “The memo refers to ‘press reports’ to lay out examples of what these training sessions sometimes involve. The memo alleges government workers “are told that ‘virtually all White people contribute to racism’.”
Source: The Slate
Source: The Week
No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019
On the 7th trial in 22 years, Mississippi prosecutor Attorney General Lynn Fitch decides to discontinue the case on Curtis Flowers. Popular from the podcast series, “In The Dark” the case has brought many eyes and ears about a Black Mississippi man, Curtis Flowers, convicted to the death penalty due to some murders in a furniture store dating back to 1996.
All of the trials ended in mistrials so, attorney Doug Evans decided to excuse himself from the case:
“‘While I remain confident in both the investigation and the jury verdicts in this matter, I have come to the conclusion that my continued involvement will prevent the families from obtaining justice and for the defendant being held responsible for his actions,’”
Curtis Flowers is now freed men after paying the set bond of $250,000.
Source: NBC News
Major Films “Mulan” and “Tenet” Release After a Long Wait
Blockbuster film “Tenet” finally releases in theaters to help break people out of their homes and back into local regal theatres. Meanwhile, Disney releases “Mulan” 6 months after its previous release date on Disney+ for a flat $30 charge.
The Week says, “Experts have their eye on how each film performs, which could determine whether movies scheduled for the coming months are either released into theaters, released at home, or delayed into 2021.”
Many say that this is one large experiment, indicating that there is no way of telling how well they are going to do on each platform. However, they are the first movies to indicate some type of growth in the entertainment industry.
Source: The Week
Source: AP News