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Lights Out in White House press shop after multiple staffers test positive for COVID-19!

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(AFP / Olivier DOULIERY) Due to the incompetence of top White House staff in protecting themselves and their coworkers, the White House press room is closed. Via Raw Story: The “lights are off” and no one’s staffing the White House press office after multiple officials have tested positive for the coronavirus. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and two of her deputies, Chad Gilmartin and Karoline Leavitt, have tested positive for COVID-19 since President Donald Trump announced his own infection, and CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said that had cut into operations. “My colleague Jim Acosta just went by the area that reporters like us have access to in the White House,” Collins said. “Very few staffers are there, lights are off and it goes to show you how prevalent it is inside the West Wing. We should note it came 24 hours after staffers got an email yesterday telling them if they had symptoms or anything like that to stay home, and said if they develop symptoms, they should not contact the White ...

Anti-Gay Pastor John Hagee Tests Positive For Covid-19

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  Pastor John Hagee (Photos courtesy Cornerstone Church) The 80 year old Mega-Church Pastor has been a foe of gay rights for decades.  Via CBS Austin: John Hagee, 80, founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church has reportedly been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Hagee’s son, Matt made the announcement Sunday morning during a livestreamed service on Facebook, saying doctors informed them Friday of the diagnosis. “Pastor Hagee has been diligent throughout this entire COVID pandemic to monitor his health. And this past Friday, he was informed by his doctors that he did test positive for COVID,” Matt Hagee said. “It was one, discovered very early and two, his medical team has him under watchful care and three, he’s feeling well enough to be frustrated by anyone in a white coat with a stethoscope.” This via JoeMyGod:  In 2005 Hagee called Hurricane Katrina “the judgment of God” over New Orleans’ Southern Decadence festival. He last appeared on JMG when he declared that “at...

Several Fox New Employees Possibly Exposed At Debate/News Conference!

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  Chris Wallace and others working for Fox News were potentially exposed on the night of the Cleveland debate.Credit...Pool photo by Olivier Douliery Via The New York Times : A son of Rupert Murdoch and some of the biggest stars at Fox News were potentially exposed to the coronavirus after attending Tuesday’s presidential debate in Cleveland, and the network is planning for its anchors, reporters and staff to be tested out of an abundance of caution, according to a person familiar with its plans. Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman of the Fox Corporation, led a toast to Chris Wallace, the “Fox News Sunday” anchor who moderated the debate, at a Cleveland airport after the event. The gathering included two of the channel’s news anchors, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, along with the chief executive of Fox News Media, Suzanne Scott, and its president, Jay Wallace.