News & Guts Top 10 Posts Of 2020

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - MAY 28: Police stand watch near a protest May 28, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today marks the third day of ongoing protests after the police killing of George Floyd. Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd's neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said, "I can’t breathe." Floyd was later pronounced dead while in police custody after being transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

What a year it’s been. There are clearly three top stories of the year, COVID-19, Joe Biden’s win (Donald Trump’s loss), and the killing of George Floyd. What follows though are the stories that got the most views on News & Guts, most are somehow related to those topics:

Barack Obama addresses nation on June 3rd: This was a town hall former president Barack Obama held to talk about “Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence.” It came just a little more than a week after George Floyd was killed.

Rep. Doug Collins Chastised For “Celebrating” Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death: Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) was slammed for his insensitive and inflammatory tweet about the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

George W. Bush Reacts To “Brutal Suffocation Of George Floyd:” Former president George W. Bush issued a statement about the killing of George Floyd and the unrest that has followed. In it, he asked, “A long overdue question: How do we end systemic racism in our society?”

Postmaster General Could Face Jail Time in Election Dispute With Federal Judge: Just one day after the election, on November 4th there were questions about whether U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan would hold Louis DeJoy, the Trump administration appointee heading the U.S. Postal Service, in contempt. This came after DeJoy refused to follow Sullivan’s order for the USPS to conduct special searches for hundreds of thousands of missing mail-in ballots.

Opinion: There Is An Attempted Coup Happening Right Now: A week after the election we ran a guest post about whether there was an attempted coup d’etat happening right now in this country.

Since Learning Of Russian Bounty On U.S. Troops, Trump Continued To Court Putin: This came after the New York Times reported that Donald Trump has known since March of a plan by Russia to pay Taliban soldiers to kill American troops in Afghanistan.

It’s A Question That’s Being Asked: Does Donald Trump Really Want A Second Term? On June 26th we wrote about how many political analysts were questioning why exactly Trump was running for re-election.

Quote Of The Day – Jared Kushner: At the end of April with almost 60,000 people already dead from coronavirus, the president’s son-in-law offered up a tone-deaf comment, declaring the White House’s work on the pandemic to be “a great success story.”

Quote of the Day: Donald Trump: On August 21st Trump said, “I am the only thing standing between the American dream and total anarchy, madness and chaos.” It was a quote dripping with irony.

Quote Of The Day: Joe Biden: On August 27th, Joe Biden wrote: “Remember: every example of violence Donald Trump decries has happened on his watch. Under his leadership. During his presidency.”