A French delegation has been holding talks with Syrian Kurdish factions in north-eastern Syria over the past week, in its latest attempts to create a united Kurdish front in the conflict. According to the Iraq-based news site Rudaw, which cited local sources, the delegation first met with the group of parties that form the Kurdish National Alliance (HNKS) on Sunday. It was then reportedly set to hold talks […]
Daily Archives: May 6, 2020
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The group has been among the loudest advocates of sending localities more money to deal with the economic and practical fallout of the pandemic. And Democrats may need the backup. A number of Senate Republicans have taken a hard line against the money, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggesting they should consider bankruptcy as an option and five conservatives writing President Donald Trump this […]
The GOP War Room distributed a video on Tuesday of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) promoting workers across the nation to take part in a “general strike” reminiscent of labor strikes in the past as some 30 million Americans are out of work. “You know there’s a lot of people saying, you know, call for a general strike,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the video. “The majority of Americans […]
A marathon hearing on Wednesday gave DoD officials a chance to lay out three key arguments against Ligado’s plan for L-Band, but the Senate may not be able to provide any relief. Source link
The married woman who violated the UK’s lockdown law to have an illicit affair with the professor responsible for advising the country to go into lockdown is a pro-Greta Thunberg virtue signaling left-wing activist. Last night it was revealed that government adviser Prof Neil Ferguson, whose warning that 500,000 Brits could die of COVID-19 unless a lockdown was imposed became the basis for government policy, personally […]
In a must-read piece detailing the evolution of the US-China relationship from productive partnership to bitter rivalry, WSJ reported that back in January, President Trump resisted pressing China to be more transparent about the emerging virus, and the risks it might pose to the global community. Since President Trump revoked funding for the WHO last month and a British newspaper appeared to confirm that western intelligence […]
No, Americans Do Not Need to Panic About ‘Murder Hornets’ by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com The Asian giant hornet is a big, mean-looking insect with a potent sting. Their queens can grow to be up to two inches long and their quarter-inch stingers can pierce normal beekeeping attire. They are also voracious predators capable of massacring entire honey bee hives in a matter of hours—decapitating thousands of the […]
6 May, 2020 23:21 Follow RT on The video sharing platform TikTok and a spate of other apps and sites have all gone down at once, driving a rush of users around the world to vent their rage on Twitter, and leaving some to wonder if the internet just broke. The string of outages came on Wednesday, sending tens of thousands of frustrated users to report […]
Venezuela: More Mercenaries Arrested By Jorge Martin, Marxist.com. May 6, 2020 Venezuela: More Mercenaries Arrested2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/mercenary-e1588796644945.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Twitter. A number of mercenaries had been killed and others arrested in La Guaira on 3 May while trying to disembark in Venezuela as part of a plot against the Maduro government. On 4 May, another eight mercenaries were arrested in the coastal town of Chuao in Aragua […]
There is a significant shift in the Arab world concerning relations with Israel. Jordan and Egypt previously signed peace agreements with Tel Aviv and established public and official relations with the occupying power. However, the current situation in the Arab region is unprecedented. In the past, no one was trying to pave the way for normalisation with the occupation through offending Palestinians or demonising them, nor […]
The coronavirus negotiations have been even more top-down than usual because lawmakers are spread across the country with a small group of leaders hammering out the details in Washington. And it’s even more difficult for the left to mobilize. “This is just such a scary moment-to-moment crisis for people back in the states, including activists, that I think there’s a reluctance to wage big political fights […]
Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed the possibility of a fourth stimulus relief package amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead of another stimulus package, Paul told Ed Henry of Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” that the only way to recover the U.S. economy “is opening the economy” and allowing people to get back to work or else there will “continue to be economic calamity. “To people […]
The Defense Business Board, whose task force was tapped by the Pentagon for the study, unanimously adopted the recommendations at its meeting on Wednesday. Source link
Authored by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog, If you’ve been wondering what it will look like when the kids go back to school, one school in Quebec has released their new guidelines and they’re shocking. Apparently, schools are going to look a lot like prison camps. This is another example of how things will not just “go back to normal.” Everything is changing, including life for […]
(Natural News) New evidence has surfaced to reinforce the notion that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is actually a plandemic that was hatched by the “deep state” long ago as a means of imposing more authoritarian control over the masses. In a 2010 documentary entitled, Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague, which was put out by the National Film Board of Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam, Director General of […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Defence Ministry will start on Thursday withdrawing from Italy the nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection troops that provided COVID-19 response assistance to the country, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. “Tomorrow, we will start withdrawing NBC protection troops from Italy. I ask the chief of the General Staff to organize a solemn reception of the interservice teams, and to provide me […]
Firefly has announced that they have received the AS9100 Quality Certification. This will allow Firefly to move from the development phase to the production phase as Firefly is getting ready for the maiden flight of the Alpha rocket. Firefly passed all of the quality requirements in order to receive the AS9100 Quality Certification. The AS9100 certification is a quality management practice that is widely used and […]
The American Civil Liberties Union is preparing to formally call on former Vice President Joe Biden to release a policy plan that would cut mass incarceration in half as part of an effort to hold the presumptive Democratic nominee accountable for his prior commitment. In an email to The Daily Beast, the legal advocacy group said they intend to urge Biden to present a concrete answer […]
President Trump speaks in the Oval Office Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump speaks in the Oval Office Wednesday. Evan Vucci/AP In a whistleblower complaint filed this week, top federal scientist Rick Bright alleges he was removed from his post for failing to go along with the president’s push to promote a drug as a cure for COVID-19. On Wednesday, Trump […]
With less than a week to go before the expected May 12 halving event, bitcoin’s price is swinging upward. The crypto derivatives market is helping to hedge the uncertainty on which way the bitcoin market will go when miners have less revenue after the halving. In early trading at 00:00 UTC, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency was around $8,957 before jumping as high as $9,399 at 13:00 […]
According to NewsOne, Calvin James Munerlyn, a 43-year-old married father of nine, was working at a Family Dollar in Flint, Michigan, on Friday. During his shift, he asked a female customer to cover her face with a mask while inside the store. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order says that “everyone must wear a mask in all enclosed public spaces to halt the spread of COVID-19.” Read the […]
A Palestinian detainee was taken to hospital yesterday after he was subjected to harsh interrogation following his arrest by Israeli occupation forces, the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee has revealed. General Bilal Al-Natsheh was among 13 Palestinians, most of them officials, who were arrested on Tuesday morning during raids by the Israeli forces in different parts of Jerusalem and the West Bank. According to the Committee’s lawyer, the […]
“Yeah I agree with that decision. But I think even now Leader McConnell must admit that we don’t have enough tests,” Schumer told reporters on Monday afternoon as the Senate came back into session. “Why isn’t he focusing on that as we come back here instead of the kind of things he’s talking about?” Among top congressional leaders, McCarthy is on an island. But the remarks […]
A Monmouth poll shows that a plurality of voters believe Joe Biden is likely guilty of the increasingly credible allegation he sexually assaulted a Senate staffer in 1993. The poll asked 739 registered voters if it is “probably true” or “probably not true” that Biden assault Tara Reade, and a plurality of 37 percent said it was “probably true,” while only 32 percent said it is […]
DARPA’s NOMARS project could be a giant leap forward for the US Navy’s unmanned aspirations. Source link
Rome, Italy’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport is distributing “smart” helmets to staff, allowing them to check the temperature of travelers from up to 22 feet away. The device uses augmented reality to show the user a full-body scan of airport visitors. As of now, three of the high-tech helmets are in operation at the Italian airport and others are being used throughout Asia. NBC10 Philadelphia posted […]
One week after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that dead people aren’t eligible for stimulus check after it emerged that an unknown number of recently deceased Americans had received a $1200 tax credit as part of the coronavirus helicopter money package, the Internal Revenue Service made sure that the dead will only be allowed to vote instead of stimulating the economy, when it announced that individuals […]
the M4 in Idlib Bassam Abu Sharif for Veterans Today Palestine – Erdogan reveals with his actions the secret of his interest in cooperation with Israel against Syria, its people and its army. It is time to drive Turkey and the American army out of Syria. – Syria is on the threshold of a major battle with the Corona, ending the battle in Idlib and controlling […]
A right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmaker has backed Yair Netanyahu, son of the Israeli Prime Minister, in criticizing the EU. The German and the Israeli both want the return of a “Christian” Europe, or so they say. While his father cobbles together a coalition government with rival Benny Gantz and prepares for a visit from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week, Yair Netanyahu […]
New Details Emerge Linking US To Latest Coup Attempt In Venezuela By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. May 6, 2020 New Details Emerge Linking US To Latest Coup Attempt In Venezuela2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/la-guaira-e1588800409301.jpg200px200px Above photo: Security forces patrol near the shore in the port city of La Guaira, Venezuela, May 3, 2020. Matias Delacroix | AP. There is strong evidence to suggest that both Juan Guaidó and the U.S. government […]
Turkey on Wednesday eased curfew restrictions for people over the age of 65, those with chronic illnesses and young people under 20 years old, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the country’s Interior Ministry said that people over 65 years old would be allowed to leave their homes, remaining within walking distance and wearing masks, on May 10 between 11.00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. local time (0800-1200GMT). Children under 14 years […]
Senators later agreed on a short-term extension of the FISA powers before leaving Washington for five weeks amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the House never ended up voting on it. As a result, three provisions have remained dormant since their authorities expired on March 15. The House bill would, among other reforms, permanently end the National Security Agency’s program allowing bulk collection of Americans’ phone records […]
President Donald Trump honored a group of nurses at the White House on Wednesday, thanking them for their efforts to fight the coronavirus. “America’s nurses are waging a war against the invisible enemy,” he said.”They’re fighting on the frontlines of the battle risking their health to save lives of fellow citizens.” The president signed a proclamation in honor of National Nurses Day and met with six […]