CIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamaulipas – A group of cartel gunmen killed eight innocent victims as they bought food at a convenience store in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. No criminal organization took credit for the attack despite the region being in the middle of a fierce turf war between several cartels. The mass murder took place in a low-income neighborhood on the south side of Ciudad […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in forced lockdowns across the country and an economic depression with high unemployment. Tens of millions of jobs have been lost in the last six or so weeks, as “the greatest economy ever” implodes. A new report suggests many Americans cannot handle the unprecedented public health crisis and financial stress, as they quickly seek medication to numb the pain. Express Scripts says […]
(Natural News) Most people who smoke, vape, dip or chew have no clue that long term use of nicotine impairs their body’s ability to produce dopamine properly, leaving them to rely solely on the world’s third most addictive drug to artificially stimulate that feel good hormone. Currently, there are over a billion tobacco users worldwide, and that number is creeping upward ominously, expecting to double over […]
US 22:59 GMT 10.05.2020(updated 23:36 GMT 10.05.2020) Get short URL Earlier, the decision to self-quarantine was made by the promintent members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Stephen Hahn and Dr. Robert Redfield, as they came in contact with staffers who tested positive for COVID-19. The chief of the US Navy Admiral Mike Gilday decided to self-quarantine after coming […]
Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday refuted reports that he is in self-isolation away from the White House after his press secretary tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement from his office. “Vice President Pence will continue to follow the advice of the White House Medical Unit and is not in quarantine,” reads a statement from Devin O’Malley, his spokesperson. “Additionally, Vice President Pence […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at a White House coronavirus press briefing in April. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at a White House coronavirus press briefing in April. Alex Brandon/AP The worst of the nation’s historic job losses are yet to come, according to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who told Fox News Sunday that “the reported numbers are […]
We have reported for weeks since EARLY MARCH that the numbers and predictions coming out on the coronavirus could not be trusted. Earlier this week The Gateway Pundit reported on the faulty models used to shut down the US economy: ** Dr. Tony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx used the Imperial College Model to persuade President Trump to lock down the ENTIRE US ECONOMY.** The fraudulent […]
A couple in Omaha, Nebraska, are not letting the coronavirus pandemic get in the way of their future plans. Recently, Methodist Hospital employees Ashley Jensen and her boyfriend, Jason Heimes, sat down for a lunch break that turned into something really special, according to the Omaha World-Herald. “Heimes, a registered nurse, works on the sixth floor of the hospital’s North Tower in the Progressive Care Unit, […]
CNN’s Brian Stelter got plenty of attention when he lost it on air over “right-wing media” paying too much attention to Michael Flynn and not enough to Covid-19 – and ramming the message home by likening it to 9/11 “every day.” “They’re treating the Michael Flynn story like it’s a bigger deal than the deaths of 2,000 Americans a day,” Stelter complained, about conservative outlets that […]
Authored by Andrew Puzder, the former CEO of CKE Restaurants, Inc. He is the author of Getting America Back to Work, a new Broadside from Encounter Books, originally published in Real Clear Politics. Most people seem to agree that a federal government–managed response is appropriate in a national crisis such as the current pandemic, particularly when economic stress is the direct result of government action, […]
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image captured and colorized at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana.NIAID Health Editor’s Note: COVID-19 is likely to respond to a cocktail […]
At least ten people have died after a fire ripped through part of a nursing home leaving about 20 immobile patients trapped inside the facility, its second floor being engulfed with flames. It’s unclear what sparked the blaze. The fire, which erupted shortly after midnight local time, spread to the area of 15 sq. m. (160 square feet) before it could have been put down by […]
The Green New Deal Is The Key To Ending Forever Wars By Lindsay Koshgarian, Truthout. May 10, 2020 The Green New Deal Is The Key To Ending Forever Wars2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/gnd.png200px200px Above image: Lauren Walker. The fossil fuel industry is a current casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, with oil prices briefly dipping below zero at the end of April. With the oil industry on the ropes, progressives see a path toward a green […]
Sunday on MSNBC, radio host Charlamagne tha God encouraged blacks to buy a gun to protect themselves against “white ISIS” amid the Ahmaud Arbery controversy, who was allegedly killed by two men, Gregory and Travis McMichael, in Georgia on February 23. Source link
Dozens of Indian and Chinese soldiers were injured in a cross-border clash involving fistfights and stone-throwing at a remote but strategically important mountain pass near Tibet, the Indian Army said Sunday according to the Straits Times and BBC. There have been long-running border tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, with a bitter war fought over India’s north-eastern-most state of Arunachal Pradesh in 1962. Indian and Chinese soldiers […]
(Natural News) For nearly three months, we’ve been urging people to wear masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, a new study and online simulation tool shows that America could end the lockdowns and beat the coronavirus in a matter of weeks if just 80% of people wore masks in public. Yes, it’s that simple: Wear a mask and you beat the […]
US 22:18 GMT 10.05.2020(updated 22:23 GMT 10.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005101079265465-us-vp-mike-pence-self-isolating-after-his-staffer-tests-positive-for-covid-19-report-claims/ On Friday, US President Donald Trump said that Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, was tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. US Vice President Mike Pence has started a self-isolation, staying away from the White House, Bloomberg reported in Sunday, citing sources. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source […]
The fallout of food critic Alison Roman’s brutal criticism of Chrissy Teigen and her business strategies has spurred hateful attacks from social media users on Teigen’s children, prompting Teigen on Sunday to announce that she’s taking “a little break.” “I really hate what this drama has caused this week,” Teigen wrote in a Twitter post. “Calling my kids Petri dish babies or making up flight manifests […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 7. Cassidy says testing needs to be targeted. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on May 7. Cassidy says testing needs to be targeted. Andrew Harnik/AP Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican of […]
Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker has the state in lockdown and businesses shut down until the end of May. On Sunday, the crazed Democrat governor told CNN’s “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper that the citizens of Illinois could be ordered to socially distance and wear masks indefinitely. There is no end in sight. In fact, Priztker believes all people living in Illinois should obey […]
Major League Soccer has re-opened outdoor training camps for the 2020 season but is requiring medical screenings for players as they arrive. The soccer authority noted that it had created a new safety regime, including temperature checks, masks, and other measures after they consulted with medical professionals. The changes went into effect on Wednesday, May 6, TMZ Sports reported. MLS posted a video showing members of […]
The US-China mudslinging and tit-for-tat blame game over the COVID-19 crisis just got a lot nastier, taking the information war in a new direction, impacting journalists working on the ground. The Trump administration has slapped new visa restrictions on Chinese journalists working in the United States in retaliation for similar actions taken against American outlets. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday a new rule […]
Doctors, scientists policymakers and even ‘non-experts’ posting on social media have argued that shuttering the health-care system to all non-emergency care risks sparking other public health crises from a spike in heart attacks and advanced cancer diagnoses, to so-called “deaths of despair.” In some areas, a spike in suicides has already been recorded since the start of the outbreak. And now, a newly published paper released […]
How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire By Beth Daniels/Zócalo Public Square Mr. Chairman, I am against all foreign aid, especially to places like Hawaii and Alaska,” says Senator Fussmussen from the floor of a cartoon Senate in 1962. In the visitors’ gallery, Russian agents Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale are deciding whether to use their secret “Goof Gas” gun to turn the Congress stupid, as […]
Moscow won’t fail to take note of the White House decision to completely exclude the Soviet Union from its message marking Victory in Europe Day, the Foreign Ministry said, calling the act a “distortion” of World War II history. “The US officials have found neither the courage nor the desire to … do justice to the indisputable role of the Red Army and of the Soviet […]
Over the last decade, Congress’s approval ratings have hovered around the mid-teens or low 20s, reflecting the reality that our representatives in Washington, D.C., serve the needs of big donors while throwing an occasional rhetorical bone to the “essential” workers who actually make the country function. Congress’s handling of the current crisis of the pandemic is unlikely to improve its ratings. Working Americans are facing an […]
Sunday on MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” host Joy Reid said President Donald Trump is attempting to move on from the coronavirus pandemic and reopen the economy because it is “disproportionately killing people who are black and brown, which is not his base.” Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said, “Joy, I think it’s important to point out that this has developed as it became increasingly clear that those […]
Via SaraACarter.com, “This is a cabal of liars of the Obama administration senior officials,” said Sara Carter, a Fox News contributor and host of “The Sara Carter Show” on Fox News’s show “The Ingraham Angle” on Friday. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com “And you have to ask yourself one question. They all stuck with the same exact propaganda, the same exact his information, that the […]
(Natural News) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is keeping busy scrubbing all evidence from the website of the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) that in any way implicates this controversial research institution in the unleashing of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) upon the world. The latest thing to go is a series of photographs, all of which have been memory-holed, that show scientists at various WIV laboratories […]
World 20:49 GMT 10.05.2020(updated 20:52 GMT 10.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107926/51/1079265169_83:0:1283:675_1200x675_80_0_0_6ebaaf35f0b9c6aef829989ac567e5cd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005101079265101-one-song-29-languages-people-from-around-the-world-perform-soviet-wwii-victory-anthem-in-a-video/ Amid the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazism in WWII, a Russian organization that works to preserve the memory of those who took part in the war has launched an initiative encouraging people around the world to sing a renowned Soviet wartime song. The Russian organization “Our Victory” […]
Coronavirus testing is ramping up across the country but not nearly fast enough. The consensus among experts is that “Phase One” testing must at least triple before the economy can fully re-open. After that, we’ll need tens of millions more COVID-19 tests, not to mention contact tracing and—when they become more accurate—widespread antibody testing. Can we recruit, train and—most important—supply a new “Testing Army”? The answer […]
Home care worker Rosalinda De Pooter, wearing a face mask, plays a table game with her client Josephine Claes, 76, during a partial lockdown against the spread of COVID-19 in Booischot, Belgium on April 27, 2020. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP Home care worker Rosalinda De Pooter, wearing a face mask, plays a table game with her client Josephine Claes, 76, during a […]
Congressman Nunes told Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that the original Flynn FBI 302 report used to brief Congress is still ‘missing.’ It was revealed in October former FBI lawyer Lisa Page EDITED General Mike Flynn’s 302 report, then lied to the DOJ about the edits. A 302 summary report consists of contemporaneous notes taken by an FBI agent when interviewing a subject. General Flynn’s lawyer Sidney […]
We come not to praise the loogie, but to bury it. Already banned on sidewalks, outlawed indoors and pooh-poohed by polite society, that gob of saliva and Lord-knows-what-else is done mucking up sports. In the wake of the new coronavirus, teams are revoking the germ-landing privileges that turned dugouts, benches, boxing rings and even grass fields into potential biohazard sites. No sharing towels, hats, bats, gloves […]
Alex Jones breaks down the recent announcements by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and vaccine advocate Bill Gates to microchip your children and vaccinate nearly everyone on the planet, as the dehumanization agenda accelerates in light of President Trump becoming aware of the medical tyranny embedded in the healthcare system. Also tune in at infowars.com/show Source link
Authored by Jonathan Turley, While some often seem to assume a zero tolerance approach for any risk of spread, we have no choice but to try to get this economy out of the current disastrous conditions. Unless we want to reintroduce a barter economy, we need to stop the exponential growth of debt coupled with the perilous decline of employment. The key may be individual choice […]
Dissociated Press The Center for Death Control (CDC) has warned that a new mutant strain of coronavirus has been associated with a 100% fatality rate in people who contact it. “What we’re saying, basically, is that everybody who catches this disease is going to die,” explained CDC doomsayer Vivian LaMorte. “Get this bug, and you are condemned to utter and complete extinction. Your body will break […]
The UK will not lift its Covid-19 lockdown this month, but will roll out an alert system to help judge when and where that easing of restrictions can begin, UK PM Boris Johnson said in a video address. In a pre-recorded message broadcast Sunday, the PM announced a plan for a new system of alert levels that will be used to implement anti-coronavirus measures based on […]
On Contact: High Rates Of Suicide Among Combat Veterans May 10, 2020 On Contact: High Rates Of Suicide Among Combat Veterans2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/oncontact-e1589135923416.png200px200px On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Matthew Hoh, former US Marines company commander, about the high rates of veteran suicides. Hoh served two tours in Iraq as a Marine and also worked as an official within the State Department. He resigned his […]
(AP) — BERLIN — The World Health Organization has dismissed as “false allegations” a media report that it withheld information about the new coronavirus following pressure from China. The U.N. agency said in a statement late Saturday that a German magazine’s report about a telephone conversation between WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Jan. 21 was “unfounded and untrue.” Weekly Der […]
We’ve detailed before that the US Department of Defense (DoD) is so worried about the pandemic’s impact on national security and troop readiness that it’s taking drastic measures like mulling a troop stop loss, pausing sending new recruits to boot camps, taking Pentagon operations down to a skeleton crew, and keeping “clean” non-coronavirus infected warships out at sea indefinitely to avoid potential crew infections at port. […]
(Natural News) The African nation of Tanzania recently sent samples to the WHO for coronavirus testing. Among those items that tested positive for the coronavirus were samples from a goat, a papaya and a pheasant, all at once exposing the total science fraud behind coronavirus testing. As we’ve warned for over a month, most coronavirus tests produce huge numbers of false positives. The testing kits are […]
Europe 19:25 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107922/82/1079228288_0:268:3164:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_7e1161e992e49b694d07d9187a5344c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005101079264953-german-police-detain-bomb-carrying-daesh-supporter-who-was-attacking-turkish-businesses/ The detained suspect claimed he had weapons and explosives stashed in his house and garage. Nearby buildings were evacuated out of an abundance of precaution. An unnamed 25-year-old male German citizen of Turkish descent was arrested in Bavaria under suspicion of involvement in a series of attacks on Turkish establishments in […]
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow attempted to strike an optimistic tone on April’s historically bad unemployment numbers on Sunday, insisting that there was a “glimmer of hope” in the report showing over 20 million jobs lost and the unemployment rate surging to nearly 15 percent. Asked on ABC’s This Week to react to President Donald Trump’s recent promise that “all” of the jobs will quickly […]
Los Angeles County vote center worker Steven Toro stands outside a temporary polling place in Palmdale, Calif., for a special election in the state’s 25th Congressional District. The coronavirus pandemic has upended the race between Democrat Christy Smith and Republican Mike Garcia. Libby Denkmann/KPCC hide caption toggle caption Libby Denkmann/KPCC Los Angeles County vote center worker Steven Toro stands outside a temporary polling place in Palmdale, […]
Another Day — Another Media Hoax… All week the liberal media was unglued over the tragic story of a young black Georgian, Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot dead by two white men and likely racists.Of course, our hearts go out to his family.The Georgia NAACP posted this description online of the shooting of Arbery who was ‘murdered’ by ‘white supremacists’ while he was out jogging. But […]
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two human smugglers who were allegedly armed with an AR-15 rifle. The agents also arrested three Mexican nationals who entered the U.S. illegally. Border Patrol agents patrolling southeast of Why, Arizona, on Wednesday night observed a group of people walking out of the desert. The three people got into a waiting Chevrolet pickup truck on Federal Route 1, according to […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for all children to be microchipped in the name of protecting public health. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Netanyahu suggested the Health Ministry use new technology to help Israel socially adapt ahead of lifting the coronavirus lockdown. “That is, technology that has not been used before and is allowed under the legislation we shall enact,” he clarified. […]
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker told UK’s Radio Times that his audience might not be able to “stomach” another season of his dystopian Netflix series. He said the public mood is not suited for another season considering the world has been thrown into dystopia via the virus pandemic. When Brooker was asked for an update on the writing of season 6; he responded by saying: “I’ve been busy […]
Credit: NIH Study Finds Nearly Everyone Who Recovers From COVID-19 Makes Coronavirus Antibodies by Dr. Francis Collins/NIH Director’s Blog There’s been a lot of excitement about the potential of antibody-based blood tests, also known as serology tests, to help contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. There’s also an awareness that more research is needed to determine when—or even if—people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus […]
Plans for the top two tiers of German football to return next weekend remain in place says the league’s CEO, despite the entire squad of Bundesliga 2 club Dynamo Dresden being quarantined for the next two weeks. Dresden’s playing staff was sent home and told to remain in self-isolation after two members of the squad tested positive for coronavirus, meaning that the club are not in […]
‘Plandemic’ Conspiracy Video Has Been Thoroughly Debunked By Annie Reneau, Upworthy. May 10, 2020 ‘Plandemic’ Conspiracy Video Has Been Thoroughly Debunked2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/plandemic.png200px200px Above photo: ZDoggMD/YouTube. NOTE: There are a number of articles addressing the misinformation in the ‘Plandemic’ video that is going around. I am posting the article below because it has a number of experts who explain the problems with Dr. Mikovits’s statements. Another very good article […]
Many NHL fans miss their teams. It’s been two months since the league suspended its season due to the Chinese coronavirus. Hockey lovers feel the void. Now, imagine being a fan of the Quebec Nordiques. The current stoppage of play is nothing to them. Fans in Quebec City haven’t seen their team skate in a quarter-century. If you ask former players, it is time for that […]
Authored by Brandon Smith via Birch Gold Group, The phrase “don’t fight the Fed” is an unfortunate but popular delusion. It presupposes that the central bank has limitless power to direct the economy because it can print limitless money. I’m not sure where this idea comes from, but consider the fact that anyone today who is under 30 years old was barely old enough in 2008 […]
(Natural News) Coronavirus test kits in Tanzania have raised suspicions about their accuracy. President John Magufuli expressed during an event that he found them so unreliable due to the fact that certain animals and even a fruit have tested positive for COVID-19. He further stated that the test kits were imported from overseas, but refused to specify where. In order to evaluate the quality of the […]
It’s starting to get warmer, and even though I have AC, I am someone who is perennially hot, especially at night. A great way to avoid this is with an additional fan. Box fans are great options because they’re sleek and can be easily stored when you’re not using them. They are great for putting on your windowsill, have good control systems, and most importantly, come […]
South Korea reported 34 new infections on Sunday – its highest daily tally in about a month. Most of the new infections were tied to several bars and nightclubs in Seoul. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP South Korea reported 34 new infections on Sunday – its highest daily tally in about a month. Most of the new infections were tied to several bars […]
On November 9, 2016 President-Elect Donald Trump shocked the world and media elites by trouncing Crooked in the presidential election. Advertisement – story continues below On November 10, 2016 President Obama met with President-Elect Trump in the White House Oval Office.The two met with the press after their meeting.Barack Obama talked about how they would “come together and work together” to do what was best for […]
While families around the world have celebrated Mother’s Day, Palestinian mothers in the Gaza strip continue to remember their missing motherhood, which is all too often cut short by Israel’s military occupation. Mother’s Day itself is no different to any other under occupation and siege: more shortages due to the blockade, more electricity blackouts, more Israeli missiles and certainly more disappointments. A mother in Gaza grieves […]
Mexico’s energy minister said on Twitter that the group of nations agreed to cut 9.7 million barrels a day to begin May 1. Energy officials from other countries shared similar information. Video aired by the Saudi-owned satellite channel Al-Arabiya showed the moment that Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, a son of King Salman, assented to the deal. “I go with the consent, so I […]
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on Sunday about the death of Ahmaud Arbery — and did not question or challenge her when she blamed the “rhetoric” of President Donald Trump for the shooting. Father-and-son Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were arrested and charged with murder last week after video emerged of the February shooting incident in which Arbery, 25, was killed. […]
A Johnson & Johnson executive said the company’s goal is to deliver 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine next year. The company’s chief scientific officer Paul Stoffels joined ABC’s This Week to explain that Johnson & Johnson is increasing its manufacturing and preparing for clinical trials in September, and hopes to start developing the vaccines at the end of the year. “We are upscaling manufacturing, and […]
The US-China mudslinging and tit-for-tat blame game over the COVID-19 crisis just got a lot nastier, taking the information war in a new direction, impacting journalists working on the ground. The Trump administration has slapped new visa restrictions on Chinese journalists working in the United States in retaliation for similar actions taken against American outlets. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Friday a new rule requiring all […]
Peaceful and grossly obese political geniuses By Gordon Duff It is reasonable to cite a rogue command within the US Army, headquartered out of Fort Huachuca, Arizona, as the center of the worldwide pandemic. This organization using ‘troll rooms’ manages internet assets, shuts down unfriendly websites like VT and South Front, and, all the while, runs drone wars around the world and, less well known, here […]
Manmohan Singh, the former prime minister of India, is getting medical care after suffering from chest pains and uneasiness, media reports say. Singh, 87, was taken to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Sunday and was under observation in the cardio-thoracic ward where he was being treated by a cardiologist. He is currently not in critical condition and away from the […]
Solidarity With Ohio prisoners By Martha Grevatt, Workers World. May 10, 2020 Solidarity With Ohio prisoners2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/prison-1-e1589131917617.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Globe and Mail. Over 200 people demonstrated outside the state prison in Marion, Ohio, May 2 to protest the conditions inside and demand prisoners who meet certain criteria be released. The prison drew national attention after 80 percent of the prisoners tested positive for COVID-19. Conditions are […]
Iran announced that it arrested at least 320 people for allegedly spreading “false and provocative” information on the novel coronavirus pandemic via social media, according to local reports on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reported. “320 people who were sharing false and provocative posts about the COVID-19 pandemic on social media were arrested,” said police chief Hossein Ashtari, the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported. Iran, one of the Middle Eastern […]
Trump’s efforts to push the OPEC-Russia deal to completion — including his pitch late last week to contribute U.S. oil reductions to Mexico’s share of the cuts — won him praise from shale oil producers, even though many companies are still expected to suffer. “It’ll provide him with temporary respite from the pain — from the excruciating pain — from the oil patch. He emerged as […]
Leaders of universities and colleges in Rhode Island argued this week that the Chinese virus pandemic affirms the importance of the campus experience. Many leaders said that they are eager to reopen their campuses for students and faculty for the upcoming fall semester. According to a report by the Providence Journal, university and college leaders in Rhode Island believe that the pandemic has affirmed the value of […]
In a ‘yuge’ victory for the Trump administration last week, the Justice Department dropped the prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in the Mueller probe in 2017 to misleading Vice President Mike Pence and FBI agents about his communications with a former Russian official. Now it seems Flynn could be welcomed back into the administration as Vice President Pence told “Axios on HBO” that he welcomes the idea. “I think Gen. […]
(Natural News) People suffering from vitamin D deficiency have a higher risk of contracting a fatal coronavirus infection, a new study has revealed. A research team from Northwestern University conducted a statistical analysis of data gathered from hospitals and clinics across different countries such as China, France, Germany, Italy, Iran, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Vadim Backman, a professor of […]
Europe 16:58 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki praised the ruling by Germany’s Constitutional Court on the EU’s mass-bond buying scheme, which he called “one of the most important rulings in the history of the European Union”. Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc may take legal action against Germany after the country’s highest court came with harsh […]
Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace pressed Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on his overly optimistic outlook for the economy in the second half of the year, directly asking Mnuchin on Sunday if his “rosy predictions” were based more on the upcoming presidential election rather than reality. Discussing April’s devastating jobs report that saw the unemployment figure jumping up to nearly 15 percent, Wallace kicked off his […]
Full Belly Farm, a 450-acre, organic farm, in California’s Capay Valley northwest of Sacramento, is busier than ever trying to ramp up production to meet soaring demand. Full Belly Farm hide caption toggle caption Full Belly Farm Full Belly Farm, a 450-acre, organic farm, in California’s Capay Valley northwest of Sacramento, is busier than ever trying to ramp up production to meet soaring demand. Full Belly […]
Lake County Illinois is the latest locale set up on online snitch page to report on your neighbors when they are caught without wearing a mask or violating social distancing policies. Advertisement – story continues below Via Wartime Citizen. Lake County Illinois sets up a #ChinaVirus snitch page!https://t.co/Ku9u8mojkh — WARTIME CITIZEN (@CapitolTrump) May 10, 2020 You can get to the snitch report page easily at the […]
Washington has yet to respond to Iran about a prisoner swap, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by the government’s website on Sunday, reiterating that Tehran was ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States without preconditions, Reuters reports. If a swap goes ahead, it would be one of very few instances of cooperation in an otherwise deeply frayed US-Iran relationship, which has […]
In Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, farmers have had to destroy millions of tons of unsold potatoes because people can’t eat fries in restaurants and bars. The crisis has also brought about a resurgence of single-use plastics. In supermarkets across the Continent, buns, apples and avocados are smothered in plastic wrap — and people worried about catching a deadly disease don’t care. “People are now more […]
In a preview clip of “Axios on HBO,” Vice President Mike Pence said that he welcomes the idea of bringing President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn back into the administration in light of the Justice Department dropping the case against him. Mike Allen asked, “The president has talked about bringing him back in the administration. Is that fine with you?” Pence said, “I think General […]
The National Security Agency is in possession of at least some communications between murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich and WikiLeaks, according to lawyer Ty Clevenger. In a letter to Rick Grenell, the acting Director of National Intelligence sent Thursday, Clevenger explained how the FBI lied to him about possessing documents related to Rich while he was seeking FOIA documents about FBI agent Peter Strzok, one of […]
A pharmaceutical company CEO says that while the United States may have the capability to deliver coronavirus treatments – if and when available – that the US has limited capacity to manufacture said treatments. “Our distribution capabilities work. I’m not worried about that,” said Leonard Schleifer, CEO of pharmaceutical company Regeneron, which is working on a coronavirus treatment. “Our manufacturing capacity, on the other hand…I think […]
UK Daily Mail: Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker suffered a stroke and has taken a ‘sabbatical’ from his eponymous TV show, according to his wife. ‘In Jim’s words, this has been the most vicious attack that he has ever experienced,’ Lori wrote in a Facebook post. ‘Under the guidance of medical professionals and our Board of Directors, Jim will be taking a sabbatical from the show,’ Lori […]
Premier League club Brighton have expressed their reservations about plans to resume the English league dubbed ‘Project Restart’ on June 8, after a third squad member tested positive for coronavirus. The club’s Chief Executive Paul Barber has confirmed that the unnamed player has been sent home to self-isolate for 14 days just a day before team representatives are due to meet to discuss proposals to safely […]
Amazon Labor Activism Goes International By Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. May 10, 2020 Amazon Labor Activism Goes International2020-05-102020-05-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/amazon-e1589128363844.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Amazon warehouse worker shoots a selfie with an activist dressed as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during a protest gathering outside the Axel Springer building on April 24, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images. European and U.S. Workers Combine Forces. Amazon worker organizing is going […]
Israel on Sunday confirmed two additional fatalities due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s death toll to 247. According to a statement by the Health Ministry, total cases in the country reached 16,454 after healthcare staff diagnosed an additional 18 patients. Noting that 79 patients were in critical condition, the statement added that at least 11,376 had recovered and were discharged from hospitals so far. Israel began taking measures to stem the spread of COVID-19 in […]
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo Congress won’t be able to appropriate enough money to help all those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Lamar Alexander warned on Sunday. “There’s not enough money to help everybody hurt when you shut down the government,” the Tennessee Republican said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Advertisement The solution to reopening the economy is to “test, trace isolate, […]
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on “Fox News Sunday,” America could suffer “permanent economic damage,” if we do not reopen the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. When asked about the danger of reopening the economy too soon, Mnuchin said, “If we do this carefully working with the governors, I don’t think there’s a considerable risk. As a matter of fact, I think there’s a considerable risk of not reopening. You’re talking […]
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, New Jersey joined New York today in the dubious distinction of coronavirus deaths rates of over 1 in 1,000 people. As states start opening up here are some charts to consider. New Covid-19 Deaths US States The above chart is not population adjusted. I made the chart as a spot check to see if new deaths were generally in line […]
Opinion 16:13 GMT 10.05.2020Get short URL The newly released House Intelligence Committee transcripts have dealt yet another blow to the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, international political observers say, suggesting that the recent disclosure and forthcoming publications will help establish that there was no Russian meddling in the 2016 US elections whatsoever. On 7 May, the House Intelligence Committee released 57 transcripts of interviews held between 2017 and […]
At around 8:00pm, there’s a good chance that you’ll find me or my boyfriend snacking on a pickle. I grew up eating them straight from the jar, on sticks, and off of plates of friends who held wrong opinions on pickles. There’s something so satisfying about the snap of a pickle; the salty/brininess satiates any craving I have that may have otherwise been cured with the […]
Millions of jobs have evaporated, particularly from businesses that employ a large number of Hispanics — like hotels, restaurants, bars, building services. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Millions of jobs have evaporated, particularly from businesses that employ a large number of Hispanics — like hotels, restaurants, bars, building services. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images It was just […]
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Mother’s Day weekend. Advertisement – story continues below Bartiromo broke news this morning that cell phone records show there was a shutdown at the Wuhan Virology Lab in October of 2019. Cell phone data suggests the roads around the Wuhan lab was shut down for a number of days in October.This was around the […]
In a depressing time of a global pandemic, here are some fabulous feathered friends to cheer you up! A rose-ringed parakeet is seen on a tree in Kurtulus Park in the capital of Turkey, Ankara on May 10, 2020. [Aytuğ Can Sencar – Anadolu Agency] A rose-ringed parakeet is seen on a tree in Kurtulus Park in the capital of Turkey, Ankara on May 10, 2020. […]
“There are concerns that they are using this drug when the medical evidence says it doesn’t help and could hurt,” Schumer said in an interview with The Associated Press. He said given the fact the malaria drug, despite being untested, had been repeatedly pushed publicly by Trump, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie must address whether anyone at the department was pressured by the White House or the […]
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said it was possible the unemployment rate could go as high as 20% in May. Anchor Jake Tapper asked, “How high do you think unemployment is going to get this year?” Hassett said, “You know, I think just looking at the flow of initial claims, that it looks like we’re probably going to […]
To the Intern running Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy’s twitter account on Mother’s Day: We’re sorry, but 70 million?? In what many assume is a hilarious twitter typo, the Connecticut Senator and Senate Foreign Relations Committee member accused President Trump in a tweet of trying to take away people’s health insurance while a brutal pandemic kills 70 million Americans. In reality, nearly 80k deaths have been linked […]
Authored by Christoph Gisiger via TheMarket.ch, Larry McDonald, publisher of the investment research service The Bear Traps Report, warns that this crisis is far from over. He spots growing tensions in the credit markets and thinks that large public borrowers like Italy and New York State are in need of massive bailouts. Stocks have staged an impressive comeback. Since the lows of March, the S&P 500 […]
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US President Donald Trump is open to compensating hard-hit states for expenses incurred in their Covid-19 responses – but isn’t looking at complete bailouts, his economic adviser said, after Congress was asked to send aid. “Of course if we go to a phase-four deal, I think President Trump has signaled that, while he doesn’t want to bail out the states, he’s willing to help cover some […]