Last week, the Treasury shocked the world when it announced that in the current quarter (the 3rd of the fiscal year), the US will need to sell a mindblowing, record $3 trillion (pardon, $2.999 trillion) in Treasurys to finance the US money helicopter. This, after selling $807 billion in the first half of the fiscal year, and another $677 billion in the quarter ending Sept 30. And since it is just a matter of time before Congress has to pass yet another fiscal package which will be at least another trillion dollars, and up to $3 trillion if the Democrats get […]
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(Natural News) After flip-flopping numerous times between supporting a Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine and not supporting one, President Trump appears to have finally gotten off the fence and made the decision to press forward with “Operation Warp Speed,” which aims to get a WuFlu jab to market by year’s end. According to reports, Trump has officially named Moncef Slaoui, a former executive at drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and military general, to head up the program to accelerate the development of a vaccine for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). While it would normally take 2-3 years to create a new vaccine, the Trump […]
US 23:33 GMT 15.05.2020(updated 23:44 GMT 15.05.2020) Get short URL With a 217-189 party-line vote, the Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives on Friday voted in favor of allowing lawmakers the ability to hold remote hearings and vote from home amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. For the first time in 231 years, members of Congress are now permitted to cast votes and participate in hearings without needing to be present in the chamber. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
Advocates say the U.S. Navy could be on the verge of ruling on a second waiver sought by a transgender staff member so that they may carry on serving their country. If granted, it would be the second successful challenge to President Trump’s ban on trans service personnel, after it was revealed this week that the Navy has granted the first ever waiver to a transgender naval officer. The officer in the first successful case, named in court documents as Lieutenant Jane Doe, has served in the Navy for 10 years. She is one of a group of trans service personnel […]
A protester attends a demonstration over Michigan’s coronavirus restrictions on Thursday at the state Capitol in Lansing. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP A protester attends a demonstration over Michigan’s coronavirus restrictions on Thursday at the state Capitol in Lansing. Paul Sancya/AP As the pandemic moves from public health crisis to partisan flashpoint, the debate over the coronavirus response in the U.S. is becoming increasingly nasty – and, in some cases, violent. It’s not just the clusters of gun-toting protesters at state capitols. In sporadic incidents across the country, disputes over emergency measures have turned into shootings, fistfights and […]
JK Rowling probably wasn’t expecting to unleash the bitcoin community’s pent up passion and imagination when she tweeted two sentences asking about bitcoin. But the author of the Harry Potter series did. Responding to a tweet from CoinDesk senior reporter Leigh Cuen, Rowling tweeted: “I don’t understand bitcoin. Please explain it to me.” In just two hours her tweet had spawned 1,300 replies. It took less than three hours for her to follow up with, “I don’t think I trust this.” Lurking below the Twitter surface is a massive community of people who tweet about almost nothing except bitcoin and cryptocurrency […]
Ric Grenell Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell on Friday announced major changes to election security briefings. Grenell announced the US Intel Community (IC) will lead all intelligence-based threat briefings to candidates, campaigns, and political organizations. The FBI was frozen out. This is huge. TRENDING: WTH? Will This Be Mandatory?- General Perna Announces Plans for Health Dept and Defense Dept. to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccine The FBI cannot be trusted after what they did to President Trump during the 2016 election and beyond. Director Christopher Wray has done nothing to cut the cancer out and rebuild the public’s trust in the […]
Jordanian king on Friday warned that if Israel annexes the West Bank, it would lead to a “massive conflict” with Jordan, Anadolu Agency reports. “If Israel really annexes the West Bank in July, it would lead to a massive conflict with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,” King Abdullah II said in an interview with Der Spiegel. “Leaders who advocate a one-state solution do not understand what that would mean,” he said, adding that there would be more chaos and extremism in the region. Israel is expected to carry out the annexation on July 1, as agreed between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and head of Blue and White party […]
House Republican Conference chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) told Breitbart News Daily that she’s confident that House Democrats are “mortified” by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) saying that President Donald Trump’s anti-China stance is merely a “diversion.” Pelosi claimed on Thursday that Trump’s recent antagonism toward China merely serves as a diversion from his coronavirus response. “What the president is saying about China is interesting — it’s an interesting diversion,” Pelosi said during a briefing on Thursday. Cheney said that it is a “disgrace” for Pelosi to diminish the role China’s failure to contain the coronavirus has had on the tens of thousands of […]
Affiliates of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), who receive millions of U.S. tax dollars every year, have partnered with Chinese-government controlled media outlet CGTN on a pro-Beijing documentary. Titled, “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty,” the film failed to reveal its connection to the communist party or producer Robert Lawrence Kuhn’s ties to China’s governmental propaganda arm. Kuhn was awarded the China Reform Friendship Medal in 2018, calling it “China’s highest award,” and posting an image of him shaking President Xi Jingping’s hand on his website. Kuhn was also connected to billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein through the Kuhn Foundation, […]
Via Birch Gold Group, It goes without saying, the economy has been severely damaged as a result of various “stay-at-home” orders in response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). One of the emerging ripple effects is that more Americans close to retirement are now considering whether or not to retire early. In fact, due to prolonged business shutdowns, some may feel as though the decision is being made for them. According to Forbes, even before COVID-19, “More than half of workers will be forced out of the workforce earlier than expected and for reasons out of their control.” In light of current economic circumstances, “Will I […]
By William Willers for VT “Practically speaking, government might do well to maintain a more vigorous countermisinformation establishment.” –Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule In 2008, Harvard law professors Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule published “Conspiracy Theories” with the Social Services Research Network, and a year later in The Journal of Political Philosophy under the title “Conspiracy Theories: Causes and Cures”. In time, the contents became known to a shocked public, because the authors, to summarize, recommended that citizen groups failing to believe official accounts of events should be covertly penetrated by governmental agents who would then work to bring opinion into line with that desired […]
US President Donald Trump has offered a sneak peak into the future of American military tech, talking up what he called a “super duper missile,” but his scientific terminology was simply too much for some netizens to take. The comment came during an Oval Office ceremony to unveil the official flag of the Space Force on Friday, with Trump taking a brief detour into state of the art hardware under development at the Pentagon. “We have, I call it the Super Duper Missile. And I heard the other night [it’s] 17 times faster than what they have right now,” Trump said. […]
Iran – Powerful And Determined By Andre Vltchek, Journal-Neo. May 15, 2020 Iran – Powerful And Determined2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ira96345.jpg200px200px Above photo: I refuse to describe Iran as a victim. It is not. It is one of the most influential and strong-minded nations on Earth. When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be. Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world, and it’s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments. And one such moment is sadly, right now. […]
New evidence has emerged of a Syrian doctor classed as a refugee living in Germany who formerly worked on behalf of the Syrian regime to torture and kill detainees, former detainees have revealed. Alaa Mousa was a doctor in the military hospital in the Syrian city of Homs, who, along with his colleague Dr Shuaib Al-Naqari, used to visit the regime’s 261st military security branch every morning to torture and kill patients rather than to treat them, according to the Syrian opposition news site Zaman al Wasl. The new evidence and witness testimonies come two months after Al Jazeera Arabic released […]
White House Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Friday morning in an interview he believed Americans were ready to jump back into the marketplace and boost the economy as coronavirus lockdowns were loosening. “You know, there’s a sense out there, kind of a spirit culturally, you’d call it a weltanschauung, people want to come out,” Kudlow said in an interview with Fox Business host Stuart Varney. Kudlow said that the virus growth rates and infection curves were flattening and that Americans were growing more positive about leaving their homes and returning to the marketplace. “They’re ready to go, they want to […]
There’s a silver lining to virus-related lockdowns in New York City. That is, the rat population is now starving. Just last year, New Yorkers were complaining about rats taking over the city — now it seems these rodents have food security issues. An urban rodentologist has told The Wall Street Journal that rats have become hostile and are resorting to cannibalism as food becomes scarce with restaurants closed. Strict social distancing has confined millions of people to their homes as economic activity has ground to a halt in the city. Businesses have shuttered operations, resulting in cleaner streets and less trash. “All of a sudden New […]
(Natural News) After being strongly condemned by the pro-liberty, pro-health freedom movement, President Trump appears to be backing away from positioning vaccines as the “cure-all” for the coronavirus. In comments made earlier today, Trump said, “Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back.” This is the first time Trump has publicly acknowledged the likelihood that a vaccine may never be developed that can safely and effectively prevent the spread of the coronavirus. It doesn’t mean Trump is opposed to vaccines, however. It’s just that he’s no longer praising vaccines as the miracle cure that will end the pandemic with certainty — a fraudulent, […]
Society 22:20 GMT 15.05.2020Get short URL Officials with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday issued an alert that an inflammatory disease which has appeared among children in recent weeks may be linked to COVID-19. The disease, which is called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), was first reported in late April in Britain. However, since then, additional cases have appeared within the US and abroad. France on Thursday reported that a 9-year-old boy who had tested positive for COVID-19 had died due to MIS-C, marking the country’s first fatality from the illness. On May 9, New […]
Defense attorneys for the father and son accused of shooting 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery said Friday that while “videos do not tell the full story,” there is more than one video of the deadly February incident that may prove their clients have been wrongly vilified. “This is not some sort of hate crime fueled by racism,” defense attorney Frank Hogue said in a Friday press conference. “It is and remains the case, however, that a young African-American male has lost his life to violence.” Gregory McMichael and his son, 34-year-old Travis McMichael, are facing murder and aggravated assault charges for allegedly chasing […]
Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael have been charged with murder in the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, whom they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. Glynn County Detention Center via AP hide caption toggle caption Glynn County Detention Center via AP Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael have been charged with murder in the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, whom they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. Glynn County Detention Center via AP Attorneys for one of the shooting suspects in the Ahmaud Arbery […]
Top Shelf Consensus: Distributed ended on a high note with a keynote address from Juan Benet, founder of Protocol Labs, who granted a rare interview as he closed out the week-long virtual conference. Speaking widely on the topics of decentralization and Web 3.0, Benet said, “the internet has become dramatically more important to us.” Over a 50-year time span, computing has gone from an idea to a “species altering technology.” You’re reading Blockchain Bites: Consensus Edition a twice daily roundup of all the notable news out of Consensus: Distributed. You can sign up for this, and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. But the internet’s present […]
The liberal media reporters that make up the White House press corps are completely incurious about the Obamagate scandal except to mock the president and his administration. White House spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany thanked one reporter, Steven Portnoy, on Friday for asking about Obamagate crimes today.According to McEnany the White House reporters have only asked about the unmasking of General Flynn once this week! On Friday reporter Portnoy tried to corner Kayleigh McEnany on the Obamagate crimes.The reporter asked not because he was curious but because he wanted to stump McEnany. Kayleigh gladly listed off several crimes by Obama officials.Then she looked […]
Moving forwards with an Israeli plan to unilaterally annex West Bank land will destroy any chance for peace, warned church leaders in Jerusalem. In a letter addressed to the Israeli government, church leaders highlighted: “Serious and catastrophic questions about the feasibility of any peaceful agreement to end the decades’ long conflict.” The Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem, Suheil Dawani, is one of 13 senior church leaders to put their names to the statement calling on Israel not to unilaterally annex land in the occupied West Bank. These proposed annexations, promised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his election campaign, have been […]
Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) office this week announced that the state’s health department, under transgender Health Secretary Rachel Levine, is focusing on gender identity and sexual orientation or expression in the state’s collection of coronavirus data. “Governor Tom Wolf today took another step in his commitment to fair treatment and inclusion of LGBTQ Pennsylvanians by announcing ways the community will be counted in COVID-19 data,” his office announced on Wednesday. According to the announcement, the Department of Health “will be conducting extensive case histories investigations as part of contact tracing on those who test positive for the virus” as individual counties […]
Now that the gag order has been lifted, Roger Stone does an interview with Latinos for Trump talking about the entire judicial process he went through. Source link
Authored by Diane Kennedy via The Organic Prepper blog, Mom and pop landlords, defined as real estate investors who own 10 or fewer properties, own about half of all rental units nationwide. And, according to CoreLogic, a real estate data company, the number of small investors is growing. In 2018, they were responsible for 60% of all purchases, as compared to 48% in 2013. Let’s get clear on who the target of the latest proposed House bill, “Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act” will be, at least as it relates to landlords. It’s the mom and pop landlord. It’s the […]
by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The Trump regime is placing as many bets down on the table that “China unleashed the virus” as a last stand defense of Trump’s incompetent handling of the Covid threat, which in 20/20 retrospect we can see he was totally absorbed with its effects on his reelection prospects. Why? If he hadn’t already known he was certainly briefed on the track record that incumbent presidents with a good economy and low unemployment carry a lot of sway with voters wanting those circumstances to continue. His financial handlers milked him […]
A US Air Force F-22 Raptor jet has crashed during a training flight in northwest Florida. The pilot survived after ejecting safely. The dramatic moment was captured on video by a motorist from a nearby highway. The crash took place Friday morning local time near the Eglin Air Force Base, east of Pensacola. The video that appeared later in the day shows the moment the yet-unnamed pilot decided to ditch the $143 million jet and parachute to safety. The pilot is in stable condition in the base hospital, and has been visited by family and friends, Ilka Cole, a spokeswoman for […]
Defying US Sanctions, Iran Tanker To Deliver Fuel To Venezuela By the Middle East Monitor. May 15, 2020 Defying US Sanctions, Iran Tanker To Deliver Fuel To Venezuela2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/oil-tankergage_roads_fremantle-e1589550521384.jpg200px200px Above photo: An Iranian oil tanker. Nachoman-au/Wikipedia. NOTE: Argus media reports that the US issued a response to Iran ignoring the illegal unilateral economic coercive measures being imposed on many countries by the US. “The US administration today issued an advisory to the maritime industry on preventing violations of US sanctions, but stopped short of threatening strict penalties against shipping market participants. The advisory asks the maritime shipping industry to be on the lookout […]
UK Minister for Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly said Israel’s plans to annex the West Bank are “contrary to international law”. When asked by Scottish National Party MP Tommy Sheppard if the UK government would consider the move “illegal under international law”, Cleverly said that attempting to annex the West Bank would make a two-state solution difficult to achieve, in a break with UK support of US foreign policy. He told parliament: “Our long-standing position is that we do not support the annexation of parts of the West Bank, and … doing so could make a sustainable two-state solution […]
The Senate voted against an amendment on Wednesday sponsored by Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) that would curb law enforcement agencies’ ability to obtain web browsing and Internet search data without a warrant. The Senate voted on amendments on Wednesday to H.R. 6172, sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), which would reauthorize provisions relating to intelligence gathering under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The legislation passed through the Senate on Wednesday. Sens. Wyden and Daines, both pro-privacy reform, sponsored S. Amendment 1583 to the resolution, which would force federal law enforcement agencies such as […]
A prime suspect in the ‘wet market’ coronavirus origin theory was just given a pass, after a peer-reviewed study found that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, could not have jumped from pangolins to humans. As a refresher, SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19 in humans, is 96% identical to a coronavirus strain found in bats known as RaTG13 – which was incidentally collected in a cave in Yunnan, China by scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. On its own, RaTG13 cannot infect humans, however SARS-CoV-2 has a ‘receptor binding motif’ (RBM) which is identical to a pangolin strain of coronavirus – […]
(Natural News) South Korean officials are facing difficulties handling a recent outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) linked to nightclubs in Seoul’s popular Itaewon neighborhood. Several of the nightclubs in question are frequented by gay customers, some of who have been wary of coming forward for testing due to the country’s conservative culture. Authorities are trying to track more than 5,500 people who visited the bars between April 24 and May 6. More than half, however, remain out of reach while the number of infections linked to the bars continues to rise. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon confirmed that 101 coronavirus cases have […]
World 21:12 GMT 15.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107899/64/1078996428_0:154:3367:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_f85640b472462e925ac3ddbb5a37b2e8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005151079320096-china-to-take-measures-against-apple-cisco-if-us-continues-hitting-huawei-with-sanctions—report/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – China will carry out countermeasures against such US companies as Apple and Cisco if the United States continues applying sanctions on Huawei, Chinese media reported on Friday. According to the Global Times daily, quoting a source close to the Chinese government, “China will take forceful countermeasures to protect its own legitimate rights”, if the US moves forward with its threat to bar essential suppliers, including Taiwan-based TSMC, from selling chips to Huawei. The countermeasures would include adding select US companies to China’s “unreliable entity list”, […]
If you’re looking for something to erase Robert Pattinson’s viral pasta abomination from your memory, Stanley Tucci has provided the most potent antidote. In a diary for The Atlantic, the beloved actor documents a day in life as he now knows it—quarantined with his wife, two small children, and four older children, one of whom is a friend of his own kids. Last month Tucci showed us all how to make the perfect negroni—and now, he’s broken down how to make lamb, pasta, and chicken stock. The delightful revelations in Tucci’s diary run beyond just food, though. For instance: Does it […]
Ohio’s Twisted Citrus restaurant introduced the Rubber Duckie Mimosa, champagne and blue rasberry lemonade topped with a classic yellow rubber duck, to match its new shower curtain barrier. (Image credit: Courtesy of Kim Shapiro) Source link
Crypto.com said Friday it has begun shipping its crypto-to-fiat card, the MCO Visa, across the European Union. In total, 31 European countries, including the EU’s 27 member states, now have access to the card that lets users pay in crypto, it said in a blog post. The Hong Kong company received approval to bring the program to the European market in October. MCO Visa was previously only available in the U.S. and Asia. Crypto.com also announced Thursday its U.S. cardholders could begin integrating with Apple and Google Pay. The card works by exchanging users’ crypto for local fiat when the user […]
California Democrat told off California freelancers and independent contractors who are wanting to get back to work. Democrat Hannah-Beth Jackson told them, “I appreciate that some independent contractors are upset… AB5 took away their lollipop.” She thinks their jobs are “lollipops”? Via Kira Davis on RedState: TRENDING: WTH? Will This Be Mandatory?- General Perna Announces Plans for Health Dept and Defense Dept. to Deliver Coronavirus Vaccine Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson represents the 19th District in western Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. In a Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement meeting officials heard arguments for and against pushing forward SB 806 and […]
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Friday called on the international community to support the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were displaced in 1948, Anadolu Agency reports. This came in a statement by the organization, on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the Palestinian Day of Nakba which is annually marked on May 15. The OIC stressed the Palestinian cause is a core issue, reiterating its “firm and absolute support for the Palestinian people in their just struggle to regain and exercise their inalienable national rights.” It called on the international community to continue to […]
Rory McIlroy says he wouldn’t play golf again with President Donald Trump and doubts he would even be invited after questioning his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic. McIlroy did an hour-plus interview for the McKellar Journal podcast in which he was asked whether he regretted the February 2017 round with Trump because of criticism on social media. “I haven’t done it since … out of choice,” McIlroy said. McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world, said three years ago he played with Trump out of respect for the office. He said on the podcast he enjoyed his day at Trump […]
The Air Force is officially relaunching a competition to find a home for U.S. Space Command, with a wide set of criteria that could allow dozens of cities to enter the race. Source link
Street art popping up around Los Angeles blasts California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his state’s tyrannical lockdown orders. In one illustration, titled, “California Psycho,” created by street artist Sabo, Newsom is depicted as American Psycho‘s fictional protagonist Patrick Bateman. In another piece titled “Gruesom,” put up near Hollywood Blvd’s Dolby Theatre, Newsom is portrayed as a reptilian shape-shifter wearing human skin stretched over his face. “They want us to all wear masks,” Sabo said in comments to Breitbart. “How fitting, because they wear them all the time.” Infowars’ most powerful product is back in stock! Get DNA Force Plus up to […]
Just moments after equities closed near the highs on Friday after yet another retail-driven rush into the stock market, the Federal Reserve poured cold water over all the bulls when the central bank unexpectedly issued a stark warning that stock and other asset prices could suffer “significant declines” should the coronavirus pandemic deepen – which we hope is not a shock to anyone – while highlighting that commercial real estate, which as we showed just yesterday just won’t stop collapsing, will be the hardest-hit industries. Nested toward the top of the overview of its semiannual Financial Stability, just so nobody misses […]
Lancet: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the USA with 1·3 million cases and an estimated death toll of 80 684 as of May 12. States that were initially the hardest hit, such as New York and New Jersey, have decelerated the rate of infections and deaths after the implementation of 2 months of lockdown. However, the emergence of new outbreaks in Minnesota, where the stay-at-home order is set to lift in mid-May, and Iowa, which did not enact any restrictions on movement or commerce, has prompted pointed new questions about the inconsistent and incoherent national response to the COVID-19 crisis. […]
Dutch authorities have decided that sex is a necessity, even in times of lockdown. Ever the pragmatists, they suggest that quarantined singletons “make arrangements” with a willing partner. With more than 43,000 people infected with the coronavirus and a death toll of 5,600, the Netherlands has been on lockdown since late March. Citizens are allowed to have up to three visitors in their homes, provided they keep a distance of 1.5 meters from each other. Naturally, this precludes most sexual activity. However, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has admitted that two sex-free months is a […]
Worker Advocates Condemn Virginia’s Plan To Reopen By Ally Schweitzer, The DCist. May 15, 2020 Worker Advocates Condemn Virginia’s Plan To Reopen2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/virginia7.jpg200px200px Above photo: Gov. Ralph Northam, left, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol Wednesday March 11, in Richmond. Steve Helber / AP Photo. ‘We Will Not Be Guinea Pigs.’ Immigrant advocates, progressive groups and NAACP chapters in Northern Virginia are calling on Gov. Ralph Northam to cancel his plans to partially reopen the state on May 15. Reopening too soon, advocates say, imperils black and Latinx workers on the front lines. In a remote press conference Thursday, the coalition demanded extensive COVID-19 testing, […]
Turkish defense officials on Friday distributed protective health supplies to soldiers stationed at a NATO Allied Land Command based in Izmir, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said it distributed the supplies to 320 allied staff of 23 NATO member countries as part of the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Despite the fact that Turkey currently has 146,457 confirmed coronavirus cases and that its death toll from the virus stands at 4,055, it has been one of the top countries sending medical aid abroad. On Thursday, the country’s vice president said Turkey had sent medical aid to over 80 […]
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on Friday weighed in on the release of a list of Obama administration officials that sought to unmask former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Cornyn said on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” that the scandal by then-President Barack Obama’s officials to “undermine” President-elect Donald Trump and his upcoming presidency is “the biggest thing since Watergate. “Well, there has to be answers,” Cornyn told host Ed Henry. “This is a scandal of really, if we weren’t involved in the COVID-19 crisis, this would be a scandal of the biggest thing since Watergate.” He expounded on his comparison to Watergate, […]
“BAE has also informed the Marine Corps that the MCT-30 version for the Marine Corps will be a lighter weight version of the Stryker system and use the Mk44 gun which is common with US Navy… Source link
US equities suffered their worst weekly drop in two months… Shock horror…how did that happen? Fauci Fearmongering started the ball rolling down-hill: “The reality is [Fauci] is scared the crap out of Americans,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs, R-AZ, said. “That’s what he’s done. And with his co-folks in the left wing media, they’ve scared people. You’ve got businesses that are afraid to open. They’re scared to death to open because someone is going to get sick or they get sick. He has scared people who have children and he is gone back and forth. I mean now you don’t […]
(Natural News) A total of 2.981 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance this past week, the Department of Labor reported Thursday. The figure raises the eight-week total for jobless claims to more than 36 million, by far the biggest loss in U.S. history. Last week was the sixth straight week in which new jobless claims have fallen. However, claims remain elevated at a level that dwarfs that of the largest week of U.S. job losses following the 2008 financial crisis where 665,000 claims were filed. “They remain grotesquely high by all but the most recent standards,” Ian Shepherdson of Pantheon Macroeconomics wrote in a note. “In […]
US 19:52 GMT 15.05.2020(updated 19:53 GMT 15.05.2020) Get short URL A species of massive lizard is causing concern for wildlife officials in the US state of Georgia, who are attempting to eradicate the invasive reptilian from the state after numerous sightings. The Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae) is a massive lizard that can get as big as 4 feet long and weigh 10 pounds or more and is native to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The reptiles have been very popular in the exotic animal trade, particularly in Florida, which sits close to Georgia and supports more non-native species of […]
In a new podcast interview, breakout new Real Housewives of New York City cast member Leah McSweeney, who is enjoying one of the most celebrated debut seasons in the franchise’s history, defended controversial statements she has made criticizing key members of the #MeToo movement. Quotes from columns McSweeney had penned for Penthouse magazine accusing Asia Argento and Rose McGowan of exploiting the movement for personal gain—as well as a YouTube interview in which she defended Donald Trump—recirculated among Bravo fans when McSweeney joined the show, and were recounted in a Daily Beast article that published last month. “I’m not even sure […]
Cynthia Murray’s hours at Walmart had already been cut and she was worried about her health in the pandemic. After a customer shouted at her, she decided to go on unpaid leave. Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Cynthia Murray’s hours at Walmart had already been cut and she was worried about her health in the pandemic. After a customer shouted at her, she decided to go on unpaid leave. Chuck Kennedy/MCT/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Cynthia Murray has worked at a Walmart store in Maryland for nearly […]
The third part of The Breakdown’s Money Reimagined series looks at the role of bitcoin and USD stablecoins in the new global monetary order. Niall Ferguson has called this moment an “age of experimentation” when it comes to currencies. One of the unique features of this moment is the experiments are not limited to the traditional actors. It is not just nation-states trying to elevate their currencies in the face of the global dominance of the dollar, but non-sovereign monies born of decentralized networks that are plausible contenders in this game of currency thrones. Bitcoin was a byproduct of the last […]
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy went on a blastastic rant on Wednesday, ripping state governors for locking down Americans and asking some brilliant questions along the way — like “When did flattening the curve turn into finding the cure?!” In his three-and-a-half minute profanity-laced tirade, Portnoy said government officials are going about it all wrong in trying to keep every single person from catching the coronavirus, which kills mostly the elderly and unhealthy. “What the f*ck is going on?” Portnoy says at the beginning of the video, which has more than 7 million views. “When did this become, ‘flatten the curve,’ […]
US lawmakers in Missouri have banned the State from doing business with companies that boycott Israel in one of the first bills passed by the Republican led House as soon as restrictions as a result of Covid-19 were lifted. The new bill, which was described as being “incredibly dangerous” and condemned for trampling on Americans’ right to free speech through protests, was approved 95-40. Companies will be required to sign a contract pledging not to boycott Israel in order to do business with Missouri. Contracts worth less than $100,000 or companies with fewer than ten employees will however not be subjected […]
The show must go on. Florida is set to host the country’s first drive-in music festival. “The Road Rave” promises “a full festival main stage production” headlined by DJ Carnage, according to a report by Consequence os Sound. The outlet added that Carnage is calling The Road Rave “North America’s first-ever drive-in festival of the COVID era.” But the concept of drive-in events have become more popular due to the deadly Chinese coronavirus pandemic. EDM producer Marc Rebillet has set a seven-date drive-in tour. Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers plan to host several country music shows in the parking lot of their stadium. Country star Keith Urban put on […]
A draft Request for Proposals from the Space Development Agency outlines what it needs from missile-tracking satellites it plans to launch in FY2022. Source link
The incident took place 12 miles northeast of Eglin Air Force Base in western Florida, located about three miles southwest of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County, at a test and training range. A US F-22 fifth-generation fighter jet crashed at 9:15 a.m. (1:15 GMT) in Florida while the pilot ejected safely, the US Air Force said in a statement. “The pilot ejected safely from the aircraft and has been transported to the 96th Medical Group hospital on Eglin for evaluation and observation. He is currently in stable condition. The name of the pilot has not been released”, the statement said. USAF statement […]
Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, Has anyone given credit to the coronavirus for exposing the general folly of our time? We’ve yet to find mention of it. Not even on the web. Here we shall do our part to give proper credit where credit is due… Numerous stimulus proposals are currently being cooked up in Congress. In an election year, with unemployment going vertical, now’s the time to cash in on populist sentiments. The three leading bills, for example, are the Automatic Boost to Communities (ABC) Act, the Emergency Money for the People Act, and the Monthly Economic Crisis Support […]
Health Editor’s Note: As states in the U.S. begin to relax the “stay in place orders” and open up more businesses, there is not reason why we will not see a surge of new COVID-19 cases and subsequent deaths. We have seen upticks in numbers since the Easter and Mother’s Day holidays in which people did not adhere to the stay at home orders….Carol China witnesses surge in new travel-related COVID-19 cases, says GlobalData Posted in Pharma As China opens up for businesses, the country is witnessing a new surge of travel-related COVID-19 cases in Jilin province in Northern China. The country […]
A nine-year-old boy in France has died from the mysterious Kawasaki-like disease, which some medics link to Covid-19. It’s the first such case in that country, but similar child fatalities were earlier recorded in the US and UK. The cause of the boy’s death was “neurological injury related to a cardiac arrest,” Fabrice Michel, head of the pediatric intensive care unit at La Timone hospital in Marseille, said. The child was rushed to hospital with heart problems in early May. Doctors have been fighting for his life for a whole week, but the young patient passed away on Saturday. While in […]
Group That Won School-Funding Suit Now Challenging Private School Vouchers By Darrel Rowland, Columbus Dispatch. May 15, 2020 Group That Won School-Funding Suit Now Challenging Private School Vouchers2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ohio-1-e1589552293792.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters hold up signs at a rally for increased school funding at the Statehouse in 2004. Adjusted for inflation, state funding for Ohio schools rose in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but since the Great Recession, inflation-adjusted funding has slightly fallen. Tom Dodge/Dispatch file photo. NOTE: Popular Resistance supports full funding of public education and opposes vouchers. All students should have a high-quality public education. The same coalition that successfully sued […]
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government reported on Friday 21 new coronavirus cases, including three deaths, the coronavirus committee said on Twitter, Reuters reported. The committee added that 13 of the new cases were in Aden, and eight in Hadramout, including the three deaths. The Aden-based government committee said the tally for confirmed coronavirus cases in areas under its control now stands at 106, including 15 deaths Yemen: Renewed clashes between UAE-backed STC and Saudi-backed forces in Abyan Source link
Santa Ana, California, is experiencing a surge in crime as suspects exploit a national recommendation to wear masks to prevent the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. The Santa Ana Police Department told CBS News Los Angeles that the city has seen a 50 percent spike in robberies since California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a sweeping stay-at-home order in March. Speaking to the news outlet, one gas station clerk recounted how he was held up at gunpoint by a masked thief last Friday at 2 a.m. The clerk said the suspect didn’t arouse suspicion because mask coverings are now the norm, allowing the thief […]
There are now four members of the European Patrol Corvette program, created to design and develop a prototype of a modular 3,300-ton ship responsible for a number of tasks and missions, including… Source link
From an initial $75 billion per day when the Fed announced the launch of Unlimited QE in mid-March, the US central bank first reduced its daily buying to $60 billion per day, then announced another ‘taper’ in its bond-buying program to $50 billion per day, which was followed by a reduction to 30 billion per day, which one month ago was again cut in half to $15 billion per day. Then, three weeks ago the Fed again slashed its daily POMO by another 33%, to $10BN per day, before cutting it to $8 billion two weeks ago, and again to $7 […]
(Natural News) Virginia reported 1,067 new cases of coronavirus on May 14, Thursday, the highest number of new cases reported in a single day since May 1. Virginia authorities also reported 28 new deaths due to COVID-19 complications. These record high coronavirus numbers come as the state’s plan to partially reopen its economy hits several stumbling blocks, as many areas in Virginia are granted exemptions to the reopening strategy. As of writing, Virginia has recorded 27,813 cases of COVID-19 and 955 deaths. Northern Virginia, Accomack County and City of Richmond to remain under lockdown Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam previously said that Virginia […]
TORONTO (Sputnik) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday $318.59 million in new funding for the nation’s research community that has faced funding shortages amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. “Today, we are announcing $450 million [US$318.59 million] to help researchers and research institutions bridge to better times”, Trudeau said during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus pandemic. The prime minister said the money will go toward wage support in academia and will be distributed through federal granting agencies. As part Canada’s Economic Response Plan, the Trudeau government has earmarked $107.50 billion in direct stimulus measures as the economy […]
Hands-on operations with the Space Launch System (SLS) resumed this week, following a lengthy standdown due to the restrictions relating to COVID-19. This included a return to Green Run preparations at the Stennis Space Center, with “limited crews” preparing the Artemis-1 core stage on the B-2 test stand for what will be one of the most defining tests relating to the launch date. That maiden launch of NASA’s new rocket is awaiting a realigned launch date, which officials cite will be moved to “late 2021”. The Green Run, which at one point was set to be deleted from the test flow […]
I think proper drinkware is essential. You have to have a good rocks glass (clear preferably), a good highball, and wine glasses are a must. And even though we’re all cooped up, that doesn’t mean you should stop doing things the way they were meant to be done. A Moscow Mule, a popular beverage, deserves a copper mug. Not only will it make them colder, it will transport you to your favorite bar, where you’d laugh with friends, and will just make your drink that much more special. To help out, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite mugs, so you […]
People in cars participate in a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of the state capitol in Madison, Wisc., on April 24, 2020. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images People in cars participate in a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of the state capitol in Madison, Wisc., on April 24, 2020. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images The mayor of Madison, Wisc., is slamming the decision by the state’s supreme court this week to overturn the governor’s stay-at-home order, saying businesses are not in a position to reopen and warning that […]
CoinDesk sent out a survey meant to gauge the innermost feelings and thoughts of crypto’s leading figures. Loosely based on the “Proust Questionnaire” popular during the fin de siecle, we’re hoping honest answers will reveal insights about our own age of transition. Sunny Aggarwal, a Tendermint and Cosmos developer and founder of the UC Berkeley Pirate Party, answered our questions over email. Your favorite blockchain protocol?Cosmos, obviously. Your # 1 favorite crypto hero?Vitalik Your favorite quality in an entrepreneur?Ability to stay true to values. Your biggest fear?(Crypto specific) Crypto adoption goes nowhere and all this time and energy we’ve spent will be […]
Dana White UFC president Dana White did not hold back in response to a New York Times article criticizing his Coronavirus protocols. Dana White was asked about a New York Times article written by Kevin Draper that claimed the UFC was violating its own Coronavirus protocols — and his response was FIRE. The New York Times criticized the UFC for allowing face-to-face interviews and handshakes with the fighters in the Octagon. Dana White was also criticized for not wearing a face mask or gloves and other decisions related to testing fighters and personnel for the Coronavirus. TRENDING: “I Don’t Think That’s […]
Lebanon, Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday confirmed new fatalities from the coronavirus, while Morocco, Mauritania, Oman and Qatar reported new cases, Anadolu Agency reports. In Lebanon, the Health Ministry said 26 more people died from COVID-19, bringing the toll to 891. The number of cases rose by five to reach 891, it added. A total of 246 people in the country have so far recovered. The Moroccan Health Ministry confirmed 16 new coronavirus cases, pushing the total to 6,623. A total of 3,383 people have recovered, while the death toll stands at 190. READ: UN says Yemen […]
Douglas Wigdor, the attorney for Tara Reade, told Breitbart News on Friday morning that former Vice President Joe Biden’s claim not to remember her is all the more reason for him to consent to opening up his Senate records. Biden told MSNBC on Thursday evening that he did not remember Reade, who worked for him as a Senate staffer, and who alleges he sexually assaulted her in 1993. Biden has refused to open his Senate archive, which is housed at the University of Delaware. Wigdor responded in a telephone interview with Breitbart News. Biden “hasn’t been that sharp on many things, […]
In this exclusive Infowars report, world leaders express their desire to implement a New World Order. Over the past few decades, Infowars.com and Alex Jones have been at the forefront of warning the planet about the globalist agenda. At the beginning of the video, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot admits she appoints police leaders who promise to “pledge allegiance to the New World Order.” After Lightfoot’s usage of the term “New World Order” went viral online this week, establishment media quickly moved to downplay her quote. Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson reports, “Facebook and Associated Press ‘fact checkers’ claim it’s false that Chicago […]
Earlier today, Rabobank’s Micheal Every lamented that “One Day The Main Story Will Not Be US-China Relations… But Today Is Not That Day.” And with the US now commencing a lockout of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, with Beijing vowing to retaliate against Boeing, Qualcomm and Apple, tomorrow isn’t looking good either, nor the next day, or the day after. In fact, it is safe to say that the increasingly belligerent rhetoric – and deeds – between the US and China will continue to escalate until the Nov 3 election, and potentially beyond it. There is a very simple reason for that: […]
Lockdown demonstration related infections reflected in typical Michigan/Wisconsin rural county From one rural county in Michigan that had less that 5 COVID patients before the lockdown demonstrations: “As of Wednesday, May 13, 2020, county health officials say, 510 residents have the virus — about one third were diagnosed in the last week. So far, 21 children age 9 or younger have the virus; those between the ages of 30 and 39 comprise the most cases, 95.” UK Independent: Seventy-two individuals who tested positive for Covid-19 in Wisconsin recently attended a “large-gathering” before their diagnosis, according to a report. According to The Progressive, the state’s Department […]
The German Bundesliga becomes Europe’s first major league to resume this weekend after a two-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s right, football returns for the first time since mid-March and it’s back with a Bundesliga bang as Borussia Dortmund host Schalke in a so-called ghost game which will provide a strange atmosphere for the biggest derby in Germany. There won’t be any fans in attendance at Signal Iduna Park and it’s the same throughout the country with all this season’s remaining matches across the top two divisions to be played behind closed doors. Also on rt.com Which of Europe’s […]
Trump Administration Tells States To Yank Benefits From Those Who Won’t Return To Work By Arthur Delaney, Portside. May 15, 2020 Trump Administration Tells States To Yank Benefits From Those Who Won’t Return To Work2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ppe-1.jpg200px200px Above photo: ABC News. Congress created special unemployment benefits so that laid-off workers could stay home while the coronavirus pandemic rages outside, but the Trump administration wants states to make sure that nobody’s getting benefits if they could be at work. The U.S. Department of Labor has told states, which implement unemployment insurance programs according to federal rules, that they should ask employers to notify the state if […]
The planned inauguration of Israel’s new unity government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been postponed until Sunday due to a dispute over the allocation of ministries, according to the BBC. “Prime minister Netanyahu asked Gantz to postpone the swearing-in ceremony until Sunday so as to enable him to finalise ministerial appointments within Likud,” read a joint statement released by Likud and Gantz’s Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party. “Gantz agreed to Netanyahu’s request,” it added. Under a coalition deal with his former election rival, Benny Gantz, Netanyahu would serve as prime minister for 18 months before the head of Blue and White party would take over […]
Lower prices, lower interest rates, and government aid boosted consumer sentiment in the first weeks of May, creating an unexpected rise in the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. The index rose to 73.7 for May, up from 71.8 in April. Economists had expected a further decline to 65. “The CARES relief checks improved consumers’ finances and widespread price discounting boosted their buying attitudes,” Richard Curtin, chief economist for the survey, said in a statement. One unexpected result from the May survey: a sharp move upward in inflation expectations. It may be that consumers seeing falling prices now and reading about a […]
Update (1330ET): As expected, Friday’s press conference introduced America’s new “vaccine czar”, four-star general Gustave Perna, who has joined “Operation Warp Speed” to help lead to government-backed effort to develop a vaccine. TRUMP SAYS WILL BE READY WHEN VACCINE COMES TRUMP SAYS OPERATION WARP SPEED AIMS TO ELIMINATE VACCINE DELAY TRUMP ANNOUNCES SLAOUI, PERNA TO JOIN OPERATION WARP SPEED TRUMP SAYS NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO WANT TO GET VACCINE TRUMP SAYS SCHOOLS SHOULD BE BACK IN FALL * * * On a day where tensions between the US and China have dominated the business news cycle, President Trump is holding […]
(Natural News) Coronavirus cases in Texas are rising every day. The state has been reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for seven consecutive days. This rate of increase has been happening every day since May 8, according to data gathered from the Texas Department of State Health Services. The state even announced on May 14 its largest daily increase in both new cases and fatalities, with 1,448 new COVID-19 cases and 58 additional deaths. Gov. Abbott insists on reopening Texas despite mounting COVID-19 cases Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that some businesses in the state will be allowed to resume […]
Europe 17:24 GMT 15.05.2020(updated 17:26 GMT 15.05.2020) Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107931/15/1079311595_0:61:3072:1789_1200x675_80_0_0_fa184b2597420097f1f222c86b0f9cb5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202005151079313501-restaurants-in-berlin-start-to-reopen-as-covid-19-lockdown-comes-to-an-end—video/ Germany has confirmed 913 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 173,152, the Robert Koch Institute said earlier today. The death toll grew by 101 to 7,824 people within the same time period. A live broadcast shows Berlin’s neighbourhoods on 15 May, as restaurants are starting to reopen after being closed since March due to the coronavirus lockdown. Germany went into a COVID-19 lockdown in mid-March and has been easing restrictions since late April. At the same time, […]
Boeing, a world’s largest aerospace company, has announced that it delivered the final F/A-18 Block II fighter jet to the U.S. Navy. As noted by the company, next year, they will begin integrating Block III Super Hornets into carrier fleets. “Delivery of this last production Block 2 Super Hornet is […] a stepping stone along the path to continuously evolving our platforms to meet the US Navy’s ever-evolving needs,” said Captain Jason Denney, Program Manager of the F/A-18 and EA-18 Program Office (PMA-265). “Block 3 delivery is just steps behind and the production lines won’t miss a beat, with the first […]
A U.S. Army sergeant stationed at Fort Knox promised his wife he’d clean the couch—but didn’t. So, according to the FBI, she stabbed him. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, the incident began with an argument over housework and ended with a knifing. When military police responded to a domestic dispute call on the Kentucky base last Sunday, they found a sergeant first class named in the complaint only as “V.G.” with a deep wound to the upper torso. V.G.’s wife, Chaniqua Boyd, was immediately detained for questioning. V.G., 46, was taken to the University of Louisville Trauma […]
In the video posted to social media, Kansas City Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff says their Humboldt penguins have missed their regular interactions with zoo visitors. Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. hide caption toggle caption Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. In the video posted to social media, Kansas City Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff says their Humboldt penguins have missed their regular interactions with zoo visitors. Gabe Hopkins/The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. What a time to be a penguin. First, a group of the flightless birds were recently allowed to roam around the halls of Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium — […]
It was a provocative way to start the biggest cryptocurrency and blockchain event of the year. In the opening session of Consensus: Distributed this week, Lawrence Summers was asked by my co-host Naomi Brockwell about protecting people’s privacy once currencies go digital. His answer: “I think the problems we have now with money involve too much privacy.” President Clinton’s former Treasury secretary, now President Emeritus at Harvard, referenced the 500-euro note, which bore the nickname “The Bin Laden,” to argue the un-traceability of cash empowers wealthy criminals to finance themselves. “Of all the important freedoms,” he continued, “the ability to possess, […]
This was awkward. Advertisement – story continues below Joe Biden tried to talk to a pre-recorded questioner. 77-year-old Joe Biden held a virtual town hall from his basement on Thursday to discuss the Coronavirus and it was marred by glitches and audio problems. Things got awkward when MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell played a pre-recorded question from a viewer. TRENDING: “I Don’t Think That’s a Good Idea” – Lindsey Graham Wilts Like a Daisy, Says He Won’t Call in Barack Obama to Testify (VIDEO) Biden tried talking to the pre-recorded questioner. Oh, Joe! Advertisement – story continues below WATCH: WATCH: Joe Biden […]
At least five Palestinians on Friday were affected by tear gas bombs fired by Israeli security forces in the northern occupied West Bank during a protest that coincided with the 72nd anniversary of the Palestinian Day of Nakba which is annually marked on May 15, Anadolu Agency reports. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli army dispersed a protest held by Palestinians in the town of As-Sawiya against a decision by Israeli officials to confiscate lands from the town to expand nearby Israeli settlements. Palestinian medical teams in the town said they treated five protesters affected by tear gas. The residents of As-Sawiya organised demonstrations for a […]
The Chinese state newspaper Global Times cited “Chinese military experts” on Thursday urging Beijing to join hands with the government of Russia and demand an international probe into American biological laboratories, an effort to fuel the Communist Party conspiracy theory that the U.S. Army caused the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The article suggested the use of international agencies like the United Nations Security Council to pressure America into giving inspectors approved by the Chinese Communist Party access to sensitive scientific sites. It is the first major proposition in English-language Chinese government media to implement measures to prove the theory the Chinese Foreign Ministry […]
Twenty twenty is likely to be a watershed year in the history of public schooling. And things aren’t looking good for the public schools. For decades, we’ve been fed a near-daily diet of claims that public schooling is one of the most important—if not the most important—institutions in America. We’re also told that there’s not nearly enough of it, and this leads to demands for longer school hours, longer school years, and ever larger amounts of money spent on more facilities and more tech. And then, all of sudden, with the panic over COVID-19, it was gone. It turns out that public schooling […]
Following in the footsteps of Quartz, Buzzfeed, Wired and other struggling media companies using the virus as an excuse to make deep cuts, Vice Media is reportedly planning to fire 155 employees, the Wrap reports. It has been obvious for more than 16 months now – ever since Buzzfeed laid off 15% of its staff early last year after reporting sales growth was far below investor projections, prompting most of its backers to write down the value of their investments and push the company to retool its flailing business strategy. Meanwhile, reports by rival media companies found that Buzzfeed’s staff of […]
The Aerospace Forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is established on the basis and uniting of the air, missile and space components of the organization. It is tasked with launching missile attacks on ground, air and naval forces of the enemy as well as their military and economic facilities. The IRGC Aerospace Force also provides a close air support and lift capabilities for ground and naval units and operates an inventory of short and medium range ballistic missiles. The number of personnel in the Aerospace Force is estimated at 15,000-20,000. The current commander is Brigadier General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh. He […]
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said emergency laws granting his government the right to rule by decree during the Covid-19 crisis will be rescinded soon and those who accused him of using it as a power grab should “apologize. Orban secured open-ended emergency powers from parliament at the end of March, angering the country’s opposition and triggering a spat with Brussels. The move predictably ignited a fresh round of condemnation in Western media as the PM was accused of dismantling democracy and taking another step toward “authoritarianism.” Now, having announced that he expects parliament will be able to “return the special […]
Scheer Intelligence: Big Banks Got The Sweetest Deal From The Covid-19 Bailouts By Robert Scheer, Popular Resistance. May 15, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Big Banks Got The Sweetest Deal From The Covid-19 Bailouts2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/page-header.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. The banking expert explains why Congress’ stimulus bill has been a boon for Wall Street and not the small businesses that need it most. It’s been over a decade since the 2008 banking meltdown, and yet many Americans are still living with the consequences of the financial crisis and the Obama administration’s decision to bailout banks over people with their own tax […]