VENICE, Italy—The British-American author Henry James once wrote that there was nothing more disagreeable about Venice than the visitors. But clearly, he had never seen the northern Italian city without them. While it may seem enviable to wander aimlessly along the canals of Venice during the last days of the COVID-19 lockdown—as if someone handed over a key to the world’s most beautiful museum for you to visit alone after hours— it isn’t at all what it is cracked up to be. There are moments of magic, like being able to hear birdsong and church bells and Venetian voices wafting from […]
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Staying home and sheltering in place can be stressful for everyone. But for some college students who identify as LGBTQ, returning to family environments can be very difficult and even psychologically damaging, psychologists say. “A lot of young people when they make it to college are able, for the first time, really, to live their truth,” says psychologist Megan Mooney who works with children, teens and young people and specializes in preventing and treating trauma in LGBTQ youth. Mooney is also President of the Texas Psychological Association. Now, many young people are forced to stay in a home setting that forces […]
Mask-police CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins was caught removing her mask at a White House press briefing on Friday as soon as she thought the cameras were off. Earlier this week Kaitlan Collins posted a picture of Vice President Mike Pence arriving to the White House in a face mask. Vice President Pence arrived to the White House in a mask today. pic.twitter.com/qxBcODIYne — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 12, 2020 TRENDING: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Calls American Soldiers ‘Bitches’ Who Are ‘Killing Innocent Children Abroad’ (VIDEO) CNN and the other liars in the left-wing media attack President Trump for refusing to wear […]
The first temporary sanctioned tent encampment opened this week in San Francisco, California, to give the homeless somewhere to go during the health crisis. “The move comes as outrage mounts over sidewalks clogged with tents and dire conditions in the Tenderloin amid the coronavirus pandemic,” the San Francisco Examiner reported. San Francisco has opened its first sanctioned camping site for the homeless, and more are in the works. https://t.co/VFYOAYd7Dp — SF Examiner (@sfexaminer) May 16, 2020 A recent count by the city found that the number of tents on sidewalks and other public areas had increased by 71 percent citywide and […]
Two Democrat-led committees on Capitol Hill have launched a fresh investigation into President Trump. This probe focuses on allegations that Trump fired a State Department employee for political reasons. Trump informed Congress on Friday that he intends to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, claiming he “no longer” had confidence in him. By Saturday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-New York) and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) sent a letter to the White House, alleging the firing was “politically-motivated,” and announcing an investigation. Today I launched an investigation into President Trump’s firing of […]
Since the coronavirus outbreak, the profile of the World Health Organization has skyrocketed, and so have suspicions about its motives and alliances. Which is why this year’s annual meeting of the organization’s members – which is slated to begin on Monday – should get interesting. As the US, Australia and other skeptical western states are expected to confront China and about the possibility of an investigation into Beijing’s and the WHO’s handling of the outbreak during its earliest days. The coronavirus will be the focus for the World Health Assembly meeting, to be attended by all 194 WHO member states plus […]
A CT-114 Tutor training jet of the Canadian Air Force ‘Snowbirds’ aerobatic team has crashed into a building in the city of Kamloops. The fate of the pilots is currently unknown. A routine Snowbirds flight in Kamloops on Sunday suddenly went wrong when one of the aircraft veered out of control and hit the ground soon after takeoff. Videos recorded by the eyewitnesses showed the moment of the chilling incident. Two of the teams’ CT-114 Tutors took off from the Kamloops airport and were flying low. After gaining some altitude and making an aileron roll, one of them suddenly took a steep nosedive and […]
We Don’t Have To Choose Between Our Health And The Economy By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. May 17, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter We Don’t Have To Choose Between Our Health And The Economy2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/maxresdefault-1-1-e1589752552174.jpg200px200px The United States is at a critical moment in the COVID-crisis. This week, the nation is likely to surpass 100,000 deaths and new hotspots in the south and midwest are developing. Forty-two states have either started “reopening” their economies or imminently plan to do so without putting in place essential public health measures to prevent the spread of the virus. As of May 7, more than […]
President Trump called into an NBC Sports golf broadcast on Sunday, to talk about how important it is to get the country’s sports leagues back on the playing field. The call took place during the TaylorMade Driving Relief event in Florida, the first televised golf event held in about two months. Trump told NBC announcer Mike Tirico vital sports were to the nation’s “psyche.” “We want to get sports back. We miss sports,” Trump said. “We need sports in terms of the psyche, the psyche of our country. “We want to be back to normal where you have the big crowds […]
Submitted by Nicholas Colas of DataTrek Research How will the S&P 500 change as a result of the economic impacts of COVID-19? Scores of companies in the index now merit removal because of diminished market caps. But… S&P also requires a company to post a 4-quarter profit to be included. Consider Tesla, which has a market cap sufficient to make it the 500’s 64th largest stock but now won’t be profitable enough for several quarters. Disruption matters to S&P 500 returns: without AAPL, MSFT and GOOG returns over the last decade would have been 23% lower. Even as Elon Musk’s market […]
(Natural News) As the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) wreaks havoc upon the globe, the world’s wealthiest are heading underground and buying luxurious bunkers – some of which even have shooting ranges – to prepare for the possibility of a crime wave due to the social and economic instability caused by the pandemic. “People are buying not specifically for the coronavirus,” said Gary Lynch of the Rising S Company, which builds luxury bunkers. “People are buying the shelters for what the coronavirus can bring.” “The United States is very vulnerable economically and if there were a collapse we would see civil and social […]
Tech 21:49 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107886/42/1078864280_0:-1:1281:720_1200x675_80_0_0_a5fca16d17d2b4e1f9750c2d658a75d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202005171079334808-nasa-reveals-principles-for-safe-and-peaceful-moon-exploration-/ Together with the European Space Agency and other partners, NASA plans to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. Although the US space agency plays a leading role in the program, it expects its partners to develop it further, including by establishing a permanent presence on the Earth’s satellite. NASA has revealed its principles for Moon exploration. The space agency said all countries and private sector players that will join NASA’s Artemis program will do so […]
When we think of the ‘apostles’ we usually think of the main twelve followers of Jesus who accompanied him during his ministry in the Holy Land. You might also mention St. Paul, who became a follower of Jesus after a vision on the road to Damascus and is known as an ‘apostle’ or, more specifically, ‘the apostle to the Gentiles.’ What all of these people have in common is that they were men. The gender selectivity of Jesus’s chief followers is, to this day, the basis for all-male clergy in many Christian denominations. And yet the Bible does call one woman—Junia—not […]
The 73rd annual World Health Assembly, which begins Monday, will be held virtually for the first-time ever. It will also be focused on the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini /AFP via Getty Images) Source link
D. A. Henderson was an American medical doctor, educator, and epidemiologist who directed a 10-year international effort (1967–1977) that eradicated smallpox throughout the world. Dr. Henderson was later the Dean of John Hopkins School of Public Health. Before his death in 2016 Dr. Henderson authored a report on pandemics and the value of lockdowns. According to Dr. Henderson and a team of esteemed epidemiologists lockdowns were found to be “ineffective and destructive.” Via Andrew Bostom. TRENDING: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Calls American Soldiers ‘Bitches’ Who Are ‘Killing Innocent Children Abroad’ (VIDEO) Draconian “lockdowns” for pandemic flus were rejected as ineffective and […]
One of the dirtiest little secrets about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its success in amassing immense power to oppress its own people and increasingly to threaten ours has just been exposed by President Donald Trump: We have been underwriting and, thereby, enabling it. In a decision last week, Mr. Trump – to his great credit – made plain this outrage and took a vital first step towards ending it. Now, we must finish the job. The urgently needed impetus to do that was provided when Donald Trump intervened personally to prevent the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) from investing […]
Many people in President Trump’s base are concerned about mandatory vaccines. Liberals tend to lean more towards advocating government mandated vaccinations whereas conservatives tend to lean more towards advocating freedom of choice. From the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, both sides have weighed in on their concerns of a COVID-19 vaccination; some love the idea, while others abhor it. President Trump just announced project “Warp Speed” which will accelerate the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. During his press briefing last Friday, the President made the statement, “vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back”. This statement, by no stretch of the imagination, does […]
Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The crisis caused by the forced shutdown of the economy has given us some important lessons. Number one, shutting down the economy entirely is a dangerous experiment with important long-term implications. Number two, there is no such thing as “lives or the economy”. Many countries have implemented support systems to address the pandemic while preserving the business and productive fabric. South Korea, with less than 300 dead in a 51 million population, published an unemployment rate of 3.8% and its economy, closer to China than many, is estimated to fall less than 1% in 2020. South Korea […]
Belgium’s PM Sophie Wilmes has visited one of the nation’s hospitals battling the pandemic – but the medical staff literally turned their backs on her to show that her “display of support” for frontline workers was not enough. Prime Minister Wilmes faced a cold welcome at the Saint-Pierre hospital in the Belgian capital Brussels, where the doctors and nurses found a novel way to show their dissatisfaction with the government’s policies amid the novel coronavirus epidemic. The nation has had one of the highest Covid-19 mortality rates in Europe. Footage obtained by RT’s video agency Ruptly shows dozens of medical specialists […]
Racial Health And Economic Disparities Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Sally Sim, Inequality. May 17, 2020 Racial Health And Economic Disparities Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/food-e1589728661339.jpg200px200px Above photo: Paul W. Gillespie/Capital Gazette. Covid-19 continues to aggravate deeply embedded inequalities. We need bold policy solutions aimed at bridging the racial wealth divide now more than ever. In Baltimore, like in the rest of the United States, Covid-19 exacerbates racial inequality and economic marginalization. The legacy of discrimination and the continued corruption and disenfranchisement take shape in the city’s biggest issues – homelessness, food insecurity, crime, poverty, and […]
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. That’s how it felt at the anti-lockdown rally in Hyde Park, London, yesterday, where I was threatened with a fine and arrest for the crime of doing my job. It’s also where I got to see Britain at its best – and worst. There weren’t many protestors but those who were made me proud to be British. We were a very mixed crowd, very representative of the melting pot that London has become – and definitely considerably less white and middle class than the crowd you’d find at an Extinction Rebellion rally. […]
Less than a week after Powell tried (and apparently failed) to convince the market negative rates aren’t coming to the US (right as the BOE’s Andy Haldane admits the UK is considering joining the rest of Europe into the monetary twilight zone of NIRP), and just days after the Fed’s semiannual Financial Stability report warned that “asset prices remain vulnerable to significant price declines should the pandemic take an unexpected course” traders will again be glued to their TVs at 7pm ET on Sunday evening when chair Powell sits down on CBS’s 60 Minutes – a little under 10 years after […]
(Natural News) For the inexplicably high number of people who still somehow believe that we shouldn’t be staying home to try to stem the spread of a disease that has taken hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of lives around the world, Sweden is an example to follow. The country has largely resisted a lockdown, earning the praise of those opposed to the measures in the U.S. and other places. However, those who actually live in Sweden are quick to point out that although there isn’t a mandatory lockdown, they must deal with other situations in which they have […]
World 21:30 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107933/47/1079334713_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_4a62d3ded11065d3b726635f4f840579.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005171079334706-canadian-air-force-jet-crashes-in-british-columbia/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A jet belonging to the Canadian air force’s Snowbirds aerobatics team crashed on Sunday near Kamloops airport in British Columbia province, the military said. “The RCAF has been made aware that a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Kamloops, BC”, the air force tweeted. The #RCAF has been made aware that a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Kamloops, BC. Our priority at this time is determining the status of our personnel and supporting emergency personnel. When appropriate, more […]
Tom Gores has enough money to shape the future of this country in profound ways. The businesses he controls impact the lives of millions of people, every day. He’s worth $5.7 billion. Last year, Forbes ranked him as the 118th wealthiest American. He owns the Detroit Pistons and is chief executive of an investment firm called Platinum Equity that controls more than $19 billion in assets. As far as oligarchs go, his public image is pretty good. Despite the revelation back in 2008 that he was sleeping with his sister-in-law, he generally has a reputation for being a decent guy. A […]
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical CEO widely-disdained as ‘pharma bro’ won’t be released early from prison to develop a coronavirus treatment. Greg Allen/Greg Allen/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Greg Allen/Greg Allen/Invision/AP Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical CEO widely-disdained as ‘pharma bro’ won’t be released early from prison to develop a coronavirus treatment. Greg Allen/Greg Allen/Invision/AP A federal judge has denied a request from Martin Shkreli — the former pharmaceutical executive widely disdained as “pharma bro” — to be released from prison so he can work on a coronavirus treatment. In her ruling Saturday, U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto sided with probation […]
** 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 model predicted 2.2 million American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic** The authors of the Imperial College Model shared their findings with the White House Coronavirus task force in early March** Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx then met with President Trump privately and urged him to shut down the US economy and destroy the record Trump economy based on this model** A new critique of the Imperial College Model finds the study is “completely unusable for […]
In California’s Central Valley, where farmers grow the food Americans eat and shops provide goods for them and their families, the coronavirus era is coming to a close, as Atwater declares itself a “sancuary city” where businesses and churches are opening their doors. The San Francisco Chronicle describes the move as “in defiance of the California’s shelter-in-place order,” but the people who live there believe it is about their survival — not from dodging the virus, but from the draconian lockdown that cost people their livelihoods: The City Council heard from a parade of business owners, pastors and residents on Friday […]
Alex Jones explains how law enforcement and police in the West have been captured by the globalists to crack down on citizens not practicing social distancing with jail time, family separation, penalties and fines to intimidate the public to accept the new command-and-control New World Order system. Source link
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In early 2017, we first reported a bearish trade emerged which quickly gained popularity in the investment community, and was dubbed “The Next Big Short.” At the time, only a few bearish funds were positioned for a “retail apocalypse” that could spur a wave of defaults. Fast forward to today, coronavirus outbreak, and the ensuing lockdown, has essentially frozen the commercial real estate market. Buildings that were once used for restaurants, offices, hotels, spas, and or anything else that is classified non-essential have seen soaring vacancies. This is single handily sending the commercial property market into chaos. As vacancies soar, tremendous downward pressure is being put on almost every asset class tied […]
South Africa, which has some of the toughest Covid-19 restrictions, is set to relax them, including a ban on alcohol sales. To avert a feared onslaught of booze buyers, retailers are proposing what seems an outlandish scheme. Alcohol is expected to rain on the arid market of South Africa from June 1, when the government is set to partially lift its coronavirus-related restrictions. The blanket ban on alcohol and tobacco sales was implemented late in March. The government draft plan would allow liquor stores to operate from Monday to Wednesday between 8am and 12pm. Retailers, however, fear that the stores might […]
On Contact: Paris Uprising, May 1968 May 17, 2020 On Contact: Paris Uprising, May 19682020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/5ec0eae6203027530a57fcc0.png200px200px On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to author and translator, Mitch Abidor, about the lessons from the student uprising in Paris in May 1968. “What happens in May is as a mass cultural, as a class event, its results are ambiguous but its results for the individual are enormous. There was a great and really funny example in the book when I asked everybody, “How did it change your life?” And so people told me about how “I discovered my voice. The first […]
The Pride’s Corner drive-in movie theater in Westbrook, Maine, reopened on Saturday to a sold-out crowd of moviegoers who packed the lot for a showing of the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz. “It feels very nice because I’ve been inside so long,” said Emma Ferris, one of the moviegoers. “It feels good to be able to see a movie again.” A local ABC news affiliate reported that guests were required to park their vehicles between poles that were specifically installed to ensure that each car remained at a safe distance apart and that social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines were also enforced on the […]
About two weeks before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season begins, a tropical storm developed on Saturday night off the coast of Florida. Forecasters are expecting the storm could strike eastern North Carolina on Monday. AccuWeather Meteorologist Courtney Travis said while the official start of hurricane season is June 1, it is not uncommon in the last decade to see a preseason tropical system develop. The storm has been called Arthur and is the six consecutive year that a preseason tropical system has been observed. As of Sunday morning, Arthur is sustaining winds of 40 mph and tracking off the Southeast coast and will pass North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Monday. Meteorologists say there […]
(Natural News) Gravediggers in Chile’s capital of Santiago are digging 2,000 fresh graves as the country braces for a surge in Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths, authorities confirmed Thursday. The announcement comes after the country’s infection rate skyrocketed this week, prompting the government to declare a mandatory lockdown of Santiago on Friday. More deaths expected after cases surge Chile had previously recorded between 250 and 500 infections a day. On Wednesday, however, a surge of 2,600 infections was registered within a 24-hour period. The same numbers continued to be recorded Thursday. “We realize that this is a historical moment and […]
US 19:56 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL The former US president earlier expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of the novel coronavirus disease, though he avoided naming specific politicians he was unhappy with. President Donald Trump has dismissed Obama’s recent criticism of the US administration’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). “Look, he was an incompetent president. That’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent”, Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday when asked to reflect on Obama’s comments. He also praised the government’s efforts to curb the virus spread in the US, saying that huge progress has been made. “We did […]
Dinara Kasko, a Ukrainian baker and an architect by training, used a 3D printer to create cake molds with motifs inspired by plasterwork in the Palace of Versailles. She stacked three layers of berry biscuit crumb of various shades of red, which contrasted the white mousse on the outside. Sheer elegance and a mastery of both flavor and design. Sam Bompas, of the British duo Bompas & Parr, world-famous for their colossal architectural creations from jelly, gave the audience the “poshest jello shots,” made from Champagne, Violet, Prosecco, and Elderflower. Sam set the jelly, which tinted the summer evening’s light a magical blue, in molds of […]
State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is pictured here in October 2019 leaving a meeting at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is pictured here in October 2019 leaving a meeting at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Congressional Democrats announced Saturday they’re requesting all records and documents regarding President Trump’s decision to fire State Department Inspector General Steve Linick, the fourth government watchdog Trump has fired or sought to remove in the last six weeks. “We unalterably oppose the politically-motivated firing of inspectors general and the President’s gutting of […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Trump’s firing of Obama holdover State Department Inspector General Steve Linick “could be unlawful.” State Department Inspector General and Deep State hack Steve Linick was fired on Friday night. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo fired the anti-Trump Obama holdover. Linick played a role in the faux impeachment of President Trump over Ukraine. TRENDING: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Calls American Soldiers ‘Bitches’ Who Are ‘Killing Innocent Children Abroad’ (VIDEO) Linick requested an urgent meeting with Congressional Democrat staffers. During the meeting Linick handed over documents related […]
NBC’s Law & Order star Chris Meloni appeared to compare children supportive of President Donald Trump to “Nazi youth,” a reference to the organization founded in homage to Adolf Hitler aimed at indoctrinating young people into the Nazi cause. A video shared by New York Times columnist Charles Blow shows a woman talking to her nephews about the run-up to the Republican National Convention and the things President Trump has done for America, including “fight[ing] for our freedom” and “keep[ing] us safe.” So. CUTE! Not since watching Nazi Youth newsreel footage have I felt this way. Heil Trump! 🖕 https://t.co/IC5YIqVuCY — Chris Meloni (@Chris_Meloni) […]
Alex Jones breaks down the Democrats’ accelerating tyranny as the coronavirus crisis continues, with the mainstream media openly cheerleading for the destruction of America’s economy in the name of removing President Trump in November. Will Trump be able to reverse the this trajectory towards world government authoritarianism? Also tune in at infowars.com/show Source link
After SoftBank quadrupled-down on its investment in WeWork late last year while taking massive writedowns on its Vision Fund, we suspected the bank/telecom/venture investor/whatever was drifting ever-closer to its inevitable destiny: A contender for ‘short of the century’, and a poster-child of the Silicon Valley ‘unicorn’ bubble era. Beyond WeWork, the massive Japanese conglomerate also invested in Theranos (via its stake in US-based PE/hedge fund Fortress) and dozens of lesser-known startups, many of which focused on moonshot AI technology as SoftBank sought to portray itself as the “conductor of the AI revolution,” BBG reports. As we’ve noted, a version of the […]
As officials in the Russian capital are increasing Covid-19 testing in a bid to pinpoint the number of infected people, CNN runs an emotive headline claiming that more than just the city has been badly hit by the pandemic. “Coronavirus has devastated Moscow. Now it’s spreading across Russia’s 11 time zones to ill-funded regions,” says the strongly worded title of the piece by the network’s Moscow bureau chief, Nathan Hodge. However, the actual copy, albeit not offering much praise for the Russian authorities, offers a more sober view of the situation. Still, it has to attract readers somehow. The piece mentions […]
Imperialism And COVID-19 By David Bush, Spring Mag. May 17, 2020 Imperialism And COVID-192020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/tehran.jpg200px200px Above photo: Mural on the wall outside the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran. We are not in this together. The divisions that run through our society going into the COVID-19 crisis have only been heightened. Racialized workers are seeing higher rates of infections and deaths because they disproportionately work in low-paying frontline jobs. Women, racialized, migrant and low-wage workers have disproportionately been impacted by the closure of the economy through job losses and the loss of public services such as schools. Just as the COVID-19 crisis […]
President Donald Trump on Sunday responded to implicit criticism from former President Barack Obama’s commencement speeches. “Look, he was an incompetent president, that’s all I can say,” Trump told reporters after returning to the White House from Camp David. “Grossly incompetent.” Although Obama did not specifically criticize Trump in a pair of online commencement speeches on Saturday, the former president repeatedly criticized current “leaders” in the United States who “aren’t even pretending to be in charge” and “aren’t even asking the right questions.” Instead of offering hope to graduating students, Obama was very political and even cynical in his speeches. “Doing […]
Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, In 2019, US population growth fell to +1.55m or +0.5%…this was due to a trifecta of declining births, lower immigration, and higher deaths than anticipated. However, as with everything “2020”, all three trends are only intensifying to blow away 2019. Births are falling faster and further, deaths moving higher with Corona-virus and drug related overdoses, and immigration nearly non-existent. Thus, US population growth will likely dip to “just” 1 million or +0.3% this year. And while I anticipate (or think it feasible) that immigration could return to 2019 levels eventually, births will almost surely […]
(Natural News) New documents released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in response to a lawsuit filed by the families of 9/11 victims have revealed bombshell information linking Saudi Arabia to the terrorist attacks. In what these families are saying is a key victory for their cause, the FBI apparently failed to redact the name of a key Saudi official, which inadvertently exposed one of the federal government’s most sensitive secrets pertaining to the events of September 11, 2001. This “giant screw-up,” as the agency is calling it, revealed “a mysterious Saudi Embassy official in Washington who agents suspected had […]
US 19:01 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL The cybercriminals earlier threatened to publish allegedly incriminating documents on the POTUS in a bid to pressure the law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks to pay a ransom of $42 million for stolen data on their clients, mostly prominent celebrities. A group of hackers known as REvil has published the first portion of so-called “dirty laundry” on US President Donald Trump, which they called the “most harmless” part of it, Forbes reported, citing information obtained from cybersecurity analyst Brett Callow. REvil stole several gigabytes of files from the computer network of the law firm […]
An E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post, commonly known as ‘doomsday plane’, took part in the flying exercise. The E-4B aircraft, a militarized version of the Boeing 747-200, is always on 24-hour alert, 7-days a week, with a global watch team at one of many selected bases throughout the world. The aircraft serves as the National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) and is a key component of the National Military Command System for the President, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The NAOC operations teams, made-up of joint personnel including Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines from a variety of […]
I don’t know about you but my routine has been disrupted. It seems like everything is off, even things we don’t normally talk about. We’ve been spending more time indoors, exercising less, eating differently, drinking more, and all of these things change and affect the way our bodies work and how we ultimately feel. Poop, funny as it is, is a great indicator for how our bodies are doing. Since so much has changed in our lives, maybe your schedule or frequency is totally off. I don’t really want to hear about it. But because you’re not the only one whose […]
Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named system of the season, developed off the Florida coast on Saturday and is continuing up the East Coast toward the North Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for parts of North Carolina on Sunday, including the Outer Banks. Heavy rains and storm force winds are predicted for the region Monday, with forecasters expecting 1 to 3 inches of rain Sunday night and Monday. The system isn’t predicted to make landfall there, forecasters say. “On the forecast track, Arthur will remain well offshore the east coast of Florida, Georgia, and South […]
The central California city of Atwater passed a resolution on Friday declaring itself a ‘sanctuary city’ for business owners.Businesses were allowed to open shop this weekend.ABC news 7 reported: The City of Atwater has declared itself a “sanctuary city” for all businesses, allowing owners to open despite the state of California’s stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Atwater City Council voted on the resolution on Friday afternoon, saying it, “Affirms the city’s commitment to fundamental constitutional rights.” “This is America. You have the choice. It’s time for the government to stop dictating another month, another three months, six months,” said […]
The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) on Saturday urged the Islamic world and all countries to stand against Israel’s plans to annex the occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu reports. Secretary-General of the IUMS, Ali al-Qaradaghi, accused Israel of exploiting the world’s preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic, along with the Trump’s administration support, to proceed with its aggressive policies against the Palestinians. “The IUMS calls upon all to stand with the Palestinian people, and their right in self-determination and to liberate their occupied territories,” said al-Qaradaghi. He held the U.S. administration fully responsible for implications of approving Israeli plans of annexing Jerusalem […]
During a brief video to graduates of Delaware State University on Saturday, Joe Biden said some of them will “redefine what it means to be a global citizen.” The statement is a stark contrast to President Trump’s America First agenda. “I know these are difficult times for all of us,” Biden said, “And for any of you who might’ve lost loved ones to this pandemic.” After saying “we’re going to get through this,” he continued, “We’re going to need the passion and ingenuity and the skill that all of you have to offer to help rebuild and transform this country. “I’m […]
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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro joked on Sunday that he’s glad former President Obama “has a new job as Joe Biden’s press secretary.” During an interview with ABC‘s George Stephanopoulos, Navarro responded to comments Obama made during a virtual commencement address that things are “screwed up” because the Trump administration is doing “what feels good, what’s convenient, what’s easy.” “I’m glad Mr. Obama has a new job as Joe Biden’s press secretary,” White House adviser Peter Navarro tells @GStephanopoulos, responding to former President Obama’s criticism of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic . https://t.co/vTqcX6SuVX pic.twitter.com/E88KjOP5XM — This Week […]
Saudi Arabia asks Hadi regime officials to leave as costs bite amid economic downturn …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: VT always suspected that only economic pressures would force Prince Salman to fold his tent and go home, on the financial part of the war. But that does not necessarily mean an end to the war. Cutting the funding for the Hadi government is one thing, but there has been no mention on whether Saudi airstrikes will be ended, or be continued to pressure both sides to come to a settlement. We also will watch to see if the UAE wants […]
Arsenal star Alexandre Lacazette is in hot water with his club AGAIN after photos appeared in UK newspapers showing the French forward appearing to inhale nitrous oxide – sometimes known as ‘hippy crack’ – from a balloon. The club are reported to be considering taking harsh measures against the player after the images released showed him with a balloon in his mouth, allegedly the accompaniment to a text message to friends which read: “at home, chilling and doing balloons.“ Also on rt.com Recreational drug use ‘widespread’ among English footballers, says professor This is the second time in Lacazette’s Arsenal career in […]
How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread By Marshall Allen, ProPublica. May 17, 2020 How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/onspiracy.jpg200px200px Above photo: z_wei/iStock/Getty Images. “Immune to Evidence.” Conspiratorial videos and websites about COVID-19 are going viral. Here’s how one of the authors of “The Conspiracy Theory Handbook” says you can fight back. One big takeaway: Focus your efforts on people who can hear evidence and think rationally. Stephan Lewandowsky studies the way people think, and in particular, why they engage in conspiracy theories. So when the cognitive scientist from England’s University of Bristol observes wild speculation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, he sees how it fits into […]
Two government soldiers and six Houthi rebels were killed in clashes in southwestern Taiz province, the Yemeni military said Saturday, Anadolu reports. Clashes broke out between the two sides in the Han Mountain region in western Taiz, military spokesman Col. Abdul-Basit al-Bahr said on social media. Ten Houthis were also wounded and three soldiers were injured after the government carried out operations against a Houthi attack, al-Bahr added. There was no comment from the Houthi group about the claim. Yemen has been beset by violence and chaos since 2014, when Houthi rebels overran much of the country, including the capital Sana’a. […]
CNN’s Jake Tapper was hit by a wave of criticism on social media Sunday after he accused President Donald Trump of “launching an unprecedented smear campaign against any rival,” with many accusing him and CNN of hypocrisy. Tapper, commenting on former President Barack Obama’s recent criticism of Trump’s leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, added during a monologue on his show: The criticism from Obama comes at a time when President Trump and his team are launching an unprecedented smear campaign against any rival. Leveling wild and false allegations against critics in the media and political rivals that range from bizarre false […]
Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Italian master thinker Giorgio Agamben has been on the – controversial – forefront examining what new paradigm may be emerging out of our current pandemic distress. He recently called attention to an extraordinary book published seven years ago that already laid it all out. In Tempetes Microbiennes, Patrick Zylberman, a professor of History of Health in Paris, detailed the complex process through which health security, so far at the margins of political strategies, was sneaking into center stage in the early 2000s. The WHO had already set the precedent in 2005, warning about “50 million […]
(Natural News) In a bombshell story out of Rome, a member of the Italian Parliament named Sara Cunial has called for Bill Gates to be arrested as a “vaccine criminal” and charged with crimes against humanity. The story is best covered by GreatGameIndia.com, and we republish most of their story here because of its comprehensive links and coverage, which is among the best in independent media. Italian Politician Demand Bill Gates Arrest For Crimes Against Humanity by GreatGameIndia Days after it was revealed in an intercepted human intelligence report that Bill Gates offered $10 million bribe for a forced Coronavirus vaccination program in […]
Tech 17:44 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107802/22/1078022271_0:128:3224:1942_1200x675_80_0_0_39fd2f9de08913543a073eb537f8c48a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202005171079333835-german-data-protection-watchdog-warns-officials-against-using-whatsapp/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Germany’s data protection commissioner Ulrich Kelber has warned federal authorities against using Facebook’s WhatsApp messenger while working from home during the coronavirus crisis, in a letter leaked by media on Sunday. “Even in these difficult times data protection should not be neglected. For this reason I would like to point out that the use of WhatsApp by a federal agency is out of the question”, Kelber said in an email published by the German digital rights blog, Netzpolitik. He warned that, although Facebook could not […]
The moment came on Mother’s Day, as it happened, in front of Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Once again New Yorkers were cheering for essential workers on the front lines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Four young men stopped their car. They set up an electric organ and an amp, and one climbed on the hood. He started to sing “America the Beautiful.” Erika, a traveling nurse who immigrated from Brazil more than 35 years ago, and who had come to New York from her home in the Carolinas to try to help, put her hand over her heart. […]
Yellowstone National Park begins a phased reopening Monday, with the park’s Wyoming entrances slated to open for day use only. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR Yellowstone National Park begins a phased reopening Monday, with the park’s Wyoming entrances slated to open for day use only. Kirk Siegler/NPR Billed as the oldest operating hotel in West Yellowstone, Mont., the Madison is a short hop from the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park. With its original pine log siding and thick wood beams, the historic hotel sits on a street squeezed with camera stores and trinket shops hawking Old Faithful […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning. The New York City Mayor is asking President Trump for $7 billion to bail out his city following years of failed far left policy and the recent coronavirus pandemic. During the discussion Maria Bartiromo asked Comrade de Blasio about New York City’s illegal sanctuary city policies. De Blasio argued his sanctuary city policies are “Constitutional.”Wow. TRENDING: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Calls American Soldiers ‘Bitches’ Who Are ‘Killing Innocent Children Abroad’ (VIDEO) Mayor de Blasio: We follow the rule of law in this city and we […]
Emirates Group is planning to cut about 30,000 jobs to reduce costs amid the coronavirus outbreak, which will bring down its number of employees by about 30% from more than 105,000 at the end of March, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, Reuters reports. The company is also considering speeding up the planned retirement of its A380 fleet, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter. An Emirates spokeswoman said that no public announcement has been made yet by the company regarding “redundancies at the airline”, but that the company is conducting a review of “costs and resourcing against business projections”. […]
“I’m not crying big crocodile tears over this termination. Let’s put it that way,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “In the end, they serve at the pleasure of the president,” Johnson said of inspectors general, adding that Trump has “the authority to hire and terminate.” “I don’t think anything that this administration could say is going to satisfy some people. There will still be people huffing and puffing and stomping their feet,” he added. “But, again, it is the president’s decision whether or not […]
Columbia University professor and Deputy Chair of the political science department Jeffrey Lax called a conservative student a “neo-Nazi murderer lover” and told him to “drop dead” on social media over his support for President Donald Trump. Columbia University professor and Deputy Chair of the school’s political science department Jeffrey Lax told a conservative student to “drop dead,” and called him a “neo-nazi murderer lover” on social media for agreeing with the president’s efforts in handling the Chinese virus, according to a report by the New York Post. “Why don’t you just drop dead, you neo-nazi enabler,” said professor Lax to student […]
A conservative group is organizing a civil disobedience demonstration in Michigan after Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer stripped a barber of his license for trying to reopen his business. The group, called the Michigan Conservative Coalition, is organizing with dozens of barbers and hairstylists to give haircuts outside the Michigan capitol building on May 20 as an act of defiance against Whitmer’s tyranny. “To show people we are not unintelligent – the workers and the business owners of Michigan – we all know how to behave in this new world,” said MCC organizer Meshawn Maddock. “There is no reason why barbers and […]
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Straight Talk #2 First off a big thank you to everyone watching last week’s debut of our webinars. We didn’t know what to expect, but we felt the issues we highlighted deserved a deeper look, not only in last week’s episode but in future discussions as well. From the overwhelming positive feedback we received we sense you agree, and hence we decided to bring you another episode this week. So thank you again for your interest and engagement, we are glad you find this format useful. We’ll see how it develops and we may also […]
By Sajjad Shaukat for Veterans Today After the World War 11, nuclear weapons were never used and were only employed as a strategic threat. During the heightened days of the Cold War, many crises arose in Suez Canal, Korea, Cuba and Vietnam when the United States and the former Soviet Union were willing to use atomic weapons, but they stopped because of the fear of nuclear war which could eliminate both the superpowers. Therefore, they preferred to resolve their differences through diplomacy by following the tenets of nuclear deterrence, popularly known as balance of terror. Political strategists agree that deterrence is a […]
A pandemic has claimed a million lives despite a vaccine sent from the future, yet EU officials are patting themselves on the back for a good job and mull even more bureaucracy. That is how a comic book published by the EU ends. While there is no shortage of epidemic fiction out there, some titles are more obscure than others. The comic book “Infected” by French writer Jean-David Morvan is not an international bestseller, yet it surely stands out. For one, despite being released in 2012, it features some of the hot-button elements of the real Covid-19 pandemic we are living through […]
Rally: End Sanctions, Save Lives! No US Sponsored Attacks On Venezuela! By Emily Greene and Yoav Elinevsky, Popular Resistance. May 17, 2020 Rally: End Sanctions, Save Lives! No US Sponsored Attacks On Venezuela!2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/img_5508-e1589734802646.jpg200px200px Saturday, a group of activists from the Latin America Solidarity Coalition of WMASS, Green Rainbow Party Pioneer Valley Chapter, WesternMassachusetts Codepink, and Massachusetts Peace Action demonstrated on the Coolidge Bridge in Northampton calling for an end to US thesanctions against Venezuela, and an end to US-sponsored coup d’états and mercenaries attacks of Venezuela in an attempt to assassinate President Maduro. In a statement to the press the organizers of the demonstration said:On […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his new unity government to parliament on Sunday, ending more than a year of political deadlock but still facing a trial starting in a week for alleged corruption, Reuters reports. His power-sharing agreement with former election rival, centrist Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, opens the way for the right-wing Netanyahu to proceed towards a pledged de facto annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, land Palestinians seek for a state. Under his accord with Gantz, after three inconclusive elections, Netanyahu will remain prime minister for 18 months before handing over to his new […]
The National Football League had a bad day this weekend when four players were taken into police custody on Saturday stemming from three different incidents. In one incident, wide receiver Cody Latimer was arrested and charged with assault and gun charges Saturday after he was accused of assaulting someone in an apartment building in Douglas County, Colorado, NBC Sports reported. Latimer, who only just signed with the Washington Redskins, was booked on charges of assault in the second degree, menacing, illegal discharge of a firearm, prohibited use of a weapon and reckless endangerment. He posted a $25,000 bond at the Douglas […]
A study led by Flinders University vaccine researcher Nikolai Petrovsky in Australia reveals that SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is optimized for penetration into human cells vs. animal cells – undermining the theory that it naturally evolved in animals before jumping to humans, according to LifeSiteNews‘ Matthew Cullinan Hoffman. Petrovsky says that the results, which are not peer-reviewed, suggest “a remarkable coincidence or a sign of human intervention.” The authors of the study, led by vaccine researcher Nikolai Petrovsky of Flinders University in Australia, used a version of the novel coronavirus collected in the earliest days of the outbreak and […]
(Natural News) In his rush to develop one, two, or even seven different vaccines for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), billionaire software tycoon Bill Gates openly admitted that upwards of 700,000 people could become injured or die from these jabs. The Microsoft co-founder and prominent eugenicist has been more outspoken in recent days than perhaps ever before about his desire to vaccinate the entire world, in this case as soon as possible for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). And the reality is that many more will die from the vaccine than from the virus itself. Speaking during a recent segment on CNBC, Gates […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107933/18/1079331838_0:95:1200:770_1200x675_80_0_0_c6c15d382864a2a13ff3ed382d7883f5.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202005171079333459-furricane-amusing-puppies-whirl-around-bowl/ What does it take to make a homemade tornado? You just need four puppies and a bowl full of goodies and there you are, enjoying your own fluffy meteorological phenomenon. Four amusing puppies have been filmed “whirling” around a bowl, creating a sort of unstoppable tornado. The funny scene uploaded on Twitter evoked other associations among users, who compared the pups with a shuriken, a “wheel of joy”, and even a Fibonacci spiral. Spinning in circles is not an uncommon type of behaviour for dogs – we all know that they like doing this […]
The U.S. Space Force has launched the next X-37B unmanned spacecraft into orbit for a classified mission. America’s most experienced space launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the X-37B orbital test vehicle for the U.S. Space Force at 9:14 am EDT this morning from LC-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. A live video stream of the launch showed the Atlas V lifting off into space and the separation of the rocket’s first stage from the Centaur upper stage. However, the livestream cut out afterwards due to the extreme secrecy surrounding the capabilities of the X-37B, said ULA […]
SEOUL—The message, accompanied by loud buzzing, flashes on the screens of millions of mobile phones, the headline in red letters in English—“Emergency Alert”—the rest in Korean: “Anyone who has been in Itaewon from April 21 to May 6 should be tested.” For thousands, it’s the next sentence that really counts: “We can test anonymously.” “Coronavirus strikes regardless of people or places.” — Lee Jung-geol, leader of the Rainbow Coalition Against Social Discrimination The reason for the guarantee of anonymity is clear to the hundreds in South Korea’s LGBT community who had flocked to clubs in Itaewon, an historic district of nightlife, […]
Seniors line up in cars with their families in the main drive of Webster County High School in Dixon, Ky., waiting to pick up their diplomas outside of the school one at a time. Like almost all schools across the U.S., county high school officials had to adapt this year’s graduation ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ashley Westerman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ashley Westerman/NPR Seniors line up in cars with their families in the main drive of Webster County High School in Dixon, Ky., waiting to pick up their diplomas outside of the school one at a time. Like almost […]
Ten days ago Acting DNI Richard Grenell walked a “satchel of documents” over to the Department of Justice to hand over to AG Bill Barr. The documents inside the satchel are the cause of much speculation. Some believe the documents relate to the company John Brennan served as CEO for before joining the Obama Administration. J. E. Dyer wrote a piece at Liberty Unyielding and discussed the recent actions related to spying, leaking and unmasking of the Trump campaign and administration. There is speculation that the firm that corrupt John Brennan was the CEO of, before working as CIA Head for […]
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Sunday that authorities had set a deadline for him to resign from top mobile operator Syriatel or they would revoke its licence but that he would not step down, Reuters reports. In a video, the third he has issued bringing into the open a rift with his cousin Syrian President Bashar al Assad, Makhlouf said the collapse of Syriatel, a main revenue earner for the government, would deal a “catastrophic” blow to the economy. Makhlouf was part of the president’s inner circle and has played a big role in financing Assad’s war effort, Western officials […]
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper said President Donald Trump and his team were attacking his critics with “deranged and indecent” attacks “unmoored from reality.” In a clip, former President Barack Obama said, “More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing. A lot of them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.” Tapper said, “The criticism from Obama comes at a time when President Trump and his team are launching an unprecedented smear campaign against any rival. Leveling […]
President Trump excoriated former President Obama and his Democrat Deep State cohorts for their illegal spy operation and attempted coup against Trump’s campaign and administration. In an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo, Trump explained the depths of the Obama administration’s corruption in trying to overthrow a duly-elected president. “This is the greatest political scam, hoax in the history of our country!” Trump told Bartiromo. “And people should be going to jail for this stuff…This was all Obama. This was all Biden. These people are corrupt. The whole thing was corrupt. And we caught them. We caught them.” “They [FBI […]
Even with Major League Baseball restarting and playing a shortened 82 game season, the organization would still be expected to post a monster loss for the year due to the coronavirus lockdowns, according to the Associated Press. In fact, MLB will lose an estimated $640,000 per game played in empty ballpark, over an 82 game season. On May 12, the MLB released a document called “Economics of Playing Without Fans in Attendance” to try and open negotiations to begin a delayed season around July 4. Teams would still suffer a $4 billion loss and players would get about 89% of MLB’s total […]
One of the women was wrongfully imprisoned for over a decade on a murder conviction secured by later discredited forensic evidence, and another woman was unsuccessfully tried twice for helping people vote. ‘A great embarrassment’: records offer insight into Ahmaud Arbery suspect George Barnhill, the district attorney for the Waycross judicial circuit in south-east Georgia, advised police in April that Gregory and Travis McMichael should not be charged over the death of Arbery, suggesting that the two had attempted to “stop and hold this criminal suspect” before fatally shooting him. Arbery had been jogging in the area, with numerous accounts stating there was no evidence of […]
Natural gas producers could soon be about to fight out a battle for market share in which prices could fall to negative levels until some of them decide to curb output. Oil prices have staged an impressive recovery thanks to demand starting to bounce back as well as ongoing production cuts both by OPEC+ and IOCs in the US and elsewhere. However, the industry is far from being out of the woods. Whereas many oil punters now feel that negative prices are unlikely to happen again any time soon due to the developing tailwinds, CFTC recently fired a warning to brokers, exchanges, and […]
Payday Report: Strikes Spread And Union Organizing Grows By Mike Elk, Payday Report. May 17, 2020 Payday Report: Strikes Spread And Union Organizing Grows2020-05-172020-05-17https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/justie.jpg200px200px Above photo: Alex Palma, a member of the independent union Familias Unidas por la Justicia waves his union flag outside of his plant in Yakima Valley, Wash. State. Evan Abell/ Yakima Herald-Republic. 205 Strikes On the Map The Payday Strike Tracking Map continues to grow this week with 206 strikes now up on the board. The map now includes the growing wildcat fruit workers strike wave in the Yakima Valley of Washington State and a growing movement of truckers striking […]
A senior adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker on Sunday denied reports about reaching an agreement with Russia on the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria, Anadolu reports. In a tweet, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian described al-Assad as “the legitimate president of Syria.” “Report of a deal between Iran and Russia for his resignation is a big lie and a game by the US-Zionist media,” Amir-Abdollahian said. “Tehran strongly supports the sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity of Syria,” he added. Iran is a strong ally of al-Assad regime, the forces of which have been fighting opposition groups in a deadly civil […]
A top-ranking Sinaloa Cartel operator is believed to have been executed in his home state. Just days ago, he went on the run after being granted supervised release by U.S. prosecutors. While Mexican authorities have largely remained tight-lipped on the case, Rodrigo “El Chino Antrax” Arechiga Gamboa is believed to be one of three bodies found inside a luxury SUV on Saturday morning in Sinaloa. The other two victims have been identified as Arechiga’s sister Jimena and her partner Juan, Mexico’s Rio Doce reported. Jose Rodrigo “El Chino Antrax” Arechiga Gamboa – US Treasury Photo Last week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in […]
Authored by Matt Taibbi, as published on his substack Emmet G. Sullivan, the judge in the case of former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, is refusing to let William Barr’s Justice Department drop the charge. He’s even thinking of adding more, appointing a retired judge to ask “whether the Court should issue an Order to Show Cause why Mr. Flynn should not be held in criminal contempt for perjury.” Pundits are cheering. A trio of former law enforcement and judicial officials saluted Sullivan in the Washington Post, chirping, “The Flynn case isn’t over until a judge says it’s over.” Yuppie […]
UK 15:17 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL The former Daily Mirror editor is known to be a combative and highly opinionated man, but some have taken his criticisms to heart and now want him removed from British morning television altogether. More than 56,000 people have signed a petition calling for Piers Morgan to be removed as host of ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB). The petition slams the well-renowned British television host as “one of our country’s most heinous public figures” over his public statement on transgender issues. “In being an award-winning breakfast programme with a worldwide reach, one could presume that Good […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar largely punted on Sunday when confronted by CNN anchor Jake Tapper over presidential son Eric Trump’s insane claim that the coronavirus will “magically” disappear after Election Day. In an interview with pro-Trump Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on Saturday night, Eric Trump dove down a conspiratorial rabbit hole while talking about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. Claiming Biden “loves” the pandemic because it prevents him from making “horrible blunders” on the campaign trail, the president’s son suggested stay-at-home orders were aimed at shutting down his father’s campaign. “They think they’re taking away Donald […]
Resilience. It’s the word of the hour. Weeks into the coronavirus pandemic, many people are wondering: How do you find the strength to keep going when everything seems bleak? How do you stop thinking, “What did I do to deserve this?” Manyang Reath Kher, a Sudanese refugee now living in the U.S., shares his moment of deepest despair — and how he pulled through. Malaka Gharib/ NPR Malaka Gharib/ NPR Enlarge this image Malaka Gharib/ NPR Malaka Gharib/ NPR Malaka Gharib/ NPR panel 5 Malaka Gharib/ NPR hide caption toggle caption Malaka Gharib/ NPR Malaka Gharib/ NPR Malaka Gharib is an […]
This was EPIC!FOX and Friends Weekend host Pete Hegseth BLASTED shameless Democrat lawmaker Tim Ryan on Sunday morning during the Ohio Democrat’s appearance on FOX News. Advertisement – story continues below Tim Ryan, who portrays a moderate Democrat on television, was discussing the continued economic lockdown, the need for mail-in voting, the “second surge” of the coronavirus this fall, and the 3 trillion dollar bill that gives $1,200 to every illegal alien working in the US. Pete sat through much of the BS. You could see he was holding back and allowed Ryan to push his garbage.But it got to a […]
Egypt will bring forward the start of its curfew by four hours to 5 p.m. and halt public transport from May 24 for six days during the Eid holiday, as it seeks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the prime minister said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Shops, restaurants, parks and beaches will be closed for the extended holiday at the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, and restrictions on citizens’ movements will remain in place for at least two weeks afterwards, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said. Egypt has reported 11,719 cases of the novel coronavirus, including 612 […]
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said there has been no spike in coronavirus cases in the states that are reopening. Host Jake Tapper asked, “Let me ask you, this is intrigue to me because some states have been reopening despite warnings of dire consequences from health experts, states like Georgia and Colorado began reopening weeks ago, and it seems at least so far that we have not seen a dramatic spike in new cases from those two states, Georgia and Colorado. What have you seen from those states? Is there any cause […]