Bad Boys 2 and Transformers director Michael Bay is producing a coronavirus-themed thriller with production set to start in the next five weeks, according to Deadline, in what will be the first major Hollywood production to begin filming in Los Angeles in the Chinese coronavirus lockdown era. Adam Goodman, whose Invisible Narratives is also producing […]
Daily Archives: May 19, 2020
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A Boston restaurant owner declared he’d rather take his chances with coronavirus than let his business go under. On Monday, North End Boston restaurateurs protested Governor Charlie Baker’s Phase 1 re-open guidelines, which did not set a date for dine-in re-openings. Monica’s Trattoria owner Frank Mendoza was among the demonstrators […]
One of the great tragedies in America today is that of the CARES Act, which included a $1,200 stimulus check and an additional $600 weekly payment for the unemployed, has given millions of Americans their first real taste of socialism, that is the sweet taste of the forbidden fruit of free of money. The Trump administration […]
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor interviewed by Press TV Mike Pompeo is warning that there will be consequences if the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates Israel. It sounds like a gangster style warning. Warning about ‘consequences’ actually is often code for ‘we will kill you and your family’ among […]
Ex-FBI director James Comey pushed to investigate Trump’s incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn despite lacking any evidence Flynn had shared classified info with Russian officials, a newly-declassified memo reveals. It was Comey who told President Barack Obama and other administration officials that “incoming NSA Flynn is speaking frequently with […]
#FreeBlackMamas Demand Prisoner Release By Joe Piette, Workers.org. May 19, 2020 #FreeBlackMamas Demand Prisoner Release2020-05-192020-05-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/free-black-mamas051820-1536×1130-e1589910855757.jpg200px200px Above photo: Sisters at the May 15 protest hold the child of one and the photograph of their mother, the child’s grandmother, now imprisoned in Philadelphia. Joe Piette. Philadelphia – Protesters, led by currently and formerly […]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, has described refugees’ response to life as “an inspiration for us all”. In an article published by Al Jazeera, he explained: “This Ramadan is unlike any other in living memory. Across the Muslim world, mosques stand empty, iftar meals are strangely quiet affairs […]
President Donald Trump sits with Chuck Canterbury in 2017. | Ron Sach-Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump abruptly withdrew his nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on Tuesday afternoon, officially putting an end to the troubled nomination of Chuck Canterbury. The former president of the Fraternal Order […]
The radical New Black Panther Party launched a nationwide boycott of “Chinese merchants” on Tuesday — including restaurants, beauty salons, and other businesses — to protest China’s treatment of Africans, among other grievances. Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz announced the boycott campaign, which he also described as part of a “Buy […]
Everyone knew it was coming, just not when or how severe — and as we recently predicted the stage appears set for a third intifada: violence not seen since the last one ended in 2005. Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s annexation plans including takeover of the Jordan Valley (which makes […]
(Natural News) White House trade adviser Peter Navarro accused China of deliberately letting the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, during a number of interviews over the weekend. Navarro first made his accusations in Fox Business Network’s WSJ at Large Friday, before reiterating them while talking to ABC News on Sunday. “China hid the virus behind the shield […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107935/87/1079358772_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_5fe392a43f758e68e984d785a72cc8b7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005191079358801-manager-of-floridas-covid-19-dashboard-fired-because-refused-to-manipulate-data–reports/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Rebekah Jones, who managed Florida’s dashboard website that displayed the state’s latest COVID-19 statistics, claims she was fired because she refused to manipulate data so that it would support the reopening of the economy, USA Today reported. The report on […]
Jamie Lynn Spears has officially returned to television. After more than a decade away from the small screen since her Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 wrapped in 2008, Spears has taken a special guest role in Netflix’s Sweet Magnolias. The romantic drama, based on Sherryl Woods’ novels by the same title, […]
A snapshot of Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Florida GIS/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Florida GIS/Screenshot by NPR A snapshot of Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Florida GIS/Screenshot by NPR A scientist who created a dashboard for monitoring Florida’s rising number of […]
As a wobbly recovery tries to take hold, was the coronavirus pandemic simply the pinprick on a larger economic bubble? Jamie Catherwood works at O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, a quantitative long-equity investment firm. More importantly, however, he is the finance history guy on Twitter. His “Financial History: Sunday Reads” curation pieces […]
Where is Christopher Wray? Reps Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday evening invited former FBI special agents Bill Priestap and Joe Pientka to appear before the Judiciary Committee. 🚨 #BREAKING: After failing to hear from FBI Director Christopher Wray, @Jim_Jordan & @RepMikeJohnson invite Bill Priestap and Joe […]
Since the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined that Palestine is a state for the purpose of its investigations into war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinian civilians, a fresh round of threats against the institution is taking place. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned of consequences based upon his government’s interpretation […]
It’s all part of the last stage of the GOP’s evolution during Trump’s first term: an apparent end to public disagreements for the next six months until the party is past the election. “I just think that everybody realizes that our fortunes sort of rise or fall together,” said Sen. […]
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) has introduced legislation that will defund states and localities providing American taxpayer-funded coronavirus relief money to illegal aliens. Cotton’s legislation, titled the No Bailouts for Illegal Aliens Act, would prohibit sending additional federal funds to states and localities that issue stimulus checks to illegal aliens. Cotton said […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Monday stated the people of his state cannot “firmly enter the new normal” until a coronavirus vaccine is developed and available — something some experts warn may never come to fruition. “Until a proven vaccine is widely available, we cannot firmly enter the […]
The US Treasury Department was regularly spying on Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Paul Manafort Jr., senior staffers on the 2016 Trump campaign, members of the Trump family, and congressional lawmakers, according to The Tennessee Star‘s Neil W. McCabe. “I started seeing things that were not correct, so I did […]
Afghan President Ghani, rival Abdullah strike power-sharing deal after feuding for months …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Color me surprised. I would have bet the standoff would have gone on till one of them died. There is no confirmation, but lots of suspicion that some US arm twisting was […]
A revolt of mainly Labour-led local councils has pushed 10 Downing Street to admit it will not penalize some 1,500 primary schools in England who said they’d disobey its call for reopening from Covid-19 closures. Schools across the UK were shuttered due to the pandemic on March 20, and Prime […]
Muslim Philanthropist Dr. Rafil Dhafir Released From Prison After 17 years By Jack Cohen-Joppa, The Nuclear Resister. May 19, 2020 Muslim Philanthropist Dr. Rafil Dhafir Released From Prison After 17 years2020-05-192020-05-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/file-20170426-2855-vm0uew-e1589911492563.jpg200px200px Above photo: dhafirtrial.net photo, 2007. On the morning of May 15, Dr. Rafil Dhafir was released to home confinement from the […]