Could someone please, for the love of God, teach J.K. Rowling how to read the room? Over the weekend, as protests calling for the protection of black lives spread across the world, the Harry Potter author took a moment to fire off a transphobic tweetstorm mocking the use of non-gendered language and insisting that “erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully […]
Daily Archives: June 10, 2020
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks with demonstrators calling for the Minneapolis Police Department to be defunded on June 6, 2020. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks with demonstrators calling for the Minneapolis Police Department to be defunded on June 6, 2020. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images In the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, officials on the […]
For the first time since the U.S. went on lockdown three months ago, lawmakers will convene Thursday to discuss digital currencies and other novel technologies. The House Financial Services Committee (FSC) Task Force on Financial Technology will be evaluating how FedAccounts and other digital tools might help the federal government distribute stimulus payments to help Americans suffering the economic fallout of COVID-19. The virtual hearing kicks […]
Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe announced Wednesday afternoon that he will be exposing where Antifa money is coming from. The footage exposing Antifa money will be released Thursday. “They name names,” O’Keefe said. Tomorrow @Project_Veritas will expose where the ANTIFA/RefuseFa money is coming from…in their own words… THEY NAME NAMES. Stay tuned…#DarkMoneyExposed pic.twitter.com/SD0Qype2FN — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 10, 2020 TRENDING: Antifa Releases List of Demands […]
American real estate mogul, Palestinian-born Mohammed Hadid posted a photograph of himself standing outside his family’s home in the city of Safad in Palestine from which the family was evicted in 1948 by Jewish immigrants. In the caption accompanying the picture on Instagram Hadid wrote: “When we lived in Tunisia .. I asked my Father,, [sic] But why father you took a Jewish family from a […]
If confirmed by the Senate, Tata would take over the Pentagon’s policy shop at a turbulent time for Pentagon. The military has been wracked by both the coronavirus pandemic and is also grappling with racial issues amid nationwide protests. Defense Secretary Mark Esper also clashed with Trump over whether to deploy active-duty troops to intervene in the protests. Tata, meanwhile, is a major Trump defender and […]
PASO ROBLES, Calif. (AP) — A central California sheriffs deputy was shot in the head early Wednesday in an “ambush” attack by a gunman intent on harming or killing police, authorities said. It follows two recent deadly shootings targeting officers in California. The shooter on Wednesday, who has not been captured, opened fire around 3:45 a.m. on a police station in Paso Robles, said San Luis […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, Gordon Klein, an accounting professor in the Anderson School of Business has taught at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) for almost 40 years. He is now suspended and under police protection in his home. The reason? Klein refused to exempt black students from his final exam and sent a pointed rebuttal to students asking for the “no harm” exam. Parts of […]
Tech giants question whether face detecting technologies should be used by law enforcement agencies, as protests against police brutality continue in the United States following the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. Amazon announced on Wednesday it has banned using Rekognition by police for at least one year. “We’ve advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology, […]
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is moving forward with his annexation plans, which would allow Israel to claim nearly a third of the overall size of the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Although the illegal annexation of Palestinian land is supposed to represent only one provision of the Donald Trump Administration’s so-called ‘Deal of the Century’, Netanyahu has made it clear that he is not interested in […]
Among the 11 Confederate statues on display in the hall are the president and vice president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens, both of whom Pelosi noted had been charged with treason against the United States for their roles in the Civil War. Blunt and Lofgren, Pelosi wrote, should instruct the Architect of the Capitol to “immediately take steps” to remove the Confederate statues […]
Mass looting throughout the nation. Police precincts burned to the ground. Murdered cops. An historic church in Lafayette Park set on fire. Video after horrifying video of innocent Americans being beaten senseless by gangs of thugs, as one political party demands: “DEFUND THE POLICE!” Everyone is saying it: I no longer recognize my country. You don’t recognize your country because it’s not the same country. What you’re […]
WASHINGTON — The US Navy could face a three-year delay in testing of the MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanking drone if it doesn’t get its designated test ships through the required modernizations on time, a possibility the Navy said was “remote.” Two carriers — Carl Vinson and George H.W. Bush — have limited windows to complete the installation of unmanned aircraft control stations, and if operational commitments […]
The anarcho-communist “autonomous zone” near Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington has reportedly embraced the anarcho-capitalist dream of creating a private vigilante police force to patrol the streets of the commune. In the autonomous zone, the streets are apparently currently controlled by a hip hop artist-turned-warlord by the name of Raz Simone, who has established an armed private police force that does not hesitate to dole out […]
A Minneapolis manufacturing company will be relocating after law enforcement and firefighters were unable to prevent rioters from setting fire to the building, according to the owner of 7-Sigma Inc., Kris Wyrobek. “They just don’t care about my business,” said Wyrobek, who’s been operating in south Minneapolis since 1987 according to the StarTribune. “They didn’t protect our people. We were all on our own.” The move […]
Living proof that white supremacy is not only a myth, it is a sick joke They say a picture speaks a thousands words…. This one is screaming about the fallacy of white ‘supremacy’… I wonder which of these five disgraces to the human race is the spelling champ? Ian Greenhalgh is a photographer and historian with a particular interest in military history and the real […]
At least one rocket was fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in the Iraqi capital, with a loud blast reported in the area. The attack reportedly resulted in no casualties and only minor damage. A Katyusha rocket landed within the Green Zone in the early hours of Thursday morning, setting off sirens at the US Embassy, Reuters reported, citing a witness. Nobody was killed […]
(Natural News) Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, has been arrested and federally charged with aiding and abetting the arson attack on Minneapolis’ 3rd precinct on the night of May 28, the first night of the engineered riots in the city. Wolfe was arrested on June 3 in neighboring St. Paul, where he lives, after a 911 caller alerted law enforcement to a person wearing body armor attempting to […]
Over A Thousand Cyclists Take Over City Streets On Solidarity Protest Ride By Elizabeth Kim, Caroline Lewis, Ben Yakas, JB Nicholas, Jake Offenhartz and Karen Yi, Gothamist. June 10, 2020 Over A Thousand Cyclists Take Over City Streets On Solidarity Protest Ride2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/cyclists-crossing-the-williamsburg-bridge-during-a-black-lives-matter-ride-on-june-8th-2020.-by-jake-offenhartz-for-the-gothamist.-e1591807917645.jpg200px200px Above photo: Cyclists crossing the Williamsburg Bridge during a Black Lives Matter ride on June 8th, 2020. By Jake Offenhartz for the Gothamist. Over A Thousand Cyclists Travel From Brooklyn To Manhattan […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107957/96/1079579645_0:26:3396:1936_1200x675_80_0_0_957730b335a14dad24e8bcfda3b30d3b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006101079579724-us-carriers-reagan-nimitz-sail-into-pacific-after-monthslong-absence-of-american-warships/ The US Navy has come roaring back from the COVID-19 lockdowns of months past, now having three aircraft carriers underway in the Pacific Ocean. On Monday, two carrier strike groups put to sea in the Pacific: the USS Nimitz departed from San Diego, California, and the USS Ronald Reagan set sail from Yokosuka, Japan. The Reagan had been in […]
As an 11-year-old chosen to train under legendary swim coach Andrew King, Debra Grodensky believed she was destined to become an Olympic star. However, by 15, she had quit the sport out of fear following years of disturbing alleged sexual assault by King that culminated in her coach, then 37, asking her to marry him. “My sexual abuse was 100 percent preventable,” Grodensky, 51, said on […]
United Airlines will now require passengers to review a health assessment before boarding. United Airlines hide caption toggle caption United Airlines United Airlines will now require passengers to review a health assessment before boarding. United Airlines United Airlines will now require passengers to complete a “health self-assessment” as part of its check-in process. It’s the latest effort by a U.S. airline to assure passengers that it’s […]
Hut 8 Mining is looking to raise at least $7.5 million to upgrade its fleet of BlockBox bitcoin miners. The firm, the biggest cryptocurrency miner in Canada and one of the largest publicly traded miners in the world, seeks to raise the funds through an overnight marketed public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange. It’s eyeing a common share asking price of $1.45, substantially above the […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday called for the removal of Confederate statues from the halls of Congress. The radical left wants to erase our history. There is also a campaign to rename the military bases as radical leftists toppled statues in their push for a Marxist revolution. Now Pelosi is pushing to remove nearly a half a dozen Confederate statues to be removed from […]
Iraq on Wednesday confirmed 34 fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic, bringing the death toll to 426, which is the highest daily fatalities in the country since February, Anadolu reports. The Health Ministry said 1,146 more cases have been recorded, taking the total infections to 15,414, while the number of recoveries reached 6,214. Last May, the Iraqi government re-imposed a nationwide curfew to be valid until […]
“We heard from the senator from New York and not a word of the resolution itself,” Cotton (R-Ark.) said. “What we’re seeing here is the Democratic leader apparently objecting on behalf of the Democratic party in defense of the radical idea that we should defund the police.” Schumer, however, said Cotton’s resolution amounted to nothing more than rhetoric. “The great worry so many Americans have is […]
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told The Root on Tuesday that she supports “the spirit” of defunding police departments, before she clarified to say she didn’t. “What is your response to the defunding the police campaigns?” reporter Terrell Jermaine Starr asked Whitmer. “The spirit is really about reprioritizing, rebuilding communities,” she said, “not just policing.” The governor lamented budgets being “overwhelmingly focused on policing and corrections systems […]
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee today expressed “profound frustration” with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper over a “unacceptable” lack of response to a request that Esper appear before the committee. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., also indicated that the White House may be directing Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, not to respond to the […]
Here we go again — another round in which a mob of mostly white Antifa young people take it upon themselves to “purge” any and all historical statues and monuments they deem “offensive” to their extremist ideology. The Hill reports Wednesday morning: “Statues of Christopher Columbus were targeted by protesters in Massachusetts and Virginia on Tuesday night in an act of solidarity with indigenous peoples.” Local media reports […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107957/91/1079579144_0:17:3133:1779_1200x675_80_0_0_f9f838ed2ae15f8afd556e502ddaeae8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202006101079579133-spains-andalusia-fines-belgian-prince-for-breaking-coronavirus-rules—reports/ MADRID (Sputnik) – Belgian Prince Joachim has been fined for breaking a mandatory quarantine shortly after arriving in Spain last month, Spanish media said Wednesday. In late May, the 28-year-old prince, the nephew of Belgian King Philippe, went to two parties in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba and tested positive for the new coronavirus two days later. The […]
Turkey on Wednesday dismissed Egypt’s proposal for a ceasefire in Libya, saying the plan aimed to save Khalifa Haftar after the collapse of his offensive to control the capital Tripoli, Hurriyet newspaper reported, Reuters reports. Turkey supports Fayez al Serraj’s internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), whose forces have in recent weeks repelled a 14-month assault on Tripoli by Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA), backed […]
“What we saw in Minnesota — the slow, tortuous murder of George Floyd by a uniformed officer — was an outrage and a tragedy. What we have seen since then — millions of Americans marching in the streets to demand justice and call for reforms — it has been an inspiration,” Bass said. The House will return to Washington to vote on the bill June 25, […]
Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accused the Republican Party of being “afraid of the vote.” Thus, she argued Republicans were attempting to limit voting by mail. Host Brooke Baldwin asked, “Do you any concern how things will go in November just from what they experienced in Georgia late last night.” Pelosi said, “I agree with the distinguished mayor had to say, and she has […]
The Army’s artificial intelligence task force is working on two key projects, including one that would allow unmanned vehicles in the air to communicate with autonomous vehicles on the ground, after securing new funding, a service official said June 10. Gen. Mike Murray, commander of Army Futures Command, said during a June 10 webinar hosted by the Association of the United States Army that the task […]
The National Bureau of Economic Research said this week that the US economy entered a recession in February as the coronavirus struck the nation, ending its longest expansion on record. RT’s Boom Bust is joined by Todd Horwitz of Bubba Trading to talk about the state of the US economy and what direction it might take. “Nobody really knows the answer to that,” he points out, […]
“One For The Ages…” Tyler Durden Wed, 06/10/2020 – 17:40 Authored by Jesse Felder via TheFelderReport.com, I do a good deal of reading every day and I share the best of what I find on Twitter. The purpose of this reading is not so much to find out what’s really going on as it is to try to understand how people feel about what is going on. […]
…by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, … with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow … 1816 [ Editor’s Note: This is a brutal story, brutally told and one that many writers would choose to take a pass on. But Gordon has ‘been there and done that’, as it been a patrol cop, state patrol, prison criminal investigation officer, (who handled 65 homicides), and was the director of a […]
One question was all it took for Cracker Barrel to begin trending on Twitter, with users slamming the restaurant as racist and others worrying it may be the next target for cancel culture. “Y’all ever walk in a place that just FEELS racist?” one user tweeted, before sharing a story of alleged discrimination at a “Southern-charm” store. After doing my research, I went back to buy […]
(Natural News) Facemasks, gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) used to fight the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) are adding to the garbage in the world’s oceans. Operation Mer Propre (Operation Clean Sea), a French nonprofit group that regularly picks up litter along the Cote d’Azur, sounded the alarm late last month after their divers found discarded gloves, masks and empty hand sanitizer bottles in the Mediterranean. The […]
How Western Media Confines US Imperialism To The Past By John McEvoy, Brazil Wire. June 10, 2020 How Western Media Confines US Imperialism To The Past2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/dilma-rousseff-with-hugo-chavez-during-the-inauguration-braslia.-by-adriano-machado-for-afp-and-veja-e1591808795735.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Dilma Rousseff with Hugo Chavez during the inauguration, Brasília. By Adriano Machado for AFP and VEJA. Paralysis Of The Present. Venezuela demonstrates the Western media tendency to ignore and erase US imperialism in the present day, only to acknowledge […]
Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006101079579211-sirens-sound-off-as-rocket-land-in-baghdads-green-zone-near-us-embassy/ An Iraqi security source tells Sputnik that a rocket struck an area close to the US Embassy in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, “An explosion has recently hit the Green Zone after a rocket had fallen near the US Embassy inside the zone. Sirens have sounded in the Green Zone,” the source told Sputnik late Wednesday. Reports have yet […]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) with a contract for two additional Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA). “We are honored that Customs and Border Protection continues to entrust SNC with the development of this mission-critical aircraft,” said Tim Owings, executive vice president of SNC’s Integrated Mission Systems business area. “These aircraft have proven to have the endurance and special mission systems […]
Congress’ first hearing about police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s murder was marked by raw and emotional testimony from his brother and some well-meaning words from members of both parties about working together to reform law enforcement in the U.S. “The people elected you to speak for them, to make positive change. George’s name means something. You have the opportunity here to make your […]
Jon Ossoff leaves a campaign office after meeting with supporters in Marietta, Ga., in 2017 David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP Jon Ossoff leaves a campaign office after meeting with supporters in Marietta, Ga., in 2017 David Goldman/AP As votes continue to be counted across Georgia following it’s Tuesday primary, the Associated Press has yet to project a winner of the state’s Democratic primary […]
Bitcoin saw a quick, short-lived run past $10,000 after the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that interest rates will remain near 0% until the end of 2022 and its bond buying program would continue. Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $9,894 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET), gaining 1.6% over the previous 24 hours. At 00:00 UTC on Wednesday (8:00 p.m. Monday ET), […]
During the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing Wednesday on police brutality, FOX News contributor Dan Bongino refused to play games with Democrat Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. Jeffries is not the brightest bulb in the shed. Dan Bongino quickly corrected the Democrat on his racist suggestions. REP. HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D-NY): Mr. Bongino, the police are at times able to show restraint under very difficult circumstances — is that correct? […]
At least seven people were killed Wednesday in landmine explosions in southern Tripoli, a health official said, Anadolu reports. The mines were planted by warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militia before they fled their positions as the Libyan army liberated captured territory. “The explosions took place in the areas of Airport Road, Wadi Al-Rabi and Ain Zara,” Amin al-Hashemi, a media advisor for the Health Ministry, told Anadolu […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected the idea of renaming U.S. military bases named after Confederate leaders, declaring: “Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with.” “It has been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our Legendary Military Bases, such as Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, etc,” President […]
COLOGNE, Germany — German defense companies stand to benefit from a €10 billion (U.S. $11 billion) cash infusion under a massive stimulus package meant to soften the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic. Leaders of the coalition government last week unveiled the measure, which provides a total of €130 billion, in the hopes of mustering enough economic “oomph” to get through the crisis swiftly, as Finance […]
We have extensively discussed the topic of retail daytreaders flooding the market in recent months, but the following chart summarizes everything we have said clearly and succinctly: it shows that google trends for “day trading” and “call options” have exploded in recent weeks, surging to never before seen levels. Source: Jesse Felder We hope this satisfies all those journalists who are searching for an explanation for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107957/88/1079578869_0:0:2958:1664_1200x675_80_0_0_98acdc526186744c0294b9402b24d133.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006101079578898-lebanese-prime-minister-diab-says-country-was-on-verge-of-sectarian-conflict/ BEIRUT (Sputnik) – The Lebanese government has thwarted plans to create a large-scale sectarian conflict in the country, which was close to becoming a reality after violent clashes took place this past weekend, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said Wednesday. “Lebanon experienced a dangerous moment at the end of the past week, and we overcame attempts to create a sectarian […]
The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, which was formed only a few weeks ago — and was only completed on Saturday after voting on the seven remaining ministerial portfolios that were vacant — finds itself facing a challenge different to the economic, political and health adversities that it usually encounters. This new challenge is represented in the Iraqi-US strategic dialogue, scheduled for mid-June. The […]
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) told Breitbart News Daily that the left’s extremism makes the 2020 elections one of the most pivotal contests in recent history. McSally spoke to Breitbart News Daily about her autobiography, Dare to Fly: Simple Lessons in Never Giving Up, as well as her contentious Senate reelection battle. McSally’s book discusses her rise to becoming the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and the first […]
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon is facing billions of dollars in pandemic-related claims, which may force it to dip into modernization and readiness accounts if Congress doesn’t backfill the money, the department’s top acquisitions official said Wednesday. Testifying at the House Armed Services Committee, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord reaffirmed the Pentagon’s commitment to request supplemental appropriations from Congress, beyond its fiscal 2021 […]
A truck driver has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens after fleeing a border checkpoint and crashing a tractor-trailer with 63 foreign nationals inside, authorities say. Leonidas Navarro, 30, of Zapata, Texas, reportedly entered a guilty plea in U.S. District Court on Monday and now faces up to 10 years in prison for his role in the large human smuggling operation. On January 21, […]
Hugh Hendry warned that “Chaos is coming”… CHAOS is coming! pic.twitter.com/c7YIOTaW2q — Hugh Hendry Eclectica (@hendry_hugh) June 9, 2020 And, by many measures, it’s already here – as these two muppet-mutilating stocks show… And here’s a preview of tomorrow’s carnage-inducing stock… Well played Robinhood! FANG stocks were bid once again – with many of the mega-tech stocks hitting record highs… Source: Bloomberg Lifting Nasdaq on the […]
[Editor’s note: It was an undeclared war for far-flung rocky islands, but make no mistake, it was a war, young men fought bravely and died in the hundreds. However, both governments involved wanted to minimise the death toll and pretend, as far as possible, that war is not the brutal, ruthless, bloody state-sponsored murder than in reality, it has always been – terribly bad for public […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases across the US has topped 2 million, according to a tally maintained by Reuters. The country is by far the worst in the world for Covid-19 cases. The US has reported an average of 21,000 new cases daily in June, down from 23,000 a day in May, though the country continues to test large numbers of people. Over 112,000 people […]
(Natural News) Both mainstream and social media are pushing false narratives about the riot that occurred recently at Lafayette Square, according to United States Attorney General William Barr. Barr, in an interview with CBS News‘ Face the Nation that was broadcast Sunday, noted that the media is perpetuating “big lies” about the “peaceful protesters” in Lafayette Square who, according to reports, were dispersed violently – just […]
Abandoned Communities Arrange Black/Brown Truce By Jacqueline Serrato, Southside Weekly. June 10, 2020 Abandoned Communities Arrange Black/Brown Truce2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/the-real-intervention-didnt-seem-to-come-from-the-city-but-from-the-neighborhoods-themselves.-photo-by-mateo-zapata-e1591809588180.jpg200px200px Above photo: The real intervention didn’t seem to come from the city, but from the neighborhoods themselves. Mateo Zapata. Chicago residents quell racial divide in the aftermath of the George Floyd protests. When the bridges to downtown Chicago went up, public transportation was cut off, and Chicago police were deployed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/62/1079196215_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_3d2ddede157d7be0a67693b05495a423.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006101079578823-us-treasury-government-spent-3-times-as-much-money-in-may-as-it-received-in-income/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US government spent more than three times as much money in May as it received in the income of all kinds, generating a monthly deficit of almost $400 billion, the Department of the Treasury announced in a monthly report issued on Wednesday. Total government income and receipts amounted to $173.861 billion, but expenditures were more […]
FLIR Systems, Inc., a world-leading industrial technology company focused on intelligent sensing solutions, announced that the U.S. Army and Navy have ordered in total more than 160 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), plus related spares and accessories. On Tuesday, the company press release said that the two contracts, totaling $23.5 million, are being sourced through the Army’s Man Transportable Robotic System Increment II […]
China launched the fourth ocean survey satellite of the Haiyang-1 series on Wednesday, with the launch taking place from the Taiyuan Satellite Launching Centre’s LC9 Launch Complex at 18:31 UTC. A Long March-2C (Chang Zheng-2C) rocket was used to loft the new satellite. Working in conjunction with Haiyang-1C, Haiyang-1D will be used to monitor and prevent oceanic pollution, resource investigation, construction of bayou and ports, and […]
George Floyd’s brother was among the witnesses invited by Democrats to speak at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on police brutality Wednesday morning. Republicans invited Fox News contributor Dan Bongino. Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who has made several unsuccessful bids for Congress, used his opening statement to endorse the “few bad apples” theory of police misconduct. But by the time he was getting […]
Signs outside the boarded-up entrance to AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. read “Black Lives Matter” and “Criminal Justice Reform Now.” Smaller white signs are now attached to them reading: “HEY AFL-CIO, The Posters Are Nice, But If You Believed It You Would KICK THE POLICE UNIONS OUT.” Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Signs outside the boarded-up entrance to AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. […]
In a now-deleted tweet, Coinbase Custody International announced it was adding support for withdrawals and deposits in the stablecoin tether. While that May 30 tweet is now gone, it’s hard to hide its effects given a recent surge in the stablecoin’s count of active addresses. The number of unique addresses active in the network, either as a sender or receiver, nearly doubled to 203,776 last week, having risen […]
President Trump issued a statement Wednesday against the movement to rename U.S. military bases named for Civil War generals who fought for the Confederacy. The campaign to rename the bases gained new momentum this week as part of the Maoist-American cultural revolution that has seen statues toppled by mobs or taken down by Democrat officials, movies and TV shows being taken offline or canceled and people […]
Daily scheduled flights between Turkey and the UK will resume as of June 11, the British Embassy in Ankara announced on Twitter, Anadolu reports. “Turkish Airlines will operate 1 daily flight from Istanbul Airport to London Heathrow. Anadolu Jet will be operating 1 daily flight from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport to London Stansted,” the embassy said. It noted that there is no confirmation of whether non-citizens […]
Japanese public broadcaster NHK issued an apology on Tuesday after deleting an animated video from its Twitter account that was meant to explain the anti-police protests rocking America, but instead caused outrage over its callous depiction of black people. The animated video, which lasted around 80 seconds and was part of a 26-minute program explaining the reasons behind the violent demonstrations rocking America, showed a muscular […]
Field evaluations of the Mobile User Objective System show that the next generation satellite communications system is performing beyond expectations, according to the U.S. Marine Corps. Built by Lockheed Martin, MUOS will replace the legacy UHF Follow-On (UFO) system to provide narrowband communications. Consisting of four satellites and an on orbit spare in geosynchronous orbit, MUOS can provide more than 10 times the bandwidth capacity of […]
Authored by Maria Copeland via Campus Reform, Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was indicted Tuesday for making false statements to federal authorities concerning his involvement in Chinese programs. As the Principal Investigator of the Lieber Research Group at Harvard University, Lieber worked with funding provided by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. In order to use […]
The news will likely add pressure on the government of Boris Johnson, which has been harshly criticized by public health experts for its slow response to the outbreak, in particular for the decision not to restrict air travel during the pandemic. Air travel has been a major factor in the spread of the coronavirus, with countries that have big air hubs being the worst affected by the […]
Italy has yet to approve the sale to Egypt of two warships made by shipbuilder Fincantieri , as the government weighs political considerations and analyses the deal, Italy’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Rumours Rome had approved the sale raised criticism in Italy and members of the government have voiced concerns about Egypt’s human rights record, especially after Italian student v was tortured and […]
Trump’s break with Pentagon leaders on the controversial issue comes just a week after a flap with Esper over the defense secretary‘s expressing his opposition to deploying active-duty troops on the streets to respond to civil unrest, two days after Trump threatened to do just that. A Pentagon spokesperson referred questions to the White House. An Army spokesperson did not immediately return a phone call. Prompted […]
A wealthy, Oxford-educated, American-born museum curator has been advising Black Lives Matter/Antifa protestors on Twitter how to do permanent damage to bronze statues using corrosive chemicals. Madeline Odent, curator of Royston Museum in Hertfordshire in England’s picturesque, rural east, has been using her art conservation knowledge to advise the mob how best to harm what she calls ‘memorials of genocidal racists’. She has told her 5,000 […]
WASHINGTON — The Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program is facing a “critical” stretch which will determine whether testing on the engine will occur on time or be delayed, thanks to challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a pair of Army officials said Wednesday. Patrick Mason, the program executive officer for Army aviation, and Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, the director for future vertical lift inside Army Futures […]
The strange behavior of a duo of stars in a dense cluster called Terzan 5 located 19,000 light-years from Earth has caught the eye of an international team of astronomers. “We observed an exotic stellar binary system using both X-rays and radio waves,” said University of Alberta astrophysicist Craig Heinke. “Only 10 years ago, we knew of neutron stars that were pulsars, and neutron stars that accreted matter from companion stars, […]
The Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store in Manhattan is now lined with barbed wire fencing and attack dogs amid weeks of social unrest in the city. Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store in Manhattan Reuters says the luxury retailer hired a third-party security firm to protect the store and associates. Amid these unprecedented times, it was found necessary to line the store with chainlink fencing with barb wire on top and private […]
Health Editor’s Note: Politicians, scamsters, conspiracy theorists, ill-doers, etc. all just need a brief blip in life as we know it to come out of the wood work and steal all the money they can. The coronoavirus pandemic is not a blip but a major change in life as we have known it. We are seeing only the tip of the COVID-19 iceberg. Heads up!…Carol Sunnyvale […]
The chief of police in Minneapolis has cut off talks with the police union and proposed an ‘early warning’ system for officer misconduct, as he struggles to save the force from a City Council determined to disband it. Medaria Arradondo pledged a “thorough review” of the city’s contract with the police, announcing on Wednesday that his department was pulling out of negotiations with the union to […]
(Natural News) A book criticizing the perceived overblown government reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic has put its author in the middle of a controversy after e-commerce giant Amazon initially rejected its publication. Written by novelist and former journalist Alex Berenson, the book, “Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns: Part 1,” not only expresses skepticism regarding the effectiveness of government-mandated lockdowns, but also pushes a belief that […]
Why Covid-19 Racial Disparities Make The Case For Medicare For All By Dean E. Robinson, The Smirking Chimp. June 10, 2020 Why Covid-19 Racial Disparities Make The Case For Medicare For All2020-06-102020-06-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/covid-patient-at-hospital-e1591806462841.jpg200px200px Above photo: Covid patient with EMT. From the Smirking Chimp. The racial disparities of COVID-19 have received much attention. Blacks are dying at a higher rate that is typically more than double the rate of whites. But we need […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Federal Reserve left US interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in a range of zero to 0.25 percent, saying it will maintain those levels until it was sure the world’s largest economy was fully back on its feet from the debilitating effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “The coronavirus outbreak is causing tremendous human and economic hardship across the United States and around the […]
Ukrainian magazine, Defense Express, quoting a director of the Pavlograd Chemical Plant Leonid Shiman, reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine has plan to buy three divisions of RK-360MC Neptune coastal defense system with R-360 cruise missiles. As noted by the magazine, that the one Neptune division includes six USPU-360 launchers with 24 cruise missiles and added that state tests of the new coastal defense system […]
After a several week stand-down due to the global coronavirus pandemic, Rocket Lab is preparing to launch its 12th Electron mission to date—a rideshare mission with payloads from NASA, the NRO, and the University of New South Wales. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. The launch is currently scheduled for 11 June UTC, and the exact […]
Former State Department Inspector General Steve Linick told Congress that he was “shocked” to find out President Trump decided to remove him from his post last month and that senior officials in the State Department had consistently told him they were satisfied with the office’s work. “I can tell you … that I’ve been given no valid reason that would justify my removal,” Linick said, according […]
An employee sets a table for pick up orders at a restaurant in Arlington, Va. Even as states are moving to reopen their economies, tens of millions are out of work. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images An employee sets a table for pick up orders at a restaurant in Arlington, Va. Even as states are moving to […]
Federal Reserve officials see U.S. inflation as likely to stay below 2% over the next three years, based on a new summary of economic predictions released Wednesday by the central bank. Prices for personal consumption expenditures are expected to climb just 1% this year, down from a December projection of 1.9%, according to the document. Inflation will average 1.5% next year and 1.7% in 2022, the officials […]
In April Dr. Fauci was quick to condemn the anti-Lockdown protesters who were protesting for their right to make a living and do business. Fauci tore into those protests saying ignoring his guidelines would backfire. But last week Dr. Fauci did not run to the morning shows during the George Lloyd protests and riots. Some protests are more acceptable than others. TRENDING: Antifa Domestic Terrorists Take […]
An Iranian boy band is eulogising Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Khomeini in a rock song that has gone viral READ: It is time for the Iran-backed axis militias to be treated exactly like Daesh Related Source link
3M has reportedly filed a lawsuit against a merchant on Amazon selling the company’s masks for more than 18 times their list price. The target of the lawsuit, Mao Yu and his affiliated companies, made $350,000 selling the masks. The Wall Street Journal reports that 3M, the manufacturer of N95 masks which are in high demand during the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, has filed a lawsuit against an Amazon merchant […]
WASHINGTON ― A key House Democrat will propose a billion-dollar pandemic response and preparedness fund in the annual defense policy bill, Defense News has learned. The bill would help boost production of key medical equipment sought by states amid the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., will include the measure in his committee’s version of the 2021 National […]
Since The Fed’s last statement, on April 29th, one “asset class” has done particularly well as bonds, bullion, and the greenback have slipped lower. Spot the odd one out… Rate trajectory expectations have had a wild ride in the six weeks since the last FOMC (drifting ionto negative rate expectations at one point) but are now back to being modestly ‘easier’ than at the last meeting… […]
Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202006101079578111-us-house-republicans-call-for-naming-russia-state-sponsor-of-terror-strategy-paper-says/ Republican members of Congress claim that Moscow supports a number of organisations deemed terrorist by Washington. The Kremlin has denied such accusations in the past, while at least one of the organisations named in the paper is banned as a terrorist one in Russia. The Republican Study Committee, which is the largest GOP caucus in the House of […]
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday held a virtual meeting at the level of foreign ministers to discuss Israel’s plans to annex occupied territories in the West Bank, Anadolu reports. At the emergency meeting, Yousef Bin Al-Othaimeen, the secretary-general of the organization, reiterated the OIC’s position of rejecting all Israeli policies aimed at changing the demographic nature of the Palestinian territories. He also called […]
UCLA Professor Gordon Klein has been placed on leave after rejecting a request to postpone a final exam for black students in response to the death of George Floyd. Over 20,000 people have signed a petition that calls on UCLA officials to fire Klein. When Klein was asked to postpone black students’ exams, he replied by quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Remember that MLK famously said […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government’s restrictions on the defense industry are stifling potential and must go, according to the president of the trade body Pakistan Aerospace Council. PAeC is a collective of aerospace, defense and high-tech electronics enterprises that aims to internationally raise the profile of Pakistani industry. Its leader, Haroon Qureshi, heads the defense engineering and electronics company East West Infiniti. In a June 3 […]
Gone With the Wind hit the top of Amazon’s best seller list Wednesday, mere hours after HBO banned the classic title off its streaming platform. On Wednesday, Amazon users noticed the 1939 film rose to the top of its “Best Sellers in Movies & TV” list, with various versions taking the number one, number 8 and number 9 spots. The jump in popularity was mostly due […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, I previously wrote a column about the rising calls by Democratic leaders and activists for different forms of public and private censorship. Indeed, the recent extreme demands and controversy at the New York Times shows how speech controls have been a virtual article of faith for many. Twitter’s actions against Trump tweets are another example of the inconsistent use of such controls. Now GoFundMe has taken it […]