https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107969/97/1079699775_0:81:1651:1009_1200x675_80_0_0_d4f82d73330f83701e35a00d5c2bbe48.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202006231079702279-us-congress-committee-probes-lockheed-martin-failure-to-meet-f-35-contract-demands/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Lockheed Martin must face accountability for its continuing and expensive failure to provide enough spare parts for the troubled F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, senior members of the House Oversight and Reform Committee said in a letter on Tuesday. “The military is spending tens of millions of dollars a year to overcome unresolved issues with […]
Daily Archives: June 23, 2020
Citizens of Saudi Arabia who are deemed eligible for compensation in the coastal area of the north-west of the kingdom are reportedly to be granted plots of land for free in the future megacity of NEOM. According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency today, Prince Fahd Bin Sultan – the governor of Tabuk where the futuristic city is being built – laid out the first part of an […]
The South Carolina Republican’s decision to play the voicemails comes one day before the Senate is set to take a key procedural vote on his legislation. Scott, the only African-American Republican senator, has opened up in recent years about his experience with racism, including instances of being racially profiled by police. He’s also had to push back vehemently on suggestions of being a “token” for the […]
Appearing Sunday on The Michael Brooks Show, leftist professor Noam Chomsky claimed President Donald Trump is “undeniably” the “worst criminal in human history.” A transcript is as follows: MICHAEL BROOKS: Could you explain why what Donald Trump is doing institutionally actually is unique and does matter on its own terms? NOAM CHOMSKY: This sounds strong, but it’s true: Trump is the worst criminal in human history, undeniably. There has never […]
An FBI investigation has revealed NASCAR racer Bubba Wallace was never the victim of a hate crime after a rope used to pull garage doors shut was mistaken for a noose. The incident took place just weeks after Wallace called for the Confederate flag to be banned from NASCAR events, which the company did two days later. After the “noose” was found in his garage at […]
Via Rystad Energy, COVID-19 has not only impacted the energy industry’s revenues but also its infrastructure development. The delay of new natural gas facilities means that many countries, such as Vietnam, will have to rely on coal-generated power to make up the shortfall. The case study of Vietnam shows that these infrastructure delays will also lead to an increase in LNG imports. The global energy industry […]
Health Editor’s Note: Residents and employees of long term care facilities and nursing homes make up 40% of the coronavirus death toll for the U.S. Admittedly, the residents of these two types of facilities will have coexisting conditions that will make them more vulnerable to coronavirus, so the infection and death rates would be projected to be higher than found in other subsets of population. Early […]
Several military bases in central and southern Syria have been targeted by air attacks that Damascus blamed on Israel, Syrian state media have reported. Videos on social media show massive explosions illuminating the night. Israel targeted several locations in Salamiyah and Saburah just before 1 am on Wednesday, the Syrian army said, adding that its air defenses shot down “a large number” of hostile missiles but […]
(Natural News) How easy it is to find fake news, read it, and get upset or confused? Every day there’s a new fake “poll” out that will tell you Biden is in the lead, when Biden can’t even remember what the word lead means. Millions of Americans, it would seem, are fighting tooth and nail to turn our Republic into a socialist nightmare like Venezuela. It’s […]
Assange Extradition: ’60 Minutes’ Gives Assange Fair Shake June 23, 2020 Assange Extradition: ’60 Minutes’ Gives Assange Fair Shake2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/assange-1.jpg200px200px The Australian version of the CBS News program ’60 Minutes’ presented a segment on Julian Assange Sunday night that was missing the usual mainstream media smears and distortions about his case. Australia’s 60 Minutes newsmagazine Sunday night aired an extensive interview with Stella Morris, Julian Assange’s […]
Following news that US President Donald Trump intends to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien suggested they might be headed for the Pacific instead. On June 15, Trump announced his intent to slash US troops garrisoned in Germany by nearly 10,000 until the Central European nation pays its “delinquent” NATO support bill. Each NATO nation is expected, but not […]
The Trump family is wasting no time taking legal action against the president’s niece in an effort to halt publication of her soon-to-be-released book. Just days after Donald Trump said Mary Trump was “not allowed” to write such a tome, citing a “very powerful” NDA she had signed that the president claimed “covers everything,” attorneys for a Trump family member have filed a Temporary Restraining Order […]
Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks as then-President Obama watches during a signing ceremony in 2016. Obama joined Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for a virtual fundraiser Tuesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks as then-President Obama watches during a signing ceremony in 2016. Obama joined Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for […]
Marc Hochstein is the executive editor of CoinDesk. This week has brought what many would call the blogosphere’s equivalent of the torching of the Library of Alexandria as an unintended consequence of an outdated media practice. Scott Alexander, the perspicacious polymath behind the influential blog Slate Star Codex, deleted all his posts – seven years’ worth of sprawling, insightful and often funny essays on everything from […]
MORE ELECTIONEERING FROM BIG TECH —WHEN WILL REPUBLICANS GET OFF THEIR ASS AND ACT?!! Twitter sensation and MAGA-meme maker Carpe Donktum was suspended from Twitter today. Advertisement – story continues below This comes just months before the November elections! Big Tech continues to crack down on Trump supporters! TRENDING: Bubba Wallace ‘Offended’ by Hoax Theories as Insider Says ‘Noose’ Found in Black NASCAR Driver’s Garage Stall […]
Details of a recent terror plot foiled by the FBI and the US army has raised more questions than answers about the evolving threat of far-right extremists. In the latest of such cases, the Daesh terror group is said to have been an inspiration for a US soldier who plotted with a UK satanic neo-Nazi cult to stage a “murderous ambush” on his own unit. Twenty-two-year-old […]
Black people are being murdered and brutalized by police with near impunity. Act with us to end police brutality, demand racial justice, and defend our right to protest. Your donation will fuel our legal battles and urgent advocacy efforts. The ACLU also calls for an analysis of possible “reparations” to be paid to African-Americans, referencing congressional bill H.R. 40, sponsored by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), […]
The U.S. Supreme Court took a step in limiting the SEC’s ability to recoup illegal profits from wrongdoers this week. A ruling on Monday preserved the agency’s power to win disgorgement but also said that any disgorgement shouldn’t exceed the profits made by the wrongdoer, according to Bloomberg. And why wouldn’t now be a great time to roll back the SEC’s power? After all, just days ago, […]
Since the killing of George Floyd on 25 May, an anti-racism movement has occurred worldwide and many companies and individuals are facing up to racist actions in the past. Jimmy Kimmel’s apology is one of many and comes as the entertainment industry confronts its offensive depictions of black characters. Late night tv host Jimmy Kimmel has apologised after receiving complaints over his use of blackface makeup […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced it plans to establish a permanent military base in the Indian Ocean by next March The Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has tasked the IRGC with setting up a permanent presence in waters far away from the country, IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said yesterday. Referring to repeated harassment by pirates and some foreign vessels for […]
S Harris’ combative appearance Tuesday recalled the most memorable moments of her relatively brief tenure as a senator, including staring down Trump appointees Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, and John Kelly — and tearing into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings. Again, it was the unscripted rejoinders that garnered her the most attention. Before Harris could finish her speech, Cornyn, a fellow Judiciary Committee […]
Protesters took to the streets of Washington, D.C., Monday night as they attempted to establish the “Black House Autonomous Zone” (BHAZ) and harassed National Guard officers who were on the scene. “All your ancestors are in hell anyway,” said an individual with a megaphone. “You think people can own people and beat them and rape them and sodomize them and they all go on to some better […]
A man has deliberately crashed his car into the Chinese Embassy in Buenos Aires, reportedly claiming to have a bomb on board in a bizarre bid to obtain political asylum. The man, identified by police as Gaston Sanda, 24, drove his vehicle into the front gate of the embassy late on Monday night, damaging both the car and the entrance to the facility, according to local […]
Authored by John Solomon via JustTheNews.com, Could the impeachment scandal have been prevented if the now-fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman had followed up on Ukrainian allegations about Joe Biden and his family in 2018? That’s the tantalizing question raised by emails from fall 2018 between an American lawyer and the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan that were obtained by Just the News. The memos show that […]
As Covid-19 devastates communities of color, the government’s minority health experts are conspicuously quiet by Lev Facher/STAT News WASHINGTON — Four months into a pandemic that has disproportionately devastated Black, Latino, and Native American communities, leading minority health experts within the Trump administration remain conspicuously quiet and have conducted minimal outreach to communities of color. The directors of two federal minority health offices, as well as […]
The “noose” in the garage assigned to African-American NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace in Talladega turned out to be a pull rope for the door that was there before, and not a hate crime, the FBI has confirmed. “After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed,” FBI Special Agent Johnnie Sharp Jr. and US […]
(Natural News) An investigation run by House Foreign Affairs Committee leader Representative Michael McCaul has revealed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is getting away with spreading all kinds of anti-American propaganda on social media even as conservatives are continually targeted with censorship. What was discovered is that even the most stringent platforms are barely even trying to filter out Chinese misinformation, all the while silencing […]
Protest At Rutgers Against Austerity Response To Pandemic By Sarah Jaffe, Dissent Magazine. June 23, 2020 Protest At Rutgers Against Austerity Response To Pandemic2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/rutgers-protest-against-austeiry-ptlfc-aaup-aft-twitter-e1592935192624.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Rutgers protest against austerity, PTLFC-AAUP-AFT Twitter. In mid-May, two months into the pandemic-induced crisis at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the unions representing 20,000 of the university’s workers came together and held a car caravan to the university president’s house to protest […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/09/1079700954_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_ab2c2dfb132664d0a20c2090c640343c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006231079700986-zarif-mocks-pompeo-for-making-misleading-claim-amid-push-to-extend-iranian-arms-ban/ TEHRAN (Sputnik) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday pointed to a glaring flaw in his US counterpart’s estimates of how far Tehran would be able to send it jets if the UN arms embargo on it lapsed this fall. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted a map on Twitter claiming that Europe and Asia could […]
LOUISVILLE, KY- After disastrous primary showcases in Wisconsin and Georgia, voting rights advocates turned their eyes to Kentucky amid national concern that the state’s Tuesday primary could be the latest to offer a troubling portrait of voting during the coronavirus pandemic. In the days before the election, hallmarks of what made other elections in a time of COVID hellish were unfolding: In Jefferson County, only one […]
A pro-LGBTQ banner is flipped over on a wall outside the U.S. Embassy in downtown Jerusalem. Daniel Estrin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Daniel Estrin/NPR A pro-LGBTQ banner is flipped over on a wall outside the U.S. Embassy in downtown Jerusalem. Daniel Estrin/NPR A banner promoting LGBTQ pride was temporarily taken down from the U.S. Embassy on Tuesday after the city’s deputy mayor complained about it, claiming […]
Alethea AI, a synthetic media company, is piloting “privacy-preserving face skins,” or digital masks that counter facial recognition algorithms and help users preserve privacy on pre-recorded videos. The move comes as companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon announced they would suspend the sale of their facial recognition technology to law enforcement agencies. “This is a new technique we developed inhouse that wraps a face with […]
Peter Strzok The Justice Department on Tuesday revealed in a court filing a single page of notes from former FBI counter-intel chief Peter Strzok that are exculpatory to General Mike Flynn. The content of the notes was not revealed because it is under protective order. Via John Solomon of Just the News: (emphasis our own) Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin informed U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan […]