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 the system Lockheed Martin built and maintains to track spare parts for the F-35”, the letter said. “It is critical that ongoing issues related to spare parts and the shortcoming of the information technology system […]
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 economic package which aims to improve the living standards of those in the area. NEOM, which is part of the kingdom’s Vision 2030, is planned to be an eco-friendly and technologically-advanced city which would be […]
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 GOP and has been called racial slurs on Twitter. Following the Senate lunch, Scott urged his colleagues to vote to proceed Wednesday on his bill, calling it an open process and the beginning of debate. […]
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 been a figure in political history who was so passionately dedicated to destroying the projects for organized human life on earth in the near future. That is not an exaggeration. People are focused now on […]
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 Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, Wallace went to twitter to condemn the “despicable act of racism.” pic.twitter.com/koL655AJB9 — Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) June 22, 2020 Educate yourself further by tapping into the Infowars Store’s vast collection of […]
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 downturn at the hands of Covid-19 has not only hurt immediate revenues, but is also affecting national infrastructure and energy policy planning. A Rystad Energy analysis shows that gas resources around the world will see […]
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 on visitors were forbidden admittance to these facilities but what was not taken into equally important account was that the workers would be leaving and returning after being out in the coronavirus laden world. This […]
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 that some struck their targets and inflicted “limited material damage.” Judging by the volume of explosions, one of the targets appears to be an ammunition depot. The Hama strikes followed the attacks on As-Suwayda and […]
(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 a communist playbook and the liberal extremist leaders are following it step by step. We’re all to believe that the “blackface scandal” was countrywide, and that all sorts of conservatives were going around like this, […]
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 partner, and featured the two boys the couple have had together. While the promos for the segment during the week indicated it would focus on salacious questions such as, “How does one get pregnant in […]
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 required, to spend at least 2% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defense; Germany dedicated 1.4% of its GDP to military matters last year. The move would leave about 25,000 US troops in Germany. […]
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 (TRO) in Queens court. The news, first reported by The New York Times, was shared with The Daily Beast earlier in the day by two people familiar with the matter. A third person with knowledge […]
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 a virtual fundraiser Tuesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Former President Barack Obama joined his former vice president, Joe Biden, on a virtual fundraiser on Tuesday evening, as top-level Democrats seek to consolidate voters around […]
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 medicine to economics to politics to culture. (Cryptocurrency users may recognize the name; one of Alexander’s most famous posts inspired the MolochDAO blockchain project, and he’s friendly with Gwern, author of the seminal “Bitcoin Is […]
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 May Be Serpentine Belt (VIDEO) Via Jack Posobiec. Carpe received this email which claims his account committed copyright infringement pic.twitter.com/nRcNu8bIyX — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) June 23, 2020 Advertisement – story continues below Suspended. This is […]
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 Ethan Melzer from Louisville confessed to sharing secret information about his unit to a satanic neo-Nazi cult as part of a plot to launch a “mass casualty” attack intended to cause “the deaths of as many of […]
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), entitled “the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act.” On a slide entitled, “DIVEST FROM THE POLICE. INVEST IN COMMUNITIES,” the ACLU states, “Police brutality against Black and Brown people must end. […]
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, German FinTech giant Wirecard imploded amidst allegations that its $2 billion cash balance didn’t exist and its CEO was arrested on Tuesday morning. The US usually wins disgorgements of more than $1 billion per year […]
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 while impersonating black celebrities such as basketball player Karl Malone, Oprah Winfrey and Snoop Dogg in past sketches. The 52-year-old television host issued a statement on Tuesday saying, “I have long been reluctant to address […]
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 Iranian fishermen in the Sea of Oman and the Indian Ocean, he added: “The IRGC will no longer allow such encroachments in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman.” The IRGC Navy has so […]
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 member, interrupted to remind her that her anti-lynching legislation was part of the Republican reform effort. She quickly rejected the idea of using it as a bargaining chip and said “It’s like saying to a […]
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 place? Fuck no.” “All your ancestors are in hell,” she added, as Breitbart News filmed the encounter. “You ain’t got no one to talk to.” Another individual who spoke through a megaphone insisted she was not “afraid” […]
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 media. The aftermath of the crash, which left nobody injured, appeared in photos circulated online. 🇨🇳💥🚗 | Un hombre intentó derribar el portón de la Embajada de China en Buenos Aires con su auto. Fuentes […]
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 well before Ukrainian prosecutors reached out to Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s lawyer, in 2019 to talk about the Bidens and alleged 2016 election interference they first approached Berman’s office in New York in October 2018 […]
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 government’s $336 million health disparities research institute, have not conducted TV or radio interviews since the pandemic began in early 2020. None has testified before Congress, or appeared at a White House coronavirus task […]
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 attorney Jay E. Town said in a statement on Tuesday. Fifteen FBI agents were involved in the investigation, and established that the “noose” had been there since at least October 2019, when the stall was […]
(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 voices that oppose the LGBTQ indoctrination of innocent children, as one prominent example. Twitter, as you might expect, was determined to be the worst when it comes to filtering out CCP propaganda and misinformation, including […]
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 layoffs. Protest signs reading #WeRNotDisposable and calling on the university to “protect the most vulnerable” decorated car windows; inside the cars, union members and their supporters wore red and their face masks. The coalition of […]
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 be in Iran’s crosshairs if it bought “highly lethal” fighters like Russia’s SU-30 and China’s J-10 once the arms ban expired on 18 October. If the @UN Arms Embargo on Iran expires in October, Iran […]
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 polling site, albeit a large one, was open Tuesday. That made the Kentucky Exposition Center the lone in person polling location for the area that includes the state’s largest city of Louisville. A similar scene […]
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 it was offensive to residents. The banner was rehung Tuesday night following media coverage and discussions between the embassy and city officials. The banner reads “PRIDE: The U.S. Embassy Jerusalem proudly supports tolerance and diversity.” […]
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 our AI algorithms,” said Alethea AI CEO Arif Khan. “Avatars are fun to play with and develop, but these ‘masks/skins’ are a different, more potent, animal to preserve privacy.” See also: Human Rights Foundation Funds […]
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 of the discovery in a midday court filing, revealing the single page of notes were believed to have been taken by Strzok during the critical juncture of early January 2017 when FBI agents recommended shutting […]
America’s demand for talks with Iran is a lie, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, in comments broadcast live on state TV. They say ‘we are ready to negotiate’. They’re saying something strange. What does ‘we’re ready to negotiate’ mean? Who left the negotiating table? Who broke the negotiating table? Who set the negotiating room on fire? It was them. So this is a lie on top of a lie every day, Rouhani said In a tweet in early June, US President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a deal with America. Since 2018, when Trump exited Iran’s 2015 nuclear […]
Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has doubled his lead over President Donald Trump to 12 points, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey obtained by The Hill. 56 percent of likely voters support Biden’s campaign for the White House, while 44 percent stated that they support President Trump. Last month’s poll found Biden enjoyed a six-point lead over the incumbent president. “After 11 months of improving ratings, Trump in the last month set back to below 50 percent in his handling of the crisis after the Clorox press conference as he pulled back from the daily briefings,” said Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll’s Mark […]
Peraton will provide commercial satellite communications services for U.S. Central Command after receiving a new $56 million contract, the company announced June 18. Under the contract, which was awarded by the Space Force’s Future Commercial SATCOM Acquisition program, Peraton will provide mission support for mobile platforms It will also provide bandwidth for mission operations, survivability, and diversification within the area of responsibility. “Peraton has served as a trusted solution partner to U.S. Central Command for over 10 years and is proud to continue providing satellite-based services tailored to their specific mission requirements,” said David Myers, president, Peraton Communications sector. “As a […]
The Department of Justice on Tuesday released handwritten notes from the Michael Flynn case taken by former FBI official Peter Strzok, which the Daily Caller‘s Chuck Ross reports to be “totally exculpatory” for the former national security adviser. The notes, likely taken between January 3-5 of 2017, were released to Flynn’s lawyers under seal by Michael R. Sherwin – acting US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia – and are “very significant,” according to the Caller‘s source. They were discovered by a federal prosecutor appointed to review the Flynn case. Flynn update – the DOJ has produced more evidence. A […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suspended anti-South Korea military plans, according to a report by Yonhap, a South Korean news agency. During a preliminary meeting of the Central Military Commission, Kim “suspended the military action plans against the south,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KNCA). Earlier this month, North Korea said it would be severing all communication lines, including military hotlines, with South Korea and announced that it would start treating the South as an “enemy.” More details to follow. Source link
The Libyan Army on Tuesday published a document implicating eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar in bringing into the country mercenaries from Syria, reports Anadolu Agency. Images of contracts signed between Haftar and security firms showed that every mercenary was paid $200 monthly in addition to $10 for participating in any military operation. Bloody Haftar – Cartoon [Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitor] The images, published by the media office of the government-led Operation Volcano of Rage, also revealed that mercenaries get $20 as a bonus. The media office also released photos of Syrian mercenaries in the city of As-Suwayda ahead of their trip to Hmeimim airbase en […]
“I don’t think that President Obama committed treason,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who is up for reelection this year. “I don’t know what he’s talking about,” added Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). “I don’t have any evidence to believe he committed treason.” Trump’s allies often claim the president was joking whenever he makes a controversial statement, even when Trump’s tone is serious and he repeats the claim several times. For example, Trump told a reporter on Tuesday that “I don’t kid” when asked whether he was serious when he said he had ordered a slowdown of coronavirus testing. “It’s a silly, […]
Facebook’s new oversight board, commonly referred to as its “Supreme Court,” will be tasked with determining which content should be removed from the site. It will be staffed with leftist professors from some of America’s top law schools. According to a report by Campus Reform, Facebook’s new Oversight Board will be staffed with law school professors that have donated to progressive candidates and causes. Columbia University Law School Professor Jamal Greene and University of Oklahoma Law Professor Evelyn Aswad are amongst the American legal experts that have been named to the Oversight Board. Greene has donated to the campaigns of Elizabeth Warren […]
WASHINGTON ― F-35 costs are ballooning because Lockheed Martin is failing to deliver parts to the military that are ready to be installed, maintenance personnel told an ongoing House Oversight and Reform Committee probe. The panel’s Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney and others said in a June 18 letter to Lockheed’s new CEO, James Taiclet, that the Department of Defense faces “excess costs” because it “must divert personnel to troubleshoot these issues and use extensive workarounds to keep F-35 planes flying.” Because of these issues, DoD has spent more than $300 million in added labor costs since 2015, and it will pay $55 […]
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents patrolling the Rio Grande Valley Sector captured three illegal alien sexual predators in separate incidents just hours apart. All three men had prior convictions in the United States, with two of them being sentenced for sexually abusing children. “Saturday morning, agents working at the Javier Vega Jr. Checkpoint near Sarita, Texas, arrested a Salvadoran national whose record checks revealed an arrest by the Montgomery County Police Department for sexual abuse of a minor,” CBP explained in a press release. “He was convicted and sentenced to one year confinement and three years’ probation.” Two hours later, […]
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, In the false religion of data, heresy is asking for data that is not being collected because it might reveal unpalatably unprofitable realities. Here’s how every modern con starts: let’s look at the data. Every modern con starts with an earnest appeal to look at the data because the con artist has assembled the data to grease the slides of the con. We have been indoctrinated into a new and false religion, the faith of data. We’ve been relentlessly indoctrinated with the quasi-religious belief that “data doesn’t lie,” when the reality is that data consistently misleads us because that is […]
Sputnik/Moscow: Many of the ugliest episodes in Canada’s history can be traced back to the British royals. Now is the right time for the country to consider turning its back on the Crown. Although it isn’t a recent idea, there is no denying that the politically motivated removal of statues and renaming of places has picked up momentum during recent weeks. Boogalo boys killing cops and planning attacks on cops But we talking about a statue pic.twitter.com/KelhJ53TKy — Q (@Selftaught400) June 19, 2020 Since protests began over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, dozens of statues and memorials commemorating figures from […]
US expectations that China will join nuclear arms control talks are unrealistic, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said, noting the only way forward is bilateral dialogue between Moscow and Washington. Ryabkov pointed out that he made that clear to US special envoy for arms control Marshall Billingslea as the two met in Vienna on Monday for negotiations on prolonging the New START Treaty, which expires in February. “We quite thoroughly explained to them why counting on China joining [the negotiations] is unrealistic,” Ryabkov said, noting that Moscow will not pressure Beijing the way Washington wants it to as it respects […]
(Natural News) The Nazi Brownshirts rose to power in much the same way that Antifa and Black Lives Matter are rising to power today. The Browshirts used violence against their political opponents, demanding submission, while using media propaganda to embellish their crusade. In cities across the U.S., the Left is using violence to get what they want, rioting, looting and threatening those who do not agree with them. To fully rise to power, the anarchist storm troopers of today need a charismatic and domineering leader — someone who will endorse their street mob violence, allowing it to dominate political opponents, while […]
Meet BlackRock, The New Great Vampire Squid By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt. June 23, 2020 Meet BlackRock, The New Great Vampire Squid2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/blackrock-protest-e1592935856581.jpg200px200px Above photo: BlackRock Protest from the Action Network. BlackRock is a global financial giant with customers in 100 countries and its tentacles in major asset classes all over the world; and it now manages the spigots to trillions of bailout dollars from the Federal Reserve. The fate of a large portion of the country’s corporations has been put in the hands of a megalithic private entity with the private capitalist mandate to make as much money as possible for […]
The United Kingdom first introduced lockdown measures in March in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and avoid overwhelming the national health service. To keep businesses afloat, Chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced unprecedented stimulus injections to support furloughed workers. Rishi Sunak has been roundly ridiculed on social media for a tweet on Tuesday where he hails the reopening of pubs in the UK. Following the announcement by the prime minister that pubs and restaurants would be reopening from 4 July, the chancellor tweeted that he was excited to “get back to the pub”, with a picture of himself accompanying the […]
One of the prosecutors who quit the Roger Stone case in disgust over interference from Attorney General Bill Barr will tell the House Judiciary Committee that the “highest levels of the Department” wanted to spare Stone, a friend of the president’s, years of prison time. “What I heard—repeatedly—was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the President,” according to a statement from Aaron Zelinsky, one of ex-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors. In February, Zelinsky and three colleagues resigned from the Stone prosecution after Timothy Shea, then the acting U.S. attorney for the […]
The words “and Providence Plantations” will be removed from many Rhode Island state documents under an executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo. The state legislature will consider an official name change. David Goldman/AP hide caption toggle caption David Goldman/AP The words “and Providence Plantations” will be removed from many Rhode Island state documents under an executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo. The state legislature will consider an official name change. David Goldman/AP The official name of the smallest U.S. state is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Some of its residents have been trying for the past three decades to drop the […]
Lawmakers in Spain are working on amending the nation’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws to be in compliance with European Union law, six months after the EU’s deadline. A proposed amendment published over a week ago will require virtual currency service providers to register with the Bank of Spain. If enacted, the law will place Spain in compliance with the EU’s 5th Anti Money-Laundering Directive (AMLD5), the bloc-wide mandate introduced in 2018, to strengthen preventative measures against financial crime. To get things moving even faster, the public comment period on the amendment ends today; typically, the comment period is 60 […]
Attorney Paul Kamenar filed an ethics complaint on Tuesday with the Department of Justice against Mueller attorney Aaron Zelinsky. Andrew Miller and the National Legal and Policy Center, through their undersigned counsel, filed this complaint against Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Aaron S.J. Zelinsky with the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for misconduct that occurred during the grand jury proceedings of Mr. Miller regarding the investigation and prosecution of Roger J. Stone. The complaint was filed with the Department of Justice on Tuesday. Aaron Zelinsky is slated to speak before Congress and before Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Wednesday. TRENDING: It […]
Turkey hit back on Tuesday at French criticism of its intervention in Libya, saying President Emmanuel Macron must have suffered an “eclipse of the mind” to oppose Ankara’s support for the internationally-recognised Tripoli government. With Turkish military backing, Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) has reversed a 14-month assault on the capital Tripoli by forces led by Khalifa Haftar, who is supported by Russia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. Turkey’s involvement in Libya has strained ties with NATO ally France, which Ankara says has contributed to the chaos by backing Haftar. On Monday, Macron accused Turkey of playing “a dangerous […]
Employees at tech giant Google are reportedly demanding that the company stop selling software to law enforcement agencies. Employees believe the company should be ” joining the millions who want to defang and defund these institutions.” Recode reports that more than 1,600 Google employees have signed an internal petition calling for the firm to stop selling its software to police. The petition comes as protests continue across the country relating to the recent death of George Floyd. The petition states: “We’re disappointed to know that Google is still selling to police forces, and advertises its connection with police forces as somehow progressive, […]
Quite a day… Navarro dump – US-China trade deal “is over” Trump pump – US-China trade deal “fully in tact” Kudlow pump – “absolutely, definitely” no second lockdown due to virus Fauci slump – “disturbing surge” in infections Fauci pump – “promising” vaccine is imminent Which of course ended with Nasdaq higher (for 8th straight day – longest streak since Dec – and up 19 of the last 22 days)…NOTE how the Nasdaq was instantly bid and Small Caps dumped at the cash open… Led by the FANGs… Source: Bloomberg The last time FANGs were this overbought, it did not end […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/05/1079700585_0:0:1713:963_1200x675_80_0_0_f2ce426455607c8361cd96e93970606f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202006231079700618-new-season-new-you-husky-gets-summertime-blowout/ Huskies are beautiful dogs originating from Siberia, Russia; however, as majestic-looking as these snow dogs are, they become high-maintenance for their owners when warm temperatures come about and they shed their coats. Footage shared on YouTube by Viral Hog captures Chiyo, a 2-year-old Siberian Husky girl residing in Abingdon, Maryland, getting groomed outside on the deck. Her owner, Tracy, is seen blowing out her coat using a Metro Force Dryer, with the fluffy pooch looking visibly relieved by the removal of the excess fur. “Siberian huskies have a double coat. They shed the undercoat […]
The United Nations Security Council is due to hold the first round of talks on Wednesday on a US proposal to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran, which is currently set to end in October under Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The United States circulated a draft resolution on the measure to the 15-member council on Monday, diplomats said, but council veto-powers Russia and China have already signaled their opposition to the move. Washington has long argued that the arms embargo on Iran should not be lifted. A resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by […]
Former adviser to President Donald Trump, Roger Stone. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images A prosecutor who withdrew from the Roger Stone case after Justice Department leaders intervened to recommend a lighter sentence intends to testify before Congress that he and his colleagues were repeatedly pressured to cut Stone “a break,” and were told that it was because of his relationship with President Donald Trump. “What I heard – repeatedly – was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the President,” Aaron Zelinsky, one of four prosecutors who quit the case, plans to tell […]
Protesters in D.C. on Monday harassed a black female officer, telling her that her ancestors are “upset with her.” “You want a mask? OK, she don’t want a mask,” a woman said as her male counterpart began targeting the female officer. “Her ancestors are upset with her. … She needs to work through the trauma that has her out here. The internalized trauma,” a male protester said as the female officer stood calmly, taking the verbal beating, as Breitbart News caught on camera. “You know, your ancestors gotta be upset with you right now,” he continued. Another demonstrator took aim at […]
The Air Force is expanding its experiment with advanced, artificial intelligence-infused pilot training to the pipeline for creating drone pilots and sensor operators. The program, called RPA Training Next, takes some cues from the Air Force’s Pilot Training Next program. In a June 1 interview, program director Maj. Adam “Boomer” Smith said this new, high-tech system of learning has the potential to teach new remotely piloted aircraft aircrew faster and more efficiently than the old system, and fine-tune their lessons to what they actually need. “By tailoring the program to the actual requirements of RPA aircrew, both our pilots and sensor […]
A group of Black Lives Matter protesters got into it with another group of self-hating whites who showed up in chains and back lashings to demonstrate alongside them. The self-hating white group, who call themselves Stand As One, appeared to have offended the BLM protesters in Charleston, South Carolina, because of their shockingly realistic appearance as abused slaves clad in chains, complete with cosmetic bloody whip lashes on their backs. This group, which self-identified as Stand As One, is now getting yelled at by BLM. The two are arguing about the their message. The group who brought the slave demonstration were […]
One month ago, when looking at the recent flurry of chapter 11 filings and a striking correlation between the unemployment rate and loan delinquencies, we said that a “biblical” wave of bankruptcies is about to flood the US economy. It appears that the wave has now arrived, because according to Bloomberg data, no less than 13 US companies sought bankruptcy protection last week, matching the peak of the global financial crisis. The filings, led by the perennially weak consumer and energy sectors, were the most for any week since May 2009. At a time of pervasive service closures, it is not […]
Late on June 22, Russian air defense units repelled a massive drone attack on Russia’s Hmeimim air base in Syria. According to local sources, Russian Pantsir and Tor systems launched almost two dozen missiles at unmanned aerial vehicles launched by militants from the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses were also activated in the Jableh area of Latakia province, where the Russian airbase is located. Firefights between the Syrian Army and Turkish-led forces broke out near the village of Abu Rasin in the province of al-Hasakah. According to pro-government sources, […]
An earthquake measuring 7.4-magnitude has hit southern Mexico, killing at least one person and triggering a tsunami warning for Pacific coastal areas near the epicenter. The country’s seismological service issued the tsunami warning for the central Oaxaca region, recommending residents move away from the coastal area. Videos posted online from the affected area showed the ocean water receding from the shoreline. Se aleja el mar en Santa Cruz, #Huatulco #Oaxaca después del sismo de 7.5 grados. pic.twitter.com/Hlo5jDG1oX — Janosik Garcia (@Janosikgarciaz) June 23, 2020 Also on rt.com Terrified residents flee shaking buildings as 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Mexico (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) DETAILS […]
(Natural News) Vaccines are praised as the golden standard for saving millions of lives worldwide. That’s the promise that we are led to believe as parents ritualistically submit their infant sons and daughters to a cornucopia of state-sanctioned injections. Well-baby visits are designed to introduce up to 26 liability-free vaccinations in the baby’s first year of life, during six or more visits to a pediatrician. However, during the covid-19 lockdowns, well-baby visits were cancelled and vaccination rates plummeted as a result. More parents stayed home, nursed their babies, watched them closely, and kept them away from pediatricians. When the national emergency […]
Livin’ On Tulsa Time: Infiltrating ‘Trump Country’ To Fly A Different Flag By Danny Sjursen, Scheer Post. June 23, 2020 Livin’ On Tulsa Time: Infiltrating ‘Trump Country’ To Fly A Different Flag2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/black-wall-street-mural-tulsa-ok-by-danny-sjursen-e1592936536242.jpg200px200px Above photo: Black Wall Street mural, Tulsa, OK by Danny Sjursen. These antiwar veterans agree this was the mission they most believed in. “Does anyone else feel like we’re living out an episode of ‘The Americans?’” So asked my buddy and teammate — a Marine Corps combat veteran — as we sat in the nearly empty upper deck at the Trump rally in Tulsa’s Bok Center. It was almost […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/02/1079700277_0:276:2241:1536_1200x675_80_0_0_73e814a383f603886713c53c5f4c5e38.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006231079700178-seattle-protesters-will-resume-meetings-with-city-officials-in-coming-days-organiser-says/ SEATTLE (Sputnik) – Anti-racism protesters in Seattle will resume meetings in the coming days after cancelling one due to difficulty getting black representation, movement organiser David Lewis said on Tuesday. On Monday, Mayor of Seattle Jenny Durkan announced that the city intends to reclaim the neighbourhood taken over by thousands of anti-racism protesters after two shooting incidents in the area over the weekend and multiple complaints from local residents and businesses. “We had to cancel one of them [meetings] simply because getting proper representation from the specifically black community in Seattle has proven to […]
About an hour after the nation’s top public health officials denied to Congress that President Trump had ordered a slowdown in COVID-19 testing, news broke that the federal government was winding down support for local testing sites in states like Texas that continue to break daily case records. The Trump administration will end support for 13 sites in five states—including seven in Texas, which has been particularly hard-hit by the virus in recent weeks—on June 30, according to a report from Talking Points Memo. The sites were set up earlier this year to assist local authorities after a series of missteps […]
Novak Djokovic, 33, is the current world No. 1 men’s tennis player and has won 17 grand slam titles. Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images Novak Djokovic, 33, is the current world No. 1 men’s tennis player and has won 17 grand slam titles. Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images Novak Djokovic, the world’s No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Serbian tennis star released a statement on his diagnosis, saying that he and his wife have both contracted the virus after he organized a series of exhibition matches in southeastern Europe. The events, called […]
An oil and commodities expert breaks down how the shale revolution reshaped global energy power and why oil went below $0 earlier this year. Today on the Brief: PayPal and Venmo reportedly adding crypto buying and selling Trump executive order temporarily suspends H1-B visa program Continued growth in bitcoin derivatives Our main conversation: Tracy Shuchart is an oil- and commodities-focused trader in the private equity space known for her wide-ranging insights on financial Twitter (FinTwit). In this conversation, she and NLW discuss: Why the shale revolution of the last 10 years shifted the power balance in global energy among the United States, Russia […]
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The Zionist plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank comes in the midst of a complex Palestinian reality at several levels. Perhaps the most prominent challenges facing the Palestinians as they stand up to the annexation is the new wave of coronavirus infections. This is compounded by the latest delay in paying salaries, for which there is no clear end in sight. All of this combines to make many citizens sceptical of the leadership. Although indulging in conspiracy theories on this issue involves obsession, exaggeration and a lack of understanding, it is based on ordinary Palestinians’ lack of […]
Lancashire police have said their investigation into the flying of a “White Lives Matter” banner over a football match on Monday has found “no criminal offences”, despite the act causing outrage among top sporting celebrities. The force released a statement Tuesday afternoon, which followed them announcing an investigation into a single-engine aircraft dragging a message banner over a football match between Burnley and Manchester which read “White Lives Matter Burnley!”. Noting they had discovered no criminal offences to pursue, Lancashire police Chief Superintendent Russ Procter was quoted as saying in the statement: “Today Lancashire Constabulary has been in liaison with Greater […]
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top two technology experts have submitted their resignations. Mike Griffin, who became the department’s first undersecretary of research and engineering in early 2018, and his deputy Lisa Porter have both submitted their resignations, a defense official confirmed to Defense News. The two will be exiting the building come July 10. In his role as R&E head, Griffin had the lead on developing new capabilities for the department, such as hypersonic weapons, directed energy, and a variety of space-based programs. Included in his portfolio were the Missile Defense Agency and DARPA. A former NASA head under President George […]
The American Hospital Association (AHA) warns, in a new report, that “hospitals and health systems face catastrophic financial challenges in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.” From soaring COVID-19 costs to canceled services to plunging hospital revenue to purchasing personal protective equipment to reimbursement landscape challenges to decreasing patient volumes, many of these factors have triggered a recent bankruptcy wave and or closures of hospitals across the country. AHA said the virus pandemic has created a cash crunch for many hospitals. These medical facilities are expected to lose upwards of $200 billion between March 1 and June 30, or about an average of $50.7 billion per month. U.S. nonfederal hospitals are expected to lose approximately $161.4 billion […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107918/06/1079180662_0:0:3069:1727_1200x675_80_0_0_3302eb80897e8c9c16972230e5a2dd70.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006231079699890-battle-of-wits-trump-reportedly-mulls-challenging-biden-to-a-cognitive-test/ While a number of social media users appeared to express a desire to see Biden accept Trump’s challenge, at least one person wondered aloud what would happen if both candidates were to “lose”. With the presidential election in the United States looming on the horizon, US President Donald Trump has delivered a fresh verbal barb against his likely Democratic rival Joe Biden. According to the Washington Post, during a Cabinet Room meeting this month that was “intended as a general update” on Trump’s reelection campaign, the US president mentioned a cognitive screening test he […]
Egypt will from Saturday lift a night-time curfew that had been in force since March 25 to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and reopen restaurants, cafes, and places of worship, albeit with limits on the numbers visiting, the government said. The new measures come despite Egypt seeing an acceleration of new cases in recent weeks, with infections confirmed by the Health Ministry surging to 56,809, including 2,278 deaths. While Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly acknowledged the numbers were rising as he announced the measures on Tuesday, he repeated the government’s message that citizens will have to learn to live with the […]
“The Committee understands that the relevant intelligence may be sensitive; nevertheless, the Committee finds that the information sharing and coordination across the Intelligence Community has been inconsistent, and this issue has lacked attention from senior leaders,” it adds. The unclassified analysis, which can include a classified annex, is to be completed by the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense with 180 days of passage. Senators on the panel were first briefed a year ago about reports from naval aviators and other personnel about a series of incidents in recent years involving unidentified aircraft stalking Navy aircraft carriers off […]
Brexit leader and veteran campaigner Nigel Farage has voiced his confidence in the election chances of President Trump in 2020, noting the unsavoury alternative of Joe Biden, who he characterised as a “puppet of this new radical left”. Speaking in a short film released Monday on the eve of the fourth anniversary of his victory in the 2016 Brexit referendum, Nigel Farage voiced his confidence in President Trump’s ability to win this year’s election. But perhaps more important than that, Mr Farage said, was the urgency of that win, given the arrival of an intense culture war in the United States […]
BEIJING — China on Tuesday launched the final satellite in its Beidou constellation that emulates and may seek to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System, marking a further step in the country’s advance as a major space power. The launch of the satellite onboard a Long March-3 rocket was broadcast live from the satellite launch base of Xichang, deep in the mountains of southwestern China, shortly before 10 a.m. About half an hour later, the satellite was deployed in orbit and extended its solar panels to provide its energy. An initial launch scheduled for last week was scrubbed after checks […]
Freedom lovers in Texas have launched WeCantBreathe.News to ignite a nationwide movement against the medical tyranny of mandatory public face mask rules. An upcoming event, titled the “Protest and Open Air Church Service,” is set for June 28th in Austin, Texas, starting at 12 noon at the Texas Capitol South Entrance on 11th street. The group will walk to the Capitol steps where they will hold a prayer session, prior to activists and business owners delivering speeches discussing how they’ve been affected by the lockdown and mask orders. The group will then march to the Governor’s Mansion to voice their disapproval […]
Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Nassim Taleb, author of “Skin in the Game,” got into a small Twitter feud in which he explained that most investors can’t understand the nuances of a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. image courtesy of CoinTelegraph According to a tweet posted by Nassim Taleb on June 21, Bitcoin (BTC) is a good idea but “almost all bitcoiners are total idiots.” Taleb was exchanging posts with self-described “Bitcoin maximalist” Giacomo Zucco. He challenged Taleb’s views on imposing central planning by bureaucrats and politicians with “no skin in the game” as the best risk management strategy. 1) I explain in #SkinintheGame […]
ISIS continues its series of attacks on the Syrian Army in desert areas in central Syria. Following the large attack on the army near Itriyah last week, ISIS cells stormed positions of pro-government forces in the vicinity of the city of al-Mayadin on the western bank of the Euphrates. According to pro-militant sources, the terrorists killed 8 Iranian-backed fighters and captured 3 others. Earlier in June, the Iranian-backed militia Liwa al-Fatemiyoun deployed reinforcements to the al-Mayadin countryside in response to the growing threat of attacks from ISIS cells in the area. Nonetheless, without active actions, these reinforcements became a target of […]
Russia is planning to introduce a progressive tax regime, adding a 15% tax bracket for those earning over five million rubles ($72,000) a year, President Vladimir Putin said. The money will be used to treat severely ill children. In a televised address on Tuesday, Putin explained that a tax hike would raise approximately 60 billion rubles a year ($870 million), with Russia’s highest earners paying an extra two percent tax on their income. The rate for all other Russians will remain unchanged at 13 percent. He said that the tax increase will be used to treat children with serious illnesses, removing […]
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: badhealth, badmedicine, badscience, contact tracing, coronavirus, covid-19, FEMA, Forced Vaccinations, freedom, health freedom, infections, Liberty, medical fascism, Medical Tyranny, outbreak, pandemic, President Trump, Tyranny, vaccines, Whistleblower (Natural News) In a Natural News exclusive, a California-based whistleblower is stepping forward and sounding the alarm on door-to-door “contact tracing” campaigns which are under way right now, justified by the coronavirus pandemic government response. These campaigns will be escalated […]
‘Workers First’ Car Caravans Drive Mass Turnouts Nationwide By Mark Gruenberg, People’s World. June 23, 2020 ‘Workers First’ Car Caravans Drive Mass Turnouts Nationwide2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/workers-first-car-caravan-washington-dc-cluw-on-twitter.jpg200px200px Above photo: Elise Bryant, president of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, gets ready for the Workers First Caravan in the Washington, D.C., area June 2020. CLUW via Twitter. From Fairbanks to San Juan and from Bangor to Honolulu, workers nationwide turned out June 17 in car caravans, at press conferences, and in call-ins to lawmakers to demand solons “Put Workers First For Racial And Economic Justice.” Their top demands are additional economic aid during the coronavirus pandemic, for […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Brexit talks have hit a new obstacle in the form of Brussels’ multi-billion subsidies to farmers which London fears would suck UK farmers into an unfavourable competition, The Guardian reported, citing a leaked paper, on Tuesday. This comes as the negotiations are set to resume next week with the sides seeking to reach a trade deal after the transition period. According to the paper, 27 EU states would issue a statement welcoming the new talks, scheduled to run into September, but call on businesses to be ready “for all outcomes.” The row reportedly comes down to Brussels […]
Dr. Deborah Birx, the coordinator of President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force, told the nation’s governors in a call Monday that it was vital that they ramp up testing to find asymptomatic individuals to prevent further community spread. Her remarks stood in stark contrast to those by the president at his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma over the weekend—and the days since—in which he said he had asked his team to slow-walk testing initiatives so as not to inflate the country’s official case count. “Hopefully I have left you with the impression that increased testing is good,” Birx said on the call, […]
A row of police officers stand guard with the statue of former President Andrew Jackson after protesters tried to topple it in Washington, DC on June 22, 2020. Eric Baradat /AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Baradat /AFP via Getty Images A row of police officers stand guard with the statue of former President Andrew Jackson after protesters tried to topple it in Washington, DC on June 22, 2020. Eric Baradat /AFP via Getty Images President Trump vowed via Twitter Tuesday morning that anyone who vandalizes “any monument, statue or other such federal property” will be arrested and […]
Yesterday, it came to light that crypto functionality may come to PayPal and Venmo. If true, as substantiated by three anonymous sources and indicated by an open position for a senior blockchain research engineer, 325 million users would be able to buy and sell crypto. “If it does happen, it has the potential to be the biggest crypto on-ramp ever,” Mati Greenspan, founder of Quantum Economics, told Blockchain Bites. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CoinDesk’s newsletters here. It’s an interesting time […]
Time to go kids.DC Police on Tuesday swept out the leftist vermin in the street attempting an autonomous zone in the nation’s capitol. Advertisement – story continues below The squatters wanted an autonomous zone blocks from the White House.They want a revolution. The DC Police were chanting, “Move forward. Move forward…” as they cleared the street from far left activists. DC police clear the streets just north of the #WhiteHouse where protesters tried to set up an autonomous zone last night. pic.twitter.com/OgId4yFs9u — Charlotte Cuthbertson (@charlottecuthbo) June 23, 2020 TRENDING: It Begins… White Allies Paint Whip Marks on their Backs and […]
Israeli forces on Tuesday shot dead a Palestinian who they said had tried to run over an officer with his car in the occupied West Bank. The officer was lightly injured in the incident, a police spokesman said. It took place at an Israeli military checkpoint near the town of Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem. Palestinian officials questioned the police’s account of the man’s death. They identified him as 27-year-old Ahmad Erekat. “This young man was killed in cold blood. Tonight was his sister’s wedding,” said Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Erekat said the man killed was his […]
During Tuesday’s congressional hearing on coronavirus oversight, Dr. Anthony Fauci denied claims that they had been asked to scale back testing, clarifying that they will actually be “doing more.” “I know for sure that to my knowledge none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing,” said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, when asked about President Trump’s recent comments. “That just is a fact. In fact, we will be doing more testing,” he continued. Fauci, a member of the coronavirus task force, also promised “much more surveillance if you want to get your […]
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee wants to limit the amount of money the Air Force and Navy get for their respective sixth-generation fighter programs until it gets some answers. The Navy and Air Force are leading separate efforts to develop a follow-on fighter jet to the F-35, with both services calling their programs “Next Generation Air Dominance.” Both projects are in the early stages of development, with the services hoping to ramp up activities this year. But HASC intends to fence off 85 percent of the fiscal 2021 funding requested for the NGAD until the committee receives an independent […]
One month after the Treasury sold 2Y notes at an all time low yield of 0.176%, a time when the market was concerned with negative yields hitting as soon as November, moments ago the US Treasury sold a record $46BN in 2Y notes in a generally strong auction. Starting at the top, today’s auction priced at a yield of 0.193%, stopping through the When Issued 0.197% by 0.4bps, and while it was fractionally above last month’s record low 2Y stop of 0.176% this was still the second lowest amount the US government has paid to borrow for 2 years. The bid […]
On 23 June, the much discussed memoir by ex-national security adviser John Bolton was released a few days after some pirated editions appeared online. American academics and law experts have explained why the White House and the GOP have failed to stop the release of the book given that their candidate’s re-election bid is at stake. Despite the White House’s attempt to block the publication of Bolton’s book, Judge Royce Lamberth of the DC District Court concluded last Saturday that though the former top aide’s conduct “raises grave national security concerns”, an injunction is not “an appropriate remedy”. Most juicy excerpts […]
In 2019 Israel issued 118 demolition orders and warnings for properties in the occupied West Bank on the basis they are ‘built on archaeological sites’ and are ‘damaging antiquities’ READ: Palestinian Jerusalemites shouldn’t be left alone to face the Israeli bulldozers Related Source link
Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder Robert Johnson is calling on Black Lives Matter to break away from the Democrat Party to form an independent political party. Joe Biden’s racist “you ain’t black” comment appears to have been what motivated Johnson to come up with this idea. During a Tuesday morning appearance on CNBC, the billionaire explained, “I’ve been convinced for a long time that 40 millions African Americans who tend to vote as a bloc in one of the two parties limit their leverage in getting action from both parties.” Watch below: BET founder Robert Johnson is calling on the Black Lives […]
BERLIN — American and Russian negotiators have concluded a round of nuclear arms control talks in Vienna, aimed at producing a new agreement to replace the New START agreement that expires in February — the last remaining pact constraining the arsenals of the world’s two major nuclear powers. U.S. negotiator Marshall Billingslea told reporters Tuesday that a day of high-level “marathon discussions” ended late Monday night and had been productive enough to conclude with the establishment of several technical working groups to delve deeper into the issues with the idea of paving the way for a second round of talks by […]