The Chicago Fire Department announced Sunday that it had launched an investigation into an online post that alleged someone operating a firetruck removed a Black Lives Matter banner, officials said. A post on Nextdoor — a hyperlocal social network — by Dr. Adele Cobbs claimed that the Black Lives Matter banner in Kenwood near Lake Shore Drive was taken down by two white men operating a firetruck, the […]
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Authored by Jonathan Turley, We recently discussed the arrest of a Starbucks employee for spitting in the coffee of a police officer. Now, Vincent J. Sessler, 25, has been arrested for the same act at a Chicago Dunkin’ Donuts. The Illinois State Trooper spotted the spit when he opened the coffee to let it cool. Later surveillance cameras reportedly showed Sessler spitting in the coffee. What is […]
New arrivals to Singapore won’t necessarily have to quarantine at a government facility during the pandemic – some, including residents, will receive an electronic monitoring device that will alert authorities if they leave home. Singapore announced on Monday it will track incoming travelers coming from a select group of countries – including residents and citizens – with electronic monitoring devices, starting August 11. Authorities framed the […]
Reclaiming Public Health: The Communalist Healthcare Model By Justin B. Gifford, ROAR Magazine. August 3, 2020 Reclaiming Public Health: The Communalist Healthcare Model2020-08-032020-08-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ny-nurses-protest-for-patiens-over-profits-e1590761599424.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York City nurses and other hospital professionals protest dangerous working conditions and a change in sick leave policies during the Covid-19 pandemic on April 17, 2020. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images. The pandemic has exposed the failures of hierarchical, profit-based healthcare […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/03/1080050740_0:0:3000:1688_1200x675_80_0_0_f34d2fabe963419f887d7cccd95ada86.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008031080050789-maryland-governor-bans-blanket-closures-of-private-religious-schools-by-local-officials/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – An attempt by a county government in the US state of Maryland to force all private and religious schools to remain closed prompted an emergency order that returns the decision to schools themselves, Governor Larry Hogan said in a press release on Monday. “Over the last several weeks, school boards and superintendents made their own decisions […]
As if filming during the COVID-19 pandemic wasn’t dramatic enough, it appears The Bachelorette Season 16 is going to introduce a historic game change: Clare Crawley will reportedly exit partway through the season, making way for a second Bachelorette to begin her own search for love. The show’s rumored pick to replace Clare? Fan favorite Tayshia Adams, who would be the second Black Bachelorette in franchise […]
LouAnn Woodward, who leads the University of Mississippi Medical Center, supports a statewide mask mandate. But she says state leaders are “in a pickle,” based on medical advice against popular opposition. Joe Ellis/UMMC Photography hide caption toggle caption Joe Ellis/UMMC Photography LouAnn Woodward, who leads the University of Mississippi Medical Center, supports a statewide mask mandate. But she says state leaders are “in a pickle,” based […]
When I answer the phone, Zephyr Teachout quickly explains our call might be shorter than planned. Both she and I are at the whim of her two-year-old toddler, who is sleeping and could wake at any time. Teachout, a law professor at Fordham University in New York, is best known for her runs for governor of the state and for Congress from New York’s 19th district […]
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) lectured her constituents on Monday. Grisham is spying on New Mexico residents and believes that the inevitable behavior of a virus can be stopped by her dictatorial powers. Advertisement – story continues below The Democrat tyrant told her constituents not to travel because of Coronavirus concerns. But BLM is allowed to ‘protest.’ TRENDING: “Look at Your Boyfriend’s Face!” -Unhinged […]
Teachers’ unions in cities throughout the country joined with socialist organizations to demand more funding for government schools and an end to “systemic racism” before they agree to in-school instruction. The groups dubbed Monday a “National Day of Resistance,” as they demonstrated in cities such as Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. Today is the day for Resistance, but we do so with heavy hearts. When […]
Long-awaited footage finally released Monday shows Black Lives Matter martyr George Floyd repeatedly refusing officers’ orders and resisting arrest during his final moments before he died at the hands of police. The police body cam footage, which documents the crucial moments that led up to the 8-minute knee-on-neck video that sparked months of protests, starts with an officer approaching Floyd’s vehicle, tapping on the window, opening […]
Authored by Ben Garrison via GrrrGraphics.com, Just over 10 years ago I drew several pro-silver cartoons. One of them showed a giant, fast-moving silver coin cutting the JP Morgan ‘paper tiger’ in half. For years, JPM had shorted silver and has been doing it illegally and collusively. I knew this, but I went ‘all in’ on silver anyway because I thought JPM would have to cover […]
(Natural News) A highly effective, three-part protocol for treating covid-19 patients is being censored by the social media giants and is being banned by entire states. The State of Ohio issued a directive banning hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine for treating covid-19 patients. These draconian measures are being laid out after a group of doctors came forward with evidence that HCQ works as both a prophylactic and […]
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/202008031080050594-us-treasury-plans-to-borrow-over-2-trillion-in-2nd-half-of-2020-partly-for-future-covid-19-relief/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Treasury Department factored expectations that Congress will approve a new COVID-19 relief bill for at least $1 trillion into its borrowing estimates for the final six months of the year, which are expected to exceed $2 trillion, according to a press release. “During the July-September 2020 quarter, Treasury expects to borrow $947 billion”, the […]
It has been in talks with the Kurds for moe than a year but only received a license from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for the work in April, according to a State Department official and a Syrian source familiar with the discussions. The arrangement is to refine and use some of the oil locally but also export some through northern Iraq and […]
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has written a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, blasting the Facebook CEO and his platform for censoring medical discussion around coronavirus, in particular the censoring of a viral Breitbart News video of a press conference with frontline doctors and a member of Congress discussing responses to the virus. “It seems you and your team at Facebook choose to censor or misuse your […]
Twitter shares shed more than 3% of their value in after-hours trading Monday evening when the company revealed in its 10-Q, filed Monday afternoon, that it had set aside between $150 and $250 million for a FTC fine allegedly over violations of a 2011 agreement to respect users’ data privacy. A Twitter spokesperson told the Verge that the company only received word of the violation and […]
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order preventing federal agencies from hiring foreign workers via H-1B visas. In addition, Trump fired two federal executives for outsourcing US jobs and “betraying” Americans. Trump’s order, signed on Monday, requires federal agencies to prioritize US citizens and Green Card holders before outsourcing labor to foreign workers – who can come to the US on H-1B visas. Use of […]
As Mass Evictions Loom, Practical Advice For Housing Takeovers By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. August 3, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Podcast As Mass Evictions Loom, Practical Advice For Housing Takeovers2020-08-032020-08-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/ppehrcarmyfood-1-e1596485354636.jpg200px200px Federal protection against housing evictions has expired and local and state governments are not stepping up to fill in the gap leaving tens of millions of families vulnerable to homelessness during this […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008031080050437-trump-says-us-probe-into-his-financial-docs-part-of-continuing-witch-hunt/ US President Donald Trump dismissed the ongoing investigation into his personal finances, calling it part of a continuing “witch hunt” by the Democrats. The New York District Attorney’s Office on Monday filed new documentation aiming to refute the argument by Trump’s lawyers that a subpoena of his finances has no bearing. That document, Sputnik reported, revealed the investigation may […]
The Starship SN5 prototype is set to attempt a 150-meter test flight as early as Monday from Boca Chica, Texas. The hop will be the first flight of a full-scale Starship tank section. If the hop is successful, it will clear the way for SpaceX to attempt higher altitude flights with Starship prototypes. The launch window for Monday’s hop lasts from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. […]
Tianna Spears joined the State Department in 2018, looking forward to the promise of a fulfilling career. She left after less than two years, and is one of a growing number to speak out recently about the special challenges faced by minority foreign service officers. Kennedi Carter for NPR hide caption toggle caption Kennedi Carter for NPR Tianna Spears joined the State Department in 2018, looking […]
Claiming that the novel coronavirus that’s killed roughly 157,000 Americans isn’t “that much worse” than the flu, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) blasted the media on Monday for supposedly peddling COVID-19 “panic porn” and downplaying the so-called effectiveness of unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Johnson, who last month insisted that the nation “overreacted” to the coronavirus pandemic,” appeared on far-right podcast War Room: Pandemic to push back against […]
NetWalker ransomware, which last week triggered cybersecurity flash warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has extorted $25 million in bitcoin from its victims during the months of the pandemic, according to a report by McAfee and CipherTrace. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. […]
Joe Biden’s foreign policy is a disaster for America. No doubt it will enrich the Biden family and their accomplices around the world but not the average American. The Biden family enriched themselves while Joe Biden served as Obama’s Vice President, a Biden Presidency would no doubt increase the Biden’s riches off of the backs of Americans even more. The AP released an article over the […]
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance, a Miami-based human rights organization, recently joined the Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region, a group urging companies to stop profiting from the enslavement of Uyghurs in China. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, the national secretary of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance, told Breitbart News this weekend that the Assembly saw joining the global campaign for the rights of people […]
WASHINGTON — Lockheed Martin said it will compete to build the Missile Defense Agency’s Next-Generation Interceptor designed to protect the homeland against intercontinental ballistic missile threats from North Korea and Iran. The company is “excited to confirm that we are putting in a bid for the Next-Generation Interceptor,” Sarah Reeves, Lockheed’s vice president of missile defense programs, told reporters August 3. Bids were due July 31. […]
A Caribbean Kentucky Fried Chicken Instagram post used a culturally insensitive stereotype of fried chicken symbolizing black “emancipation,” that was publicly flayed as some social media users were left dumbstruck by the supportive message. KFC Trinidad and Tobago posted a picture of a fried chicken drumstick casting a shadow of the black liberation fist in the background to confer support for “emancipation” as the Black Lives […]
Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, In Part One of this article I laid out the argument Huxley’s dystopian vision of the future had played out over many decades, but now I observe Orwell’s darker vision in motion since the start of this century. All the “solutions” being imposed by those in power don’t solve anything, because they aren’t designed to solve anything. These are […]
(Natural News) The first question that Hillary Clinton should be asked by a reporter the very next time she is interviewed is this: “What did you know about allegations against your husband. former President Bill Clinton, that he ’entertained’ underage girls on Jeffrey Epstein’s Pedo Island, and when did you know them?’ She would never answer that question, of course, but then she’ll never have to […]
A Chicago, Illinois, Dunkin’ Donuts location recently fired an employee shortly after he was arrested and slapped with several charges for allegedly adding saliva to an Illinois State Police (ISP) District Chicago trooper’s coffee order. The ISP revealed on Saturday that Vincent Sessler, a 25-year-old former Dunkin’ employee in Chicago’s Far West, was arrested “without incident” and charged with disorderly conduct, reckless conduct and battery to […]
President Donald Trump on Monday announced that two members of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) would be fired and pressed for the removal of the CEO. “Let this serve as a warning to any federally appointed board,” Trump said at the White House. “If you betray American workers, then you will hear two simple words: ‘You’re fired.’” Trump said he would remove TVA board chairman James […]