A nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on August 08. Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images A nurse shows a COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Sao Lucas Hospital, in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil on August 08. Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images Humans have never been particularly good at eradicating entire viruses, and COVID-19 might not be any different. More than 19 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 globally, and at least 722,000 […]
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Evan Shapiro is CEO and co-founder of O(1) Labs, the team behind Coda Protocol, a lightweight chain that affords all participants fully P2P, permissionless access from any device. A hint: It’s not you. And it’s a far cry from the decentralized utopia many claim it to be. Systems of power are rapidly asserting control over Bitcoin. And their incentives are not your incentives. As an industry, we’re at a critical juncture, and we have to choose. We either demand that the properties of user ownership and censorship resistance pioneered by Bitcoin persist. Or, we accept the facade of false-decentralization that has […]
Black Trump supporter Bernell Trammell was murdered on July 23rd just hours after a pro-Trump interview. Trammell was gunned down shortly after noon. He as a popular supporter of President Trump. Bernell Trammell was shot in the head execution style broad daylight yesterday in front of his store. He was a God fearing Trump supporting man. Was it because he was a Trump supporter? He didn’t look for fights, he lived a good life. Sick and sad! @GovTonyEvers get it together! pic.twitter.com/Y75V7UODZM — Stephanie Lee (@Stephan47781670) July 24, 2020 TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, […]
At the event at Nagasaki Peace Park, scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Tomihisa Taue read a peace declaration in which he raised concern that nuclear states had in recent years retreated from disarmament efforts. Instead, they are upgrading and miniaturizing nuclear weapons for easier use, he said. Taue singled out the U.S. and Russia for increasing risks by scrapping the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. “As a result, the threat of nuclear weapons being used is increasingly becoming real,” Taue said. Noting that the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty entered into force 50 years ago, Taue urged the U.S. and Russia […]
Twitter disclosed this week that a new security vulnerability could have exposed the direct messages of those who access the platform on Google Android devices. CNBC reports that the social media website Twitter disclosed a new security vulnerability this week that may have exposed the direct messages of users that access the service via Android devices. The vulnerability may have exposed the private data of platform users accessing the service on Android devices running OS versions 8 and 9. Direct messages (DMs) are the company’s name for private one-on-one or group communications not visible to the generation user population. In a […]
Back in 1945, Thomas Curtis Gray of Washington, DC was granted a patent for a theater in which the patrons would view the movie while lying-down. To facilitate this, the movie was projected onto a screen anchored to the ceiling. Gray argued that his horizontal theater had several advantages over a traditional theater. First, it would be more comfortable to watch a movie while reclining. Second, a patron’s view would never be obstructed by someone in front of them. And finally, the screen could be located at a closer-to-equal distance from all viewers. I’ve never heard of a horizontal theater being […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert (and untouchable purveyor of all that is true and holy in ‘science’ today), told a Brown University panel on Friday that probabilities of a highly effective COVID-19 vaccine “are not great.” “We don’t know yet what the efficacy might be. We don’t know if it will be 50% or 60%. I’d like it to be 75% or more,” Fauci said (quoted by Reuters). “But the chances of it being 98% effective is not great, which means you must never abandon the public health approach.” Fauci reiterated that the public must abide by these six fundamental principles to flatten […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, A British YouTuber was arrested after he tried to live stream footage of boat migrants being loaded onto coaches in Dover before they are taken to be accommodated in hotels at taxpayer expense. A citizen reporter who goes by the name Active Patriot was recording the scene from a public car park when he was aggressively approached by police. “I’m showing the world what is going on mate,” says the reporter, to which the officer responds, ” I think the world knows.” “Do they really? They don’t know what extent, though do they?” […]
The US dollar has recently been losing value against other currencies, dropping nearly 5% in July, its biggest monthly fall in more than 10 years. This decline is prompting economists worldwide to re-assess the role of the dollar as a global reserve currency, as some countries have resorted to other options in their bilateral transactions. The US dollar’s share of trade between Russia and China fell to a record low of 46% in the first quarter of 2020, according to recent figures provided by Russia’s Central Bank and Federal Customs Service. This data prompted experts to suggest that the two trading […]
Students in Gaza are back to schools which have been closed for 5 months due to the coronavirus pandemic August 9, 2020 at 11:57 am IMAGES: The final rush towards Gaza’s sweet markets Related Source link
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich discussed the push made by the progressive left in America to undermine the traditional education system. Host Laura Ingraham mentioned an effort to eliminate grammar and history because of racism concerns. Gingrich called that a product of the “dumbing down” of the country through three generations of indoctrination and groupthink in America’s education system. “I think what you’re seeing is the dumbing down of America for three generations, you’re seeing left-wing indoctrination and literally groupthink,” he said. “I do a podcast, and I talk about shut your […]
The world’s biggest oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, has reported massive losses for the second quarter, with its net profit nosediving 73.4 percent, as the Covid-19 outbreak crippled global demand for crude. The oil giant’s net profit plunged to 24.6 billion riyals ($6.6 billion) for the three months to June 30, from 92.6 billion riyals ($24.7 billion) in the same period of 2019, according to a regulatory filing published at the Tadawul exchange where its stock trades. For the whole first half of the year, Saudi Aramco said its net income plunged to 87.1 billion riyals ($23.2 billion) down 50 percent from […]
In an effort to prop up the floundering economy amid the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the UK government announced a job retention scheme in March, with companies paid up to 80 percent of the wage bill for furloughed employees. British employers are beginning to acknowledge the unavoidability of difficult decisions such as axing staff to navigate an unforgiving labour market, as the UK government hastens to restart the country’s COVID-19 pandemic-battered economy. Amid an easing of lockdown rules and touted schemes such as Eat Out to Help Out to support local restaurants, cafes and pubs against the backdrop of warnings […]
Belarus troops were spotted heading into the capital Minsk, in military trucks around today. The trucks, armoured and tactical vehicles were spotted and recorded on video on the streets ahead of the presidential election. Also, Radio Free Europe correspondents reported that at the entrances to Minsk, were spotted armored vehicles and police which stop and check cars. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “At these checkpoints, there is at least one police car, and the rest are special forces,” said journalist, Franak Viačorka, on its Twitter account. “Belarusian military riding in Chinese “Dongfeng Mengshi” humvee clone. Quite symbolic.” Rendel Finger […]
By now you’ve no doubt found a coping mechanism for COVID angst—maybe you fold down into child’s pose, zone out with some deep inhales, or simply pour yourself a stiff drink. Me, I like to close my eyes and conjure up one of the most peaceful places I know: Geghard monastery, in the mountains of Armenia. Some days I can almost taste the air inside, cool and pure and sweet with frankincense. Around me, candles flicker in the dimness against rough-hewn walls blackened by smoke and time. Ethereal harmonies spiral up to the soaring cupola, from which a skylight casts a […]
Five women are said to be at the top of former Obama Vice President Joe Biden’s list of potential vice presidential running mates, according to a report by NBC News citing sources “familiar with the matter.” Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, has taken advantage of the month delay of the party’s Milwaukee convention, now set to start August 17, to announce his pick for V.P. Biden and Whitmer, file image. Among the five is newly relevant contender Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) whom Biden interviewed last Sunday at his Delaware home. Whitmer is said to be one of the […]
Flavio Insinna, host of the popular Italian TV show “L’Eredità” will have to deliver this statement next time he goes on the air: “International law does not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.” This official order has been dictated by the Rome Court (Tribunale di Roma) which, on August 5, ruled in favor of two Italian pro-Palestine organizations against Italian national public broadcasting company RAI, according to The Palestine Chronicle. L’Eredità, al quiz “Gerusalemme capitale d’Israele”. Giudice ordina rettifica https://t.co/OGK1LpTBT0 — Affaritaliani.it (@Affaritaliani) August 6, 2020 The story goes back to May 21, when a TV game […]
A Uyghur man who recorded and shared a video of himself in a Chinese detention facility has disappeared, along with his Uyghur aunt, the man’s uncle told Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Thursday. Published by the BBC on Tuesday, the man’s video shows him handcuffed to a bed in a Uyghur detention facility in China’s northwestern province of Xinjiang, home to ethnic minorities including Uyghurs, a Muslim, Turkic-speaking people persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The family of Merdan Ghappar, 31, told the BBC that he managed to keep his phone while in detention and record a series of videos […]
With the ‘swamp’ fighting over pork as unemployed Americans die on the vine, President Trump on Saturday announced sweeping executive actions aimed at coronavirus relief – after stimulus Congressional stimulus talks broke down once again last week. The new orders will: Eliminate the payroll tax Extend unemployment benefits by $400 per week, down from $600 Defer student loan repayments through the end of the year Extend protections against evictions The administration is also looking at cuts to income taxes for lower and middle-income individuals, as well as cuts capital gains taxes. Update (1640ET): As anticipated, President Trump has announced that he […]
The Trump administration has prohibited American companies from selling technology, including vital semiconductors, to Huawei citing vague national security concerns. The rules were toughened this May to include foreign companies that use US technology. US chipmaker Qualcomm is lobbying the US government for permission to sell chips to Huawei, The Wall Street Journal reports. Qualcomm has been circulating a presentation around Washington, DC, which argues that US restrictions won’t stop Huawei from obtaining vital components, according to the report. The San Diego-based semiconductor manufacturer also warns that the United States is shifting Huawei’s cash flow from US firms to their foreign […]
Thousands of Israelis rallied outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday as anger mounted over corruption allegations and his handling of the coronavirus crisis, Reuters reports. “Your time is up”, read the giant letters projected on to a building at the protest site, as demonstrators waved Israeli flags and called on Netanyahu to resign over what they say is his failure to protect jobs and businesses affected by the pandemic. The protest movement has intensified in recent weeks, with critics accusing Netanyahu of being distracted by a corruption case against him. He denies wrongdoing. Netanyahu, who was sworn […]
Left-wing pop icon Cher, who last month stated that President Trump “kills Americans without a thought,” doubled down on the bizarre accusation, telling her 3.8 million Twitter following that Trump is responsible for the “torture and killing” of 160,000 Americans. Cher kicked off the accusation by telling her followers that there’s a “chance” Trump will follow through with the money and benefits he promised the American people — a likely reference to his Friday evening press conference, in which the president previewed executive orders to defer the payroll tax and student loan payments, extend unemployment benefits, as well as “extend the […]
The number of US forces stationed in Afghanistan will be reduced to less than 5,000 in the coming months, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in an interview with Fox News. The withdrawal, which would account for around half of the 8,600 personnel in the country, will be completed by November, he said. “Right now we think that we can do all the core missions – first and foremost ensuring the United States is not threatened by terrorists coming out of Afghanistan – we can do those at a lower level,” he told Fox News’ Judge Jeanine. US President Donald Trump […]
Days after the deadly explosion in Beirut that killed over 150 people and transformed the bustling city into a pile of rubble, reports have traced the origin of the ammonium nitrate, implicated in the blast and stored at a port warehouse, to a vessel that docked there years ago, “The Rhosus”. The huge chemical blast that hit Beirut’s port, turning swathes of the Lebanese capital into rubble and claiming over 150 lives, left a 43-metre (141 foot) deep crater, a security official was quoted by AFP as saying on Sunday, citing reports by French experts carrying out an assessment of the […]
One of the only good things to come out of quarantine has been the uptick in home cooking I’ve been doing. From first-try recipes for dinner to tried and true salads for lunch, I’ve been using my kitchen at least 2x more than during the Before Time. That means keeping my fridge stocked with groceries and my pantry full of staples. A grocery list is a must. But rather than sifting through random notes on my phone or memos on my coffee table, I decided instead to invest in a whiteboard that sticks directly to my fridge. This whiteboard has acted […]
Bernie Sanders is proposing a new wealth tax on billionaires called the ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ act. He wants to tax wealth they have generated during the Coronavirus pandemic, to fund healthcare for all Americans for one year. His socialist instincts always get the best of him. CNBC reports: TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, He Also Targeted Adult Care Facilities and Group Homes for People with Disabilities Sen. Sanders proposes one-time tax that would cost Bezos $42.8 billion, Musk $27.5 billion Top tech leaders and other billionaires would be forced to hand over billions of […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) granted Mexico $3 million to help with the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), carry out research, and help migrants along the border. The money comes at a time when Mexico surpassed 51,000 coronavirus-related deaths and climbed to number three on the list of nations with the most fatalities. Mexico’s Undersecretary of Health, Hugo Lopez Gatell announced the U.S. donation on Friday evening after his nightly news conference. During the conference, he also revealed the daily number of cases and fatalities. Recibimos un donativo de más de 3 millones de dólares por […]
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945: one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki. To date, these have been– the only times nuclear weapons were used in warfare. Japan has yet to vote on or ratify the international Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue has urged Japan’s government to commit to a global ban on nuclear weapons. Speaking at a ceremony dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city on Sunday, Taue lamented that states possessing nuclear weapons have been backtracking on their promise regarding nuclear […]
HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher addressed Bill Clinton’s ties to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein amid claims that the former president visited the convicted sex offender on his private island. “I know in your book you say you got 2016 wrong because you forgot Bill Clinton’s first rule of politics, which is: make it about them, not about you,” Maher told former Clinton adviser Paul Begala during the show’s virtual panel discussion. “But let me ask you about Bill Clinton, because this always comes up with the Democrats with every election. What do we do with the Clintons now?” “There are […]
Footage shows officers dragging away demonstrators outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence. Several people were detained in Jerusalem after a thousands-strong rally. A clip from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows scuffles between activists and police officers on Sunday as they attempt to disrupt a sit-in at the Israeli PM’s official residence in central Jerusalem, that has been become the focus of frequent anti-government demonstrations. After midnight police demanded demonstrators to disperse, then started to remove those who refused to leave by force. According to The Times of Israel, at least three people were detained for “disturbing public order and attacking officers.” The […]
As plans to transfer Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s mummy to the new Grand Egyptian Museum from his tomb in Luxor surfaced in May 2020, many feared the disturbance of Tutankhamun’s resting place could trigger the legendary “curse of the pharaohs”. Egyptian teenage Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who was buried in the Valley of the Kings some 3,000 years ago, is to many the epitome of Ancient Egypt. The enigma surrounding his life and death, as well as the numerous deaths surrounding the discovery of his mummy and attributed to the “curse of the pharaohs” has unfailingly fired people’s imaginations. Tutankhamun, who took the throne […]
The U.S. Army Next Generation Combat Vehicle – Cross Functional Team and CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center make progress towards integrating unmanned vehicles into ground combat formations and successfully completed the first soldier operational experiment for the Robotic Combat Vehicle effort at Army Fort Carson. This is was the first in a series of Soldier experiments the Army is conducting to assess if robotic combat vehicles will increase the lethality of ground combat units. For this initial experiment, the Army has equipped a platoon-sized element of 4th Infantry Division Soldiers with Mission Enabling Technologies Demonstrators (MET-D). Modified Bradley Fighting Vehicles known […]
The job of a White House reporter is no easy feat, especially under an administration which constantly refers to the press as “the enemy of the people.” But CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta knew early on he would not back down from President Donald Trump and his administration. “When he started to call us fake news and Sean Spicer was calling us fake news and Mike Pence was calling us fake news at that infamous news conference, I just thought, you know what, that’s it I’ve had enough,” Acosta told Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast on this bonus episode […]
Rioters have broken into the Portland Police Association’s building for the third time, and lit it on fire for the second time, since their riots began nearly three months ago. Saturday night’s “protest” was declared a riot by the Portland Police Department. Fire inside the PPA, area has been declared a riot #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/HuV6LAouNL — Shauna Sowersby (@Shauna_Sowersby) August 9, 2020 TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, He Also Targeted Adult Care Facilities and Group Homes for People with Disabilities Protestors started a small fire inside PPA pic.twitter.com/3QxwCOJmkk — Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 9, 2020 […]
Axios released a study on Friday detailing that conservative media coverage of former Vice President Joe Biden has declined on social media, specifically on Facebook and Twitter, over the last several months. NewsWhip, a website that tracks social media traffic, provided data exclusively to Axios which found that three large conservative media Biden narratives — Biden’s mental “sharpness;” issues surrounding Hunter Biden; and allegations of sexual assault by Tara Reade — have declined in social media traffic in recent months. The data found that these narratives have plummeted between January 2020 and August 2020. Axios reporter Neal Rothschild wrote that this […]
Twitter has banned all links to the video-sharing site BitChute, in another crackdown by Big Tech against alternative tech companies.BitChute serves as an alternative platform to YouTube, where creators can upload their videos without the worry of censorship. However, this of course, can’t protect BitChute itself from being deplatformed from Big Tech sites, such as Twitter. “It appears as if Twitter has started blocking all Tweets that contain BitChute videos,” the official BitChute account tweeted on Friday morning, encouraging Twitter users to try posting a tweet with any link to their site. “In just 5 months BitChute has doubled its montly traffic from […]
Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com, Back in April I said “China’s gonna be so surprised when it finds out it interfered in the November election.” Now three months ahead of schedule China is already getting its surprise, alongside fellow unabsorbed governments Iran and Russia. U.S. intelligence agencies say China and Iran are working to sway voters against Trump while Russia is working against Biden https://t.co/enFRpMEBkr — Bloomberg (@business) August 7, 2020 Mass media throughout the western world are uncritically passing along a press release from the US intelligence community, because that’s what passes for journalism in a world where God is dead […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/07/1080088825_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_fe602f9cb51c9dd4bc495de788ff7177.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008091080107971-one-officer-injured-24-arrested-as-portland-protests-enter-73rd-day-police-say/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Twenty-four people have been detained in Portland as anti-racism protests continue in the US city for the 73rd day, police said. “During the evening hours of August 7 and early morning August 8, 2020, officers made 24 arrests,” the police said on Saturday. They added that one officer had been injured by a large rock thrown during the unlawful assembly. Protests against police brutality and racism have erupted in Portland and other US cities after the death of African American man George Floyd in police custody on 25 May. The Portland […]
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that the failure of Congress to strike a deal on the next round of coronavirus relief, and the subject being dealt with through executive orders is “a disaster” and represents “a breakdown of our democracy.” Because Congress is supposed to allocate money. Brooks also stated that “you just can’t do that much with an executive order.” Brooks said, “You know, every sort of system in this country failed during the COVID, and one thing didn’t fail, and that was Congress. Congress actually got some money out the door. And for — one […]
NPR News, the closest thing we have to a CCP mouthpiece in the US, has gotten a rare scoop: TikTok owner ByteDance is planning to sue the Trump Administration over its executive order barring TikTok & Tencent’s WeChat from the US market by mid-September. The lawsuit, which will be filed in an American court (the Southern District of California, to be exact), alleges that Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional because it didn’t allow TikTok enough time to respond, while also alleging that Trump’s claims that TikTok is a “national security threat” are “baseless”. TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration, […]
Hillary Clinton and thousands of others roasted a now-corrected story and tweet from the New York Times claiming the last time there was a mixed-gender presidential ticket for the Democratic Party was in the ‘80s. “It’s hard to fathom, but it has been 36 years since a man and a woman ran together on a Democratic Party ticket,” the New York Times’ Opinion Twitter account wrote, linking to an article by columnist Maureen Dowd, which included the same quote. Clinton, who was on the Democratic ticket with Tim Kaine as her running mate in 2016, was one of the first to […]
Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order giving TikTok’s owners ByteDance until 15 September to sell their US operations. The move was preceded by months of discussions over whether TikTok can spy on American users for the Chinese government, something the company denies. Two members of the Trump administration had feuded in front of Donald Trump over what action should be taken against the popular Chinese-owned app TikTok, The Washington Post reports, citing anonymous sources. Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro clashed with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin in the Oval Office in the early days of August, according to the newspaper. […]
The U.S. Air Force has taken another important step towards the purchase of a new hypersonic weapon, according to a recent service news release. On Saturday, the 412th Test Wing press release said that Air Force conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the Southern California coast. The flight resulted in the successful transmission of telemetry and GPS data from the AGM-183A IMV-2 (Instrumented Measurement Vehicle) to Point Mugu Sea Range ground stations. The test verified system integration with the B-52 launch platform and telemetry […]
August 8th marks National CBD Day, and so, why not celebrate with some CBD Sales? CBD comes in all shapes and sizes, like oils, tinctures, gummies, salves, creams, and even (who knew) pillows. To help you sift through all the sales out there, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite brands, offering some great deals. Charlotte’s Web: Charlotte’s Web is offering 20% off new subscriptions this CBD Day. You can subscribe to auto-refills on any of their products, like balms, oils, or gummies, and they’ll automatically be sent every 2 weeks, month, or 2 months. CBDistillery: Whether you’re into CBD oil, […]
President Trump’s recent actions indicate the time may be very close where the Deep State and the Obama gang might finally have to face the music. On Friday we reported that President Trump spoke to workers at a Whirlpool factory in Clyde, Ohio, to tout his efforts to restore America’s manufacturing base. During the speech Trump also spoke about his work to reform prescription drug pricing by the pharmaceutical industry. While speaking about reducing drug prices by cutting out the middlemen, Trump dropped this line saying, “So, I have a lot of enemies out there. This might be the last time […]
The California Department of Housing and Community Development is using $100 million of the $550 million it got from the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund to put homeless people in hotel rooms or other facilities in San Francisco as a way to allegedly curb the spread of the disease. The state’s Homekey program announced the millions of taxpayer dollars available as grants to pay for the housing and that the deadline to apply is December 30. The agency’s website states: Administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), $600 million in grant funding will be made available to local […]
NASA is now officially cracking down on the nicknames of cosmic objects in an effort to address “systemic discrimination & inequality” in the scientific community. America’s top space agency is calling unofficial terms like “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy” insensitive and even “actively harmful.” “I support our ongoing reevaluation of the names by which we refer to astronomical objects,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. “Our goal is that all names are aligned with our values of diversity and inclusion, and we’ll proactively work with the scientific community to help ensure that.” “Science is for […]
With the ‘swamp’ fighting over pork as unemployed Americans die on the vine, President Trump on Saturday announced sweeping executive actions aimed at coronavirus relief – after stimulus Congressional stimulus talks broke down once again last week. The new orders will: Eliminate the payroll tax Extend unemployment benefits by $400 per week, down from $600 Defer student loan repayments through the end of the year Extend protections against evictions The administration is also looking at cuts to income taxes for lower and middle-income individuals, as well as cuts capital gains taxes. Update (1640ET): As anticipated, President Trump has announced that he […]
Earlier in the week, talks on a fourth round of aid to address the public health crisis and economic woes triggered by the coronavirus pandemic stalled as Congressional Democrats pushed for a larger spending package and vowed to file a legal challenge if President Donald Trump acted through executive orders to circumvent Congress. US President Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Saturday to provide financial relief for Americans amidst the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, after negotiations with Congress hit a stalemate earlier in the week. The stimulus package offers the following assistance: Federal Unemployment Aid Donald Trump’s executive […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden responded on Saturday to a question about his running mate choice, jokingly claiming to have selected a Fox News reporter. While Biden was biking near his beach house in Delaware, Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked the presumptive Democrat nominee if he had decided who his vice presidential candidate will be. “Yeah, I have,” Biden said. When pushed further, the former vice president claimed that the Fox News reporter was his choice for the post: Here is the video… https://t.co/aFv10lufrb pic.twitter.com/1jHIsF9vPi — Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) August 8, 2020 Shortly after the quip, Biden’s national press secretary took to […]
In other TikTok-related news, the Washington Post published a lengthy report delineating what was going on inside the West Wing as Trump laid down the executive order, and others who have an interest in getting the deal done. As Microsoft, under the impression it had the ‘all-clear’, moved ahead with the talks, only to be stymied by Beijing’s fury over Trump’s executive order, which soured the optics of the situation and would have made a sale of TikTok look like a concession on China’s part, others stepped in to intercede with President Trump, who was once again calling the shots while […]
The United States has crossed 5 million coronavirus cases, while the overall death toll stands at over 160,000 people, according to several unofficial tallies by mainstream media, who rushed to report yet another grim record. “With one out of every 66 residents infected, the United States leads the world in COVID-19 cases,” Reuters reported on Saturday night, citing their own tally and calling it a “grim milestone.” The New York Times confirmed the count, emphasizing that “no other country has reported as many cases.” Those forced to rely on lagging official data, yet unwilling to miss the news cycle, had to […]
Hundreds of people were injured and one police officer killed during anti-government protests in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, following a deadly blast, which protesters blamed on the authorities’ negligence and mismanagement. The US embassy in Beirut has sided with thousands of Lebanese protesters who have clashed with riot police after a devastating blast that ripped through the country’s capital this week. “The Lebanese people have suffered too much and deserve to have leaders who listen to them and change course to respond to popular demands for transparency and accountability,” the embassy tweeted on Saturday. The diplomatic mission added it supported the […]
With all due respect to the Real Housewives, Love Is Blind’s Jessica, and whatever man-whore Bachelor they’re trotting out, the best reality TV villain on television right now is Christine Quinn, the icy glamazon of Selling Sunset. “People are terrified of me,” Quinn says. “As they should be.” Netflix’s incredibly addictive reality series—from The Hills co-creator Adam DiVello—trails the statuesque female real estate agents of the Oppenheim Group as they gossip, backstab, and peddle palatial L.A. homes. And while there is plenty of drama to be had in Season 3, from Chrishell’s actor-hubby Justin Hartley (This Is Us) dumping her by […]
Two women in their seventies who were attacked by Antifa terrorists Thursday night as they tried to defend the East Precinct of the Portland Bureau of Police spoke to local TV station KGW about the attacks. One woman had her face concealed from the TV camera during her interview, apparently afraid of further attack by Antifa. One woman was assaulted while trying to extinguish an arson fire and the other had her head covered in paint. Excerpt of KGW-TV report: “Wednesday night they broke windows, it was a real mess,” said 73-year-old Penny. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands […]
Three men suspected to be involved in the shooting death of an off-duty Mississippi Highway Patrol Trooper on Friday have been arrested and are now in custody. Sean Tindell, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, announced Saturday morning that authorities tracked down and arrested two suspects in Louisiana, the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reported. Later on Saturday, Jefferson County Sheriff James Bailey Jr. said a third suspect in Mississippi surrendered to authorities in connection with the case. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has not yet revealed the identities of the suspects. The sheriff said the Mississippi suspect is being held in […]
(Natural News) Appearing on a recent episode of the Fox News program “Bill Hemmer Reports,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told viewers that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) knew about person-to-person transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) long before it told the rest of the world about it. Further, the CCP conspired with the World Health Organization (WHO), or rather “was co-opted” to quote Pompeo, into likewise hiding this knowledge for the purpose of fulfilling the goals and agenda of communist China with its global plandemic. “[I]t is the case that the Chinese Communist Party was aware of human-to-human transmission before they shared this with the […]
Authored by James Bovard via The American Institute for Economic Research, Across the nation, politicians and bureaucrats have invoked the COVID pandemic to seize dictatorial power to ban activities they disapprove. One of the most brazen examples recently occurred in super-lefty Montgomery County (MoCo), Maryland, where local health czar Travis Gayles announced last Friday that he would impose a $5,000 fine and up to a year in prison on private school teachers that teach students in person between now and October 1. New COVID cases have plummeted in MoCo and are at very low levels. Gayles justified banning private schools in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/08/1080100909_0:0:1201:676_1200x675_80_0_0_6e10ad9ddd97e6b6d4c132e8b62c4056.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202008091080100947-golden-retriever-puppy-enjoys-pleasant-pre-sleep-ritual/ What do you usually feel when you see a cute little puppy? And if it is a golden retriever puppy? A video was uploaded on Twitter recently, showing a plump golden retriever puppy being rubbed on its belly. “A belly rub just before bed feels good,” the video’s caption says. The little dog looks very content, a view echoed by the voices in the background: who seem to be overwhelmed with emotion after seeing such a tender interaction. Source link
Susan Rice is reportedly on the short list to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate. It would be an odd choice: Rice has never held elective office, and has little popular appeal. Her record of foreign policy is one of astonishing failure, from the Rwandan genocide to the Benghazi terror attack. Her main advantage is that she has been loyal to the Democratic Party establishment and the Deep State. Through Rice, the Clintons and Obamas could wield power in a Biden administration. Among the contenders, Rice has the most extensive record of federal government service, having been UN Ambassador […]
The ideological battle over the fate of TikTok is provoking fist fights in the Oval Office, and a scramble among the country’s biggest tech firms to see if they might be able to come up with a workable pitch that would allow them to win approval to buy the US operations (along with New Zealand, Australia and Canada, and possibly more) of the popular Chinese-owned social media platform – the only real obstacle to a deal at a time when corporate credit is essentially free. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the app, which the Trump Administration is threatening to shut down […]
Twitter has reportedly joined the race for TikTok’s juicy assets, while its Chinese owner seeks to sue the Trump administration, claiming that the move to force it out of the US market is based purely on anti-China scaremongering. Presented as a crucial move to protect Americans and their precious data from pesky Chinese spies, the US President Donald Trump’s executive order earlier this week set a 45-day deadline for ByteDance to ‘divest’ its US operations. Beijing argues that all the “national security” concerns are just a pretext for a hostile takeover to solidify Washington’s dominance online. Challenging the move, TikTok is […]
As of 8 August, the United Kingdom has registered almost 310,000 novel coronavirus cases and more than 46,500 fatalities related to the disease, the National Health Ministry data shows. The UK prime minister has ordered a PR campaign to make sure that schools resume teaching children in classes on time in September, the Sunday Times newspaper reported on Saturday. Boris Johnson has added that schools should be the last places to close even under local lockdowns. “The PM stressed that the harm done to children’s education by not attending school as well as to their mental health is far more damaging […]
Wilmington, we have a problem. It appears that this election is Joe Biden’s to lose. His last hurdle is a low one: demonstrating that he is, in fact, still alive and up to the task. All he has to do is show that this isn’t a “Weekend at Bernie’s” scenario, and he’s golden. But can he do it? The verdict is still out. On Thursday night, Biden was forced to issue an apology. “Earlier today, I made some comments about diversity in the African American and Latino communities that I want to clarify,” he tweeted. “In no way did I mean […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned about high expectations about the efficacy of a vaccine for the COVID-19 China coronavirus in an interview Friday with the Brown University School of Public Health. Fauci has served since 1984 as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH and is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. In response to a question from a student about a vaccine, Fauci said: “…So, when you’re talking about a vaccine, um, if this were measles in which you could guarantee that if you get vaccinated it’s likely you’re 97 to […]
Local activists met on the Tarrant County Courthouse’s steps in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday to protest human trafficking. Around 100 people showed up for the Erase Child Trafficking event “to show our solidarity with others across the country and raise awareness to the fastest growing industry in the world- Child trafficking,” its Facebook page read. The page continued: The media is deafeningly silent on this issue plaguing the United States, which is THE destination country based on supply and demand. Texas has the second largest number of child traffickers and victims, following Washington D.C. Let’s unite and spread awareness to this […]
Former President George W. Bush painted and profiled 43 immigrants in his latest book, Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants, slated for release on March 2, 2021. The George W. Bush Presidential Center describes the book’s purpose as: On March 2, 2021, President George W. Bush will publish a new book entitled Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants, which brings to the forefront the stories of forty-three individuals who exemplify our proud history as a nation of immigrants. Through powerful four-color portraits—personally painted by the President himself—and their accompanying stories, Out of Many, One reminds us of […]
The nationwide fervor that gripped college students, and a coalition of other “marginalized” groups, comprising the American “anti-neocolonial” coalition, has seemingly dimmed. Just the other day, it seems, Democratic politicians were desperately talking out of both sides of their mouths as “activists” demanded the destruction – via legal or, seemingly just as often, illegal, means – of monuments like Mt. Rushmore. But in a New York Times story published Saturday afternoon (just in time to run in the Sunday edition, probably on A1), the paper accuses South Dakota Gov. Kirsti Noem, one of the most outspoken governors in the country when […]
(Natural News) When it comes to black and brown children excelling at school, the biggest barrier to their achievement, according to The New York Times, is white liberal women. In a new podcast it released called “Nice White Parents,” the Times argues that black and brown children need to overcome “white parents,” which are supposedly “the most powerful force in our schools” that is holding black and brown children back from reaching their full potential. Specifically calling out liberal white parents who claim that black and brown lives matter, but who tend to send their white children to exclusive, all-white schools, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/09/1080106119_0:301:3071:2029_1200x675_80_0_0_0099f2357a8a0d54814bfbf45cae4de6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202008091080106105-uks-privacy-watchdog-investigates-barclays-over-spying-accusations/ The bank reportedly used a special computer programme to monitor its employees at London headquarters without their knowing for 18 months, but failed to inform the staff that they were being tracked. UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is conducting a probe into allegations that Barclays spied on its staffers, the agency said in a statement on Sunday. “If organisations wish to monitor their employees, they should be clear about its purpose and that it brings real benefits. Organisations also need to make employees aware of the nature, extent and reasons for any monitoring”, a spokesman […]
Actress Zoe Kravitz took a parting swipe at Hulu just a day after the streaming service announced the cancellation of her series High Fidelity. The daughter of rocker Lenny Kravitz slammed the Disney-owned streamer for its lack of diversity, specifically the absence of shows starring women of color. “I wanna give a shout out to my #highfidelity family. Thank you for all the love and heart you put into this show. I’m in awe of all of you. And thank you to everyone who watched, loved and supported us. #breakupssuck,” she wrote on Instagram. Actress Tessa Thompson, who wasn’t in the […]
Authored by Tahir Aslam Gora via The Epoch Times, After finding itself cornered over the handling of the novel coronavirus, appropriately named the “CCP virus,” China is embracing an offensive mode globally. The Chinese foreign ministry has now instructed its ambassadors to aggressively defend its interests and reputation, even if at the cost of diplomatic niceties. Following what has been named “wolf warrior” diplomacy, these diplomats are now actively pushing the Chinese regime’s agenda by employing the tools of attacks, fake news, propaganda, and conspiracy theories. However, countries around the world, instead of being cowed down, are now standing up to this diplomatic […]
Health Editor’s Note: It was no sooner announced, months ago, that children, when they contract COVID-19 do not get as ill as adults. This was drastically disproved when children started to develop Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) which is a very severe complication of COVID-19. Children with MIS-C develop inflammation of the lungs, kidneys, brain, heart, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Symptoms of MIC-C are fever with other symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, rash, neck pain, conjunctivitis (blood shot eyes), abdominal pain and feeling very tired. The cause is not known other than children who developed MIC-C also had the […]
Several thousand demonstrators have marched in Jerusalem, gathering outside of Israeli Prime Minister’s residence in yet another massive anti-government protest, as Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the media for inciting left-wing riots. Authorities said some 5,000 people joined the protest, while Channel 13 reported up to 15,000 participants in the Saturday night rally taking place in Jerusalem for the fifth consecutive week. Brandishing placards with slogans like “Your time is up” and “Crime Minister,” protesters demanded Netanyahu resign over corruption charges and alleged mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. The protest ended without major incidents, amid a heavy police presence deployed to prevent any unrest, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107854/36/1078543683_0:178:2907:1813_1200x675_80_0_0_f6c56c57675670872ed36dc40b5f5cfa.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202008091080106271-uk-becoming-more-tied-to-us-policy-after-leaving-eu-russian-ambassador-says/ LONDON (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom aspired to regain independence in decision-making after leaving the European Union, but is now becoming increasingly reliant on US policy instead, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrei Kelin told China’s CGTN channel in an interview. “The United Kingdom was mainly guided by the principles of the policy of the European Union … At the moment Britain will be more independent but the tendency which we are observing for the moment that UK policy is more and more linked to the policy of the United States, and this […]
I guess it was always too much to hope that the blight on humanity that is Fox News would suddenly reform itself when its architect, Rupert Murdoch, departs this Earth. That kind of magical thinking was based on the idea that the next generation of Murdochs would be more enlightened—enlightened enough to know the malignant effects of Fox News and enlightened enough to see those effects as a long-term liability to the business rather than a core asset. Well, the next generation is now clarified in the form of one person, Lachlan Murdoch, and we can forget about enlightened. Lachlan is […]
A parishioner sits after Mass last month at a Catholic church in New York City. An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults believe that houses of worship should be subject to the same restrictions on public gatherings that apply to other institutions. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP A parishioner sits after Mass last month at a Catholic church in New York City. An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults believe that houses of worship should be subject to the same restrictions on public gatherings that apply to other institutions. John Minchillo/AP Five months after the coronavirus forced houses of worship […]
New York City Councilman Paul Vallone came out this week and credited Hydroxychloroquine for saving his life. The New York Post reported: A Democratic New York City Councilman says hydroxychloroquine saved his life after a near-fatal run-in with COVID-19 in March. Paul Vallone, who represents northeast Queens, took the drug along with a standard Z-pack — given for bacterial infections — and came back from the brink almost immediately. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, He Also Targeted Adult Care Facilities and Group Homes for People with Disabilities “I couldn’t breathe, very weak, couldn’t get […]
A homeless veteran and his family recently received the keys to a refurbished, remodeled home in Lawton, Oklahoma. Retired Army Veteran Chris Sprowson and his family had no place to call home until he heard about the program called Home at Last, which places displaced veterans into refurbished, remodeled homes, KSWO reported. When Sprowson learned his situation was about to change thanks to the program, it almost made him cry. “I don’t know if words can really explain how thankful I am and a debt of gratitude to the Home At Last program and to Don and his family. I don’t […]
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Authored by Kalev Leetaru via RealClearPolitics.com, Social media companies continued to assert their power over the political sphere this week, with Twitter temporarily suspending the Trump campaign’s ability to post until it removed a clip of a Fox News interview with the president regarding COVID-19. When the Democratic National Committee reposted the video to debunk it, Twitter similarly banned the DNC from tweeting until it too deleted the footage. With Twitter seemingly unbothered by the implications of suspending a presidential campaign’s account just 12 weeks before the election, what might the future hold as control of our public squares is increasingly centralized? Twitch became the […]
(Natural News) Foreign governments have been influencing and infiltrating American universities, using large sums of money, contracts, gifts and special agreements for espionage purposes, instilling propaganda, and to get what they want out of American institutions. In fact, an investigation by the Department of Education found that American universities, including the likes of Harvard, NYU and Yale, have accepted up to $6.4 billion in hidden foreign donations. This revelation has prompted Congress to demand that all universities hand over the records of the foreign donations. The multi-million-dollar gifts pose a national security threat from rogue regimes and foreign special interests. American […]
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San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly $1 million in U.S. currency during a traffic stop on Interstate 15. The seizure followed an alert from a K-9 to an odor coming from the gas tank. Agents working their patrol area near the California/Mexico border on the morning of August 5 stopped a Volkswagen Touareg headed south on Interstate 15 in Escondido, California. During an initial interview, the agents identified the driver as a Mexican national, according to information obtained from San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents. While one agent conducted the immigration interview, a second agent with a K-9 conducted […]
A Virginia-based software company founded by two US military veterans with backgrounds in intelligence has been tracking hundreds of millions of mobile phones across the world, according to documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. The company, Anomaly Six LLC, draws location data from over 500 apps – partly through their proprietary software development kit (SDK) which they’ve paid to embed directly in some of the apps, while the company gets location data from partner providers. The SDK allows the company to obtain a user’s location if they have allowed the apps in question to access the phone’s GPS coordinates. App […]
US President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders giving extended economic relief to Americans struggling economically during the Covid-19 pandemic after negotiations with Democrats broke down. Trump announced the orders at a press conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club on Saturday, the same location where he warned such action would be taken a day earlier. The orders will give a payroll tax holiday to Americans earning less than $100,000 a year. A second order will “protect people from eviction,” Trump said. A third order will extend unemployment benefits, giving Americans out of jobs $400 a week […]
Washington has been pushing efforts lately to remove Chinese mobile applications and social networks, including TikTok, from the US market, citing the parent company’s alleged collusion with the Chinese government. Twitter has had preliminary negotiations about a possible combination with the TikTok video-sharing app, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Sources told the WSJ that a deal with TikTok would involve its operations in the United States. However, Microsoft is more likely to secure a deal with TikTok than Twitter, which is much smaller. While Twitter is currently valued at about $29 billion, Microsoft’s market capitalisation is higher than $1.6 trillion. […]
Over seven months after the novel coronavirus went global, the United States still isn’t testing enough people. Nor is the U.S. delivering results quickly enough to provide meaningful disease surveillance. But virologists Dave O’Connor and Chris Mason had a simple idea for loosening up the testing logjam: pack vans with $5,000 worth of testing equipment and drive them around key locations in badly-hit communities with low testing rates and lagging test turnaround times. Welcome to Rabbit Hole, where we dive deep on the biggest story. It’s for Beast Inside members only. Join up today. Source link
Maria Hernandez (top row, second from left) and her extended family live together in Los Angeles. When she was diagnosed with the coronavirus, she self-isolated in an upstairs bedroom. Courtesy of Maria Hernandez hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Maria Hernandez Maria Hernandez (top row, second from left) and her extended family live together in Los Angeles. When she was diagnosed with the coronavirus, she self-isolated in an upstairs bedroom. Courtesy of Maria Hernandez Maria Hernandez shares a four-bedroom house in Los Angeles with her husband, Michael Josephy, three of her daughters and her 85-year-old mother. Her 3-year-old granddaughter often stays […]
HUNDREDS of Boaters turned out today in Philadelphia for the Trump Boat Parade on the Delaware River! The Pennsylvania fish and game says at least 500 boats went out today.. Advertisement – story continues below Jack Posobiec posted several videos. Numbers in for Philly boat parade. Wow. https://t.co/r2NK5EIYcx — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 8, 2020 TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Killer Cuomo Not Only Murdered Thousands of Elderly In Homes, He Also Targeted Adult Care Facilities and Group Homes for People with Disabilities WATCH: Philly Trump Boat Parade – August 8, 2020 pic.twitter.com/u3F4aoQAkY — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 8, 2020 Advertisement – […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden will soon make national headlines by unveiling his running mate, but many of the candidates in contention are likely to pose major political risks for the presumptive nominee’s White House ambitions. Biden, who has promised to make history by picking a woman as his vice presidential nominee, has stoked speculation on the topic in recent months. First, the presumptive nominee asserted that whomever he chose would have to be “ready to be president on a moment’s notice.” Then, Biden followed up by having allies hint publicly at the women on his shortlist, before announcing and then ultimately pushing […]
Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, Chinese app TikTok remains under fire by President Trump, with allegations that their being Chinese means China could access their user data, making it a serious problem. President Trump is set to ban TikTok next month. US officials see this as something China is bound to do with their apps, because Edward Snowden’s leaks showed this is exactly what the US did with its many apps and their user data. And yet did it happen? Image: Reuters The latest report out of the CIA says no. While they said it is possible for China to […]
(Natural News) More than 100 law enforcement officers trying to keep the peace in Portland amid ongoing riots have been injured by commercial-grade lasers that “protesters” are reportedly using as weapons to “fight racism.” According to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) senior official Ken Cuccinelli, eye injuries are on the rise from these powerful lasers, which similar to laser pens can damage the retina when pointed directly into them. “We’ve had more eye injuries from lasers,” he stated before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on the Constitution, adding that “these are commercially available that you are seeing used now in Portland […]
The 15-member Council for the Economy has never had a female appointee since it was formed in 2014. The appointment of six women to the body that oversees the Vatican’s finances is the most significant move Pope Francis has made in his commitment to giving more leadership roles in the Catholic Church to women. Pope Francis has given roles to six women in the usually male-dominated Council for the Economy, in a historic move to improve gender balance at the Vatican. The Council for the Economy, which is made up of eight cardinals and seven laymen, was established by Pope Francis […]
More than 100 people and bikers gathered Saturday on the Tarrant County Courthouse’s steps in Fort Worth, Texas, to show support for law enforcement. Micro DOT Helmet Company owner Michael Lowthorp said he and his staff put out a call on Facebook recently to fellow bikers across the nation, encouraging them to meet at their county courthouses for the Bikers Backing Blue event. Bikers Backing Blue Rally, Fort Worth Amy Furr/Breitbart News “It just took off. We had over three and a half million interactions or impressions, as well as over a hundred thousand likes and shares,” he told Breitbart News. Michael […]
Days ago, we wrote that the U.S. had finally started to identify some of the mystery seeds being shipped from China, apparently randomly, to U.S. citizens. While the Department of Agriculture was able to identify “14 types of plants” that the seeds belonged to, including cabbage, hibiscus, lavender, mint, morning glory, mustard, rose, rosemary and sage, the question still remained as to why these seeds were being sent. On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission weighed in on the phenomenon for the first time and offered their take. First, they reminded people (in all capital letters): “DON’T PLANT THE MYSTERY SEEDS”. They also postulated […]
The US embassy has expressed its solidarity with anti-government protesters in Lebanon, urging all sides to “refrain from violence,” after clashes in blast-devastated Beirut left some 500 people injured. Thousands of people gathered in Beirut on Saturday, demanding government resignation over corruption and negligence that they believe led to the horrific explosion this week. Also on rt.com Lebanese protesters occupy Foreign Ministry & other govt buildings in Beirut (PHOTO, VIDEO) Amid clashes with riot police, protesters stormed several government buildings and attempted to reach the Parliament. Several military units were eventually deployed to help riot police restore order, forcing the US Embassy […]
CODEPINK Denounces Elliott Abrams’ Appointment As US Special Representative For Iran August 8, 2020 CODEPINK Denounces Elliott Abrams’ Appointment As US Special Representative For Iran2020-08-082020-08-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/codepink.jpg200px200px The appointment of Elliott Abrams to replace Brian Hook as the next U.S. Special Representative for Iran is another low point for the Trump administration’s disastrous policy towards Iran. The dangerous conflict resulting from Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear agreement will be exacerbated by a man committed to Washington’s failed policies of regime change, including in his present-day position as Trump’s representative for Venezuela. Elliott Abrams has made a career of lying and committing criminal acts that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/08/1080105730_0:0:3071:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_f7e9f4bf60f8d5b2dc3890778141e09d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008091080105759-europacorp-film-company-ceo-luc-besson-replaced-by-axel-duroux/ The 61-year-old filmmaker, who founded EuropaCorp in 1999, is famous for directing The Fifth Element, Lucy, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. On 8 August, French motion picture company EuropaCorp managing director Luc Besson was replaced by Axel Duroux, a press release by the company reads. According to the release, Luc Besson will retain the non-executive chairmanship of the board of directors “in order to focus from now on, as announced on 28 February 2020, on the artistic activities of the group as an artistic director”. The new chief executive will take up the position on […]