Short sellers betting against Tesla have lost a collective $25 billion so far this year, according to data from S3 partners and Business Insider. Those short Tesla are down $25.4 billion mark to market on Tesla in 2020 so far as Tesla stock has rallied nearly 400% on the year. The company now has a fully diluted market cap approaching $400 billion. Short sellers are down […]
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(Natural News) Black Lives Matter activists attacked a man and his girlfriend in downtown Portland on Aug. 16. Adam Haner was trying to intervene in an assault on another individual happening outside a 7-Eleven when the assailants turned on him. The assailants called Haner a white supremacist before they attacked him. In addition, they also attacked Haner’s girlfriend Tammie Martin. The assault left Haner with numerous injuries, though he has since been […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080250147_0:3:3072:1731_1200x675_80_0_0_022704cdaec87760e7e872aada7cc94c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008221080250177-officer-wounded-during-protest-march-in-jerusalem-7-people-detained-police-say/ TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Seven protesters were detained during an anti-government march in Jerusalem; one law enforcement officer was injured, according to Israeli police. Israeli police said in a statement that one police officer was injured when a stone was thrown at him. Seven protesters were arrested. Police called for peaceful demonstrations. On Saturday night, hundreds of protesters marched […]
An innocent bystander is paralyzed and may never walk again after being struck by a stray bullet Wednesday during a New York City shooting in broad daylight. The Daily Mail reports that 33-year-old Sam Metcalfe was shot and is paralyzed as a result. Metcalfe was not the the intended target, and he was only out near the street because he wanted to hold an umbrella for […]
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, Reality Check This week the headlines declared the bear market over as the S&P 500 joined the Nasdaq to make new all time highs. A new bull market has begun so the celebratory narratives. It is true these indices have made new all time highs, but the actual market hasn’t. Not even close. These indices have made new all time […]
After months of violent Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon, hardline right-wing groups like the Proud Boys and other Donald Trump supporters showed up to support police, and things descended into chaos. Proud Boys members gathered around the Justice Center in downtown Portland around noon on Saturday, some carrying rifles and others sporting shields that referenced conspiracy theories stemming from the controversial online group QAnon. […]
Antifascists Are Facing Off Against The Far-Right, Backed By Local Cops August 22, 2020 Antifascists Are Facing Off Against The Far-Right, Backed By Local Cops2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fascists-v-anti-fascists-e1598106117369.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fascists v. anti-fascists in Sunland-Tujunga in the San Fernando Valley, CA from Twitter. Every Friday in Sunland-Tujunga, a small neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, just 15 minutes from Downtown LA, a group […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/13/1080219823_0:94:3067:1819_1200x675_80_0_0_b13184018dfeab85b7991a5232c2d550.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008221080250239-house-approves-bill-to-provide-25-billion-to-us-postal-service/ US Senate Majority Leader McConnell has said that the Senate “will absolutely not pass” the bill providing $25 billion in support to the US Postal Service. After a vote in the House of Representatives, the document must first go to the Senate for approval, and then to the president for signature. The bill prohibits the US Postal Service from making […]
Is there anything freakier or, frankly, sadder in American politics than the seemingly blind allegiance of so many Evangelical and Pentecostal Christians and conservative Catholics to a man as grotesquely immoral and dishonest as Donald J. Trump? It takes no Sherlock Holmes to see that Trump’s entire life is a litany of un-Christian, even anti-Christian behavior. It’s a long thread of lies and sins ranging from […]
The House passed legislation Saturday to provide $25 billion to the Postal Service to help safeguard voting by mail ahead of the November election. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Nati Harnik/AP The House passed legislation Saturday to provide $25 billion to the Postal Service to help safeguard voting by mail ahead of the November election. Nati Harnik/AP The House passed legislation on Saturday to infuse […]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended her increase of police protection in her neighborhood as well as the banning of protests in other residential areas. Mayor Lightfoot stated, “This is a different time like no other. And I’m not going to make any excuses for the fact that given the threats that I personally received, given the threats to my home and my family, I’m going to […]
An activist accused people upset over the recent looting in downtown Chicago of being upset about the wrong thing during a recent press conference. “People are worried about looting and there are literal lives being taken away? There are people who are dying and y’all are mad about looting Mag Mile? Get over it!” Alycia Moaton said at the event hosted by the group GoodKids MadCity. Which […]
Fights broke out between left-wing and right-wing groups in downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday as police struggled to contain the violence. Footage captured by Infowars reporter Savanah Hernandez shows brutal clashes break between hundreds of Antifa and the Proud Boys outside the Multnomah County Justice Center during their dueling rallies. ANTIFA is losing this battle. pic.twitter.com/ADNAZ0SoVi — Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) August 22, 2020 ANTIFA brought silly […]
Summary: China approves vaccine for emergency use South Korea closes all bars, nightclubs, entertainment venues countrywide JHU Global case total tops 23 million Trump accuses FDA director of being part of ‘deep state’ Infections in UK, Rome climb Johns Hopkins reports more than 800k deaths Argentina joins growing list of countries testing one of China’s vaccines Philippines sees 4k+ new cases for 5th day India, Russia […]
(Natural News) California issued its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years last week as the state’s grid operator tried to keep the power system from complete collapse in the midst of a heat wave, and some are pointing out that the situation demonstrates the failures of green energy. The rolling blackouts affected upwards of 2 million Californians. Many of the outages took place in the […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A 15-year-old girl died on Saturday after a rigid inflatable boat collided with a buoy off Southampton in the southern part of England, the local police in the Hampshire county said. “Twelve people who were on board were subsequently taken to the hospital. Sadly, one of the passengers, a 15-year-old girl, was pronounced dead in hospital”, the police said in a press release. […]
A former Army Green Beret allegedly committed espionage, conspiring with Russia’s foreign intelligence arm, the GRU, and giving them national defense information between 1996 and 2011, prosecutors said Friday. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, of Gainesville, Virginia, is facing one count of conspiracy to gather or deliver defense information to help a foreign government, NBC News reported. If convicted, Debbins faces a maximum sentence of up to […]
An emerging trend in the classic car space is electric vehicle conversion, otherwise known as EV conversions, which is swapping out a car’s combustion engine and connected components with an electric motor and batteries to create an all-electric vehicle. In the last five years or so, EV conversion kits have allowed folks to transform the 1980s Porsche 911s to 1970s Volkswagen Super Beetles to many other vehicles into all-electric cars. […]
by Valerie Kulikov, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow,…and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa. [ Editors Note: Turkey is in Libya with both feet, one on the sand and one in the Mediterranean where it is claiming vast oil and gas drilling rights, with warships currently sailing with […]
A graphic used by CNN to break down speakers at the Republican National Convention described Nick Sandmann as someone who “sued major media outlets over viral video,” leaving out important details, including their own settlement. The graphic, spotted by reporter Cameron Gray, also provided no image for Sandmann, despite doing so for others. While CNN’s description is technically correct, it is quite misleading. It is true […]
Rotting Food, Dead Animals And Chaos At Postal Facilities By Laura J. Nelson and Maya Lau, LA Times. August 22, 2020 Rotting Food, Dead Animals And Chaos At Postal Facilities2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/po-e1598107718296.jpg200px200px Above photo: Employees at California postal facilities provide a glimpse of the chaos amid both the pandemic and widespread cuts imposed by the USPS. Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union- Tribune. NOTE: Tuesday, August 25 is a […]
The organisation bills itself as an international aid agency that provides humanitarian relief to over 40 countries in the world irrespective of gender, race, or religious belief. Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband once described the organisation as representing “the values that bind Britain together as a liberal democracy.” The full board of the UK’s largest Muslim charity set to resign on Sunday following revelations that one […]
The sister of a 31-year-old Black man killed by Lafayette, Louisiana, police in a hail of gunfire as he was walking away vowed this weekend to get “justice” for her loved one. “They did my brother wrong but i promise if its all i do i will get justice for you. brother i love you so so so much. and im so angry and sad that […]
Firefighters make a stand in the backyard of a home in front of the advancing C.Z.U. Lightning Complex fire on Friday. California is seeing some of the worst first in the state’s history. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Firefighters make a stand in the backyard of a home in front of the advancing C.Z.U. Lightning Complex fire on Friday. California is […]
Biden’s VP pick Kamala Harris got duped by Russian pranksters who offered her ‘secret recording’ of President Trump. Kamala Harris got duped by notorious Russian pranksters, Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov. Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who go by the stage names Vovan and Lexus, trolled the hell out of Kamala Harris and convinced her that Swedish green teen activist Greta Thunberg and her […]
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that one thing the Democratic National Convention “did not do is go to the heart of this electorate, which is working-class voters in the Upper Midwest. It’s sort of mind-boggling to me.” Brooks said that the DNC created “genuine enthusiasm for Joe Biden.” And praised the Biden campaign for sticking with their theory “that the country is […]
Update (1605ET): An arrest has been made. 21-year-old Olivia M. Winslow of Wilmington was arrested on Friday in connection with the incident involving the 7-year-old boy who had his MAGA hat stolen, according to WDEL. Video circulated on social media, by Students for Trump, shows two girls, one police said was Winslow, tearing up Trump signs and stealing the young boy’s “Make America Great Again” hat. […]
Between an economy-wrecking pandemic and a blistering crime wave driven by race riots and a disbanded anti-crime unit, New York City residents are switching to Pace Picante and fleeing the metropolis in droves. That, of course, is nothing new if you’re been following along. But if you need yet another data point, NYC moving companies are so busy they’re having to turn down business, according to […]
(Natural News) The whole world is still reeling from the devastating socioeconomic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdowns. But in Brazil, the government has forbidden Doctors Without Borders from lending aid to indigenous villages that may have already been infected with COVID-19. Sesai over MSF The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was founded in May 1968 after a group of young doctors set out to help victims of […]
Sites and buildings destroyed by Nazis or where they committed atrocities were rebuilt or marked with monuments, but Oradour-sur-Glane village has a different story. Authorities deliberately preserved charred ruins where 642 people, including 247 children, were shot and burned so that their descendants remember the barbaric crimes of the Nazis. A French memorial dedicated to victims of the Nazis’ worst massacre on French soil was defaced […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that his country’s European allies preferred to align with Iran’s Ayatollah, after announcing the activation of a controversial mechanism to re-impose UN sanctions on Tehran. Pompeo pointed out that Germany, France, and Britain refused to cooperate with his country to re-impose sanctions aimed primarily at preventing Iran from arming, describing the US decision as “courageous.” Pompeo’s statement came after […]
House Democrats blocked three bills on Saturday that would have provided funding for law enforcement, aid to small businesses, and more funding for potential coronavirus treatments. Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA) introduced a motion to defeat the previous question, which would have allowed for the consideration of three House Republican bills to better Americans’ lives. The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), would have provided […]
Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Having failed to achieve the slightest semblance of success in the two oil price wars that it started – the first running from 2014 to 2016, and the second running from the beginning of March to effectively the end of April this year – it might be assumed that key lessons might have been learned by the Saudis on the perils […]
Covid-19 will stay with humankind “forever in some form or another,” a leading British scientist has predicted, advocating regular vaccinations of the population against the deadly disease. The not-exactly-optimistic prognosis was produced by Sir Mark Walport, a member of the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), on Saturday. Unlike some other diseases, like smallpox “which could be eradicated by vaccination,” Covid-19 is unlikely to […]
Banks Have Made $18 Billion From ‘Paycheck Protection Program’ Processing Fees By Collen Boyle, In These Times. August 22, 2020 Banks Have Made $18 Billion From ‘Paycheck Protection Program’ Processing Fees2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/01/jpmorgan-chase-building-nyc_credit-ben-sutherland_creative-commons.jpg200px200px Fees paid to banks eclipse funding allocated to develop vaccines, provide medical supplies and feed children. Whether or not a single job or company is saved through the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), lenders will be […]
BENGHAZI (Sputnik) – Libyan tribes have been invited to participate in the political process on the Libyan crisis settlement by the United Nations, Senussi al-Haleeq, the deputy chairman of the Supreme Council of Libyan Sheikhs and Elders, which supports the Libyan National Army, said on Saturday. “We received an invitation from the parliament in Tobruk, as well as an official request from the UN for the […]
BROOKS, CA—By Friday evening, northern California’s LNU Lightning Complex fire had become the second-largest wildfire in state history, killing at least five people, destroying 500 structures, and forcing evacuations in two cities and an Air Force base. It was just 15 percent contained. But up in rural Capay Valley, as the historic blaze crept within two miles of Cache Creek Casino Resort and the sun blazed […]
From left, on stage, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris,and Doug Emhoff , wave to supporters connected virtually after Biden spoke Thursday night. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP From left, on stage, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris,and Doug Emhoff , wave to supporters connected virtually after Biden spoke Thursday night. Andrew Harnik/AP It turns out going virtual has its virtues. Just ask […]
The fake news ‘fact checkers’ are running political interference and acting as Biden’s political protectors. Far left ‘fact checkers’ such as Snopes, Politifact, Lead Stories and AP claimed on Saturday that the DNC never removed the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in response to Trump’s tweet. “The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat National Convention. […]
Tunisia has recorded more than 2500 cases of Covid-19 The Chinese embassy in Tunisia announced that it is sending a shipment of protective masks to Tunisia to help prevent an outbreak of the Covid-19. According to the Tunisian website Tunisie Numérique, the Chinese aid included 100,000 protective masks. Covid-19 cases are on the rise in Tunisia, after having decreased significantly earlier. Tunisia has had 2,543 confirmed […]
Joe Biden achieved no immediate bounce after the Democratic National Convention (DNC), a poll found. Morning Consult reported that Biden went into the DNC with the support of 51 percent of likely voters. Biden ticked up only one point after the convention to 52 percent. Donald Trump remained at 43 percent in both polls. That was in contrast to a similar poll in 2016 that found Hillary […]
U.S. Attorney John Durham has reportedly cleared former CIA Director John Brennan of wrongdoing in his ongoing investigation into the origins of the debunked Russia collusion hoax narrative. “Earlier today [John] Brennan was informed by [U.S. Attorney John] Mr. Durham that he is not a subject or a target of a criminal investigation and that he is only a witness to events that are under review,” […]
By Rosie Bradbury of Restaurant Dive, New York City’s restaurants may be forced to return to only takeout and delivery in the fall to stall a second wave of coronavirus cases, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters on a conference call Wednesday, CNBC reports. Cuomo claimed that New York City’s restaurants have “a much bigger problem” with lack of compliance with COVID-19 restrictions than in […]
(Natural News) Ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft have gotten a last-minute reprieve after a California court granted them a delay on the order to convert their drivers – currently classified as independent contractors – to employees. This allows both companies to continue to operate while they appeal the order. The decision came just as Lyft was set to suspend its ridesharing operations in the state. Now, […]
Prior to the pandemic, the head of UN World Food Programme warned that 2020 would be the worst year since the Second World War because of the severe damage inflicted upon food systems by natural disasters and conflicts. The coronavirus pandemic will result in a “widespread famine of biblical proportions”, said David Beasley, chief of the United Nations World Food Programme, urging the international community to […]
Armed groups call for the immediate withdrawal of the US forces, implementing Iraqi Parliament’s decision. Armed Iraqi factions threatened to target US interests in the country shortly after Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s visit to Washington, accompanied by a high-level delegation, and meeting with Donald Trump. Late Thursday, a statement issued by armed groups calling themselves the “Resistance Factions” criticised the agenda of Al-Kadhimi’s meetings which did […]
Several left-leaning organizations, including MoveOn, the Working Families Party, and the NAACP, organized a protest called #SaveThePostOfficeSaturday, which asks Americans to demand that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resign from his position. The protest called for Americans to show up at their post offices at 11:00 a.m. local time “to save the post office from Trump and declare that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy must resign.” The announcement […]
Wells Fargo has certainly led the way in the banking sector when it comes to things like massive scandals and botching Small Business Relief Loans – so why not lead the way when it comes to announcing massive layoffs? That’s exactly what the bank has done. Under pressure to lower its costs, the bank “quietly ended a moratorium on terminations in recent weeks” according to the LA Daily News. […]
The Barcelona board are braced to resist any transfer bids for Lionel Messi as new boss Ronald Koeman declares six-time Ballon d’Or winner crucial to his plans, despite the Argentinian ace’s apparent discontent at the Camp Nou. For the first time since he joined the club two decades ago, rumors have suggested that Messi’s discontent at Barcelona’s poor performance last season could lead to the club’s star […]
The Ongoing US Dominance Of The Dominican Republic By Narciso Isa Conde, Noticias sin. August 22, 2020 The Ongoing US Dominance Of The Dominican Republic2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lus-abindar-with-mike-pompeo-getty-images-e1598106836489.jpg200px200px Above photo: Luís Abindar with Mike Pompeo. Getty Images. The Adventures of Pompeo in the Transfer of Leadership in the Dominican Republic. The U.S. gave particular importance to the inauguration of the new president of the Dominican Republic, Luís Abindar by sending Secretary of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0f/1080177551_0:0:3092:1740_1200x675_80_0_0_903bc1075ea7f359a45dfb98184dc20f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008221080249701-lukashenko-reveals-what-putin-told-him-before-belarusian-president-addressed-supporters/ The president showed up at a rally of his supporters in Grodno following two weeks of opposition-organised protests and strikes in the country. Lukashenko accused foreign countries of funding the riots with the aim of ousting him under the made-up pretext of rigging the election. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed why he hesitated so long to […]
Winning is everything in Trump world, and the winner in the border wall fundraising scandal is a contractor who has ended up with more than $1.7 billion in federal contracts. Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon is said by prosecutors to have pocketed only a relatively modest $1 million. Brian Kolfage, who launched the “We Build the Wall” effort on GoFundMe allegedly got less than half that. […]
When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% of their income as patients avoided the emergency room, doctor’s appointments and elective surgeries. “It was devastating,” says Maggie Elehwany of the National Rural Health Association. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% […]
Trumpslide 2020! Saturdays are for Trump boat parades. Advertisement – story continues below Massive Trump 2020 boat parades were underway on Saturday morning. Even in blue states like Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — She Even Posted It Online! Trump boat parade in the Finger […]
The UN nuclear watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi will make his first trip to Tehran in that role on Monday to pressure Iran to grant inspectors access to two suspected former atomic sites after a months-long standoff, he said on Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution in June raising pressure on Iran to let inspectors into the sites mentioned in […]
Five suspected looters were arrested Friday for targeting homes in Santa Cruz County, California, whose owners had evacuated due to the wildfires. “Jose Gandarilla, Susana Luna, Crystal Araujo, Sara Loretz and Crystle Parstch-Lucchesi were all arrested on charges including looting, grand theft, conspiracy to commit crime and burglary,” according to KRON 4. Friday night, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office posted mugshots of the suspects: You […]
Action 7 heads to Portland, Oregon, for night 1 of riot coverage. ANTIFA marched through neighborhoods surrounding Irving Park, a place they deemed “the most racist neighborhood in Portland”, and ended their night by destroying several police cars at the North Police Precinct. Source link
A top insurance executive at Guggenheim Partners has been charged with negligence and reckless driving as a result of a December boating collision that took place near Fort Lauderdale. Guggenheim’s Daniel Towriss now faces five misdemeanors as a result of the accident and has pleaded not guilty to all five charges, according to the Wall Street Journal. The collision left a brand new 42 foot custom yacht upended […]
(Natural News) As you may recall, a live radar-guided, air-to-air missile was found last week on the tarmac of the Lakeland, Florida airport. We analyzed the serial number and data details of this missile and found that it was a “Matra R530F” missile, made by French weapons contractors and designed to be used on French-made mirage fighter jets. (See photos below.) As we pointed out in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080249607_0:0:3403:1915_1200x675_80_0_0_356994d1e5dcc2a146d0f396a511d471.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008221080249647-police-officers-to-be-deployed-overnight-near-hospital-where-navalny-is-treated/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – Police officers deployed near the Charite hospital in Berlin, where Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny is being treated, said on Saturday that they will stay at their position overnight. At the moment, there are two police minibuses near the hospital and another one near the entrance to the emergency unit. The police are patrolling the area, […]
The head of Israel’s coronavirus task force has asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to ban an annual pilgrimage in which Hasidic Jews visit the central Ukrainian town of Uman over concerns the site may become a virus hotspot. Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews descend on Uman every Jewish New Year to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, who revived the Hasidic movement and […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for the firing of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday and suggested that members of the Board of Governors, which appointed DeJoy, should resign if they refuse to take the action. “The @USPS Board of Governors has a responsibility to serve the public interest. That means delivering the mail on time – not acting as accomplices for the Postmaster General’s partisan […]
Authored by Gary Galles via The Mises Institute, The US Postal Service has recently made a comeback in the headlines. Not only has the red ink it has long bathed in gotten deeper, but now it has become embroiled in mudslinging over vote-by-mail issues, such as people failing to get the ballots mailed to them and possible delays in processing election results, using that to make “new […]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has accused Donald Trump of making a “dangerous statement” by tweeting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hindered the US’ covid-19 response, including the approval of a vaccine. In a Saturday tweet tagging FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, the president accused the “deep state” of delaying approval on clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine on purpose to affect November’s election. “The […]
Israel Cuts Fuel, Gaza Goes Dark By Tamara Nassar, Electronic Intifada. August 22, 2020 Israel Cuts Fuel, Gaza Goes Dark2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/gaza-flames-and-smoke-rise-after-bombing-2020-e1598107224502.jpg200px200px Above photo: Flame and smoke rise as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 16 August. By Ashraf Amara for APA Images. The Gaza Strip’s only power plant shut down on Tuesday after Israel stopped the transfer of fuel to the territory. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107911/91/1079119135_0:160:3058:1880_1200x675_80_0_0_1a8b3c5681e73bd8a55245efec116b00.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202008221080249379-us-does-everything-possible-to-not-be-bound-by-any-multilateral-obligations-lavrov-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The latest actions of the current United States administration show that Washington is doing everything in order not to be bound by any multilateral obligations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday. “You have already listed a number of recent steps of the US administration, which show one thing – the administration’s intention is to […]
There’s nothing better than good drinking water. There’s kind of nothing worse than taking a sip of water and it tasting a little funky. Even if your tap water is generally pretty good, it’s worth investing in a purifier. They help weed out chemicals and pollutants that you probably shouldn’t be putting in your body all the time. Getting a purifier is a no brainer. The […]
Elizabeth Dalziel’s son Joe, 7, lays next to his favorite objects, toys and books as part of a homeschooling assignment — to create a time capsule — from his school in Berkhamsted, England. Elizabeth Dalziel hide caption toggle caption Elizabeth Dalziel Elizabeth Dalziel’s son Joe, 7, lays next to his favorite objects, toys and books as part of a homeschooling assignment — to create a time […]
This is what the silent majority looks like. A massive Trump 2020 boat parade is underway on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Advertisement – story continues below Where’s the boat parade for Biden? All Biden got yesterday was a golf cart ‘rally’ in Florida. WATCH: TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — […]
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Friday that he will leave his post if asked to do so, following the return of demonstrations in the country due to differences between the government and the “resistance committees”. In an interview with the official Sudanese radio, Hamdok said: “If I am requested to step down, I will do so because we are servants of the people.” He […]
Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson argued that the seemingly non-threatening nature of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was being used by Democrats to downplay the aggressive nature of the American left. Carlson contrasted Biden’s speech to the rhetoric from the Democratic National Convention other speakers. He also noted the approving response Biden received from the left-leaning media. CARLSON: After three […]
Alex Jones and the Infowars crew lead like-minded patriots Saturday for another day of fun in the sun as we show the city of Austin their COVID-19 fear-mongering won’t keep citizens out of our publicly-funded parks. This weekend’s location is the “free side” of Barton Springs and we remind attendees to SHOW UP HYDRATED, BRING WATER AND REMAIN HYDRATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT, because it will be […]
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, All those who believe the ‘privatized totalitarianism’ of Big Tech ‘platform plantations’ are ‘capitalism’ have been brainwashed into servitude by Big Tech’s pretense of capitalism. What do you call an economy of monopolies without competition or any regulatory restraints? An economy of monopolies that control both the buying and selling in the markets they control? Monopolies with the power […]
(Natural News) In an effort to stem the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) on campus, universities throughout America are asking students to report peers who they suspect to be infected. Other systems also ask students to file reports if they think there are people who aren’t following COVID-19 prevention guidelines. While these programs mean well, enforcing them might have unfortunate implications, especially if some students abuse […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/10/1080186420_0:0:3037:1709_1200x675_80_0_0_602373b21c4275c6c1b80959bd0c501d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202008221080248949-belarus-will-react-without-warning-to-attempts-aimed-at-violating-its-border-lukashenko-says-/ Earlier in the day, Lukashenko said that putting the army on combat alert and deploying troops on Belarus’ western borders was his main decision in 25 years. Belarus will react without warning to any attempt to trespass its border, President Alexander Lukashenko said when responding to a report by the country’s Defence Ministry about an increased number of aircraft […]
The Algerian government has announced a legal amendment that enables children of unknown parentage to find out who their guardian is if they wish. This follows the amendment introduced by the Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Jarad to a decree issued in 1971 concerning the change of name. The decision, published in the forty-seventh article of the official gazette, stipulates that a person who wishes to change […]
The Army Corps of Engineers office in Alaska is planning to hold a conference call on Monday with groups connected to the proposed mine discuss the decision, three people with knowledge of the call told POLITICO. An administration official confirmed the call with POLITICO. Corps officials will say outstanding technical issues with a key permit remain, the people said, adding they anticipate Trump will then follow […]
Over 5,000 illegal boat migrants have reached the United Kingdom in small rubber dinghies from France since the start of the year, analysis from the Press Association on Friday found. The massive increase in illegal boat migration this summer has forced the British government to deploy Royal Air Force (RAF) planes to the English Channel to assist the UK Border Force in the growing crisis. These […]
Actress Rose McGowan has gone on a massive, multi-day Twitter rant against Hillary Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Clinton, Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party, and former “Charmed” co-star Alyssa Milano. McGowan – who alleges Harvey Weinstein raped her (he did settle with her for $100,000 in October, 2017 before sending an Israeli intelligence agency, Black Cube, to spy on her) – wrote in a Friday tweet: “I […]
…by Stewart Littlewood, Britain – First published … August 08, 2020 – [ Editor’s Note: Stewart is a clear eyed observer of British domestic and geopolitics. As editor’s, because there is and endless demand for our reading time to stay abreast of what is going on outside out vastly timing consuming US monitoring, it is a pleasure to have dependable material coming in from contributors that […]
NBA superstar LeBron James may be unflappable under pressure on the basketball court, but he looked far from comfortable when a reporter asked him to give his assessment on a book he was supposedly reading. James posted a series of photos to his Instagram account showing him reading the autobiography of Malcolm X while on a fitness bike, while offering the accompanying caption, “Education is the passport […]
Walking The Tightrope: Latin America’s Pink Tide By: Frederick B. Mills, New Politics. August 22, 2020 Walking The Tightrope: Latin America’s Pink Tide2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/pink-tide-daniel-del-toro-e1598107694132.jpg200px200px Above photo: Latin America’s Pink Tide Pink Tide. Daniel Del Toro. Latin America’s Pink Tide: Breakthroughs and Shortcomings, edited by economic historian and prominent Latin Americanist Steve Ellner, offers a critical ethical theoretical framework for assessing the performance of left and left-of-center governments in Latin […]
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Rose McGowan’s ongoing feud with Alyssa Milano just escalated again with an online spat for the ages. The inciting incident for all this? Some political tweets, naturally. On Thursday McGowan vented her frustration with the Democratic Party: “What have the Democrats done to solve ANYTHING?” she wrote. Help the poor? No. Help black & brown people? No. Stop police brutality? No. Help single mothers? No. Help […]
Kaitlyn McCollum, pictured here in 2018, was teaching high school in Tennessee when her federal TEACH Grants were turned into more than $20,000 in loans. Stacy Kranitz for NPR hide caption toggle caption Stacy Kranitz for NPR Kaitlyn McCollum, pictured here in 2018, was teaching high school in Tennessee when her federal TEACH Grants were turned into more than $20,000 in loans. Stacy Kranitz for NPR […]
In 2016 50 GOP National Security Officials signed a letter opposing Donald Trump for president.This was after Trump campaigned against the Uniparty and the continued war machine in Washington DC. President Trump called out the DC war machine for spending $6 trillion on unending wars in the Middle East. Trump told supporters even after the massive expense the Middle East was in worse shape than before […]
Israeli Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen met secretly with Deputy Head of Sudan Sovereignty Council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, The New Arab revealed on Friday. Reporting sources, The New Arab said that senior UAE officials attended the meeting, which was organised by the Gulf State. The UAE officials included the country’s National Security Advisor Tahnoun Bin Zayed, the London-based news website said, pointing out Sudanese eagerness to promote […]
“We want the Postmaster General to undo the damage he has already done, put back the sorting machines and mailboxes he has already removed and prioritize official election mail as First-Class mail, as it previously was,” House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) said Friday. “Every member of Congress should support this bill.” The measure is unlikely to be taken up in the GOP-controlled Senate, where […]
President Donald Trump revealed the differences between running against former Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as he delivered a speech at the Council for National Policy meeting in Virginia on Friday. “Clinton is much smarter but not a likable person,” Trump said. “Joe is not nearly as smart, but he’s more likable.” The president spoke about the election during his […]
President Trump tore into Democrats on Saturday for removing “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. “The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat National Convention. At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose,” Trump tweeted. The Democrats took the word GOD out […]
The Pentagon is defending its use of military aircraft to conduct surveillance on the large crowds of demonstrators and in some cases riots which enveloped multiple cities connected with George Floyd’s death. A new investigation has exonerated the National Guard after allegations it illegally gathered intelligence on Americans. It was previously revealed that the National Guard used reconnaissance planes to fly over at least four US […]
(Natural News) Demonstrating the utter uselessness of public schooling, some school districts are reportedly now holding “virtual fire drills” in which students are being instructed how to evacuate buildings where they are not even present due to Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions. In a video clip that has gone viral, the son of Jason Hammer, the host of the “Hammer and Nigel Show” on local Indiana radio, […]
It seems that the Catalan team, which the Argentinian ace has been playing for since his teen years, could be about to make his rumoured departure incredibly difficult for him. Responding to rumours about Lionel Messi’s potential transfer, FC Barcelona firmly believes their captain is not up for sale, a Mundo Deportivo report has it, suggesting that the Catalan side sees Messi as “untransferable” and that […]
On Friday, the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry announced the suspension of eight state security officers for spying on Kuwaiti citizens, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported. In the statement, the Interior Ministry said that the officers would remain suspended until the end of the investigations. The espionage leaks have shocked Kuwaitis. The officers were ordered to be sacked by the Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh, who ordered the investigations into leaks […]
President Donald Trump criticized Democrats on Twitter Saturday for removing the words “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance during the Democratic National Convention (DNC). “At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose,” Trump wrote. The president was referring to stories that the moderator leading the Muslim Delegates Assembly meeting during day two of the DNC skipped “under […]
AlMasdarNews.com, Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, called on the international organization to intervene to end the suffering of the residents of the Syrian city of Hasakah as a result of Turkish authorities’ decision to obstruct the water supply to over 1 million people. In a phone call with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, Dr. Al-Jaafari briefed him on the […]
JCPOA – Another era US knocked over the head by allies, as it tries to snap back Iran sanctions …by PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The Trump team is going down swinging, under their illusion that rejection of United Nations protocols or obligations is something that others have to adhere to, but not the ‘great’ United States. The Trump insanity seems to have fully taken over […]
President Alexander Lukashenko has likened recent events in Belarus to color revolutions, saying protesters are trying to follow a similar, foreign-backed template to overthrow the government. “Everything is clear. As we expected, everything is following the plan of color revolutions by whipping up domestic political tensions in the country,” Lukashenko said. The embattled leader, who has headed Belarus for 26 years, also accused foreign countries of […]
At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical By Oivia Riggio, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. August 22, 2020 At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical2020-08-222020-08-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/blm-wapo.png200px200px Above photo: If Americans resist the idea of defunding police, they’re following the lead of outlets like the Washington Post (7/21/20). NOTE: There is an honest critique of defunding the police on the Left as a non-solution that […]