WASHINGTON – In deciding how to move forward with the warped and carbonized hulk of the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard, U.S. Navy leaders face a series of choices and all of them are bad. The Navy has not yet produced an estimate to repair the damage to the ship, which burned for six days in July. Assessing the full extent of the six-day fire that […]
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Good live TV is tough to pull off, especially on CNBC, but once in a while, an otherwise boring debate about the economy or policy will fly ‘off the rails’ and traders and other financial professionals will turn the volume up and tune in. That happened back in the spring, when Ventuer Capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya debated CNBC’s Scott Wapner about whether the Trump Administration should bail […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1e/1080626628_0:0:1200:675_1200x675_80_0_0_cff6f7097c1a9a027030b5d40d80953a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/cartoons/202009301080626682-disgrace-off/ The much-anticipated debate on Tuesday between incumbent US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, left most audiences shocked, with some labeling it the worst presidential debate in American history. Both Trump and Biden acted like little kids on the stage in Cleveland, Ohio, bickering back and forth and repeatedly talking over one another. […]
By Lauren Weber and Katheryn Houghton | Kaiser Health News While the president and vice president forgo masks at rallies, the White House is quietly encouraging governors to implement mask mandates and, for some, enforce them with fines. In reports issued to governors on Sept. 20, the White House Coronavirus Task Force recommended statewide mask mandates in Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma. The weekly memos, some of […]
Over the past three months, the Trump administration has added four political appointees to the U.S. Census Bureau, which is headquartered in Suitland, Md. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Over the past three months, the Trump administration has added four political appointees to the U.S. Census Bureau, which is headquartered in Suitland, Md. Claire Harbage/NPR The Trump administration has added its fourth political […]
A U.S. judge ruled Wednesday that Kik violated securities law when it raised $100 million via a token sale in 2017. Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York, wrote that in his view, Kik’s “token distribution event” (TDE) satisfied the three prongs of the Howey Test, referring to the Supreme Court case used as a standard for determining whether […]
Fired FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Comey testified under oath on Wednesday that he didn’t know anything about dossier author Christopher Steele’s sources. Another huge whopper by the pathological liar who used to run the country’s premiere law enforcement agency. Christopher Steele’s primary source, Igor Danchenko, was a Russian spy and deemed to be a threat to national security. […]
During the first US presidential debate, former Vice President and current Democratic nominee Joe Biden responded to his opponent President Donald Trump’s vow to release his tax returns by asking “When? Inshallah?” Although the Arabic phrase literally means “God willing” it is also popularly used in an informal way across the Middle East to denote something that is unlikely to happen. Not only did Biden say […]
Multiple memory sticks and a laptop used to program voting machine in Philadelphia have been stolen from a city warehouse, according to a Wednesday report. Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The equipment appeared to be taken this week, sources said. Officials immediately began checking to make sure none of the voting machines had been compromised while also working to contain the fallout for fear of how President Donald Trump […]
WASHINGTON – In deciding how to move forward with the warped and carbonized hulk of the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard, U.S. Navy leaders face a series of choices and all of them are bad. The Navy has not yet produced an estimate to repair the damage to the ship, which burned for six days in July. Assessing the full extent of the six-day fire that […]
Senate Republicans aggressively confronted ex-FBI Director James Comey during a hearing Wednesday over his corrupt actions related to the FBI’s illegal surveillance of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee wasted no time grilling the disgraced former FBI director over damning new revelations pertaining to the FBI’s handling of the “Crossfire Hurricane” counterintelligence operation into President Trump. “Based upon what we know about […]
Earlier we detailed that computer systems for Universal Health Systems (UHS), a major hospital and healthcare provider with over 400 locations across the U.S., was hit with what appears to be one of the largest medical cyberattacks in US history. Demonstrating just how prone America’s vital infrastructure remains to large-scale cyber attacks which could debilitate the country’s response efforts in emergency situations, the spate of ransomware attacks have impacted the operations of 53 US health care […]
by Valeri 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. [ Editor’s Note: NATO is now only an alliance on paper, as members are on the verge of war with each other, with little NATO ‘brotherhood’. The newest bad boy on the block […]
A lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with murder for shooting three people last month during a riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has threatened to sue Joe Biden’s campaign for calling the teen a “white supremacist.” “Formal demand for public retraction is being prepared for Biden-Harris campaign on behalf of Kyle Rittenhouse,” the lawyer, Lin Wood, said Wednesday on Twitter. “I also hereby demand that Joe […]
(Natural News) Former WWE star and Hollywood actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has come out to endorse Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the White House, aligning his politics with his religious views. The Black Adam and Jumanji star claims to be a “political independent” and “centrist,” though his acting career exposes him as a Satanist who loves to joke about child rape and eating children […]
As The Veteran Suicide Crisis Persists, Washington Turns To Snake Oil And Swamp Creatures By Jasper Craven and Suzanne Gordon, Battle Borne. September 30, 2020 As The Veteran Suicide Crisis Persists, Washington Turns To Snake Oil And Swamp Creatures2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/battling_ptsd-e1601484685658.jpg200px200px The first major bill to privatize veterans’ mental healthcare is headed to the president’s desk. In mid-August, former Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Anthony Principi (2001-2005) worked to get a […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia will be represented by three football clubs in the 2020-2021 UEFA Champions League’d group stage for the first time, as FC Krasnodar has defeated Greece’d PAOK in the qualifying play-off round. On 22 September, the first match between FC Krasnodar and FC PAOK ended with the victory of the Russian team with the score 2:1. The second match was held on Wednesday […]
Italy’s Carabinieri police said they have arrested an Italian woman who is married to a Daesh fighter in Syria and returned her to the European country, local wire service ANSA reported. Carabinieri police returned Alice Brignoli and her three children to Italy. Alice Brignoli was married to Mohamed Koraichi, an Italian Daesh fighter of Moroccan ancestry, he is thought to have died during the ongoing civil war in […]
Senate Appropriations Chair Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) suggested earlier in the afternoon that Democrats were delaying a vote on the stopgap spending bill, after Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) blamed Democrats last week for holding up procedural votes on the measure over their anger with the GOP’s plan for a swift confirmation vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer‘s office didn’t […]
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) said Joe Biden, if elected president, would have his administration run by “far-left radical socialists,” offering his remarks on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow. Scalise said Biden offers contradictory promises to the Democrats’ left-wing base and the broader American electorate. He highlighted Biden’s refusal to directly address a question regarding expansion of the Supreme Court’s number […]
The U.S. Navy SEALs and the Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) have no women in their ranks, but according to a new report from American Military News (AMN), these elite commando units have modified their ethos and creed statements by removing gendered terms like “brotherhood” to reflect a more gender-neutral presentation. The SEALs and SWCC removed wordings like “men” and “brothers” to replace them with “warriors” and “citizens.” One of the changes […]
LONDON — The British military and government must “fundamentally change” the way they counter the political and military ambitions of authoritarian rivals, or risk being overwhelmed, warned the country’s top soldier. Gen. Nick Carter’s speech at the Policy Exchange think tank Sept. 30 coincided with the publication of Britain’s new “Integrated Operating Concept.” The chief of the Defence Staff said key changes backed by the concept […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107331/90/1073319049_0:322:4345:2767_1200x675_80_0_0_5ea3107ea04fa27ae25dddc6d99a6a12.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009301080626230-federal-aviation-agency-chief-says-conducted-737-max-test-flight-after-2-deadly-crashes/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson said in a press conference that he has conducted a test flight of the Boeing 737 MAX and indicated that progress has been made to fix the problems plaguing the aircraft. Dickson said though, there is no solid timeline of when the aircraft will be cleared for public use. […]
CNN anchor Jake Tapper booted Trump’s campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh on Wednesday after the Trump flack continued to deflect when pressed on the president’s refusal to condemn white supremacists, invoking the much-maligned moderator of Tuesday’s debate in the process. Following an off-the-rails presidential debate that was described by reporters as a “shitshow,” President Donald Trump has faced intense backlash for telling the far-right group Proud […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Democrats latest COVID bill a political stunt as negotiators attempt to reach a relief agreement before the election. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Democrats latest COVID bill a political stunt as negotiators attempt to reach a relief agreement before the election. AP The Senate voted 84 — 10 to approve a […]
Encryption startup NuCypher has finished distributing its network’s native token, NU, to over 2,000 prospective node operators who staked more than $125 million worth of ether (ETH) during the month of September. NuCypher’s system will hit Ethereum’s mainnet on Oct. 15. Primarily marketed as a solution for developers building decentralized applications (dapps), NuCypher helps firms encrypt data before they upload it to decentralized storage networks, while […]
Trump was right. Hardly anyone shows up to Biden’s campaign events. Joe Biden began his ‘whistle-stop’ train tour in Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday morning. Biden took the Amtrak from Cleveland to Alliance, Ohio where he was greeted by Trump supporters blaring his gaffes over huge speakers. Joe Biden and his wife Jill then arrived to a train station in downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon to a handful of […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be suspended from his post if he used his authority to influence criminal proceedings he is facing in court, the Times of Israel reported today. Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, who has previously said that Netanyahu does not have to step down, told the ultra-Orthodox Mishpacha magazine he could be suspended due to a conflict of interest. “When you use your executive power as prime minister […]
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) said Wednesday morning after the first presidential debate that he was concerned by Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s claim that Antifa is “not a group.” McCarthy said in response to a journalist’s question, “I think the president has been very clear that he’s against anybody for committing violence in the streets. The president said just recently that he was going to […]
Members of the House Armed Services Committee ripped apart a Pentagon proposal to move about 12,000 troops out of Germany during a Thursday hearing, questioning the civilian and uniformed officials testifying on everything from the lack of a cost projection to whether the move is just in response to an arbitrary cap set by the president. Under the plan, 11,900 troops would be pulled out of […]
A woman is dead and a man wounded following a shooting at an Amazon fulfillment center in Jacksonville, Florida, authorities say. Police are calling the fatal shooting a “domestic incident” involving two people who are believed to have been Amazon employees. Jacksonville Sheriff’s deputies arrived to the facility at around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday night and discovered a 22-year-old black female and an injured black male, […]
Just under 18,000 ballots cast in the Massachusetts primary were rejected, as a flood of residents voted by mail for the first time, according to figures released by the Secretary of State at the request of the Boston Globe. In total, over 1.7 million people voted in the primary. Of that, 814,013 arrived by mail according to Secretary of State William Galvin’s office – with thousands […]
Trump encourages supporters to independently monitor polling places — a federal crime https://t.co/3LN6eml5hF via @CBSNews — Gordon Duff (@gpduf) September 30, 2020 At the first presidential debate Tuesday evening, President Trump encouraged his supporters to monitor Election Day polling places for instances of fraud. “I am encouraging my supporters to go into the polls and watch very carefully, because that’s what has to happen — […]
The Azerbaijani military has passed control of its air force operations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to Turkey, Yerevan claims. Ankara insists no Turkish aircraft was used in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Turkey’s military command has allegedly been coordinating the Azerbaijani airstrikes against targets in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian defense ministry’s spokeswoman, Shushan Stepanyan, said in a series of Twitter posts on Wednesday. #Azerbaijan handed […]
(Natural News) Despite claims by Anthony Fauci and others that Americans should brace for a “second wave” of the Wuhan coronavirus (covid-19), former Pfizer Chief Science Officer Dr. Mike Yeadon says this is nothing but fear-mongering based on junk science and fraud. A former vice president at the pharmaceutical giant, Dr. Yeadon claims that “almost all” of the tests being conducted for the Wuhan coronavirus (covid-19) […]
Recently released dashcam footage shows a Florida driver opening fire at another vehicle. It is unknown whether the man, seen repeatedly firing through his windshield, or the other armed motorist has been charged with any crimes in relation to the documented incident. Marco Mazzetta, known on YouTube as Endless Open Road, posted a now-viral YouTube video on September 24 which showcased a series of events that […]
Up to 2.1 million people in Somalia are expected to face an acute food insecurity Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or even worse outcomes through December 2020, a new report said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. The crisis expected to occur “through December 2020 in the absence of humanitarian assistance,” is due to “the combined effects of widespread and severe flooding, Desert Locust infestation, socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 […]
The report, based on leaked tax records, found Trump routinely pays little or nothing in federal income taxes. The story suggested that JCT is blocking the release of a nearly $73 million refund to Trump that’s been the subject of an audit fight with the IRS. One of JCT’s little-noticed jobs — aside from estimating how much lawmakers’ tax legislation would cost — is vetting IRS […]
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday vowed to “defeat” whoever wins America’s upcoming presidential election, but claimed he would welcome them with “hugs and open arms” should they wish to engage in dialogue. Maduro made the remarks during an address at Venezuela’s Federal Legislative Palace, where he presented an “anti-blockade” law intended to change the country’s legal system to combat the economic sanctions imposed by the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has preemptively cleared Switzerland to purchase the F-35A joint strike fighter and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, just days after a public vote narrowly ok’d the Swiss government to move forward with a planned procurement of new fighter aircraft. However, the potential packages are not a sign that Switzerland has decided the Lockheed Martin F-35 or Boeing produced F/A-18 are their fighter […]
Although they won’t be counted in time to be reflected in the pre-election day jobs numbers, the last batch of which is set to be released on Friday, a flurry of corporate layoffs in recent days has offered the latest reminder that for millions of Americans, the “K” shaped recovery described by Chris Wallace last night is a reality for working people. The layoff wave continued […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107607/63/1076076364_0:101:1920:1181_1200x675_80_0_0_96795bef8ba20eacff868cf817e816ba.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009301080625804-photos-seven-people-injured-in-apparent-drive-by-shooting-outside-us-funeral-home/ Seven people were shot at the Serenity Funeral Home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wednesday in an apparent drive-by shooting. The unidentified shooter is believed to have fired from a vehicle as a group of people were entering the funeral home. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, around 100 mourners were gathered for a funeral for Braxton Taylor, 26, when the […]
For years, Seagram’s liquor empire heiress Clare Bronfman dedicated her time—and millions—to NXIVM as its operations director and one of its largest donors, going to extreme lengths to protect the self-help group and its leader. But on Wednesday, the 41-year-old was sentenced to 81 months in prison for her role in the purported cult that branded women and manipulated them into master-slave relationships. She pleaded guilty […]
President Trump answers questions about his remarks in Tuesday’s presidential debate about white supremacist groups after many congressional Republicans suggested he needed to be clearer denouncing the movement. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP President Trump answers questions about his remarks in Tuesday’s presidential debate about white supremacist groups after many congressional Republicans suggested he needed to be clearer denouncing the movement. Carolyn Kaster/AP […]
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were shot in an ambush attack on September 13th while they sat in their vehicle in Compton. The 31-year-old mother and deputy was hit in the jaw and arms. Advertisement – story continues below The 24-year-old officer was hit in the forehead, an arm and in the hand. The young mother saved her partner’s life by applying a tourniquet […]
The Trump administration sanctioned multiple Syrian regime officials and entities Wednesday on the three-year anniversary of an attack on a northwestern Syrian town, Anadolu reports. The Syrian regime and allied forces “killed at least 34 Syrians in the town of Armanaz” in September 2017, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement announcing some of the penalties. Among those targeted are individuals associated with […]
Chinese state media denounced the first debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden as the “epitome of U.S. chaos,” a “representation of the sharp division within U.S. society,” and a sign of America’s inferiority to authoritarian one-party Communist China. China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday criticized the debate as “full of personal attacks and disruptions which jeopardized the audience’s viewing experience” and […]
A surprising number of soldiers are on temporary and permanent medical profiles, preventing them from fully performing their duties. But a new health and fitness program, which will begin arriving to 28 brigades in fiscal 2021, is intended to curb those numbers over the long-term. As of April, more than 58,000 soldiers — the equivalent of 13 brigade combat teams — were non-deployable, with 16,500 soldiers […]
Owen Shroyer hosts this LIVE edition of War Room, weekdays 3-6 p.m. CT. Also catch the streams at infowars.com/show and Banned.video. We’re covering the debate & the global announcements of forced Covid-19 inoculations Tune in as Alex Jones gives his take on Tuesday’s presidential debate: Follow Alex Jones on Telegram: Now that you’re intellectually ahead, stay physically ahead by visiting the Infowars Store. Tune in to […]
Two weeks after announcing it may extend the limit on dividends and buybacks for large banks – which was scheduled to expire today – by another quarter, after the close on Wednesday the Fed did just that saying that “due to the continued economic uncertainty from the coronavirus response”, it will extend for an additional quarter several measures “to ensure that large banks maintain a high […]
𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 David Rodriguez is a champion boxer and spiritual warrior known for his short video commentary about pedophilia and his book When the Lights Go Out: From Survivor to Champion. He co-hosts Dark to Light with Laura Eisenhower and is a motivational speaker. https://www.davidninorodriguez.com/https://www.etsy.com/shop/NinoCornerStorehttps://www.patreon.com/darktolightshowhttps://www.amazon.com/exec.obidos/ASIN/0998308005/ossnet-20https://www.synergyscience.com/shop/?afmc=euhttps://mypatriotsupply.com/pages/rs-repdig-4-week-emergency-food-supply-david-nino-rodriguez-may-2020?rfsn=1750310.2a7b74&subid=david.nino.rodriguez Robert David Steele is the conceptualizer of integrated election reform (#UNRIG) and the integration of holistic analytics, true cost […]
Los Angeles prosecutors have charged a man with attempted murder over a gun attack on two sheriff’s deputies earlier this month. Both officers survived the shooting, despite sustaining serious face and head wounds. The 36-year-old suspect, identified as Deonte Lee Murray, was charged on Wednesday over the September 12 shootings. Prosecutors called for his bail to be set at a whopping $6.15 million. The attack was […]
(Natural News) Although 38 Covid-19 vaccines are now undergoing clinical evaluation, a handful of candidates have been at the head of the pack from the beginning, including the vaccine developed by Oxford University in tandem with the British biopharma giant AstraZeneca. Helped along by a whopping $1.2 billion infusion from U.S. taxpayers and $750 million from two Bill-Gates-backed global health organizations, Oxford’s assertive grab for frontrunner status has been reinforced by […]
The Battle For Democracy In Ecuador By Guillaume Long, Open Democracy. September 30, 2020 The Battle For Democracy In Ecuador2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/ecuador-1-e1601491477671.jpg200px200px Above photo: The outgoing President, Rafael Correa, right, received in the the Palace of Carondelet the president-elect Lenin Moreno for the official act of transition between the two governments in April 2017. Quito, Ecuador. Gabriela Mena / ACG/SIPA USA/PA Images. Political trials and electoral bans. Amidst political […]
The home secretary said the UK was waiting to return some 1,000 migrants to the European Union states where they first arrived under the terms of the Dublin Regulation, but those countries have put up “legal barriers”. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has accused European Union (EU) member states of breaking the bloc’s rules on seeking asylum. Patel, quoted by The Daily Express, said EU members […]
Iraq will protect foreign mission buildings and ensure only the state has weapons, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi told 25 top diplomats on Wednesday, after Washington warned it could shut down its Baghdad embassy, Reuters reports. The United States has made preparations to withdraw diplomats from Iraq after warning Baghdad it could shut its embassy, two Iraqi officials and two Western diplomats said, a step Iraqis fear […]
A federal court in Virginia sentenced a Chinese man to five years in prison for his role in a money-laundering scheme involving Mexican cartels. The judge also ordered the man to forfeit more than $4 million in proceeds from “large-scale drug trafficking in the United States.” U.S. District Court Judge Leonie B. Brinkema (Eastern District of Virginia) sentenced 40-year-old Chinese national Xueyong Wu, a.k.a “Antonio,” to […]
Now in its second week, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing at the Old Baily in London just heard explosive testimony based on previously reported revelations that the CIA had actively plotted to assassinate him, by either poisoning or via a kidnapping plot. The testimony is part of the defense team’s attempt to frame the US extradition case as entirely political in nature, and not based on breaking […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1f/1080323715_0:88:3483:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_a01e72986336a256cb518dcde33be00e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009301080625580-long-way-off-us-space-force-will-launch-humans-into-orbit-at-some-point/ Despite its very futuristic-sounding name, service members of the US Space Force (USSF) perform their roles down here on planet Earth – at least for now, according to a senior officer at US Space Command. “At some point, yes, we will be putting humans into space,” Maj. Gen. John Shaw, head of the Combined Force Space […]
Donald Trump and his Republican allies scrambled on Wednesday to clean up comments the president made during Tuesday’s debate, when he declined to condemn far-right extremist groups like the Proud Boys, and even told them to “stand by.” But the act seemed tricky for Trump, who continued to bristle at the notion that he needed to denounce those who supported his campaign, even if they hailed […]
Voters wait in line to cast their ballot at an early voting location in Fairfax, Virginia on September 18, 2020. Growing tensions in the country have some election officials worried about potential violence at polling places. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Voters wait in line to cast their ballot at an early voting location in Fairfax, Virginia […]
Blockstack and Algorand’s Clarity smart contracts will source their data from Chainlink’s oracle network. Source link
Whether they have their head in the sand and are oblivious to reality, or whether they are intentionally deceiving the public to score cheap political points, elected leaders from the Portland area respond to last night’s Presidential debate by blaming Trump and pretend “white supremacists” for the perpetual riots and destruction, while saying nothing of the far left antifa and Black Lives Matter terrorists who are […]
Iranian authorities on Wednesday arrested at least 11 pro-Azerbaijan protesters, according to the Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency, Anadolu reports. It said police forces used tear gas to disperse activists who gathered at a park in Ardabil city in solidarity with Azerbaijan in the wake of Armenian attacks. The police arrested at least 11 activists and wounded three others, it added. A large number of […]
Authorities in Los Angeles have arrested and charged a man for the ambush shooting of two L.A. County sheriff’s deputies earlier this month. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, was charged Wednesday with attempting to murder the two deputies as they sat in their police cruiser outside the Martin Luther King, Jr. Transit Center in Compton, according to the L.A. District Attorney’s office. He also faces two counts each of […]
Fireworks went off during the first presidential debate Tuesday night, where many including President Donald Trump himself accused moderator Chris Wallace of siding with Democrat Joe Biden. The poor performance by Wallace, who interrupted Trump 76 times compared to 15 Biden interruptions, lead to an array of memes. pic.twitter.com/HUSFkHqsyC — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2020 “🇺🇸Trump vs. 🇨🇳Biden: The Debate of the Century” 📢LET’S […]
A man from Compton, California has been arrested and charged in the shooting of two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies in a September 12 ambush, according to a Wednesday announcement by authorities. 36-year-old Deonte Lee Murray will be arraigned Wednesday afternoon on two counts each of willful, deliberate and premeditated attempted murder of a peace officer as well as possession of a firearm by a felon, according […]
According to oil and gas titan Total, its business focus, as well as that of its European peers, will shift towards low-carbon energy sources in the next few years, as the oil market becomes increasingly obsolete. A leading French oil and gas company, Total, anticipates a potential peak for oil in the coming decade before it reaches a plateau by 2030, noting that natural gas “remains […]
Moscow has condemned the alleged use of “foreign mercenaries and terrorists” in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, calling them a threat to the entire region that must “immediately” be withdrawn. “Militants of illegal armed groups, in particular from Syria and Libya” have been transported to the conflict zone “in order to directly participate in the hostilities,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a […]
(Natural News) Once again, the raw mathematical stupidity and scientific ignorance of Fox News, conservative media and independent media has emerged to push totally fake news about covid-19 fatalities, wildly misreporting the CDC’s latest data on covid-19. A few days ago, the CDC released new data along with “Infection Fatality Ratio” data as follows: 0-19 years: 0.0000320-49 years: 0.000250-69 years: 0.00570+ years: 0.054 Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html(See Scenario […]
Canada Has A War Crimes Problem By Matthew Behrens, Rabble.ca. September 30, 2020 Canada Has A War Crimes Problem2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/canada.jpg200px200px Two new reports on Canadian weapons exports reveal that Canadian-based corporate entities (and, by extension, government agencies that support and encourage their exports) are complicit in the commission of war crimes in Yemen, Turkey, Libya, Syria and Iraq. These findings build on previously raised concerns that the Canadian […]
Regardless of one’s impression of the two contenders during the first in-person showdown between the candidates to occupy the Oval Office, both conservative and liberal commentators agreed on one thing – the debate moderator’s job left much to be desired. Fox News host Chris Wallace landed in viewers’ crosshairs as he attempted to referee the first of three presidential debates between the two major parties’ presidential […]
Record floods in Sudan have affected nearly one-third of cultivated land and about 3 million people from agricultural households, worsening already acute levels of food insecurity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The floods have added to hardship in Sudan, already struggling with an economic crisis and one of the world’s highest rates of inflation when the coronavirus pandemic hit. About […]
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said at a Wednesday news conference that he had been working for nearly eight months to assemble a bipartisan task force to address economic, technological, military and political threats from China. But Democrats ultimately bailed on the initiative the night before it was supposed to be announced, McCarthy said. President Donald Trump and the GOP — who have made cracking down […]
Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States, holds the Constitution and it’s Second Amendment predominate above the whims and inclinations of modernity. She made her love of the constitution clear when nominated by Trump, saying, “I love the United States, and I love the United States Constitution.” She further provided a great degree of insight into her views […]
On Sept. 28, the service awarded each firm an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $400 million. The nine companies were AeroVironment Inc., Autodyne LLC, BAE System Controls Inc., Blue Force Technologies Inc., Fregata Systems Inc., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, NextGen Aeronautics Inc., Sierra Technical Services, and Wichita State University. Those organizations join Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Atomics and Kratos, which won the first […]
In a day where stocks soared higher, reversing the overnight post-debate drop, following conciliatory comments from White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, moments ago Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell poured cold water on the rally saying the Senate and House are “very, very far apart” on stimulus talks, making it clear the Senate would not come up to $2.2 trillion after earlier saying the Democrats […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0e/1080450777_0:102:2480:1497_1200x675_80_0_0_bac7529c1ef1a302876cef7be43252af.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Max Gorbachev. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/sport/202009301080624473-neymar-who-has-claimed-he-was-victim-of-racism-reportedly-called-opponent-chinese-st/ Spanish media claim that the Brazilian forward also insulted Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez two weeks ago when his side suffered a defeat. Reports say the 28-year-old made homophobic slurs at his opponent. Football star Neymar racially abused Marseille’s Japanese player Hiroki Sakai, calling him “Chinese sh**”, Spanish radio station Cadena SER reported, citing obtained footage. Videos posted […]
After a three-week manhunt, a Los Angeles man was arrested and charged Wednesday with attempting to murder two sheriff’s deputies who were ambushed as they sat in their car. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, is facing two counts of attempted murder of a peace officer and possession of a firearm after allegedly walking up to the car parked outside a Metro station on Sept. 12 and opening […]
A broadcast of the first debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is played on TVs at The Abbey in West Hollywood, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images A broadcast of the first debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is played on TVs at The Abbey in West Hollywood, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images After a debate […]
Amy Webb, a quantitative futurist and founder of the strategic foresight firm Future Today Institute, thinks the world can, indeed, get worse. In her most recent book “2020 Tech Trend Report: Strategic Trends that Will Influence Business, Government, Education, Media and Society in the Coming Year,” Webb examines the companies – and the people who run them – that will make the future either a utopia […]
The Commission on Presidential Debates issued a statement Wednesday afternoon that changes are being considered after the unruly debate between President Donald Trump, moderator Chris Wallace and former Vice President Joe Biden in Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday night. During the debate and afterward there were numerous calls by reporters and Democrats to cut off Trump’s microphone to keep him from interrupting and challenging Biden as Wallace lost […]
Demonstrators in Sudan told Anadolu Agency that police on Wednesday opened fire against protesters who were headed to the Prime Ministry’s office in Khartoum to demand the departure of the government of Abdullah Hamdok, Anadolu Agency reports. Demonstrations have focused on deteriorating economic conditions in Sudan, according to the Sudani newspaper. Videos on social media showed protesters calling for the departure of the government because of […]
In these minutes (19:50 CEST) we’re tracking a Global Hawk descending to NAS Sigonella. The ICAO hexcode indicated (33FD6B) is Italian but also in the past we’ve tracked the same “plane” and observing the route, the altitude (over 50k feet) and the speed (350 knot) of the aircraft we can identify it as a Northrop Grumman RQ-4D “Global Hawk”, one of the NATO drones based in Sigonella […]
Tech giant Apple has reportedly rewarded company CEO Tim Cook with new equity awards that could provide him with as many as 1 million shares of company stock by 2025. The value of Cook’s latest reward, based on today’s stock price, is almost $117 million. Bloomberg reports that Apple recently announced plans to give CEO Tim Cook new equity awards that could provide Cook with as many […]
Police in Scotland turned up at a 10-year-old girl’s birthday party after a neighbor snitched on her family for not following coronavirus social distancing rules. Yes, really. Mum Leanne Macdonald said she deliberately spaced out visits by relatives so as not to violate Scotland’s strict COVID-19 regulations. But this didn’t stop her neighbor from snitching on her and two uniformed police officers entering the home to […]
Trump Ignores Threat of Environmental Death-Dealing Chemicals Did the White House stop the EPA from regulating PFAS? https://t.co/l9ZJYS8y84 by @fastlerner — The Intercept (@theintercept) September 29, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: So typical of Trump….the PFAS Action Plan was just a’ plan to plan’….Think about what I just wrote. After Trump promised to designate PFOS and PFOA as hazardous substances two years ago, nothing has been done […]
The Commission on Presidential Debates has apparently realized that leaving Chris Wallace to moderate the first debate between President Trump and Joe Biden by himself probably wasn’t the smartest idea. So, after last night’s “shitshow” in Cleveland – as CNN termed it – the commission is promising to impose tweaks to the format to “ensure a more orderly discussion” – ie stop the next debate from […]
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was spied on via bugs planted at London’s Ecuadorian embassy at the request of the security firm’s US contacts – who even considered poisoning or kidnapping the journalist, a UK court has heard. Testimonies from the two anonymous witnesses were presented at the Old Bailey on Wednesday during Assange’s ongoing extradition hearing. Both witnesses have previously worked for UC Global, a Spain-based […]
(Natural News) Big Tech has repeatedly abused Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, an organized loophole that permitted companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to manipulate swaths of people through censorship and election meddling. Now the Department of Justice (DOJ) is cracking down on Big Tech’s legal immunity and forcing these companies to answer for politically-motivated censorship and other unlawful conduct on their platforms. The […]
Fake News Hoax About ISIS Exposed By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. September 30, 2020 Fake News Hoax About ISIS Exposed2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/caliphate-isis-podcast-fake-news.jpg200px200px NY Times podcast star lied about joining ISIS. The main source for the hit New York Times podcast Caliphate lied about serving as an ISIS executioner. It’s just the latest in a series of fake national security-related stories published by the US newspaper of record. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1e/1080623294_0:0:2700:1519_1200x675_80_0_0_d398b251b68985e932cd59f49352576d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009301080623676-15-minute-easy-covid-19-test-cleared-for-use-in-europe/ The test, rolled out on the market by Becton, Dickinson and Company, has been available in the United States since July 2020. A US medical tech company has announced its SARS-CoV-2 antigen test meets EU standards for health, safety, and environmental protection and will be available for purchase end of October. The producer claims that it delivers results in […]
Hamas today said US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman’s remarks that Tel Aviv’s plans to annex large swathes of the occupied West Bank have been “suspended not cancelled” exposes the lies of Arab states who have normalised ties with the occupation state. In a statement Hamas spokesman, Abdel Latif Al-Qanoa, said: “Some Arab regimes manipulated Arab public opinion to normalise ties with the Israeli occupation.” “The […]
House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said in a statement that the intelligence community’s “capacity to address hard targets like China has waned” after two decades of focusing on counterterrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The nation’s intelligence agencies “have a lot of work to do to fully address the challenge posed by China,” he said. Wednesday’s report is the result of […]
Sunday’s game between the Titans and the Steelers has been postponed due to a coronavirus breakout among Titans players and staff. News that a fourth Titans player had tested positive surfaced Wednesday, in addition to the three players and five staff members who had tested positive after last weekend’s game. According to Pro Football Talk: It is unclear when the game will be played. It could […]
Already Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in their worst fighting in decades in the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region. Now only three days into fighting, at least 100 people have been killed, which includes soldiers and civilians on both sides, amid tank warfare and the deployment of infantry and artillery units. There’s also increasing signs of direct aerial combat. Raising the likelihood of a full-blown regional war in the […]
New findings have revealed that Manaus, the largest city in Brazil’s Amazon, is one of the most coronavirus-infected cities in the world, with 44 to 66 percent of the population having been infected. Gordon Dougan, professor of microbial pathogenesis at the University of Cambridge, believes that Manaus is a unique place due to the sheer numbers of the infected and its geographical isolation. Sputnik: New data […]
On a recent Monday, New York City inspectors were out in full force in Harlem. A Department of Buildings officer lurked around a recently constructed makeshift restaurant patio on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. He took photos, jotted down notes and was soon joined by a colleague. They conferred, pointing here, there and over there, too. Karl Franz Williams watched all this from his perch on a stool […]