American cities are preparing for civil unrest during and after Election Day, as the specter of turmoil looms over a nation divided and President Trump reportedly plans to declare a premature victory Tuesday night if he’s “ahead,” despite uncounted ballots. Some urban areas readying for chaos include Minneapolis, where clashes erupted this summer after the killing of George Floyd, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, where 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse […]
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Workers board up a building in downtown Washington, D.C., in preparation for possible protests. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU Workers board up a building in downtown Washington, D.C., in preparation for possible protests. Tyrone Turner/WAMU Phil Brach spent the weekend putting huge sheets of plywood up over the massive glass windows of the store where he works, Rodman’s Food and Drug in Washington, […]
PayPal’s cryptocurrency service is going to expand rapidly in 2021, executives said on the payments giant’s third-quarter earnings call Monday evening. That includes crypto services coming to Venmo and international customers in the first half of 2021, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said. Currently, only 10% of customers in the U.S. have access to the new crypto service with the rest of the U.S. gaining access to […]
German police are investigating a Syrian satirist who filmed a video in a Berlin street in which, dressed in an Arab robe and turban, he flogged a handcuffed man wearing a mask depicting French President Emmanuel Macron. The video also showed Fayez Kanfash dragging the Macron character on a leash cheered by onlookers on Sonnenallee, a street in Berlin’s Neukoelln district known for its Arab and […]
New Jersey law enforcement officials have opened an investigation into supporters of President Donald Trump who drove as a convoy on the state’s Garden State Parkway over the weekend. The New York Post reports: State Police Col. Patrick Callahan said investigators were reviewing videos to identify the vehicles that blocked the northbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway on Sunday. […] Callahan also defended the actions […]
Daily Briefing – November 2, 2020 Tyler Durden Mon, 11/02/2020 – 18:10 Real Vision senior editor, Ash Bennington, welcomes Tommy Thornton, president of Hedge Fund Telemetry, to break down his framework for trading markets as the U.S. Presidential election rapidly approaches. Thornton looks at market sentiment and trader positioning, concluding that investors are net long this market, which limits upside potential, with extremely low short interest. […]
Setien was appointed Barcelona’s manager in January, but, unlike his predecessors. he didn’t stay long at the helm of the club. The Spaniard was fired after the Catalan giants suffered their worst defeat in the Champions League, losing to Bayern Munich a startling 8-2. Source link
Numerous radical revolutionaries are plotting a violent takeover of Washington DC and several cities following the presidential election on Tuesday. Win or lose the communists are going to rip this country apart starting Tuesday. Be warned. Be prepared! On Friday journalist Millie Weaver posted video of leftist groups including Black Lives Matter, being led by Lisa Fithian, and including federal employees plotting their mass chaos in […]
There is no moral or ethical justification for the killing of innocent people, anywhere. Therefore, the murder of three people in the French city of Nice on October 29 must be wholly and unconditionally rejected as a hate crime, especially as it was carried out in a holy place, the Notre Dame Basilica. However, we would be remiss to ignore the political context that led a […]
Multiple radio stations were forced to add a disclaimer to an advertisement sponsored by Maine Democrat Senate candidate Sara Gideon after it was brought to the radio stations’ attention that the advertisement, targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), was deceiving to the point that it could violate campaign laws. The ad, airing on radio stations in the final days of the high-stakes Senate race, deceptively simulates an […]
Documents and videos exposing a left-wing “coup” being planned by liberal federal workers and activists were leaked online Sunday. A political organization called the Sunshine Movement, which claims to be an environmental activist group working to “stop climate change,” is behind the coordinated effort. The information was made public by a member of the group who hopes to warn Americans of the far-left mobilization movement. After […]
Joe Biden’s Twitter account received a ‘sizable boost’ within two weeks of selecting Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 12 – thanks to ‘tens of thousands of fake followers’ purchased from rural Indian troll farms. According to Zenger News (via Newsweek), a large number of Biden follower accounts appear to have been created exclusively for that purpose – with many coming from small villages […]
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has responded to President Donald Trump’s apparent promise to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci from the White House coronavirus task, claiming that he will instead hire him when he’s elected. “Last night Trump said he was going to fire Dr. Fauci,” Biden said at a Monday Ohio campaign event, referring to a Florida rally the night before where the crowd chanted “fire Fauci” […]
(Natural News) Another bombshell has been dropped showing that Hunter Biden acted as the “personal attorney” for Ye Jianming, chair of the now-defunct Chinese energy firm CEFC China Energy Co., at a time when the communist-tied company was trying to purchase a 14 percent stake in a Russian state oil company that had been sanctioned by the United States. According to former Hunter business partner Tony […]
‘Let The World Remember How We Lost Palestine’ November 2, 2020 ‘Let The World Remember How We Lost Palestine’2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/balfour.jpg200px200px Above photo: M. Torokman/Reuters. The 103rd anniversary of Balfour Declaration. Occupied Palestine – Today, Palestinians and human rights advocates around the world are marking 103 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued on November 2, 1917. Using the hashtag #Balfour103, Palestinian and pro-Palestine activists have called to […]
Following a wave of violent attacks in Vienna on Monday night, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has vowed “decisive action against the perpetrators of this hideous terrorist attack.” Source link
The U.S. Army is pushing forward with plans to field a new augmented reality, do-it-all goggles to outfit close combat forces. The new augmented reality systems will be integrated into Soldier’s goggles to improve situational awareness capabilities as they fight, train and rehearse missions, according to a recent service news release. The ‘mixed reality’ goggles developed under the Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, include a digital […]
The day before the 2016 election, Gordon Hintz remembers feeling insecure when it came to Hillary Clinton’s chances at winning Wisconsin. Even around August of that year, Hintz, then a state representative who is now the Democratic minority leader in the Wisconsin Assembly, said he had been worried that Donald Trump was going to win Wisconsin and the presidency as well. He remembers knocking on doors […]
Justice Amy Coney Barrett heard her first arguments as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AP Justice Amy Coney Barrett heard her first arguments as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AP New Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett heard her first oral arguments at the Supreme Court Monday. Participating by phone with the other justices, […]
Bitcoin opened the week recovering from a dip while ether balances on centralized exchanges fell. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $13,673 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 1.2% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $13,221-$13,877 BTC above its 10-day but below the 50-day moving average, a sideways signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Bitstamp since Oct. 31.Source: TradingView Bitcoin’s price dipped as […]
Kuwait’s finance minister on Monday appointed new senior ministry officials after the ministry undersecretary and five other officials resigned last week. Aseel al-Saad al-Munifi was given the role of undersecretary alongside her current position as assistant undersecretary for budgetary affairs, a statement on the ministry’s Twitter account said. The six ministry employees wrote in a letter on Wednesday they were resigning in protest at a staff […]
A simple majority in the Senate is needed to pass reconciliation legislation, which makes it attractive for one party with complete power in Washington, though certain limitations apply. It can only be used to pass legislation that affects spending and revenues, while some areas like Social Security are off-limits. Democrats used the procedure to pass much of the Affordable Care Act. Republicans later made a failed […]
For nearly two years, some Democrats have proposed packing the Court — that is, expanding the number of seats, and filling them with liberal justices — to overcome the current nominal conservative majority. Biden criticized the idea in 2019, but then, after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he would not answer questions about his position on the issue, telling voters that they […]
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Wake up, America, and see the Fed for what it really is: a totalitarian tool of kleptocracy. You know what happens when fire suppression policies limit forest fires: deadwood piles up and all the trees killed by bark beetles are awaiting a spark to ignite. Sure enough, a random lightning strike provides the ignition, and the entire forest is […]
The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to ready its C-17 Globemaster III transport planes for launching cruise missiles using a “palletized munition” deployment method tested on several aircraft earlier this year. Source link
Joe Biden traveled to Pennsylvania on Monday with just one day to go until Election Day because he’s up by 12 points. Biden knows he’s in trouble in Pennsylvania after President Trump effectively got him to admit he would shut down the US oil industry during the final debate. Joe Biden is also on video repeatedly promising to end fracking. Banning fracking would kill hundreds of […]
Britain on Monday described Iran’s decision to bring a new case against detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as appalling and said she should be allowed to return home to rejoin her family. The British government summoned the Iranian ambassador last week after the news that Zaghari-Ratcliffe was to be recalled to court in Iran. “It is appalling that Iran has begun a new case against […]
Donald Trump loves his big political rallies and so do his supporters. Many people who have attended liken the rallies to music festivals or rock concerts. They’re also uniquely effective at garnering support, increasing turnout, and raising campaign contributions, according to a study by Harvard political scientist James Snyder and economist Hasin Yousaf of Australia’s University of New South Wales. No wonder Trump has been holding […]
WASHINGTON — Federal laws and long-standing custom generally leave the U.S. military out of the election process. But President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated warnings about widespread voting irregularities have raised questions about a possible military role. If any element of the military were to get involved, it would likely be the National Guard under state control. These citizen soldiers could help state or local law enforcement with […]
For anyone who’s ever put a muffin back after seeing a posted calorie count in a restaurant, Chipotle’s new app helps further refine choices about what’s worth putting into your body. Real Foodprint tracks the environmental impact of adding a scoop of guacamole to your burrito bowl or saying no to the chicken. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The new app assesses the impact along […]
Google was caught trying to hide voter enthusiasm for President Trump by stating more people are searching for ‘Joe Biden’ over ‘Donald Trump,’ when in fact far more people are actually searching for ‘Trump’ over ‘Joe Biden’ or even ‘Biden.’ In other words, the search term ‘Trump’ is far more popular than ‘Joe Biden,’ ‘Biden,’ and ‘Donald Trump,’ according to Google’s own analytics, but because ‘Joe […]
As Asia closed and Europe opened, US equity futures were panic bid up 400-plus Dow points overnight, clung to gains into the US cash open when Nasdaq was dumped and Small Caps pumped along with The Dow. Last minute buying panics ramped Nasdaq barely into the green… Weakness in Nasdaq was driven by the mega-tech names with AMZN taking a good hit… Source: Bloomberg Brace yourself […]
Several people carried out a terrorist attack in Vienna that resulted in multiple casualties, Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer told reporters. The attackers targeted the area around the Stadttempel, Vienna’s Jewish synagogue dating back to the 1820s, on Monday evening. It was unclear whether the synagogue itself or the adjacent community offices were targeted, as they were closed at the time. Also on rt.com Vienna shooting […]