On the very day that Jerusalem came under Israeli occupation in 1967 "exile became a central reality in my life," recollects Kamal Boullata in the opening passages of the colossal volume that brings together the writings of celebrated Palestinian artist. Only 25 years of age, as Israeli occupation forces rolled into the Holy City, Boullate recalls how he had been declared an "outsider" in the place […]
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Democrat congressional candidate Rita Hart is requesting a full recount in all 24 counties that make up Iowa’s Second District. “With so much at stake in this election and such a slim margin separating the candidates, Iowans deserve to know categorically that their ballots have been accurately counted,” Hart’s campaign manager, Zach Meunier, announced Thursday, according to the Des Moines Register. “Over the last several days, […]
WASHINGTON — The unprecedented removal of top Pentagon officials during a presidential transition has left the national security community reeling, wondering who will be the next to go and struggling to understand why it is happening at all. Among the theories discussed by national security experts and concerned Democrats alike: that the firings are a play to accelerate the removal of troops in Afghanistan or, more […]
Trey Trainor, the Chairman of the Federal Election, stated during an appearance on Newsmax this Thursday that he “does believe there’s voter fraud taking place,” and confirmed that the refusal to allow poll watchers to observe the ballot counting process – among numerous other irregularities – does indeed constitute an “illegitimate election.” “I do believe that there is voter fraud taking place in these places,” Trainor […]
Daily Briefing – November 12, 2020 Tyler Durden Thu, 11/12/2020 – 18:25 Real Vision managing editor, Ed Harrison, is joined by editor, Jack Farley, to break down a day of heavy selling across sectors as COVID-19 cases surge to unseen levels. Ed interprets what the Citigroup Economic Surprise Index means and shares his views on how, shutdown or not, the rise of coronavirus will likely depress […]
Governor Tim Walz warned Minnesotans against singing and other high-volume joy lest they infect friends or family with Covid19 as he revealed punishing new rules. Admitting the edicts reeked of killjoy-ism, he still defended them. Walz attempted to draw a hard distinction between “fun” vocalizations and everyday vocal drudgery, insisting that “the louder you speak, if you’re singing, if you’re playing darts standing next to someone […]
(Natural News) Emmy-winning TV host and political reporter Rita Cosby strongly believes that the Supreme Court will end up having the final say as to what becomes of the 2020 presidential election, particularly as it pertains to the situation in Pennsylvania. And our guess is that SCOTUS will ultimately defer to Congress, which will then be tasked with making the final decision as to whether President […]
Supreme Court Challenge To ACA Highlights Why We Need Medicare For All By Margaret Flowers, Truthout. November 12, 2020 Supreme Court Challenge To ACA Highlights Why We Need Medicare For All2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/supreme-court-signs-e1605219622566.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstration at the Us Supreme Court in June, 2012 during first case against the ACA. Once again, the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health law passed under the Obama administration […]
On the eve of the US’s November 3 election, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s proposal to “renegotiate” the Iran nuclear deal was unacceptable to Tehran, emphasizing that “re-engagement does not mean renegotiation.” Source link
Iran has moved a cascade of advanced centrifuges from a nuclear plant and enrichment site to an underground facility, in what is the country's latest breach of the nuclear deal agreed upon five years ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said. In a report released yesterday by the IAEA, Iran was seen moving the centrifuges from the Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan on 21 October […]
Police have released surveillance footage of a woman who allegedly assaulted a California veteran outside his apartment complex. Randy McDonald heard an unidentified woman screaming outside his apartment, which houses formerly homeless veterans, shortly after 8 p.m. on October 21. McDonald, who lives on the third floor, said he thought his training as a medic in the Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s could help […]
By Mallory Moench of Mass Transit, The agency that operates the Golden Gate Bridge is in crisis: The transit district will run out of federal emergency funds it has been using to pay its employees at the end of this month, officials said Monday. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, which oversees the bridge, buses and ferries, must cut a quarter of its positions, […]
A US federal judge has dismissed a libel suit brought by US President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign against CNN for running an opinion piece in 2019 suggesting he might solicit Russian help in winning the 2020 election. Source link
Stacey Abrams’ political future is the subject of intense speculation after she helped turn Georgia blue for President-elect Joe Biden. With more work on the horizon, three Democrats with knowledge of the former state house minority leader’s aspirations tell The Daily Beast that they expect her to run for governor in 2022. “Stacey Abrams intends to run for governor again,” said Wendy Davis, a Democratic National […]
Air quality is awful in New Delhi in winter. Smoke from the fireworks of the Hindu festival of lights add to the problem. That’s a cause for concern during a pandemic caused by a respiratory virus. (Image credit: Amit Dave/Reuters) Source link
David Silver, a securities fraud and investment loss attorney known for pursuing lawsuits against cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, has joined Coinfirm, the blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering platform company. The London-based Coinfirm announced Silver’s appointment to its board of directors in the U.S. on Thursday, saying the co-founder of the Silver Miller law firm will help defrauded investors recover their wrongfully taken cryptocurrencies. Source […]
James O’Keefe strikes again! Project Veritas on Thursday afternoon released another video from a USPS whistleblower in Pennsylvania. The new USPS whistleblower in the Philadelphia suburb of Elkins Park details orders to stop delivering President Trump and Republican mailings. “We were told that the only mail that will be delivered from now (Nov 9) on will be for that of the winner…this case Joe Biden.” TRENDING: […]
Iran's intelligence ministry has arrested an Iranian ethnic Arab separatist leader suspected of involvement in an attack on a military parade in 2018 that killed dozens of people, Iranian state television reported on Thursday, Reuters reports. An Iranian ethnic Arab opposition movement called the Ahvaz National Resistance, which seeks a separate state in Iran's oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan, claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 25 people, almost half […]
A state appellate court judge in Pennsylvania ruled in favor of the Trump campaign on Thursday, deciding that Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar (D) lacked authority to extend a deadline for first-time vote-by-mail participants to show their ID. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported: A Pennsylvania appellate court handed President Donald Trump’s campaign a minor victory Thursday, barring counties from including in their final vote tallies a small pool of […]
COLOGNE, Germany – Airbus is trying to make hay out of its $6.5 billion sale of 38 Eurofighter aircraft to Germany for other procurement competitions in Switzerland and Finland. The European defense giant inked a deal with the German air force this week after the country’s parliament, the Bundestag, approved the budget earlier this month. The Luftwaffe stands to get 30 single-seater and 8 twin-seater planes, […]
By Tyler Durden 709,000 Americans filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week, better than the expected 731k and and a big drop from the prior week’s revised 757k print. Source: Bloomberg Washington state and California saw the biggest jumps in jobless claims. Georgia and Texas saw the biggest improvements. The good news for the headline-creators is that continuing claims dropped below 7 million for the first […]
Joe Biden’s potential presidency is already on track to become a national security threat that would plunge the United States to the brink of third world status. Biden isn’t wasting any time kneeling to his foreign overlords to dismantle everything President Trump did to protect the United States. Source link
A quick recap on where we stand: the sharp rebound in US daily cases continues, with new infections topping 144,000 yesterday, up from 131,000 the previous day. The 7-day average is 125,000, up from a low of 34,000 two months ago. The week-on-week growth in US cases has re-accelerated to 40%, up from 20% last week. The Midwest continues to be the most affected region with […]
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning ‘Communist Chinese military companies’ from any kind of trading in US securities, saying that Beijing has exploited those to finance its military build-up. People’s Republic of China is “increasingly exploiting United States capital to resource and to enable the development and modernization of its military, intelligence, and other security apparatuses,” which allows Beijing to “directly threaten […]
(Natural News) The pukes in the ‘mainstream’ media have been claiming for months that “widespread voter fraud” in U.S. elections is a myth, which is exactly why Americans would be wise to disregard them. Our media establishment, when it isn’t beclowning itself with insane rants against President Donald Trump, has been complicit in attempting to depose him since before he was even sworn in. And they […]
When Centrists Lose, Corporate Media Blame The Left By Julie Hollar, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. November 12, 2020 When Centrists Lose, Corporate Media Blame The Left2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/spanberger-1024×575-1.jpg200px200px Joe Biden hadn’t even been declared the victor of the 2020 election before establishment Democrats, in the face of poorer-than-expected results in House and Senate races, began pointing fingers at the left—with corporate media giving them a major assist. […]
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has received a specialized test version of its F-35I “Adir,” the first F-35 test plane outside the United States. Source link
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Thursday reported a devastating shipwreck that took the lives of at least 74 migrants off the coast of Al-Khums, Libya, Anadolu Agency reports. The IOM said Thursday's sinking was the latest in a series of tragedies involving at least eight other shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean since Oct. 1 The vessel was reported to be carrying over 120 people, including women […]
Maricopa County Republican Party chair Rae Chornenky has resigned following reports she failed to attend a pre-election accuracy check of election equipment. “JUST IN #12News has learned that Maricopa County Republican Party chair Rae Chornenky has stepped down, apparently after GOP lawmaker learned that county party rep didn’t attend pre-election accuracy check of election equipment last month,” 12 News/KPNX TV’s Brahm Resnik reported this week: JUST […]
WASHINGTON — BAE Systems was awarded two task order contracts to provide and integrate an information warfare platform aboard five U.S. Navy vessels, the company announced Nov. 11. Under the two task orders, worth more than $30 million, BAE will integrate the platforms into the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services — the Navy’s tactical afloat network. “These two task orders permit us to continue our […]
By Matt Agorist Across the country last week, Americans made their voices heard in regard to the war on drugs. A record five states legalized cannabis in some form. Montana voted to legalize cannabis for those 21 and up, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Arizona also approved recreational use and Mississippi approved medicinal use. Legal weed started from a trickle in 2012 with Washington and Colorado […]
A combination of various state/city lockdown orders (on the back of Biden advisors pushing for a national lockdown for up to 6 weeks) and headlines from Washington that stimulus will be dramatically smaller than hoped for (if at all), sent all the major US equity indices lower today. Small Caps were hit hardest but as the headlines hit, even Big-Tech couldn’t hold any gains (after Trump […]
US Commerce Department Issues Stay on TikTok Order, Averting Platform’s Shutdown – Report Source link
After a tumultuous year at Fox News that included the network’s own “Brain Room” warning hosts and anchors not to trust his “disinformation,” pro-Trump columnist John Solomon is no longer a paid contributor with the network. A Fox News spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Beast that Solomon is no longer affiliated with the conservative cable outlet. Solomon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. […]
President Trump’s refusal to OK a handover of power is a contrast to 2008, when the General Services Administration “immediately ascertained” President Obama had won, says John Podesta, who co-chaired Obama’s transition team. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images President Trump’s refusal to OK a handover of power is a contrast to 2008, when the General Services Administration “immediately ascertained” President Obama […]
CISA Director Krebs expects to be fired, Reuters reports. Hours earlier, his deputy resigned under pressure. Source link
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday issued a stay-at-home advisory effective Monday at 6:00 AM in response to “rising Covid-19 cases.” Once again, far left tyrant Lori Lightfoot is using Covid to abuse Chicagoans with authoritarian lockdown orders. Meanwhile, murders in Chicago have skyrocketed this year under Lightfoot’s ‘leadership.’ EFFECTIVE MONDAY: I’m issuing a Stay-at-Home Advisory asking all Chicagoans to only leave their homes for essential […]
Israelis are banned from entering the occupied West Bank, in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Israel's Defence Ministry issued the order which limits Arab Israeli citizens from entering Area B of the occupied West Bank, an area which according to the Oslo Accords is under Palestinian civil control and Israeli military control. According to Ynet news, the ban aims to avoid Arab citizens of Israel […]
President Donald Trump criticized Fox News on Thursday, noting that their daytime ratings collapsed after the election. “Very sad to watch this happen, but they forgot what made them successful, what got them there,” Trump wrote. The president cited the fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs, claiming that Fox News killed their audience by pitting their network against his presidency. “They forgot the […]
By Charles Hugh Smith Put another way: the elites have cannibalized the system so thoroughly that there’s nothing left to steal, exploit or cannibalize. The global elites’ techno-fantasy of a completely centralized future, The Great Reset, is addressed as a future project. Too bad it already happened in 2008-09. The lackeys and toadies tasked with spewing the PR are 12 years too late, and so are […]
A federal complaint filed by the Trump campaign alleging constitutional violations in Pennsylvania is credited as a “superb piece of legal craftsmanship” which could bring the case before the US Supreme Court, according to legal scholar James V. Delong. Delong’s latest piece in American Thinker discusses why it was a brilliant strategy for the Trump team to file their complaint in federal court, rather than state […]
Despite the bullish news surrounding Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine earlier this week, lifting airline stocks to the stratosphere, on hopes of a recovery in the severely beaten down travel and tourism sector, an industry group warned Thursday about the dire situation still facing many airlines. U.S. Global Jets ETF Jumped On Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine News Airline For America’s CEO Nick Calio, speaking at a conference Thursday morning, said air […]
France is to increase policing in Paris and other big cities amid a “lack of respect” for Covid restrictions, the prime minister has said, warning that lockdown could be tightened if the situation worsens in the coming days. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, PM Jean Castex confirmed that France’s current measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 would remain unchanged for the next fortnight, […]
Thursday, November 12, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: dominion, election fraud, Glitch, Joe Biden, left cult, President Trump, rigged, Software, stolen!, Trump, vote fraud, voting machines Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.distributednews.com/473962.html […]
Mi’kmaq First Nations Coalition Takes Control Of Major Seafood Company By Kaniehtonkie, Indian Time. November 12, 2020 Mi’kmaq First Nations Coalition Takes Control Of Major Seafood Company2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mikmaq-e1605209745695.jpg200px200px Above photo: Mi’kmaq solidarity group rallies in front of Clearwater Market. From GlobalNews.ca. “The single largest investment in the seafood industry by any Indigenous group in Canada.” NOTE: Recall the violence recently towards Mi’kmaq fishers that led to a […]
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting Americans from investing in nearly three dozen firms that do business with China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Source link
A helicopter with a US-led peacekeeper force in the Egyptian Sinai has crashed, causing casualties, the Israeli military said on Thursday, Reuters reports. The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) office in Israel confirmed there had been a helicopter accident but withheld further comment pending an investigation. Founded after Egypt's 1979 peace deal with Israel, the MFO has drawn troops from the United States, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, […]
Social media giant Facebook is extending its temporary ban on political ads across the platform. ABC News reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is extending its ban on new political ads on the platform. In a post to the company’s blog, Facebook stated: The temporary pause for ads about politics and social issues in the U.S. continues to be in place as part of our ongoing efforts […]
Located in Montpellier, a historic city near the south of France on the Mediterranean Sea, “I Park” is a housing project with a plant-covered facade that catches the eye even from afar. Developed across the street from the city’s new town hall, the building was designed by NBJ Architectes and completed in 2019. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos I Park features eight levels of variable […]
By Tyler Durden Earlier we featured the worrisome prospect of a second national coronavirus lockdown under a future Biden administration, considering the latest scientist to join Joe Biden’s “special coronavirus transition advisory team” is calling for just that. Dr. Michael Osterholm, who serves as director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, now one of Biden’s coronavirus task force […]
Today in “new and creative ways to potentially increase your executive compensation” news… Kodak took a $5.1 million expense in the third quarter related to handing five of its former executives stock for options they never owned to begin with. The issue has “raised questions about the company’s controls,” Financials Times said this week, putting it lightly. The company has blamed internal “deficiencies” that allowed five former […]
Where it was previously known to be flying spy planes near China disguised as civilian aircraft, now the US military has been revealed to be contracting civilian firms to fly spy missions for them in the region. The US has dispatched three such planes to the western Pacific in recent months, according to a new think tank report. Source link
The Department of Justice held a meeting with victims of Jeffrey Epstein today to give them a first look at an investigative report into the financier’s secret 2007 plea deal. One victim’s lawyer told The Daily Beast the feds determined Miami federal prosecutors didn’t violate any laws or policy when they declined to prosecute Epstein. About 30 victims and their lawyers met at the FBI’s office […]
President-elect Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning with Pope Francis. The two met in Washington, D.C., in 2015. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning with Pope Francis. The two met in Washington, D.C., in 2015. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, offered his congratulations to […]
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said she believes the region’s monetary authority will move to launch a digital version of the euro in the next two to four years. “We might well go in that direction,” Lagarde said Thursday on a virtual panel with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. “My hunch is that it will come.” ECB officials […]
Yesterday we reported on the water main break scam in Atlanta on election day. A water main reportedly broke which caused a delay in vote counting in Atlanta: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Open Records Request Finds NO INVOICES OR WORK ORDERS on Reported Election Day Water Main Break in Atlanta — Here’s What We Found… We reported yesterday that according to CBS WVLT8 absentee ballots in Georgia would […]
The UN special rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights on Thursday urged Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt to drop sanctions against Qatar imposed in 2017, Anadolu Agency reports. Alena Douhan released a statement at the end of a two-week visit to Qatar. She noted that the sanctions had harmed Qataris' ability to enjoy several fundamental rights and freedoms connected to family life, […]
Lankford, who chairs a Homeland Security subcommittee, noted that in 2000, then-President Bill Clinton allowed George W. Bush to begin receiving presidential-level intelligence briefings during the recount in Florida. Lankford added that he plans to question the government agency responsible for jump-starting the transition process if a certification is not made by Friday. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has already […]
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said in 2017 that President Donald Trump’s “base” of supporters were “neo-nazi” [sic]. Hobbs, who is overseeing the closely contested vote in Arizona, was a Democratic state senator immediately prior to being elected Secretary of State in 2018. She was far behind on Election Day, but eventually surpassed her Republican opponent as more votes were counted in the days that […]
Both the House and Senate appropriators are injecting cash into the Boeing-manufactured, F-model Chinook program in fiscal 2021 to buy them for the active force after the Army decided in FY20, in order to fund its future fleet of helicopters, that it would only purchase Block II aircraft, designated the G-model, for Army Special Operations units. The Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee wants to plus-up the Chinook […]
Now that every major fast food chain on the planet seems to have introduced a vegan option, McDonald’s is finally getting with the times. Want to eat at the golden arches without making some animal pay for it? Meet McPlant. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos “We have created a delicious burger that will be the first menu option in a plant-based platform,” said Ian Borden, […]
November 12, 2020 By The Conscious Resistance Derrick Broze breaks down a new report regarding the nefarious relationship between local police departments and Amazon Ring doorbell camera system. Stop contributing to your own enslavement! Watch on Minds / Flote / Hive / Bitchute / Odysee Derrick is the founder of TCRN. The Conscious Resistance Network is an independent media organization focused on empowering individuals through […]
What if #votingsoftware #algorithms used a #weightedrace feature to transfer votes from Trump to Biden as a linear function of % Republicans in a precinct? This is the allegation of Dr. Shiva Ayyadural. Also alleged: code does not “glitch.” #2020Election https://t.co/Kg1QpZqPIA pic.twitter.com/LGYUKRjfok — Michael Burry MD (@michaeljburry) November 10, 2020 Source link
One day after CBS News announced that Joe Biden is planning a ‘sweeping reversal’ of President Trump’s immigration agenda, the Twitter account for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to have been nuked by someone from within the agency. A screenshot doesn’t suggest the account was suspended by Twitter (a cached version of the account can be seen here), but was instead deleted. While some have […]
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has lamented the state of ongoing talks with the UK by tweeting a picture of himself taking a break at a London football field, prompting outpours of both support and criticism. “Short break from intense [EU/UK] negotiations in London,” Barnier tweeted on Thursday, adding: “Went looking for level playing fields…” Alongside his coy message, Barnier attached a photo of […]
(Natural News) President Donald Trump is being told, literally, by the ‘mainstream media’ to concede the 2020 race to Democratic rival Joe Biden, but he’s refusing to do that and in fact, is acting as though he’ll be reelected. How else do you describe his actions at the Defense Department in recent days in firing the country’s top DoD official, now-former Defense Secretary Mark Esper? Traditionally, […]
County Must Stop Development Of Moses African Cemetery By Catarina Ieronimo, The Diamondback. November 12, 2020 County Must Stop Development Of Moses African Cemetery2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/20200904_131802-scaled-e1605201370889.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protest at construction site where Moses African Cemetery is being desecrated on September 4, 2020. Margaret Flowers. As someone who grew up in Montgomery County, I’ve heard and seen countless declarations from acquaintances, teachers and government officials that the county […]
Labeling Boris Johnson “the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time”, Morgan sharply criticised the Prime Minister’s approach to the coronavirus situation in the United Kingdom. Source link
The Austrian capital, Vienna, is recovering slowly from the trauma of the deadly gun attack near a synagogue on Monday 2 November by a gunman of Macedonian origin. Kujtim Fejzulai shot and killed four people and wounded 23 others. Police officers killed the attacker at the scene. It was made clear soon afterwards, though, that a young Palestinian Muslim from the Gaza Strip was instrumental in […]
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) attacked “radical” Georgia Senate Democrat candidate Raphael Warnock in two ads released on Thursday. Loeffler released two ads, “A Radical’s Radical,” and “Saving the Senate,” which focus on Warnock’s radical history and the importance of saving the Senate Republican majority. “A Radical’s Radical” reveals Warnock’s ties to the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Warnock’s defense of Wright’s “God Damn America” sermon. “Saving […]
Remember that time Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in the middle of a rally by a crazed socialist? There are still whispers in the halls of Brasilia about how the president may have never fully recovered, and that he now uses a colostomy bag. And like President Trump, Bolsonaro was diagnosed with COVID-19 over the summer, but by all reports has made a full recovery. […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A 23-year-old man in the US state of Utah faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting that he posed as a leader of the Daesh* terror group to help two individuals plan attacks, the Justice Department said in a press release on Thursday. Source link
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter belonging to a US-led international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt’s Sinai region on Thursday, killing seven people, including five Americans, officials said. The statement noted that five Americans died in the crash. The other victims were a French national and a Czech national and all were members of the military. “During a routine mission in the vicinity of Sharm […]
China launched the second Tiantong-1 mobile communications satellite on Thursday. The launch took place at 15:59 UTC Long March-3B/G2 (Chang Zheng-3B/G2) from the LC2 Launch Complex at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Tiantong-1 is an S-band mobile communication satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology and operated by China SatCom. See Also Chinese Forum Section 65 Launch Vehicle Manuals (L2) Click here to Join […]
Two runoff elections in Georgia will decide who controls the U.S. Senate come January. But so far, the only outside groups rushing in to support their candidates are aligned with the two Republicans vying for the seats. Since Election Day, GOP spenders have dropped nearly $2 million backing Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, or attacking their Democratic opponents, Rev. Raphael Warnock and one time congressional […]
A panel of judges Thursday found that Harvard, pictured here in July, doesn’t discriminate against Asian American students in the admissions process. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A panel of judges Thursday found that Harvard, pictured here in July, doesn’t discriminate against Asian American students in the admissions process. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled Harvard […]
Bitcoin’s options market is in the midst of its strongest bullish sentiment on record as the cryptocurrency rallies to three-year highs. The six-month put-call skew, or the spread between prices claimed by put options and call options expiring in six months, fell to a life-time low of -21.6% early Thursday, according to data source Skew. A call option gives the holder the right but not the […]
Katie Hobbs Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs previously called Trump supporters “Neo-Nazis.” Hobbs is in charge of certifying Arizona’s election results. “President Trump has made it abundantly clear he’s more interested in pandering to his neo-nazi base than being POTUS for all Americans,” Hobbs said in a 2017 tweet. Screenshot in case of deletion: TRENDING: IT’S HAPPENING: Trump Campaign Attorney Points to Dominion Fraud: “Communist […]
Yemen's Houthi-led National Salvation Government (NSG) has appointed a new ambassador to Syria, one of the countries alongside Iran which recognises the Sanaa-based government. According to Saba news agency yesterday, the President of the Supreme Political Council, Mahdi Al-Mashat, issued a decree appointing the head of the Yemeni media union, Abdullah Sabri, as Sanaa's new envoy to Damascus. His predecessor was Nayef Al-Qanis who was appointed in 2016, […]
“I gather [Pelosi] and the Democratic leader in the Senate still are looking at something dramatically larger. That’s not a place I think we’re willing to go,” McConnell said. “But I do think there needs to be another package. Hopefully we can get past the impasse we’ve had now for four or five months and get serious.” That leaves no clear way forward on the negotiations, […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague was sprayed with gunfire early Thursday, leaving bullet holes across the facade and in several windows. Police said nobody was injured and a man was arrested on suspicion of involvement in the shooting. Spokesman Steven van Santen said police were alerted around 6 a.m. to shots being fired at the building on a stately […]
Amidst the everlasting pandemic, fewer people yearn to squeeze into closely spaced airline seats or pack into crowded buses. As such, a new survey reveals a seemingly contradictory conclusion that post-pandemic, people expect to drive private cars more, even though the majority of respondents believe humans are responsible for the climate crisis. In some countries, people also planned to fly more after the pandemic. Continue reading […]
November 12, 2020 By The Corbett Report Welcome back to New World Next Week — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: New DC Law Would Give Vaccine Decisions to 11-year-Olds, Cut Parents Out Story #2: Oregon Takes the Lead on Ending the War on Drugs Story […]
Should his election be certified, Joe Biden is planning to open America’s borders to a drastic degree while reversing basically all of Trump’s executive orders on immigration and deportation. A report by CBS News highlights how a Biden administration will completely gut everything the Trump administration did to ensure border security and limit illegal immigration. Among Biden’s actions if he reaches the Oval Offices will be […]
Authored by Bill Blain via MorningPorridge.com, “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” Whatever markets thought on Monday after Pfizer announced salvation from Coronavirus.… we are not saved… yet! The brutal reality is we’re still locked on our lifeboat, in the middle of shark (virus) infested seas, and its 1000 miles to land in any direction. The virus will […]
Russia is contesting the world’s largest arbitration award in the Supreme Court of the Netherlands as a fifteen-year battle over assets from what was once the country’s biggest oil company comes to a head. In February, a Dutch appeals court upheld previous awards from the Energy Charter Treaty tribunal and ordered Moscow to pay $50 billion plus interest to Yukos’ former shareholders after the Russian government […]
(Natural News) A new study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is warning the public against using N95 face masks that have built-in exhalation valves, as these allow unfiltered air to escape. This makes these kinds of masks useless at preventing the wearer of the mask from spreading the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) to others. NIST research engineer Matthew Staymates created two videos showing how air and […]
Oregon City Voters Recall Mayor By Jayati Ramakrishnan and Kale Williams, Oregon Live. November 12, 2020 Oregon City Voters Recall Mayor2020-11-122020-11-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/mayor.jpg200px200px Above photo: Oregon City Mayor Dan Holladay defended himself after city commissioners criticized social media posts in which he downplayed police brutality against Black people. Oregon City residents voted to remove Mayor Dan Holladay from office after a committee mounted a monthslong campaign to recall him. […]
The Undercover Policing Inquiry is hearing evidence, five years after it was set up by Theresa May. The Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) was disbanded after it was revealed officers had engaged in sexual relationships with and deceived innocent people between the 1960s and 1990s. Source link
The Egyptian government has hired a lobbying firm following the success of Joe Biden in the US elections, reports Foreign Lobby. The $65,000 monthly contract was signed between the Egypt's Ambassador to the US, Motaz Zahran, and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Under their agreement the firm will "provide government relations services and strategic consul on matters before the US government." "They are clearly worried," said Michele Dunne, […]
The French aircraft Charles De Gaulle (R91) carrier left the port of Toulon yesterday. In the next few days, the ship will operate in the western Mediterranean for a training mission in favor of the navy aviation school. Usually scheduled twice a year, this essential phase aims to qualify for the landing, day and night, of the new pilots of the Navy’s aviation. This exercise also […]
A Portland, Oregon, city council member who pushed for $18 million in police budget cuts called 911 over a disputed Lyft ride earlier this month. Fox News reports council member Jo Ann Hardesty allegedly became “irate” with Lyft driver Richmond Frost on November 1, 2020, because he would not roll the windows up. Frost responded by canceling the ride, pulling into a gas station, and asking Hardesty […]
Supported by Studio Losa Architects and the Centre Communal d’Action Sociale (CCAS) of Clermont-Ferrand, one of France’s largest social action community centers, Clos des Vignes, is an intergenerational and inclusive village made with passive design principles. The ambitious project incorporates 40 units within eight buildings and a multifunctional hall in the city of Clermont-Ferrand in central France. The community serves as a home for independent seniors, […]
By B.N. Frank Complaints about Ring doorbells include security vulnerabilities which led to families being spied on and taunted by hackers and now fires. From CBS News: Ring recalls 350,000 video doorbells because they can catch fire Amazon-owned Ring is recalling 350,000 video doorbells sold in the U.S. and Canada because they can catch fire. When installed with the incorrect screws, batteries can overheat and ignite, […]
Shares of Fox Corp., the corporate parent of Fox News and many of Rupert Murdoch’s remaining media assets following the sale of most of his entertainment business to Disney, are sliding Thursday after President Trump urged viewers to abandon Fox. In a tweet, Trump essentially blamed the network for the election results, and argued that the network “forgot what made them successful”. 👀 https://t.co/RfBtEjWPug — 🇺🇸ERIC […]
On Wednesday, President Trump made his first public appearance since Saturday, when US media outlets declared Joe Biden president-elect after adding Pennsylvania’s election votes in his favour, something that has been disputed by POTUS so far. Source link
U.S. researchers and scientists predict that every service member and platform will serve as a network sensor in future combat and will maximize commonality and interoperability while emphasizing battlefield flexibility and distribution. Within this concept, military leadership focuses on full-domain operations, including at sea, land, air, space and cyberspace, aligning the Michigan National Guard with the modernization priorities of the US Department of Defense, making them […]
A British nurse has been charged with murdering eight babies, as well as the attempted murders of 10 others, after a years-long investigation into an unexplained spike in baby deaths at a hospital’s neonatal unit. It’s the third time that Lucy Letby, 30, has been arrested. She was previously detained in 2018 and 2019 as authorities probed the string of infant fatalities at the Countess of […]
Campaign finance watchdogs say prospective donors would be wise to scroll to the bottom of campaign donation requests to find out where their money would really go. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Source link