By Tyler Durden Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) says Americans have ‘no constitutional right’ to refuse wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic, likening it to refusing to wear a seat belt or follow the speed limit. “It’s sort of like saying I have a constitutional right to drive drunk, I have a constitutional right to not wear a seat belt, or to yell ‘fire’ in […]
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A new book by Pope Francis praises the BLM protests that took place over the death of George Floyd, and at the same time chastises protests against coronavirus lockdown measures. In his new book, “Let Us Dream,” Francis essentially sanctifies the riots over Floyd, saying, “Abuse is a gross violation of human dignity that we cannot allow and which we must continue to struggle against.” Covid […]
Now that Joe Biden has announced all of his nominations for key positions shaping the administration’s foreign policy and domestic economic policy, it’s pretty clear that “the Squad” (which some have quietly blamed for the Democrats’ surprisingly poor performance in House races across the country) and their progressive allies got shafted. Biden took none of their recommendations for top positions (neither Elizabeth Warren nor Bernie Sanders […]
A Bloomberg reporter gushing over president-elect Joe Biden’s socks had social media seething as many suggesting the media establishment deserved the hate thrown its way for posting such transparently partisan dreck. Posting a close-up of the Democratic president-to-be’s legs and feet, Jennifer Epstein, whose bio describes her as a political reporter at Bloomberg “covering the Biden transition,” enthused about Biden’s “dark blue socks adorned with lighter […]
(Natural News) Before Team Trump gets to fully blowing the lid on election fraud, there could be a whole lot of other revelations that come first, according to attorney Lin Wood, one of President Trump’s attorneys. During a recent interview on the Thrive Time radio show, Wood discussed how Trump is wasting no time getting his ducks in a row. “The Supreme Court is being realigned,” […]
Canada Should Release Meng Wanzhou By John Price and Margaret McGregor, Canadian Dimension. November 24, 2020 Canada Should Release Meng Wanzhou2020-11-242020-11-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/huawei_sign.jpg200px200px Above photo: Meng Wanzhou is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer of telecom giant and China’s largest privately held company, Huawei, founded by her father Ren Zhengfei. Matti Blume. And pursue an independent foreign policy. The current hearings on the extradition […]
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York state, specifically New York City, became one of the top US hotspots that pushed hospitals to their limits and prompted the implementation of refrigerated trucks that were converted into mobile morgues to meet death toll spikes. Source link
Colorado rep: ‘As a practising Muslim, Palestinian American, you mobilise advocacy every day’ Colorado elected its first Muslim lawmaker in state history, during a night like no other following four years of social, political, and indeed, emotional turmoil. Iman Jodeh is no stranger to the US political arena, which she believes has failed to live up to America's founding ideals, a place that disappointed her and […]
Key context: House Democrats unveiled their funding allocations earlier this year and passed most of their spending bills in two big bundles over the summer, while Senate Republicans only released their numbers earlier this month and haven’t passed any bills. Appropriators and staff have worked for days to resolve a number of outstanding issues between the two sets of figures, including how to classify veterans health […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is encouraging Libertarians in Georgia to vote Republican in the January Senate runoff race. “One of the things that I’ve taken upon myself is to try to encourage… there was a little over 100,000 people who voted for Shane Hazel, the Libertarian candidate, and I think those people can find a place and reason to vote for Republicans,” he said Monday on Fox […]
Joe Biden’s announced nomination for National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had some interesting and eyebrow-raising words on China a few years back. The comments are even more relevant now as he’s expected to assume this top cabinet position on the heels of Trump’s ongoing pressure campaign and months-long trade war with China. The former staff member under Hillary Clinton when she was Obama’s Secretary of State gave […]
The reports follow last week’s airstrikes conducted by the Israeli military, which, the IDF said, targeted Iranian Quds and Syrian Army objects in Syria. The attack resulted in three soldiers killed and one injured, Syrian media said, citing a military source. Source link
The New York State Department of Health says it is investigating a Hasidic wedding that was scheduled in upstate New York Monday evening at a synagogue where throngs of people were seen gathering without masks and not practicing social distancing. Officials were so concerned about the event, originally set to take place at the Congregation Yetev Lev synagogue in Kiyras Joel, that they issued a cease […]
Ernest Grant, the president of the American Nurses Association, is taking part in a Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial. He says he wants to increase trust in science. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images Ernest Grant, the president of the American Nurses Association, is taking part in a Moderna coronavirus vaccine trial. He says he wants to increase trust […]
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has decided to discontinue sending customers 1099-Ks, the U.S. tax form which led the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to mistakenly think traders had underreported their gains. The exchange will instead use the 1099-MISC form, at least for customers who earn interest on lending and similar products, it said in a Tuesday blog post, The post appeared to suggest that traders who do not […]
In early October, a week before early voting started in Georgia, Eric Coomer updated all the voting machines in Georgia. A report at 11 Alive news in Georgia reported: The state told us last week that the update was routine. But the sheer scope of the update of the state’s 34,000 or so voting machines is what’s raising eyebrows. The biggest update occurred last week at […]
In Egypt's bustling capital people pack shops, cafes, and public transport, many of them disregarding the rules that they should wear face masks in these spaces and keep one metre apart. Official warnings about a second wave of coronavirus infections are widely dismissed. Egypt's first wave of COVID-19 subsided in the summer and restrictions on movement were gradually relaxed. Up to now, the population of more […]
That’s fueled some grumbling about whether that’s too much for one senator to take on, though Durbin currently has no challenger for the Judiciary Committee post. The next Democrat in line, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, has not said whether he intends to vie for the position. Durbin is popular in the caucus and may already have the job locked down because of his seniority. […]
A poll conducted by the Media Research Center of voters who cast their ballot for Joe Biden in swing states shows that the media’s refusal to cover significant stories about the candidates, including Tara Reade’s sexual assault charges against Joe Biden and Hunter Biden’s shady business deals in the Ukraine played a major role in the election results. The MRC reviewed 113 hours of news coverage […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s office for procuring sensors, electronic warfare systems, intelligence programs and cyber tools recently created an integration office designed to better align the various elements of its portfolio across the larger Army, joint force and commercial industry. As the military looks to link sensors and information to shooters in a new concept it is calling Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, standardizing […]
Alleged ‘madame’ of the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been quarantined in a NY prison after a staffer tested positive for coronavirus. Maxwell is awaiting trial on multiple counts of child trafficking. The quarantining of the high-profile inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was revealed by US prosecutors in a letter to a district judge late on Monday. The jail staffer tested […]
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) says Americans have ‘no constitutional right’ to refuse wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic, likening it to refusing to wear a seat belt or follow the speed limit. “It’s sort of like saying I have a constitutional right to drive drunk, I have a constitutional right to not wear a seat belt, or to yell ‘fire’ in a crowded movie […]
The White House has given the nod for President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President’s Daily Brief, a classified intelligence document prepared for the commander in chief each day, according to multiple media reports. While he has yet to receive his first briefing, Biden was approved for the PDB on Tuesday, Reuters and CNN reported, citing anonymous White House officials. The move gives the new president-elect […]
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: conspiracy, election fraud, hoax, Joe Biden, patriot, President Trump, rigged, Situation Update, treason, vote fraud, vote theft Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.distributednews.com/477217.html […]
Interview With Striking Nurse In Philadelphia Suburb November 24, 2020 Interview With Striking Nurse In Philadelphia Suburb2020-11-242020-11-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/st.-mary-strike.jpg200px200px Above photo: Fox 29 Philadelphia. Nurses at St. Mary Medical Center outside Philadelphia went on strike Tuesday morning, demanding safe staffing ratios to confront the growing numbers of Covid cases in Pennsylvania. Left Voice spoke with Drew, one of the nurses walking the picket line. On Tuesday, November 17, […]
Two devastating hurricanes, Eta and Iota, have swept through Central America this month, resulting in dozens of victims, triggering displacement of thousands of people, and causing severe damage in several countries, including Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, and El Salvador. Source link
Six members of Somalia's Danab special forces were killed in an al-Shabaab bomb attack late Monday, security forces in the Horn of Africa nation confirmed to local media. A vehicle ferrying US-trained soldiers ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Leego area in the Lower Shabelle region just after leaving Belligodle Airfield where they were receiving training, said officials, also confirming to local media […]
Apple executive Thomas Moyer was indicted in California this week over his alleged bribery of government officials with hundreds of iPads in exchange for concealed weapon permits. Moyer allegedly offered a local sheriff’s office 200 iPads worth $70,000 in exchange for four concealed carry licenses. According to a report by CNBC, Apple Chief Security Officer Thomas Moyer was indicted this week after he allegedly attempted to bribe […]
WASHINGTON — Less than a day after the General Services Administration opened the doors for the landing team from the Biden-Harris campaign to arrive at the Pentagon, members have already had two conversations with current defense officials, with more to come. But while the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 lays out clear directives on how one administration helps usher in the next — it literally comes […]
Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, In a deranged segment, CNN pundit Douglas Brinkley predicted that President Trump will form a ‘shadow government’ and hold his own ‘counter inauguration’ in January, in an attempt at ‘sedition’ and an overthrow of US democracy. Brinkley, who calls himself a ‘presidential historian’, proclaimed that Trump is going to “create a kind of second shadow government out of Mar-a-Lago”. […]
Ever since legislation was passed in 1965 by the US Congress, the Secret Service has been authorized to protect former US presidents and their spouses for the remainder of their life, unless they opt to decline the added protection. Source link
A House Democratic lawmaker is requesting a federal investigation into Sen. David Perdue’s (R-GA) purchase and sale of stock in a U.S. Navy contractor while he was chairman of a Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over Navy spending, first reported by The Daily Beast last week. On Tuesday, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee’s subpanel on economic policy, sent a letter to […]
Protesters gather for a news conference in Atlanta earlier this year, shortly after the release of a complaint by whistleblower Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga. Jeff Amy/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Amy/AP Protesters gather for a news conference in Atlanta earlier this year, shortly after the release of a complaint by whistleblower Dawn Wooten, a nurse at Irwin […]
A subsidiary of SBI Holdings said it’s launched a service allowing users to ‘lend’ bitcoin to the firm and earn an interest at the rate of 1% annually in return. Source link
Big tech censorship strikes conservatives again. This time the target is One America News Network which has been suspended for one week and been demonetized by YouTube for allegedly posting a video promoting a cure for the COVID-19 China coronavirus. Chanel Rion, Chief White House Correspondent for OAN The action against OAN was first reported by Axios (excerpt): YouTube has barred One America News Network from […]
Iran's supreme leader dismissed the prospect of new negotiations with the West on Tuesday, even as the Tehran government spoke optimistically about the return of foreign companies in "the absence of Trump" and his sanctions. President-elect Joe Biden's victory has raised the possibility that the United States could rejoin a deal Iran reached with world powers in 2015, under which sanctions were lifted in return for […]
“To the American people, this team will make us proud to be Americans,” Biden said. The path to confirmation for Biden’s nominees remains unclear as control of the Senate will be decided by two runoff elections in Georgia early next year. Senate Republicans thus far have exerted considerable caution not to run afoul of President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims of election fraud by acknowledging Biden’s victory. […]
Immediately following the November 2020 Election, Facebook suppressed what it considers “hyperpartisan” news pages, including Breitbart News, while promoting what it considers “authoritative” news pages such as CNN, according to the New York Times. As reported by the Times, Facebook did this buy adjusting its secret “quality score” for publishers to promote certain publishers and to downrank others on the Facebook news feed, the mix of news items and posts from […]
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2019, when it was unclear who would emerge from a crowded Democratic primary, a small nonprofit without a single full-time staff member managed to convince 17 candidates to sign a pledge that at least 50 percent of their national security Senate-confirmed positions would be women. Among those who signed the pledge, organized by the Leadership Council for Women in National […]
ABC’s Chief News Correspondent Jonathan Karl, who has tried to ‘mask shame’ others in the past, was caught in another moment of hypocrisy after he was seen removing his mask inside the White House press room immediately after the press briefing ended. “ABC’s @JonKarl thought all the cameras were off, so he removes his mask while still in the White House briefing room, proving for the […]
YouTube has suspended the One America News Network from posting new content for one week and has completely demonetized the channel, after the pro-Trump news network reportedly uploaded a video touting a non-approved ‘cure’ for COVID-19. According to Axios, “YouTube has been criticized for allowing OANN to spread misinformation using its platform, particularly around coronavirus and the election,” adding “This marks the Google-owned service’s first crackdown […]
In a speech introducing his national security team made up of Obama-era officials, Joe Biden glossed over their past misadventures to boast of their qualifications and woke credentials – adding they are “ready to lead the world.” Biden announced a host of top national security picks on Monday, naming Antony Blinken for Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas for Secretary of Homeland Security, Avril Haines for Director […]
(Natural News) Former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell has been dropping bombshells like a boss over the past several days as she prepares to file what she described as a lawsuit of “biblical” proportions in Georgia, alleging massive electronic vote fraud that flipped several states from President Trump to Joe Biden. In an interview with Newsmax TV, Powell also accused Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of […]
Venezuela: Biden Should Live Up To His Promise Of Mutual Respect By Susan Grey, Labour Outlook. November 24, 2020 Venezuela: Biden Should Live Up To His Promise Of Mutual Respect2020-11-242020-11-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/venezuelan-demo-no-more-trump-e1606245478113.jpg200px200px Cancel the sanctions. Take Action: Sign the petition against US sanctions on Venezuela at https://bit.ly/stopvenezuelasanctions As Joe Biden takes over the US presidency there is much speculation over how much his Latin America policy will differ […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed the implementation of the agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh by phone, the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday. Source link
President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally pledged his loyalty to their government coalition on Tuesday and dismissed media speculation about cracks in the alliance amid a recent reform push as "incomprehensible dirty rumours". Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli's attack on government critics came after Erdogan vowed earlier this month a new era of judicial reforms, after years of growing criticism from opponents at home and […]
President Donald Trump leads in a hypothetical 2024 Republican primary, with a majority of Republican and Republican-leaning respondents choosing him over other potential contenders, a Tuesday Morning Consult/Politico survey showed. “If the 2024 Republican primary were being held today, for whom would you vote?” the survey asked among a sample size of 765 registered voters, identified as Republicans or Republican-leaning independent voters. The president overwhelmingly took […]
WASHINGTON — A production decision for the Army’s critical battle command system has been delayed, Army public affairs has confirmed to Defense News. An Office of the Secretary of Defense-level Defense Acquisition Board review was scheduled for Nov. 17, but due to some administrative issues, the board was unable to make a decision on the way forward for a program that has already experienced years of […]
In the village of Solid in North Goa, international architecture practice SAV Architecture + Design has completed the Earth House, a luxury home of 700 square meters that makes the most of its lush, tropical surroundings. Set next to a canal lined with coconut trees, the expansive home has allowed the outdoors to shape its design, from the massing that’s built to preserve existing mature trees […]
By Joe Jankowski New York business owners protesting COVID-19 restrictions put in place by Governor Andrew Cuomo confronted and chased away county health department agents after compassionately asking the bureaucrats to leave them alone. About 100 business owners gathered inside the Athletes Unleashed gym in Orchard Park on Friday night to organize against the new “orange zone” regulations that requires businesses deemed unessential by the state […]
A campaign has been launched to tackle the scandal involving the link between football and dementia, with a call for urgent action to be taken as a growing number of former players are affected by the debilitating brain disease. Source link
MOSCOW—Several policemen serving in the drugs control department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been arrested for allegedly selling a bad batch of a psychotropic drug that has killed several of their clients. Victims of the cops’ alleged merchandise are believed to include at least two school children who were hospitalized. One of the kids reportedly died along with at least three other people. Siberia […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he arrives to visit the construction site of a future Tesla plant near Berlin on Sept. 3. Musk is now the world’s second-richest person, according to Bloomberg. Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he arrives to visit the construction site of a future Tesla plant near […]
OKEx, likely trying to forestall a mass exodus of funds when its five-weeks-long freeze on withdrawals lifts this week, on Tuesday said it will offer a mix of compensation and rewards to users who’ve suffered because of the suspension. Meanwhile, a spokesperson from the Malta-based crypto exchange has confirmed with CoinDesk that the date to resume its cryptocurrency withdrawal service will be sometime before the previously […]
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was on Newsmax again on Tuesday.And once again Governor Blagojevich defended President Trump and his legal team. Blagojevich, a former Democrat governer, believes the election was stolen from President Trump and he openly admits it. Rod Blagojevich: President Trump has a constitutional duty to make sure their is election integrity in our voting systems. And the voting is overwhelming. I should […]
As he counts down his final days in office, US President Donald Trump is continuing to reward human rights violations committed by Israel. Ignoring the apartheid state's crimes against the people of occupied Palestine, he is instead criminalising those who try to stop such crimes taking place. In doing so, he allows the colonial-occupation state to continue to act with impunity. When US Secretary of State […]
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton declared Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that he was still a “conservative Republican.” Co-host Joy Behar asked, “Sir, are you still a Republican?” Bolton replied, “Absolutely. I’m still a conservative Republican.” Behar said, “Let’s talk about your party. The leadership of your party has remained largely silent about Trump’s effort to overturn the election outcome. We still haven’t heard Mitch McConnell […]
WASHINGTON — The Air Force office responsible for the development of the B-21 bomber and X-37 space plane has been handed the reins of the Advanced Battle Management System program, the service’s top acquisition official announced Nov. 24. The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office will now share responsibilities for developing the Advanced Battle Management System with the service’s chief architect, Preston Dunlap. That will pave the […]
By Tyler Durden As millions of Americans defy the CDC’s warning not to travel for the holiday season, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has once again dispatched police to key traffic chokepoints where his quarantine rules will be strictly enforced. New York City Sheriff Joseph Fucito said the sheriff’s office (a separate entity from the NYPD) will conduct spot checks when out-of-state buses drop riders off […]
A new poll by Morning Consult/Politico has found that 53% of Americans would vote for Donald Trump if he ran for president again in the 2024 Republican primary. Respondents were asked, “If the 2024 Republican primary were being held today, for whom would you vote?” Out of all the candidates listed, Trump is easily the most popular, with 53% of respondents saying they would vote for […]
While various Fed speakers are vowing this week that there will be no rate hikes until at least 2023 or 2024, the Fed may be surprised to learn that if it were to broaden its definition of inflation, it would find it is quite ample already. One month ago, we looked at the housing market which we said was in the middle of a buying “frenzy.” […]
Umar Nurmagomedov, the 24-year-old undefeated cousin of UFC lightweight champion Khabib, is reportedly set to make his UFC debut on the January UFC 257 fight card topped by the rematch between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. Speaking to TASS news agency, Kazakh fighter Sergey Morozov said that he will fight the 12-0 Nurmagomedov on the January 23 card likely to be on ‘Fight Island’ in Abu Dhabi. Should […]
(Natural News) The recent elections may have been rigged to ensure a Democratic victory by using two programs, suggests a former military official. During a recent appearance at the Two Mikes podcast, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney described the programs, dubbed Hammer and Scorecard, that were used to influence election results. The programs were initially designed for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) — until Deep State […]
What If They Called An Election And Nothing Changed In The War State? By Danny Sjursen, Tom Dispatch. November 24, 2020 What If They Called An Election And Nothing Changed In The War State?2020-11-242020-11-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bidenbush.jpg200px200px Above photo: Joe Biden gives George Bush the Liberty Medal. What President Biden Won’t Touch. Foreign Policy, Sacred Cows, and the U.S. Military. In this mystifying moment, the post-electoral sentiments of most […]
Israeli concern over what they describe as the most serious internal crisis that the state has witnessed since its establishment is growing due to the state of division, polarisation and partisan tensions. They have also expressed concern about the effects of these issues including fragmentation of the internal front, the spread of civil war terms, the collapse of the Israeli society and the war of hostility […]
If you want to effectively express your beliefs about this deliberately chaotic election, I urge you to contact your representatives in your state legislature and Congress. Especially if you live in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona – cesspools of fraud and lawlessness all. I described what we’re witnessing in an interview with Stephanie Hamill on One America News Network: Americans see an election that’s been questioned […]
ANKARA, Turkey — A privately owned Turkish company says it has developed an artificial intelligence-based software for swarm drones. MilSOFT announced Nov. 19 it developed the software after four years of research, and the the technology could be used in both fixed- and rotary-wing drone platforms. A government aerospace official said swarm drones would be used in Turkey’s future unmanned aerial combat concept due to their […]
A new study, published in the journal PLoS One, has revealed that there is a significant relationship between increased drownings in the winter and climate change. According to the study, regions that have experienced a sharp increase in average winter temperatures are also experiencing more drownings. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The study, which was published last Wednesday, analyzed data collected in 10 countries in the Northern […]
By Michael Every of Rabobank The official US presidential transition process has belatedly begun, in part, and the key slots in the provisional Biden administration are now being filled: this is despite sustained Trump court challenges (and a painfully-slow partial ballot recount in Wisconsin, and a second recount that may or may not include matching signatures to ballots in Georgia). On those slots, as the old […]
Presumed US President-elect Joe Biden told reporters on Tuesday that in a future Biden administration, he would rebuild the US State Department’s morale and expand US alliances in the Pacific while dodging involvement in a new war. Source link
When it comes to cleaning, vacuuming will always be the most important. But to really make a difference, you probably should be vacuuming all day. Instead of doing it by hand, make a robot do it! The iRobot Roomba i3+ not only takes basically all the work out of vacuuming, it even empties itself after it’s done. You can set a schedule, and control it using […]
Twitter announced on Tuesday the company would start accepting applications in 2021 for users to be verified after a three-year hiatus. Twitter hide caption toggle caption Twitter Twitter announced on Tuesday the company would start accepting applications in 2021 for users to be verified after a three-year hiatus. Twitter After a three-year pause, Twitter is going to let you ask for those little blue check marks […]
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen is likely to become the next U.S. Treasury Secretary. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Yellen in the coming days, positioning the longtime economist to succeed current Secretary Steven Mnuchin. While Yellen hasn’t said a lot about bitcoin, she is clearly familiar with the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, and spoke about both while […]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is setting up “COVID Checkpoints” to find and fine people violating his holiday lockdown order. New York City Sheriff Joseph Fucito said that they will be conducting spot checks when out-of-state buses drop riders off at the curb and will be checking cars with out of state and New York licenses plates. Zero Hedge reports that “test-and-trace teams will […]
Two bomb blasts killed at least seven people and wounded scores on Tuesday in areas of northwest Syria near the Turkish border and under heavy Turkish influence, witnesses and police sources said. Five people were killed and 20 wounded, some critically, in a blast that exploded at a road junction on the outskirts of the city of al Bab, north of Aleppo province, they said. A […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday rose above 30,000 for the first time ever. The Dow traded 520 points higher, or 1.75 percent. The S&P 500 climbed 1.6 percent, with all 11 sectors up. The Nasdaq climbed around 1 percent. The Russell 2000 hit an all time high, climbing around 1.9 percent. The stock market has experienced a powerful rally as drug makers announced test results showing […]
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2019, when it was unclear who would emerge from a crowded Democratic primary, a small nonprofit without a single full-time staff member managed to convince 17 candidates to sign a pledge that at least 50 percent of their national security Senate-confirmed positions would be women. Among those who signed the pledge, organized by the Leadership Council for Women in National […]
Bees are crucial pollinators for crops that humans consume, but their populations are on the decline. Now, a new, global bee map is tracking more than 20,000 bee species on Earth to help aid in their conservation. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Many scientists worked together on the map, including John Ascher of the National University of Singapore, who compiled a checklist of all known […]
Scientists have confirmed the existence of ‘superbolts’ that can be up to 1,000 times brighter than the average lightning strike, producing more power than all solar panels and wind turbines in the US combined. In two separatestudies of extreme lightning events, researchers were astounded by the sheer power of mother nature that is unleashed far more regularly than previously thought. So-called ‘superbolts’ were first detected in the 1970s, […]
Update (1235ET): Short and sweet… President Trump celebrated Dow 30K and thanked the American people “because there is no people like you”… * * * A day after allowing GSA to enable the transition process for Joe Biden, the sudden surprise timing of President Trump delivering remarks this morning (ahead of his ‘pardoning’ a pair of Turkeys) raises more than a few eyebrows. Watch Live (due […]
Two women have been injured in a stabbing attack inside a department store in the Swiss city of Lugano, according to police. A female suspect has been arrested, and officers have reportedly not ruled out terrorism. The attack occurred around 2pm local time, when a 28-year-old Swiss woman, who lives in the area, grabbed the first victim by the neck with her bare hands before turning […]
(Natural News) How far will one company go in the pursuit of market share and financial gain? It would appear by the progression of recent events, that this is still yet to be exactly determined. With a history of seizing accounts from what would seem like countless individuals, one only has to venture as far as the comments section in any Twitter post made by CEO Dan […]
Top 10 Reasons To Reject Blinken By David Swanson, Let’s Try Democracy. November 24, 2020 Top 10 Reasons To Reject Blinken2020-11-242020-11-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/baghdad-bombing.jpg200px200px Above photo: Bombing Baghdad. Antony Blinken is not the Secretary of State the United States or the world needs, and the U.S. Senate should reject his nomination. Here are 10 reasons: 1. A president elect who has been part of every disastrous war for decades […]
A female assailant choked one woman and stabbed another in a department store in the southern Swiss city of Lugano on Tuesday, the Blick newspaper reported. Source link
The U.S. Navy has successfully achieved several important milestones for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer Flight III upgrade, representing significant progress toward delivering critical Integrated Air and Missile Defense capability to the fleet. According to a recent service news release, the DDG 51 Flight III upgrade is centered on the AMDR/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) system that provides improved capability over earlier DDG […]
Following a slightly convoluted engine testing campaign, Starship SN8 is set to finalize its pre-flight requirements with a triple Raptor Static Fire test on Tuesday. Should this test go to plan, the path will be cleared for SN8 to conduct a test flight to 15 km (50,000 ft) as soon as November 30. This three-engine firing is expected to be the final major test ahead of […]
Israeli military bulldozers destroyed Palestinian land today based in Ras Karkar village, west of Ramallah, to build a sewage pipeline. Nu'man Nofal, a farmer from the village, told Wafa news agency, that Israeli bulldozers razed the villagers' land, known as Ras Abu Zaitoun,, in order to install a sewage pipeline for the nearby Israeli colonial settlements. Between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements across occupied East […]
Stewart was leading the transition effort before she left the Pentagon, so it was expected that Patel would take over those responsibilities. Patel previously worked for Rep. Devin Nunes (R.Calif.), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, and as a staffer played a key role in helping Republicans discredit the Russia probe. He also held a number of roles in the Trump administration, including on […]
Netflix is releasing an animated movie called Cops and Robbers, which it’s directors say was made for all of the black people who’ve been “victims of police violence and other injustices just for being themselves.” The animated short was directed by Arnon Manor and Timothy Ware-Hill, who say that they made the film “for all the Black men, women and children who have been victims of racial profiling, police […]
WASHINGTON — Germany is expected to receive its first GPS receivers capable of utilizing a new, more secure military signal in 2021, according to the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center. In a Nov. 23 release, SMC stated that its GPS Foreign Military Sales office received its first order for Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) with M-Code capability from Germany on Sept. 30 — […]
MVRDV has revealed designs for Chengdu Sky Valley, a competition entry for the Future Science and Technology City, which is a planned district on the outskirts of Chengdu, China. Guided by sustainable and placemaking principles, the masterplan seeks to differentiate itself from the country’s other high-tech cities with an emphasis on retaining the existing agricultural landscape, promoting self-sufficient lifestyles and designing with site-specific analyses in mind. […]
By The Corbett Report If you are advocating for lockdowns, you are complicit in tearing families apart. You are complicit in inflicting untold suffering on millions of people around the world. You are complicit in casting the poorest and most vulnerable in our societies into even further grinding poverty. You are complicit in murder. ? Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Watch on […]
As millions of Americans defy the CDC’s warning not to travel for the holiday season, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has once again dispatched police to key traffic chokepoints where his quarantine rules will be strictly enforced. New York City Sheriff Joseph Fucito said the sheriff’s office (a separate entity from the NYPD) will conduct spot checks when out-of-state buses drop riders off at the curb, […]
The new bill could potentially pass into law a ban on a major Chinese telecom firm, blocking the company from building British 5G networks via alleged national security risks, and impose massive fines on firms failing to comply with the government’s 2027 deadline. Source link
Authorities in Pennsylvania put an official seal on President-elect Joe Biden’s victory there Tuesday—and rammed a stake through President Donald Trump’s attempts to resurrect his dreams of a second term through legal challenges. Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar finalized the result while Team Trump still had an appeal of its last federal court loss pending. Legal experts told The Daily Beast the Pennsylvania certification […]
The Charging Bull statue is shown in New York’s financial district on Sept. 8, 2020. The Dow surpassed 30,000 points for the first time after President Trump allowed the transition process to begin. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Lennihan/AP The Charging Bull statue is shown in New York’s financial district on Sept. 8, 2020. The Dow surpassed 30,000 points for the first time after […]
Bitcoin is trading at fresh 35-month highs above $19,000, having defended the psychological support of $18,000 during the Asian trading hours. The crypto market leader is now just 4% short of testing the record high of $19,783. Hence, most alternative cryptocurrencies, which are still down significantly from their respective lifetime highs, are beginning to look relatively cheap. For instance, ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, […]
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar on Tuesday morning certified the state’s election results showing a ‘Biden victory.’ Governor Tom Wolf (D) said he signed the Certificate of Ascertainment for the slate of elector for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Today @PAStateDept certified the results of the November 3 election in Pennsylvania for president and vice president of the United States. As required by federal law, […]