At a time when the country is literally days away from getting a vaccine and most sports – including the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB have forged ahead with their seasons and/or have plans to forge ahead close to normal in 2021 – Duke university Coach Mike Krzyzewski appears to be throwing in the towel on his season. And if one were a UNC fan, it could […]
Daily Archives: December 10, 2020
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The California-based QuantumScape company said on Tuesday that its solid-state battery could charge to 80 percent capacity in 15 minutes, which is about half the time needed to charge a Tesla Model 3 battery. Source link
Denis McDonough for Secretary of Veterans Affairs is a stunning and disappointing pick by President-Elect Joe Biden. I’ve met McDonough and have always been impressed by him. But there’s no world in which I would have ever envisioned him as our next VA Secretary. He is not a vet, let alone a post-9/11 vet. Instead, he’s another well-credentialed, civilian, white guy leading an agency that badly […]
A swastika sticker on a statue at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho. The vandalism took place sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, Boise Police said. Wassmuth Center for Human Rights via AP hide caption toggle caption Wassmuth Center for Human Rights via AP A swastika sticker on a statue at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho. […]
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is designing a global governance framework for the ethical collection and sharing of data, the organization announced Tuesday. WEF’s Data for Common Purpose Initiative (DCPI) is the first of its kind and aims to “responsibly enhance the societal benefit from data” by creating guidelines to ensure governments and researchers can more readily rely on data for making decisions that benefit the […]
Mark and Patricia McCloskey filed a motion in late July to disqualify St. Louis Circuit Attorney and her office from pursuing their case. Gardner, the controversial and corrupt St. Louis circuit attorney, was sending out campaign literature lying about and attacking the McCloskeys. Gardner is likely the most corrupt practicing circuit attorney in St. Louis history. Gardner pressed charges against Mark and Patricia last week after […]
Iraq is currently deciding whether to go ahead with a multibillion dollar oil deal with China which will bail the country out as part of the effort to solve Baghdad's worsening economic crisis. The deal comes after SOMO, Iraq's state agency in charge of oil exports, welcomed bids from various oil traders and companies in a letter issued last month. That resulted in "several offers" being […]
Inhofe’s remarks come as the Trump administration is preparing to sell arms to Morocco in the wake of its normalization agreement with Israel, according to congressional aides. Congress will have 30 days to block the sale once the White House formally notifies Capitol Hill of the expected transfer. Trump took a similar path with the United Arab Emirates, moving to sell the Gulf nation $23 billion […]
Joe Biden’s younger brother, James, is purportedly under federal investigation by the United States Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania for his role in a now-bankrupt healthcare firm. On Wednesday, Politico reported that federal prosecutors “have been asking about James Biden’s dealings” with Americore Health, a company that operates rural hospitals . James Biden, who worked for Americore between 2017 and 2019, supposedly received a […]
WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is in danger of failing to meet its goals to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum battle space due to poor oversight and lack of leaders assigned to implement its recently updated strategy, the government’s watchdog asserts. Without some changes, the Pentagon’s ability to ensure superiority in the electromagnetic spectrum and fend off adversaries’ capabilities could fall short, the nonpartisan Government Accountability […]
By Maryam Henein Editor’s Note: Activist Post does not endorse any candidate for president or any other political office. This article is presented for informational purposes only and all opinions are the author’s alone. Safe Harbor, Texas Hold’em And Forensics Election security is not a partisan issue. December 8th marked the “Safe Harbor Day Deadline” which is when states typically need to certify election results. However, […]
Join Alex Jones and your fellow patriots for a massive march in Washington, DC, this Saturday, Dec. 12, starting at 9:30AM Eastern. This is an powerful event of a magnitude seen only a handful of times in America’s 244-year existence, so enshrine yourself in history by showing up! The march will begin on 17th Street NW, between Constitution Ave. NW and Independence Ave. (near the Washington […]
Authored by Luka Ladan via RealClearPolitics.com, As the 2020 election dust settles, one thing is clear: Republicans have a youth problem. Sixty percent of voters under 30 supported President-elect Joe Biden, who will become the oldest U.S. president in history. However, Biden’s election is only the tip of an iceberg: In today’s America, 70% of people my age are open to voting for a socialist presidential candidate. According to a […]
Flight attendants should wear disposable diapers while in the air to avoid having to use pathogen-riddled airplane toilets, China’s civil aviation body has suggested in a seemingly extreme move to battle Covid-19 onboard. “It is recommended that the cabin crew wear disposable diapers and avoid using the toilet barring special circumstances, to avoid infection risk,” the guidelines from the Civil Aviation Administration of China read. The […]
(Natural News) Rep. Paul Gosar posted an open letter/op-ed online earlier this week asking a question that literally tens of millions of President Donald Trump’s supporters are asking themselves: Did the deep state finally depose him, and did they do it right before our very eyes? The Arizona Republican’s op-ed, published at Revolver News, begins: As I write this, I am in our nation’s Capital attending […]
How The US Dominates Tech: The Untold Story December 10, 2020 How The US Dominates Tech: The Untold Story2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/tech-e1607639651566.jpg200px200px This is the untold story of how the US uses its hegemony and mass surveillance system to weaponize its laws and take down non-US tech giants. On May 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada finally ruled that Ms. Meng met the “double criminality” standard. […]
The Team USA Council on Racial and Social Justice, an organization consisting of US athletes and Olympic sports stakeholders, has urged the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to allow social justice and human rights protests by athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Source link
Two Russians, detained in Libya on espionage charges in 2019, were released on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Zakharova said the Russian side is "satisfied" with the decision of the Libyan authorites to free Maxim Shugaley and Samer Hasan Ali Sueyfan, and thanked everyone who assisted in their release. According to media reports, Shugaley and Sueyfan have already left […]
Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer said Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Bill Hemmer Reports” that an independent counsel should be immediately appointed to investigate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, for potential criminal activity during his business dealings with China. Hemmer said, “You think an independent prosecutor must be appointed. Would that happen prior to January 20, or how would that work here?” Schweizer said, “Well, I think it probably […]
WASHINGTON — The Army is taking its final steps before entering a competition to acquire a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, issuing an intent to solicit bids using “other than full and open competition” on the government contracts website Beta.Sam.Gov on Dec. 9. This means unless a surprise vendor can come out of the woodwork and meet all of the Army’s technical and production requirements for […]
December 10, 2020 By The Corbett Report Welcome 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: Media Silence Deafening as Fmr. Clinton Aide Confirms Epstein Ties Story #2: Goldman Eyes Florida Exit As Financial Exodus from New York Continues Story #3: Former […]
Authored by Tyler O’Neil via PJ Media, The antifa occupiers at the autonomous zone that sprung up in Portland this week appear to be preparing for a siege. As PJ Media’s Victoria Taft reported, antifa squatters took over a house in Portland and when the government rightly evicted them, they set up an autonomous zone. On Wednesday, Portland’s police chief reported that antifa has fortified barricades, […]
Since Election Day and the subsequent call by US media that Democratic candidate Joe Biden won the 2020 election, US President Donald Trump has adamantly refused to concede, instead deciding to fight the results in the legal system while alleging widespread voter fraud sunk his bid for a second term. Source link
Mark Zuckerberg told tens of thousands of Facebook employees on Thursday that they will not be required to get a coronavirus vaccine before returning to work in their offices. The issue came up during a company all-hands meeting when a Facebook employee asked about how the forthcoming vaccine will affect their return to in-person work, according to a knowledgeable source who requested anonymity. Most Facebook employees, […]
Dec. 2, New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch speaks during an outdoor legislative session at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Hinch died of COVID-19 Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, just a week after he was sworn in as leader of the state’s newly Republican-led Legislature. He was 71. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption toggle caption Elise Amendola/AP Dec. 2, New Hampshire House Speaker Dick Hinch […]
Weak volumes and rotations into other cryptocurrencies are likely impeding bitcoin’s price movement from going higher. Meanwhile, ether has been more volatile than bitcoin in 2020 and could remain that way. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $18,349 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 0.14% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $17,904-$18,652 (CoinDesk 20) BTC slightly above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a […]
In a not-so-cerebral response to a suit from Texas at the Supreme Court, Pennsylvania responded to the accusations of massive corruption and unconstitutional acts that took place in four states (including Pennsylvania) in the 2020 election, and claimed that because Obama judges haven’t addressed their corruption, no one should. A response to the case against Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia was due by 3:00 pm today. […]
UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed alarm over the start of a trial in Saudi Arabia involving woman human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul and called for her immediate release from jail, Anadolu Agency reports. The experts and special rapporteurs called for dropping of the "spurious" charges against the 31-year-old woman, who first gained prominence as a campaigner for women's right to drive in the kingdom and the push to […]
The Pentagon announced Thursday that it flew a pair of B-52 bombers from their base in Barksdale, La., to the Middle East and back to “deter aggression” in the region. The military has also taken other steps in recent weeks, including sending the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz back to the Middle East and dispatching an additional fighter jet squadron from Europe. The moves are designed to […]
The fake news media’s decision to finally cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal now that all 50 states have certified the election results is just another troll — you do know that, don’t you? It’s just the corporate media trolling us once again, trying to get a rise out of us once again, because that’s all they have left. The media don’t do journalism anymore. The […]
While a $740.5 billion defense budget worked its way through Congress, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley delivered a succinct and refreshing message that appeared to go against the spirit of this bloated spending: The Defense Department must “take a hard look at what we do, where we do it,” Milley told the Brookings Institution Dec. 2. “There’s a considerable amount […]
By Tony Cartalucci The recent assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been framed by an almost gleeful Western media as an attempt to ensure incoming US President Joe Biden does not return to the so-called “Iran Nuclear Deal” signed while he was Vice President in 2015. The story goes that Biden had hoped to return the US back to a prominent leadership role upon […]
Facebook’s “fact-checking” partner Lead Stories is funded in part by a Chinese company called ByteDance LLC, which owns TikTok and has been accused of censorship on behalf of the country’s communist government. Lead Stories was brought in to work with Facebook in February of 2019, “using its own technology, called ‘Trendolizer,’ to detect trending hoaxes from hundreds of known fake news sites, satirical websites and prank […]
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, One aspect of narcopaths (narcissistic sociopaths) that is important to remember is that they live in their own little world in which their desires and bizarre dysfunctions are normalized. They believe themselves superior to most people because they are predatory, and don’t suffer from annoying hang-ups like empathy and conscience. They generally tend to believe they have pulled the wool […]
Argentina is the latest country to order a large batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to tackle the coronavirus. Buenos Aires is getting 10 million doses of the drug after signing a contract with Russian Direct Investment Fund. RDIF, which finances the development of Sputnik V, announced the deal on Thursday. The vaccine for Argentina is going to be produced by the fund’s international partners in […]
(Natural News) If you are even just considering getting vaccinated for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a message for you: don’t do it! The nephew of former president John F. Kennedy recently issued a public statement urging people everywhere to avoid the COVID-19 jab at all costs because it contains an untested new technology known as mRNA, the long-term side effects of […]
First Nation Chief Tells Mayors To Butt Out By Binny Paul, Cowichan Valley Citizen. December 10, 2020 First Nation Chief Tells Mayors To Butt Out2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/cowichan-e1607634228918.jpg200px200px Above photo: Sept. 26, when First Nations marched in Campbell River, in solidarity with 100 other Nations throughout the province to protest against fish farms in B.C.’s coastal waters. Marc Kitteringham. Vancouver Island First Nation chief tells mayors to butt out […]
Calls to “defund the police” echoed across the US following the May 25 death of Minneapolis, Minnesota, resident George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who was killed after being handcuffed, pinned to the ground and knelt on by Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officer Derek Chauvin. Source link
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday renewed a call for a change of leadership in Armenia, while offering the country the chance of joining a regional cooperation group alongside Azerbaijan, Reuters reports. Erdogan made the comments in Baku, where he reviewed a military parade marking Armenia's defeat by Azerbaijan in a war in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Erdogan, who provided military and diplomatic backing to Azerbaijan during […]
But the one-week extension realistically only buys congressional leaders and appropriators a few more days. Ideally, a government funding deal and a fiscal stimulus agreement must be locked up much sooner, leaving ample time for the release of complicated legislative text and for both chambers to clear a massive injection of federal cash before the holidays. Adding to the drama, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is objecting […]
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced Wednesday his state is the first in the nation to require high schools to offer black and Latino studies courses. “Increasing the diversity of what we teach is critical to providing students with a better understanding of who we are as a society and where we are going,” Lamont said in a statement. He said the addition of the course will […]
WASHINGTON — Just days before the first anniversary of the U.S. Space Force, the White House has issued a new National Space Policy. In addition to laying out priorities for civilian and commercial space growth, the Dec. 9 document outlines how the outgoing administration wants the military and the intelligence community to approach space. “The new National Space Policy is my plan for how the executive […]
By Robert Hughes Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance totaled 853,000 for the week ending December 5, up 137,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 716,000 (see first chart). Claims are now at an eleven-week high, the highest level since September 19. The four-week average was 766,000, up 35,500 from the prior average and the highest since October 31. The latest week is the […]
As we’ve previously explained, Sunspot Cycle 25 is likely underway and could be super active. Last week, one of the strongest solar explosions in a couple of years, measured as an M4.4-category eruption, was recorded. Now there’s a new warning, of an imminent geomagnetic storm. Readers in some northern parts of the U.S. could see Northern Lights, from Wednesday night through Friday, produced by a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). “Geomagnetic Storm […]
If the plan is approved, it would reverse travel restrictions President Donald Trump imposed earlier this year as COVID-19 was tearing through Europe and Asia. Source link
COVID-positive Rudy Giuliani called into another cringe-worthy “hearing” on election fraud claims on Thursday and managed to take his already-ludicrous conspiracy theory up another notch. Speaking before Georgia State House Republicans, he claimed that a video of election officials counting ballots in Atlanta’s State Farm Arena not only showed them “stealing votes” but also passing out drugs. Giuliani initially claimed last week that the “smoking gun” […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen Thursday with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, thanked Morocco’s King Mohammed VI “for taking this historic decision to bring a historic peace between us.” Emil Salman/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Emil Salman/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen Thursday with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David […]
The SEC commissioner explains why the SEC’s approach has been “too slow and too ambiguous” and why she’s optimistic for 2021. Hester Peirce is a commissioner at the Securities Exchange Commission, sworn in for her second term in August. Sometimes referred to as “Crypto Mom,” Peirce has been a fierce advocate for the industry in a regulatory context that hasn’t always been on her side. In […]
It appears as though antifa and their affiliated terrorist organizations have successfully established a Portland autonomous zone in the blocks around the now-famous Red House after running off police and sheriffs who had a judges order to evict a family from their foreclosed home on Tuesday morning. Hundreds of protesters have now shown up to hold the area. They’ve set up fortified barricades and have established […]
The Turkish Coast Guard on Thursday rescued at least 17 asylum seekers off the northwestern Canakkale province after they were pushed back to Turkish territorial waters by Greece, a security source said, Anadolu Agency reported. The coast guard teams were dispatched to the scene when they learned that a group of asylum seekers, who were trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, were stranded on a life […]
The company is a second-tier supplier to Oshkosh Defense, which is building nearly 50,000 joint light tactical vehicles for the Army to replace the Humvee, a company spokesperson confirmed. Army officials in February said they hope to recompete the contract in 2022 to drive down cost. Huntington Ingalls Industries, one of the nation’s top shipyards, also counts Nucor among its suppliers, an HII spokesperson said. The […]
Vice President Mike Pence’s team has responded after the far-left Lincoln Project ran an advertisement that falsely claimed Pence has distanced himself from President Donald Trump because he knows “it’s over.” In a statement to Breitbart News, Chief of Staff to the Vice President Marc Short said Pence “wakes up every day to stand with President Donald Trump” and slammed the Lincoln Project’s ad as a “baseless smear” […]
In November 2020, Virgin Hyperloop’s Pegasus pod made history when its first passengers successfully completed a trial run at the 500-meter-long DevLoop test site in Las Vegas. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and Kilo Design, Virgin Hyperloop’s Pegasus, or ‘XP-2’, is an autonomous transportation system created for hyperloop travel at speeds of over 1,000 kilometers per hour — the fastest land-based means of travel yet. The […]
By Tyler Durden As young generations usher into adulthood, they inevitably begin to accumulate and inherit wealth, a trend that has broadly remained consistent. But, as Visual Capitalist’s Omri Wallach explains below, what has changed recently is the rate of accumulation. In the U.S., household wealth has traditionally seen a relatively even distribution across different age groups. However, over the last 30 years, the U.S. Federal Reserve shows that older generations have […]
Vice President Mike Pence is in Georgia again this week for another Defend the Majority rally in support of Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of next month’s run-off elections. Source link
Two months after the Treasury announced that the US ended fiscal 2020 with a staggering, record $3.1 trillion budget deficit, more than triple the prior year’s $954 billion as a result outlays of $6.552 trillion, almost double the receipts of $3.420 trillion, today we learned that the US started off fiscal 2021 in “helicopter money” style, and in the first two months month of the (fiscal) […]
France will replace its current stay-at-home lockdown with a curfew of 8pm, including on New Year’s Eve, and keep cultural venues closed from December 15, amid unshakably high Covid-19 infections, PM Jean Castex has said. The government had earlier said that the ban on theaters, museums and cinemas re-opening and orders for people to stay home – in place since October – would be lifted next […]
Thursday, December 10, 2020 by: Mike Adams Tags: Constitution, election fraud, freedom, Joe Biden, lawsuit, Liberty, MAGA, patriot, patriots, rigged, scotus, Situation Update, swing states, Texas, Trump Bypass censorship by sharing this link: https://www.distributednews.com/481714.html […]
The MORE Act Is A Step Toward Unraveling The War On Drugs By Breanna Robinson, Conversations Indy 100. December 10, 2020 The MORE Act Is A Step Toward Unraveling The War On Drugs2020-12-102020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/mjleaf-e1607624673528.jpg200px200px Above photo: Esteban Lopez on Unsplash. The U.S. is taking the right steps to unravel the infamous legacy of the war on drugs. For decades, many people have been subjected to criminal prosecution […]
The partnership between the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has stood for decades and often involves Pentagon officials offering a variety of support, including logistics and transportation, to the spy agency. Source link
Israel is expected to start imposing random mandatory coronavirus tests of Palestinian workers at checkpoints in the occupied West Bank in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. A spokesperson for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories warned: "Any worker who refuses to be checked will not be permitted to enter Israel." Around 133,000 Palestinians with special permits work in Israeli settlements in […]
“I do think that it is unfortunate that Mr. McCarthy is trying to make an issue of this,” she said. “But you know what he’s trying to do, he’s trying to deflect attention from the fact that he has QAnon in his delegation over there,” Pelosi added, referring to an outlandish conspiracy theory that has taken root among some conservatives and put Republicans on the defensive. […]
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee heeded calls from American athletes by announcing Thursday that it won’t sanction them for raising their fists or kneeling on the medals stand at next year’s Tokyo Games and beyond. It’s a response to a set of recommendations from a USOPC athlete group that seeks changes to the much-maligned Rule 50 of the IOC Olympic Charter, which prohibits inside-the-lines protests at the […]
By B.N. Frank Good news: some elected officials are continuing to take action to address American journalists and innocent citizens who have been victims of ongoing and unwarranted government surveillance. From Full Measure: Unresolved Investigations This past week, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee took aim at unresolved investigations. Chairman Ron Johnson, a Republican, is preparing to rotate out of the committee’s lead spot. […]
A 21-year-old online fraudster and troll, but who says that he legitimately supports President Trump, raked in about $7,000 in donations after setting up a GoFundMe in the name of a fake group called “Gay Voices for Trump”. The GoFundMe account has since been removed by the company and the multiple fake accounts that initially promoted were also removed from other platforms. The man behind the hoax, […]
In recent years, Netanyahu’s Cabinet has come under criticism for its approach towards senior citizens and the issue of loneliness among the elderly. A survey revealed in 2018 that nearly half of the country’s aging population was struggling with loneliness. Source link
These days, I’m looking for more and more ways to treat myself— one of those ways is with investing in an excellent towel. I mean think about it: it’s something you use everyday (I hope!) and should therefore be treated with a similar thoughtfulness as bedsheets or sweatpants. I want towels that can do their job (drying) and then some. I didn’t think this was possible, […]
In the U.S., frontline health care workers are likely first in line to get immunized with a COVID-19 vaccine, once the FDA says yes. But what about the rest of us? Here’s what we know so far. Xueying Chang, Pien Huang and Kaz Fantone/NPR YouTube As several COVID-19 vaccines head toward authorization in the U.S., questions about vaccine access are coming up, too: Who is slated […]
Enforcement Director Stephanie Avakian led SEC investigations during the heart of its ICO crackdown. Source link
According to The New Yorker, 87-year-old Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) is “seriously struggling” and her cognitive decline has been ‘evident for several years.’ Interesting timing of this New Yorker story as it is being revealed that many San Francisco politicians were targeted by Chinese spies. Citing people familiar with the matter, Feinstein has been “seriously struggling” and her short-term memory “has grown so poor that […]
A protester was killed and another critically injured as ongoing protests in northern Iraq over deteriorating economic conditions turned violent, local sources said on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. Security forces opened fire on demonstrators in Sulaymaniyah's Kifri district, according to health director of Germiyan district Sirvan Jamal. Clashes between security forces and protesters left a 21-year-old teenager dead and another person injured, Jamal said. The casualties occurred when protesters attacked […]
“That amendment alone is enough to make me object to it, as well as the amount of spending,” he said. Paul said he would drop his objection if GOP leaders allowed a final vote on the National Defense Authorization Act on Monday, which would require the Senate to go through the procedural motions. But Republicans are eager to finish work on it this week, in addition […]
A public school in San Antonio, Texas, gave a homework assignment December 1 to second graders that appeared to ask children to write the name of the current U.S. president, but only offered the name of Joe Biden as a choice, and not that of Donald Trump. A Texas public school (Pearce Elementary in Southside ISD, San Antonio) asked 2nd grade students to complete a homework […]
Animal rights defenders and other advocacy groups found a reason to celebrate on Monday after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected the Trump administration’s Liberty Project approval. The Liberty Project is a proposal to drill for offshore oil in Arctic waters. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos In opposition to the proposed project, several climate advocacy groups joined hands in a court […]
By Matt Agorist On Tuesday, Stef Feldman, the national policy director of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, announced in a meeting put on by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service, that gun control is at the top of Biden’s list. There will be no vote or democratic process, and like Trump and Obama before him, Biden will use Executive Orders to implement his will. Feldman […]
Last summer, the Chinese government launched a pilot program for a digital version of the yuan. The virtual currency ups the ante in the war on cash and creates the potential for the government to track and even control consumer spending. Last week, the digital yuan got a boost when China’s biggest online retailer announced it has developed the first virtual platform to accept the Chinese […]
It had been a while since the US had a blockbuster auction, especially after two mediocre treasury sales earlier this year. Today’s 30Y was just the stellar auction the bond market needed. With $24BN in 30Y paper for sale, down from last month’s record $27BN, demand was blistering perhaps in light of the shaky equity market, and the high yield of 1.665% stopped through the 1.684% […]
Kay Burley, a presenter on Sky News, has been suspended from going on-air at the network for six months after flouting England’s Covid-19 guidelines during her 60th birthday party at a lavish London club on Saturday night. The journalist has “agreed to be off air” for six months, Sky News said on Thursday, while two of her colleagues, political editor Beth Rigby and correspondent Inzamam Rashid, […]
(Natural News) A whistleblower testified before the Michigan State Senate that he witnessed a van filled with votes pull up into the vote tabulation center in Detroit at around 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 4, over seven hours after the deadline for submitting the votes had already passed. The Michigan State Senate held a hearing last week to discuss the rampant allegations of voter fraud witnessed by […]
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest businessman, and Nita Ambani’s son Akash married diamantaire Russell Mehta’s daughter Shloka Mehta in a grand ceremony in Mumbai in March, 2019. The “big fat Indian wedding” was attended by many Bollywood celebrities and top businessmen, politicians, cricketers and many others. Source link
United Launch Alliance is proceeding through countdown operations for the launch of their Delta IV Heavy rocket with a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, code named NROL-44. Liftoff is targeted for 18:15 EST (23:15 UTC) on Thursday, 10 December — with the overall launch window extending until 22:30 EST (03:30 UTC) that same night. The flight will mark the first Delta IV mission since the […]
Israel and Morocco have today agreed to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of US President Donald Trump. As part of the agreement, Trump agreed to recognise Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara, where there has been a decades-old territorial dispute with Morocco pitted against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, a breakaway movement that seeks to establish an independent state in the territory, Reuters reported. Trump sealed […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell addresses reporters after the weekly policy luncheon on Dec. 8, 2020. | Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s staff told other congressional leaders on Wednesday that the bipartisan coronavirus negotiators will be unlikely to satisfy Senate Republicans, according to a senior Democrat familiar with the conversations. McConnell’s staff informed House and Senate leadership staffers that the group’s attempts to […]
The families of at least three human rights lawyers in China denounced police harassment and the imposition of an impromptu ban on leaving the house in anticipation of International Human Rights Day, celebrated annually on December 10. The Chinese Communist Party has repressed individuals who serve as defense lawyers for “counter-revolutionary” people for decades, with those taking on human rights cases at the top of that […]
The retirement contributions of New York state workers will no longer be invested in fossil fuels. The state announced Wednesday that it is removing oil and gas stocks from its portfolio, making it the world’s largest pension fund to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The pension fund’s financial portfolio is worth $226 billion, and it disburses $1 billion to […]
2021 is a big moment for CCTV: the world’s one-billionth surveillance camera is likely to be installed by the end of the year. A single CCTV camera per every eight humans on Earth. But of course, it doesn’t quite work like that. Each camera doesn’t follow a set group of people around, creating a neatly edited portrait. The cameras are (mostly) fixed in position, and some […]
Authored by Jonathan Turley, We often discuss media coverage and accuracy on developing legal and political controversies. Much of this discussion recently has focused on the bias shown by the media in the last four years. I have worked for the media as a legal analyst and columnist for years, but I have never before seen this raw and open bias in major media. At the […]
WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) – The United States sanctioned 17 government officials in at least five nations for alleged violations of human rights, banning them and their family members from entering the United States, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a press release on Thursday. Source link
As his already long prospects for overturning the election results have grown even more remote, President Donald Trump has amplified pressure on state Republicans to hit the brakes on certifying Joe Biden’s win. Now, a robocall campaign has been launched targeting the top Republican in Pennsylvania’s state legislature over his refusal to help overturn Biden’s victory in the state last month. And it’s a mystery who […]
Former U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, seen here at a 2019 Women in the World Summit in New York City, is Biden’s pick to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images Former U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, seen here at a 2019 Women in the World Summit in New York […]
Bitcoin traders stared at price charts over 3.4 million times in November watching the leading cryptocurrency pass its record-high price from 2017 late in the month, according to leading charting service TradingView. In November, bitcoin chart views on TradingView soared 82% from the previous month with similar growth seen in charting of other cryptocurrencies, per user data shared exclusively with CoinDesk. Bitcoin’s price rallied 42% over […]
President Trump is right – he’s actually understating it. All across this great country, people are talking about the 2020 election being stolen by senile Joe Biden and his gang of corrupt Anti-American goons. This morning President Trump tweeted: People are upset, and they have a right to be.” ….The fact that our Country is being stolen. A coup is taking place in front of our […]
The pressure for Sudan's far left to be isolated from the country's politics reached its climax this week with the formation of a new council from which its representatives will be excluded. The President of Sudan and leader of the ruling Sovereign Transitional Council (STC), Abdel Fatah Al-Burhan, has secured himself as head of the new Council of Transition Partners (CTP) without appointing a deputy, but […]
“When is this nonsense detrimental to our democracy going to end?” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on the Senate floor. “To use a Senate committee to spread misinformation about our own elections, it’s beyond the pale.” Schumer said Johnson, a top Trump ally, should call off the “ridiculous” hearing and said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should intervene. A spokesperson for Johnson did not immediately respond to a […]
The Minneapolis City Council acted early Thursday morning to cut millions from the city’s police budget, redirecting the funds to mental health and anti-violence programs. Fox News reported the council cut $8 million from police. This move came just months after the council pledged to abolish the police department altogether. According to Breitbart News, on June 12, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to abolish its police department. […]
In an effort to bring down carbon emissions and streamline the building of cost-effective urban housing, Boston-based AEC technology company Generate is focused on revolutionizing the city’s construction industry. Generate has created The Tallhouse, a template for adaptable, low-carbon housing that prioritizes the structural use of mass timber. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos It’s no secret that buildings account for a massive portion of greenhouse […]
By MassPrivateI I didn’t think too much about it when news broke about a police department creating another cam-share program. After all, I have written a half dozen stories about police cam-share programs over the years, including one about DHS’s exclusive “Platinum” cam-share program in New Orleans. The New Orleans Police & Justice Foundation’s SafeCam NOLA program, which allows residents to register their cameras with NOPD, recently […]
This October 4th, 2015 Infowars segment with David Knight includes an exclusive interview with Michelle Rowton of Nurses Against Mandatory Vaccines. Throughout this discussion, Rowton and Knight expose the dangers of vaccinations, specifically for babies. In another example of why Infowars is “Tomorrow’s News Today,” it was revealed Wednesday that the British National Health Service (NHS) is “deploying ‘resuscitation facilities’ in coronavirus vaccination centres following the […]
Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ‘n Guns blog, For the past 20 years we have been assaulted by the Marxist left in the U.S. about how terrible the electoral college is. In their quest for a purely egalitarian society – you know one without enforceable rules, culture, sexes and differences of any kind – the electoral college represents the ultimate thwarting of their intentions […]