Above photo: Shutterstock. While states and localities still have a long way to go toward getting everyone access to high-speed Internet, efforts at all levels of government, and especially federal funding, promise positive progress. If 2020 convinced the country that broadband for all Americans is essential, then 2021 underscored a reality of life: Goals often require longer timelines than we’d prefer. To put it another way, a worldwide emergency helped the U.S. recognize the importance of having ubiquitous high-speed Internet, and now we’re playing catch-up. There’s no quick and clean fix, which is a clunky pill to swallow for millions of people who […]
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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) used her first allotted questioning time during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to zero-in on the Democratic ticket’s closing campaign message: an unambiguous defense of the Affordable Care Act. “Over the last nine years, Republicans in Congress have tried 70 times—70 times—to repeal or roll back the ACA,” Harris said on Tuesday evening. “In 2013, Senate Republicans were so desperate to stop its success that they shut down the entire government four weeks after President Trump was elected. Washington Republicans spent nearly a year trying to repeal […]
He’s at it again. Nashville city officials are investigating a massive gathering of thousands of maskless worshippers who tightly packed onto a local courthouse’s steps Sunday night. It was the latest stop of a “Let Us Worship” tour by a controversial musician and religious activist who has drawn ire from leaders across the country for his take on pandemic-era faith. “We have worked very hard to slow the spread of COVID by taking a measured approach to protect the community,” Brian Todd, a spokesman for the Metro Public Health Department for the City of Nashville, told The Daily Beast in a […]
What sound does a crossword puzzle make? Sounds are very useful for crossword writers, especially since their spelling is often so flexible. Some of the sounds crossword writers put in their puzzles can be a bit dubious. Has anyone ever actually shrieked “Eek!” upon spotting a mouse? More people have surely written EEK into a crossword grid than have shouted that while standing on a chair in the kitchen, since you see it in puzzles all the time. Let’s look at some other examples, including from last week’s Daily Beast puzzles. On Thursday we had TEE-HEE clued as [Laugher’s sound], plus […]
Stargazers perk up — Mars is getting big and bright the coming week, as the sun, Earth and Mars line up close to a new moon on the night of Oct. 13. The event that happens about every two years is called “opposition” in astronomy terms: the sun and Mars on opposite sides of Earth. From the earthling’s perspective, according to NASA, Mars rises in the east just as the sun sets in the west, and would stay up in the sky the whole night, setting in the west just as the sun rises. Because we’re seeing the whole dayside of […]
Flint-Linked Veolia Merger Brings Water Privatization Closer To ‘Global Reality’ By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. October 8, 2020 Flint-Linked Veolia Merger Brings Water Privatization Closer To ‘Global Reality’2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/school.jpg200px200px Above photo: A student gets water from a cooler in the hallway at Gardner Elementary School in Detroit, Sept. 4, 2018, due to elevated lead levels in public water. Paul Sancya | AP. “This lack of competition will lead to unaffordable costs for families, slack maintenance and safety procedures, loss of union jobs, and potentially rampant corruption.” – Food and Water Watch Veolia, one of the world’s largest private water corporations, has just […]
Eosfinex has launched a beta version of its mainnet, saying it brings liquidity from the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange to the EOS community. Source link
Three of Milstein’s clients – Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy and Alexander “Sasha” Volkov – won the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning on 26 September, concluding a season marred by shutdowns and with the NHL season concluding in a bubble format, in two host cities – Toronto and Edmonton. The Russians in Tampa persevered through the lockdown, staying in game-shape at home, and months away from their families to win hockey’s most coveted prize, although now bringing it home is complicated by international restrictions and league protocols, Milstein said. When the NHL season was suspended on 12 March, players faced […]
Gloria Estefan is suspicious of the Red Table. “What is it we used to say guys?” she asks her niece, talk show host Lili Estefan, and daughter, musician Emily Estefan, who are gathered on a conference call. “It’s the color of the table!” Lili says, as if accusing a furniture hue of witchcraft. “Or they’re drugging us!” Emily adds. Laughing, Gloria gets the final word. “They’re injecting us with truth serum.” The thing is: there is something mystical about the Red Table, or maybe at least about the candid, outspoken women who agree to “bring” themselves to it, to use the […]
By Curd Knüpfer and Robert Mathew Entman, The Conversation Fox News is up to five times more likely to use the word “hate” in its programming than its main competitors, according to our new study of how cable news channels use language. Fox particularly uses the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. His opponents are said to “hate” Trump, his values and his followers. Our research, which ran from Jan. 1 to May 8, 2020, initially explored news of Trump’s impeachment. Then came the coronavirus. As we sifted through hundreds of cable news transcripts over five months, we noticed consistent […]
Tropical Storm Beta is expected to hug the coastline as it pours rain on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption toggle caption NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Tropical Storm Beta is expected to hug the coastline as it pours rain on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Tropical Storm Beta’s heavy rainfall and slow movement is raising the risk of flooding “from the middle Texas coast to southeast Louisiana,” the National Weather Service said. Beta is heading for a part of Louisiana where electricity service for thousands of people hasn’t recovered from being knocked out by […]
On Friday, Democratic presidential nominee and former US vice president, Joe Biden, along with his wife Jill, paid a visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, as the country commemorates the 19th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Friday surprised firefighters at the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Co. Station 627, in the US state of Pennsylvania, delivering two six-packs of beer, a promise he made to the workers during a 2012 visit to the facility. The former vice president, on the campaign trail, showed up at the Shanksville […]
Joe Scarborough says Trump has an “insulting view of the military” for blasting “top people” at the Pentagon for wanting war, but many have spoken of the same – including Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom the MSNBC host bizarrely cited. “I’m not saying the military’s in love with me,” President Donald Trump said in a Monday press conference, addressing recent anonymously-sourced claims that he has insulted military members in private. “The soldiers are, the top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t, because they want to do nothing but fight wars so all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make […]
New Month Brings Added Urgency To Minneapolis’ Housing Needs By Jenn Schreiter, Unicorn Riot. September 3, 2020 New Month Brings Added Urgency To Minneapolis’ Housing Needs2020-09-032020-09-03https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/parkboard-sept-2-cover.png200px200px Minneapolis, MN – Advocates for people without housing are meeting today outside of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board headquarters, hours after a sanctuary encampment in the Phillips area was cleared by police. They’re demanding immediate sanctuary for the Safe Haven Encampment (SHE), a sanctuary camp for women and children, along with “any other park who is asking for a consideration to exist.“ Two weeks ago, community members demanded that the Minneapolis Park & Recreation […]
Users do not have to pre-fund their USDC-bearing wallet with ether before every transaction, according to Centre. Source link
Tonight was the first night of the 2020 RNC.AND BOY DID IT DELIVER! The lineup tonight was EXCEPTIONAL!Speaker after Speaker brought a powerful message of hope tonight.It was sooo refreshing after a week of hopelessness and lies at the DNC. Advertisement – story continues below Kimberly Guilfoyle delivered an incredible speech.Kimberly brought THE FIRE! This was a powerful speech. Kimberly sold America and sold Trump to viewers tonights. TRENDING: 2020 RNC Night 1 Live Stream Video Starting at 8 PM ET — McCloskeys, Don Jr., Kim Guilfoyle, Charlie Kirk, Kim Klacik, Jim Jordan and President Trump Source link
The Democrat-endorsed far left protesters in Portland are getting more violent by the day. The Portland Police reported On July 26, 2020 while Portland Police were investigating a shots fired call near Lownsdale Square Park a passerby pointed out a suspicious bag to them. Police examined the bag and found that it contained loaded rifle magazines and Molotov cocktails. Advertisement – story continues below The video from Portland looks like a war movie.Leftists are determined to burn down the federal courthouse. TRENDING: We Asked Our Readers to Send Photos of the Democrat Party Sanctioned Destruction and Rioting in their Community — […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): On 22 May, an airplane crash in Karachi killed 97 of the 99 people onboard. It was stated in the provisional inquiry report that the pilot and the air controller were responsible for the incident. In June, Pakistan International Airlines grounded 150 pilots over holding fake licenses. Following the suit of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Malaysia’s aviation regulatory authority, the US Department of Transportation has suspended Pakistan International Airline’s special permit to conduct charter flights to the United States, citing concerns over the carrier’s safety measures and pilots’ “suspicious licenses”. “The PIA will not […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India is undergoing the longest and harshest lockdown anywhere in the world as a containment measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. But still there is no sign of abatement of the pandemic, with data scientists predicting a long haul ahead for India, and the country might see 287,000 cases per day by early 2021. Ever since the first case of COVID-19 infection was detected in India on 30 January, 2020, there has been a surge in the caseload, with the cumulative figure crossing 700,000 as of Wednesday, according to the federal Health Ministry. The only silver lining […]
COVID19 Brings American Decline Out In The Open By Noah Smith, Bloomberg. July 1, 2020 COVID19 Brings American Decline Out In The Open2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/2200x-1-e1593623193172.jpg200px200px Above photo: Maybe it will get better from here? David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Without fixes for infrastructure, education, health care and government, the U.S. will resemble a developing nation in a few decades. NOTE: Popular Resistance rarely reposts articles from corporate media outlets like Bloomberg News but we thought it was interesting that reality is seeping into the mass media. The U.S.’s decline started with little things that people got used to. Americans drove past empty construction sites and didn’t even […]
Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks as then-President Obama watches during a signing ceremony in 2016. Obama joined Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for a virtual fundraiser Tuesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Then-Vice President Joe Biden speaks as then-President Obama watches during a signing ceremony in 2016. Obama joined Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, for a virtual fundraiser Tuesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Former President Barack Obama joined his former vice president, Joe Biden, on a virtual fundraiser on Tuesday evening, as top-level Democrats seek to consolidate voters around […]
Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP The civil rights movement largely passed East Texas by in the 1950’s and 60’s. Today, more than a half century later, there remains little tradition of protest in the region — part of plantation country during slavery — and scant experience with organizing. Houston is the gateway to East […]
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the man who launched the fraudulent Mueller Special Investigation, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. The Democrats were only there to spread lies and the uninformed GOP Senators were mostly useless. But Senator Josh Hawley brought the heat! Senator Hawley (R-MO) pushed Rosenstein into a corner when he nailed him for rubber-stamping the FISA warrant against President Trump. TRENDING: It’s a Cult: Thousands of Whites Grovel in Front of Blacks Begging For Forgiveness (VIDEO) Does anyone actually believe Rod Rosenstein did not read over a FISA warrant to spy on the […]
US 19:01 GMT 28.05.2020Get short URL Newly released footage of the Monday night arrest of Minnesota resident George Floyd has offered additional insight into conduct exhibited by police on the scene prior to the fatal move that saw Floyd’s airway blocked for several minutes by an officer. Earlier this week, the Minneapolis Police Department explained that officers who responded to the scene at a Cup Foods grocery store for a “forgery in progress” call used force against Floyd after he reportedly physically resisted arrest. However, at present, new cellphone and surveillance footage fail to support that claim. The first video that […]
Authorities have warned that they will return to strict social distancing rules if they fail to curb the second wave of Covid-19 infections. The quarantine measures were eased just a few weeks ago. Tighter restrictions were reinstated in South Korea’s capital, Seoul along with the adjacent city of Incheon and the Gyeonggi Province until June 14. During this time period, all night clubs, bars, museums, and some other public places will remain closed. Companies were recommended to allow employees to work from home and to reintroduce flexible schedules, among other measures. Citizens were encouraged to avoid large gatherings. “The next two […]
Byrne Hobart, a CoinDesk columnist, is an investor, consultant and writer in New York. His newsletter, The Diff (diff.substack.com), covers inflection points in finance and technology. The bull case for bitcoin as a store of value is simple: at first nobody owns it. Then it’s owned by people who are some combination of crazy and smart, but generally crazier than they are smart. Over time the craziness requirement drops, more investors buy it and it becomes dumb not to own a little. Since existing monetary systems are necessarily optimized for the status quo – and the dollar is, in fact, very […]
A leading global diamond producer, Russia’s ALROSA, is reporting that its sales were down tenfold in one month alone, as the impact of Covid-19 ripples through the global economy and supply chains. In April, ALROSA sold a total of just $15.6 million-worth of rough and polished diamonds. This is down from over $152 million a month earlier and from $400 million in sales in the beginning of the year. “Restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus and a decline in demand for diamond jewelry have minimized the trade in rough and polished diamonds across the world,” Evgeny Agureev, Deputy CEO of ALROSA, […]
NIH COVID-19 Brings Health Disparities Research to the Forefront NIH Director’s Blog The coronavirus 2019 (COVD-19) pandemic has brought into sharp focus many of the troubling things that we already knew about health disparities in the United States but have failed to address. With the bright light now shining on this important issue, it is time to talk about the role research can play in reducing the disproportionate burden of COVID-19, as well as improving the health of all people in our great nation. In recent weeks, we’ve seen a growing list of disturbing statistics about how blacks, Hispanics, tribal communities, and some […]