The Senate and House intelligence committees say the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has agreed to resume face-to-face briefings on threats to the November election. Ratcliffe said last month he was canceling the briefings because the information was leaked to the media. He’s shown here at his confirmation hearing in May. Gabriella Demczuk/AP hide caption toggle caption Gabriella Demczuk/AP The Senate and House intelligence committees say the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has agreed to resume face-to-face briefings on threats to the November election. Ratcliffe said last month he was canceling the briefings because the information was leaked to […]
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The UK’s media watchdog Ofcom was flooded with hundreds of complaints from angry TV viewers after a Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement-inspired dance routine was performed on Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) over the weekend. Ofcom has received some 2,966 complaints over the episode of the show aired on Saturday night, the watchdog said. Almost all of the complaints have been related to the BLM-inspired routine, performed by dance troupe Diversity. “We are assessing these complaints against our broadcasting rules, before deciding whether or not to investigate,” an Ofcom spokesperson said Tuesday. The watchdog did not elaborate on the specific details of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107860/87/1078608724_0:320:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_e8174d04c6b78214d16c2824faa5cc98.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008211080232821-us-engaged-with-china-on-trade-despite-huge-complaints-about-other-issues-wh-adviser-kudlow-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Trump administration remains engaged with China on Phase One of the trade agreement despite having huge complaints on other issues, White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow said on Thursday, adding that he was particularly pleased with large Chinese purchases of US-produced commodities. “So far, so good”, Kudlow said on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends”. “We have many huge complaints about China. But on the trade deal, we are engaged”. US-China relations have significantly soured in the past few years, with Washington blaming Beijing for unfair trade practices, a poor […]
Current NYPD Officers With The Most Substantiated Misconduct Complaints By George Joseph, Christopher Robbins, Jake Offenhartz and Jake Dobkin, Gothamist. July 30, 2020 Current NYPD Officers With The Most Substantiated Misconduct Complaints2020-07-302020-07-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/02/Screen-Shot-2015-02-20-at-10.11.59-AM-150×100.png200px200px Above photo: By Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Approximately four thousand of the NYPD’s 36,000 active officers have at least one substantiated complaint of police misconduct, according to data from the Civilian Complaint Review Board published by ProPublica on Sunday. Gothamist/WNYC has identified seven officers in the CCRB’s data set with substantiated allegations in at least six separate complaints—the most of all current NYPD officers. All enjoyed high-ranking positions as of last month, according to the dataset. All are […]
The US Army has finally logged off Twitch after its questionable efforts to connect with gamers were met with major pressure from online activists and suggestions that its dubious activity even fell foul of the Constitution. The military’s esports gaming team has “paused” its Twitch streaming and social media interactions following negative media coverage and “potentially unconstitutional bans,” journalist Rod Breslau first reported on Thursday. new: sources tell me due to recent media coverage of fake giveaways and potentially unconstitutional bans, the US Army esports team has paused social activity, streaming on Twitch, and official activations with Twitch including participating in […]
The parties, reportedly held and attended by “unsavory” residents, including gang members, are said to have taken place in Florida’s Osceola County. The allegation comes as a majority of US states, including Florida, witness a record resurgence of infections of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Osceola County sheriff’s office has received over 600 noise complaints over the past months regarding so-called ‘COVID-19 Parties’ that usually take place at vacation rental homes with the aim of spreading the virus among attendees, Sherriff Russ Gibson revealed to local TV news channel Click Orlando, an affiliate of CBS. The sheriff asserted that his offices have […]
Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear By Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra and Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News. July 2, 2020 Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/ppe-e1593714767878.jpg200px200px Above photo: Public health workers, doctors and nurses protest over lack of sick pay and personal protective equipment outside a hospital in the Bronx in New York City. Giles Clarke/Getty Images. Some Still Died. COVID-19 cases were climbing at Michigan’s McLaren Flint hospital. So Roger Liddell, 64, who procured supplies for the hospital, asked for an N95 respirator for his own protection, since his work brought him into the same room as COVID-positive patients. […]
Attorney Paul Kamenar filed an ethics complaint on Tuesday with the Department of Justice against Mueller attorney Aaron Zelinsky. Andrew Miller and the National Legal and Policy Center, through their undersigned counsel, filed this complaint against Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) Aaron S.J. Zelinsky with the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for misconduct that occurred during the grand jury proceedings of Mr. Miller regarding the investigation and prosecution of Roger J. Stone. The complaint was filed with the Department of Justice on Tuesday. Aaron Zelinsky is slated to speak before Congress and before Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Wednesday. TRENDING: It […]