The pioneering journalist Monica Roberts, whose influential blog TransGriot reports on the murders of trans women alongside other news of importance to the trans community, has died, according to multiple sources on social media and news outlets. The award winning Roberts was an inspiration to many LGBTQ activists, campaigners and journalists, who took to Twitter and Facebook to express their grief and shock Thursday night. In a Facebook post, the Black Trans Advocacy Coalition wrote: “It is with great sadness that the BTAC family has received notice of the passing of Monica Roberts, our sister, aunt, and friend. We should have […]
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As COVID-19 deaths in the United States approached 200,000, the toll among health-care workers came to include a 28-year-old doctor who had gone about with a toy stethoscope as a youngster in upstate New York. Dr. Adeline Fagan had grown up to become an OB-GYN resident at HCA Healthcare in Houston. A photo shows her in scrubs, holding a swaddled newborn. She has the incandescent smile of someone who could not think of anything better to do than to bring new life into the world. But with the arrival of a pandemic, she sometimes delivered babies whose mothers were infected. And […]
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is ratcheting up enforcement of a state Covid-19 mask mandate, ordering police to cite residents who refuse to wear a face covering after being warned and penalize them with a $250 fine. “For months, we have been focusing on education and not citations, but now I am instructing the Houston Police Department to issue the necessary warnings and citations to anyone not wearing a mask in public if they do not meet the criteria for an exemption,” the mayor said Monday at a press briefing. The citation comes with a $250 fine. Lives are at stake, so […]
A Houston doctor who praises hydroxychloroquine and says that face masks aren’t necessary to stop transmission of the highly contagious coronavirus has become a star on the right-wing internet, garnering tens of millions of views on Facebook on Monday alone. Donald Trump Jr. declared the video of Stella Immanuel a “must watch,” while Donald Trump himself retweeted the video. Before Trump and his supporters embrace Immanuel’s medical expertise, though, they should consider other medical claims Immanuel has made—including those about alien DNA and the physical effects of having sex with witches and demons in your dreams. Immanuel, a pediatrician and a […]
On Tuesday, US authorities gave China 72 hours to shut down its Houston, Texas Consulate, accusing its staff of systematically engaging in espionage. Beijing responded by ordering US diplomats to leave America’s diplomatic mission in Chengdu, with Washington claiming that China has no right to respond in that kind of tit-for-tat manner. China strongly protests US officials’ “forcible entry” into the Chinese diplomatic mission in Houston on Friday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has announced. “China has expressed strong opposition and a firm protest against the forcible entry of the US side in the territory of the Chinese consulate general in […]
The federal government has entered the Chinese Consulate in Houston after taking a Chinese fugitive scientist into custody at the nation’s San Francisco Consulate. Earlier this week, the Houston police and fire department were called to the consulate over reports that they were burning documents in the courtyard. The Chinese did not allow them entry to the building, but were evicted on Friday. BREAKING: U.S. officials have breached the locked Chinese consulate in Houston – @HoustonChron — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 24, 2020 TRENDING: This Weekend: Please Send Us Photos of Leftist Mob Violence and Rioting from Your City — We Want […]
American officials have broken into a former Chinese diplomatic facility in Texas, forcing their way less than an hour after its staff vacated the building, which Washington ordered to close earlier this week. The federal officials, some believed to be with the State Department, gained entry to the facility just before 5pm on Friday evening, using power tools to pry open a back door after failing to breach three different entrances, the Houston Chronicle reported. The takeover attempt was captured in videos circulated on social media, showing a group of men outside the consulate, who circle the building after apparently failing […]
Chinese Foreign Ministry has ordered the US government to shutter a diplomatic office in Chengdu, a move Beijing deemed a tit-for-tat response to Washington’s recent expulsion of Chinese consulate staff from a facility in Texas. “China has decided to revoke the license for the establishment and operation of the US Consulate General in Chengdu and put forward specific requirements for the Consulate General to stop all business and activities,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday morning. The current situation between China and the United States is something China does not want to see, and the responsibility rests entirely […]
US President Donald Trump said he could shutter additional Chinese consulates following the closure of a diplomatic facility in Texas, leaving the door open for further escalation as tensions soar between the two nations. The comment came during a White House presser on Wednesday, following the State Department’s decision to order a Chinese consulate in Houston to shut down within 72 hours “in order to protect American intellectual property and Americans,” according to a department spokesperson. “I guess they were burning documents and burning papers,” Trump said, referring to the Chinese consulate staff. Also on rt.com US abruptly informs Beijing to CLOSE consulate in […]
22 Jul, 2020 07:33 Follow RT on The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the US asked it to close down its consulate in Houston, Texas. Beijing condemned the move, promising retaliation if the decision is not reversed. Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times newspaper, tweeted that Beijing was given 72 hours to vacate the consulate building. “This is a crazy move,” he wrote. The US asked China to close Consulate General in Houston in 72 hours. This is a crazy move. — Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) July 22, 2020 DETAILS TO FOLLOW Follow RT on Source link
(Above Texas Republican Chairman James Dickey) According to the Texan nine hours ago: Federal Judge Lynn Hughes of the U.S. Southern District Court granted immediate relief to the Republican Party of Texas (RPT) Friday afternoon, requiring the City of Houston to make available the George R. Brown Convention Center both this weekend and next weekend, if necessary, for the party’s convention. This morning, the RPT joined the lawsuit after a rough first go at its virtual convention. TRENDING: Noose Hoaxer Bubba Wallace Booed at NASCAR All-Star Race Qualifier, Cheered After Crash (VIDEO) Earlier this week, the Texas Supreme Court denied the […]
A Spike in People Dying at Home Suggests Coronavirus Deaths in Houston May Be Higher Than Reported by Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News HOUSTON — When Karen Salazar stopped by to check on her mother on the evening of June 22, she found her in worse shape than she expected. Her mother, Felipa Medellín, 54, had been complaining about chest pains and fatigue, symptoms that she attributed to a new diabetes treatment she’d started days earlier. Medellín, who had seen a doctor that day, insisted she was fine. But Salazar, 29, noticed that when Medellín lay down, her chest was rising […]
A medical worker walks past a row of ambulances parked outside Houston Methodist Hospital on June 22. The hospital is treating a current surge of COVID-19 cases. Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters hide caption toggle caption Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters A medical worker walks past a row of ambulances parked outside Houston Methodist Hospital on June 22. The hospital is treating a current surge of COVID-19 cases. Callaghan O’Hare/Reuters Hospitals in Texas are inundated by coronavirus patients. On Monday, the state reported almost 6,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19. That’s a record, as cases spike following the state’s reopening of bars, restaurants and stores in early May. […]
As Texas faces a massive surge of COVID-19 cases and increasing criticism from public health experts for having opened too early and too quickly, Houston has been at the forefront of the outbreak. Hospitals in the state’s most populous city are quickly running out of beds—including Texas Medical Center, the largest hospital in the world, where ICU beds were at more than 99 percent normal capacity on Thursday—as the number of confirmed cases in the state have begun an “exponential rise.” Public health experts have maintained that Houston’s hospitals are well equipped to handle hospitalizations in the near term, but in […]
Fifteen days after he cried out for his mother as he couldn’t breathe, George Floyd was laid to rest alongside her in Houston on Tuesday. Floyd’s gold casket was taken to the cemetery from a church on the southwest side of the city, where the last of three memorial services was held for Floyd, 46, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. “My mom, if she was here today, I honestly can say this, that she would be on that casket right now trying to get in there with him,” one of […]
A woman stops to photograph a memorial for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church on Tuesday in Houston. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP A woman stops to photograph a memorial for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church on Tuesday in Houston. Eric Gay/AP George Floyd, whose killing by police inspired days of protests in the U.S. and around the world calling for an end to systemic racism and police brutality, will be laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Houston. The black man died after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on […]
HOUSTON—Denise Douglas and her daughter Brittany arrived at a strip mall in southeast Houston around 8:30 a.m. on Monday, more than three hours before the first bus would arrive to shuttle them to the church where the body of George Floyd was on view. They held bouquets donated by Mayesh Wholesale Florist and fanned themselves with paper fans that read “Stop Racism Now.” “We all have the same problem,” said Denise, a 57-year-old African-American nurse, referring to people in line to pay Floyd their final respects at a public viewing in the city where he grew up. “The problem is people […]
This is just horrific!The leftist mob is attacking Children’s Hospitals now. Advertisement – story continues below A child cries out in terror in this video as rioters launched bricks and rocks through a walkway glass at Houston’s children’s hospital.The mob then turned on her father’s car parked nearby. 🤬🤯CHILD TERRORIZED BY “PEACEFUL PROTESTORS” AT A CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON…. Child cries out in terror as rioters launch bricks & rocks through walkway glass at children’s hospital then turn on her fathers car parked nearby#GeorgeFloyd #Terrorists#VoteRedtoSaveAmerica pic.twitter.com/ko82R3Camt — cindyseestruth (@FreeIllinoisNow) June 4, 2020 TRENDING: Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Will Cut $150 Million […]
As thousands take to the streets in cities across the US to protest police brutality, one sex worker in Texas sought to sacrifice her night’s pay for the cause, offering to spend the night with any cop who quits in viral video. At a demonstration in Houston on Tuesday, one of hundreds inspired by the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis last week, a sex worker going by the pseudonym Phoenix Divina propositioned a skirmish line of riot police, suggesting officers quit their jobs in exchange for her services. “I’ll f**k any police officer that quits today. That […]
US 07:53 GMT 31.05.2020(updated 08:37 GMT 31.05.2020) Get short URL The incident comes after a series of clashes between police and protesters in the United States, as people are holding mass demonstrations following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police on Monday. Houston police have launched an investigation after numerous social media accounts posted footage depicting a mounted officer trampling a woman during the “Justice for Floyd” protests on Saturday. The video shows people shouting, and police blowing a whistle at the rally when a white horse suddenly knocks down a woman holding a sign that […]
Angry Leftists are rioting tonight in several US cities.Liberal mobs are destroying property again in several cities. Protests were held tonight in:– NY, Brooklyn– Milwaukee, WI– Houston, TX– Fort Wayne, IN– Washington DC– Atlanta, GA– Kansas City, MO– Denver, CO– Las Vegas, NV– San Jose, CA– Detroit, MI– Boston, MA– Chicago, IL The leftist mob in Houston was filmed destroying a police vehicle. This now in Houston😳 #HoustonProtest pic.twitter.com/G2QefFEM1U — Tommy Real Nigga (@TommyRealNiggga) May 29, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: DNI Ratcliffe Releases Flynn-Kislyak Transcripts to Senators Grassley, Johnson… UPDATE: Downloaded Transcripts Included damn i luv HOUSTON.. No Justice No Peace ✊🏽 […]
Protests against police violence have spread across the country in response to the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody May 25. Video and photos show hundreds of people, many in medical masks, gathering in downtown Los Angeles, where demonstrators blocked a freeway and smashed the windows of a police car, and in Memphis, where police had erected barricades. Protesters rallied in Houston for a prayer vigil and in Chicago Tuesday night. Chance the Rapper organized the Chicago protest and spoke to those assembled: “This organized protest isn’t a direct diss to CPD. It’s not a diss to […]
Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said Adrian Mereadis’ family has requested that the footage capturing his death be kept out of public view. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said Adrian Mereadis’ family has requested that the footage capturing his death be kept out of public view. Jose Luis Magana/AP After days of public demands for access, the Houston Police Department announced it will not release video of the deadly shooting of a black man. Adrian Medearis, a 48-year-old gospel singer and choir director, was shot multiple times by a […]