Conservative protesters in San Francisco accuse Antifa activists of violently attacking their rally. Police officers were injured at the event as well. A “free speech rally” was held at the United Nations Plaza on Saturday. Some demonstrators wore red ‘Make America Great Again’ Trump campaign hats and carried pro-police ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags, as well as US flags. The activists came to decry what they call censorship of conservative views and stories by social media giants, like San Francisco-based Twitter. Counter-protesters rushed to the scene as well, quickly outnumbering their rivals. Carrying makeshift shields and ‘Smash fascism’ banners, they threw plastic […]
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As the only major late-night host to air a new show Monday night, Jimmy Kimmel had one of the more laughable Trump stories in recent memory all to himself. Noting that today is both Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day, the host said, “Our president, though, is a big supporter of Columbus Day. He and Christopher Columbus actually have a lot in common. They both spread disease and both failed spectacularly at what they were hired to do.” Kimmel began by taking on the “contaminator-in-chief’s” first big “maskless” rally in Florida since contracting the coronavirus just a couple of weeks ago. […]
As talks between the Afghan government in Kabul and the Taliban rebel group continue in Doha, Qatar, one expert recalls to Sputnik that there are many forces working against a peace deal, including the negotiators’ lack of knowledge about anything but war. Nearly seven month since the US arrived at a tentative peace deal with the Taliban, setting the stage for its own withdrawal and for Kabul to also make peace with the Taliban, the two Afghan parties are finally sitting down in Doha, which hosted the previous negotiations. Significant obstacles stand in the way of such a deal, including the […]
“A virtual hearing is virtually no hearing at all,” the New York Senator says, suggesting the decision on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should be postponed, despite Senate already using the practice throughout pandemic. “If it’s not safe for the Senate to meet in session, it’s not safe for the hearings to go forward,” Chuck Schumer said at a Sunday press conference. The Senate has already cancelled meetings this week due to several senators, including two on the judiciary committee, revealing they are positive for Covid-19. The idea of virtual hearings has been suggested, but Democrats have been resistant to the […]
Some passengers don a disposable suit over their clothes to help shield themselves from the coronavirus. Is that helpful? What about gloves, face shields and goggles? Also: A blanket idea! (Image credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images) Source link
Faced with a U.S. Treasury Department report linking him to a Russian agent, Rudy Giuliani defended himself Saturday by claiming he had no idea that Ukrainian lawmaker and conspiracy-peddler Andriy Derkach was a foreign operative. In an interview Saturday on AM Joy, the president’s personal attorney refused to directly answer questions from interviewer Jonathan Capehart about how he could have been in the dark about Derkach’s political affiliations. “You’re a former prosecutor from the Southern District of New York, a former mayor of New York City, you have a national security firm,” Capehart said. “How could you not know that this […]
Do portable air cleaning machines really help reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the home? The frustrating short answer: “It depends.” Find out what it depends upon! (Image credit: Ben de la Cruz/NPR) Source link
On Thursday, Colombian President Ivan Duque accused Caracas of planning to buy Iranian-made missile systems, citing information “from international intelligence agencies.” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza blasted Duque’s claims as “fiction” to distract public opinion from Colombia’s internal problems. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that it would be “good idea” to consider buying Iranian missile systems. “It had not occurred to me, it had not occurred to us,” Maduro said, during a cabinet meeting broadcast on television, before asking Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino to look into the idea. “Padrino, what a good idea, to speak with Iran to see what […]
The fact they are even considering a pardon for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden shows how low the Republican party has sunk under Donald Trump, believes Susan Rice, former national security advisor in the Obama administration. The possibility that criminal charges against Snowden may be dropped was floated by the US president this week. The idea triggered an outpouring of public support, including from such senior US officials as Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky. There were also some strongly negative reactions, with one of the loudest objections coming from Susan Rice, the former national security advisor under Barack Obama. “I. Just. Can’t. […]
For the second time in a week, US President Donald Trump has indicated that he might be considering pardoning former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. He noted that the issue has long transcended party lines. Asked if he wants to pardon Snowden at the press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday, Trump responded that while he was “not that aware of the Snowden situation,” he would “start looking at it.” Trump, who once labelled the former CIA contractor-turned-whistleblower a “trator,” argued that there was no consensus amongst American political establishment on the matter. “There are many people…it seems to be a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/0a/1080115781_0:70:3072:1798_1200x675_80_0_0_1bf86f52286088ceb97c54ac9ac0eb80.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008101080115811-good-idea-though-trump-bins-reports-about-white-house-asking-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore/ MOSCOW, August 10 (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump has denied seeking to have his image etched on Mount Rushmore, but noted that it “sounds like a good idea” to him. “This is Fake News by the failing @nytimes & bad ratings @CNN. Never suggested it although, based on all of the many things accomplished during the first 3 1/2 years, perhaps more than any other Presidency, sounds like a good idea to me,” Trump tweeted, posting a link to the relevant CNN report. This is Fake News by the failing @nytimes & bad […]
US Democratic Party Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was blasted on Twitter for proposing that police officers be swapped with mental health staff at schools. Many argued online that the idea would make the schools even less safe. Omar tweeted that “over-policing doesn’t make them safer – it criminalizes Black and brown students.” Along with fellow Representative Ayanna Pressley, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chris Murphy, she proposed a bill to replace police officers at schools with mental health professionals. Over-policing our schools doesn’t make them safer — it criminalizes Black and brown students. That’s why I just introduced legislation with @AyannaPressley, @ewarren, and […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in July, German lawmaker Christian Schmidt of the Christian Social Union (CSU), said at the VI Youth Forum The Potsdam Meetings that the issue of Russia’s accession to NATO should be on the agenda again, as it was in the 1990s when such a scenario was considered, to build a new system of global security. While the idea of Russia joining NATO has been occasionally placed on the table, now, in 2020, the suggestion is merely hypothetical, as there is no intention on either side to discuss the issue, experts told Sputnik, adding that if there is […]
In Russia, where President Vladimir Putin wants to insert references to God and heterosexual marriage into the constitution, certain forms of violence against women have been decriminalized—so long as the violence takes place within a traditional marriage. In Poland, where abortion access is already severely restricted, President Andrzej Duda has promised to sign draft legislation that would compel women to carry to term fetuses with severe congenital deformities, and a third of municipalities have declared themselves “LGBT-free zones”—all in order to “defend Christian values,” as one leader of the ruling party puts it. In Turkey, reports of gender-based violence have risen […]
Middle-Eastern American YouTuber Patrick Bet-David who runs the channel Valuetainment with 2.4 million subscribers, shared his thoughts on “White privilege” during a Facebook Livestream. “White privilege. Let me get this straight. So that means somebody has privileges over me because they’re white? Really? You really believe that?” “I don’t buy that. Had somebody that messaged me on Facebook a couple of days ago saying, you know, I posted the fact that I was in the military as somebody being Middle Eastern and this person said, “you know, I really feel bad. I have to really, you know, understand what it must feel […]
Not every U.S. lawmaker is on board with the idea of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) or digital dollar, but no one explicitly rejected it during a hearing of the powerful Senate Banking Committee Tuesday. That’s probably the biggest takeaway from Tuesday’s hearing, where the panel heard from former regulator turned CBDC evangelist Chris Giancarlo, Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla and Duke Law professor Nakita Cuttino as expert witnesses. The lawmakers present asked questions about financial inclusion, including what potential regulations or laws might make digitization easier and more accessible to the unbanked. “The U.S. needs a digital dollar,” said Senator […]
Abolishing The Police: A Radical Idea That’s Been around For Over A Century June 19, 2020 Abolishing The Police: A Radical Idea That’s Been around For Over A Century2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/san-francisco-strike-1934-e1592606080526.jpg200px200px Above photo: 1934. Nearly every so-called race riot in the United States since 1935 has been sparked by a police incident. StockSnap. In 1905, Pennsylvania did something unprecedented: It founded America’s first state police force. The new institution, which was more highly militarized than previous law enforcement systems, was created for one reason: The state government wanted a more organized and efficient way to break strikes. The new force approached that mission with […]
The fat orange Fuhrer’s sole remaining braincell has succumbed to dementia, so he has been deposed,in secret of course, and he is far too moronic to even realise it [Editor’s note: Today, our own mini-Trump, the equally horrendous, truly disgusting and utterly corrupt pig of a man Boris Johnson has allowed non-essential shops and businesses to re-open, leading to huge crowds of extremely stupid, incredibly shallow, utterly vain and hopelessly greedy morons to queue outside them. It is as if these pig ignorant sheeple are actually trying to spread the virus and get sick. Ooh, Primark is open, I simply must […]
The fat orange Fuhrer’s sole remaining braincell has succumbed to dementia, so he has been deposed,in secret of course, and he is far too moronic to even realise it [Editor’s note: Today, our own mini-Trump, the equally horrendous, truly disgusting and utterly corrupt pig of a man Boris Johnson has allowed non-essential shops and businesses to re-open, leading to huge crowds of extremely stupid, incredibly shallow, utterly vain and hopelessly greedy morons to queue outside them. It is as if these pig ignorant sheeple are actually trying to spread the virus and get sick. Ooh, Primark is open, I simply must […]
George Floyd protesters and “Black Lives Matter” activists have been calling for defunding police and redirecting funds to other areas, such as education and housing, following Floyd’s death in Minneapolis on 25 May. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has not supported calls for cutting funds to the US police, his campaign said on late Monday. “Biden does not believe that police should be defunded. He hears and shares the deep grief and frustration of those calling out for change, and is driven to ensure that justice is done and that we put a stop to this terrible pain”, Biden’s spokesperson […]
On Thursday President Trump called on Barack Obama to be questioned under oath before Congress for his role in “the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR!” President Trump also called on Senator Lindsey Graham to quit talking and do his job as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. If I were a Senator or Congressman, the first person I would call to testify about the biggest political crime and scandal in the history of the USA, by FAR, is former President Obama. He knew EVERYTHING. Do it @LindseyGrahamSC, just do it. No more Mr. […]
The president’s son-in-law and top aide, Jared Kushner, suggested having Trump’s future national security adviser use secure communications at the Russian embassy to communicate with Russian generals, according to newly released transcripts from the House Intelligence Committee. The suggestion, made during a December 2016 meeting with Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, was ultimately nixed by the Russian ambassador, according to Kushner. Kushner’s proposed back-channel with the Kremlin has been widely reported, but this is the first detailed, on-the-record account by him of the incident. The Washington Post reported in May 2017 that Kislyak relayed the proposal to his superiors […]