Above Photo: American neo-Nazi Paul Gray on Fox News in front of a wall featuring emblems of fascist militias like the Azov Battallion Dhs ‘Concerned’ Over Nazis Returning To Us After Fighting In Ukraine. Why Isn’t The Media? Us Corporate Media Has Provided Glowing Coverage To Paul Gray, A Notorious American White Nationalist Fighting In Ukraine. A Dhs Document Warns He’s Not The Only Us Fascist Drawn To Kiev. As the United States undergoes a national mourning process over a spate of mass shootings, American white nationalists with documented histories of violence are attaining combat experience with advanced US-made weapons in […]
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Above Photo: Stand With Ukraine protest in London, Feb. 26. Catholic Church England and Wales / Flickr. Everyone’s anti-war until the war propaganda starts. Nobody thinks of themselves as a warmonger, but then the spin machine gets going and before you know it, they’re spouting the slogans they’ve been programmed to spout and waving the flags they’ve been programmed to wave and consenting to whatever the imperial war machine wants in that moment. Virtually everyone will tell you they love peace and hate war when asked; war is the very worst thing in the world, and no healthy person relishes the […]
Above Photo: Police officers confront demonstrators decrying the murder of George Floyd, in Santa Monica, Calif., on May 31, 2020. Bryan Denton/NYT. A Condensed Summary Of Where We’re At With Police Reform. The Democrats’ big police reform bill, the Justice in Policing Act (JPA), passed the House last March and then languished in the Senate before negotiations over the legislation totally collapsed in September. Congress’ failure to pass the bill doesn’t totally excuse the near total lack of progress on police reform, however. Biden can enact many JPA provisions himself. A leaked draft of an executive order from December showed that Biden was at least […]
The Minneapolis Teachers’ Strike Isn’t Over Until The Workers Decide It’s Over By Tatiana Cozzarelli, Left Voice. March 26, 2022 The Minneapolis Teachers’ Strike Isn’t Over Until The Workers Decide It’s Over2022-03-262022-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220326-4.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Luigi Morris, 2022. The Minneapolis Public School District reached a tentative agreement with the teachers’ union and only a few hours later, called families and teachers to say the strike is over. But teachers have the right to read the proposed agreement, discuss and decide. The strike isn’t over until rank and file teachers say it is. As Minneapolis teachers are nearing the end of the third […]
Above photo: People wade through high water to evacuate a flooded home in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida struck. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images. Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. This time the levees held. Billions of dollars invested in reinforcing them had paid off – at least for part of the population. A strong similarity between Ida and Katrina still emerged: Low-income communities and communities of color remain at high risk from hurricanes. As scholars who study refugees and migration worldwide, we are finding that the communities most at risk are […]
Above Photo: This undated screenshot taken from a video shows the arrest of Miko Peled by Israeli forces during a protest in occupied Palestine. A Chink In My Privilege I Have Been Questioned Enough Times To Know That Things Are Not Going Well When The Officer Looks At Your Passport And Asks You Questions For Which The Answers Are Written In The Passport Itself. Jerusalem — “I need a cell for a Jew,” the Israeli cops driving the jeep called into the jail. I was the Jew they were referring to and the jail was the infamous “Muskobia,” in the heart of […]
Two major gains took place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP) in Glasgow, Scotland, which concluded on November 13: the first was that there would be another COP in 2022 in Egypt, and the second was that the world leaders expressed their aspiration to keep global temperature below 1.5 degrees Celsius alive. These were, however, the only gains made at the end of COP26 to address the pressing issue of climate change. After more than two weeks of intense discussions – and many evenings of corporate-funded cocktail parties – the most powerful countries in the world left the convention […]
Framing Climate Change as a “National Security Priority” Isn’t A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care By Adam H. Johnson, Medium. November 25, 2020 Framing Climate Change as a “National Security Priority” Isn’t A Clever Maneuver To Get People To Care2020-11-252020-11-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/kerry-1-e1606322761412.jpg200px200px It’s a Centrist Co-option Strategy to Bloat the Budgets of ICE and the Pentagon. Read the fine print before rushing to deem climate change a “national security” threat. On November 23, President-elect Joe Biden announced that former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry will serve as special envoy on climate and have a seat on the National Security […]
When Fascists Roam The Streets, Staying Home Isn’t An Option By Anonymous Comtributor, It’s Going Down. November 22, 2020 When Fascists Roam The Streets, Staying Home Isn’t An Option2020-11-222020-11-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/fascism.jpg200px200px Grassroots journalist Talia Jane, who was attacked and injured by a Proud Boy in Washington DC at the Millions MAGA March, argues that those who are choosing to leave the streets in the aftermath of Biden’s election are making a mistake – and are allowing street level fascism a space to grow and organize. Support Talia Jane’s work here. The Million MAGA March in Washington, D.C. on November 14th has become a flashpoint […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation is a done deal. Democrats don’t have the votes, and not enough Republicans have the principles. Democrats’ only recourse, many have argued, is to increase the size of the court—“Court-packing” is the derogatory term—to offset the illegitimate appointments of Justice Gorsuch (after the stonewalling of Should’ve-Been-Justice Garland) and Justice Barrett. Presuming they win the presidency and flip the Senate, of course. Joe Biden has notably refused to take “court-packing” off the table, but the idea doesn’t poll well, and there are real reasons to fear it—not least the likelihood that Republicans would retaliate as soon […]
As if the ructions of the year aren’t giving us enough cause to re-examine things we thought we understood, now we find ourselves questioning what a company is for, and what role it should occupy in society and in employees’ lives. Earlier this week, Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong published a post in which he stressed the company’s focus on the mission of creating “an open financial system for the world,” and asked that political issues be left out of workplace discourse. The questions this raises are huge, and the timing fits right into tectonic shifts already underway in the […]
Nagorno-Karabakh’s Conflict Isn’t About Us (Or Russia) By Maj. Danny Sjursen, US (ret.), AntiWar.com. October 2, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh’s Conflict Isn’t About Us (Or Russia)2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nk.jpeg200px200px Above photo: TRT World. No Dog in the Fight. Journalists and geo-strategists call it a “frozen conflict” – one of several such deadlocked disputes under tenuous ceasefire in the post-Soviet states. Only now, the long-standing battle between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) is anything but. For the third time since the Russian-brokered 22-year armed-truce – ending a bloody 1988-94 war that claimed some 30,000 lives – broke down in 2016, the antagonists are at it again. Yet this outbreak feels […]
Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that Subway bread shouldn’t be classified as bread for tax purposes due to its sugar-to-flour ratio. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that Subway bread shouldn’t be classified as bread for tax purposes due to its sugar-to-flour ratio. Joe Raedle/Getty Images In a decision shocking to those familiar with the $5 footlong, Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled: Subway bread isn’t actually bread. At least, not legally. That’s because its bread has too much sugar, the court said Tuesday. The country’s Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 says tax-exempt bread can’t […]
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said his country has the means to defend itself in the escalating conflict with Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. He indicated Yerevan wasn’t planning to seek assistance from its allies. At a meeting with members of the Russian press in the Armenian capital on Wednesday, Pashinyan stated that his country does not intend to call for an intervention by peacekeepers from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). In 1994, Armenia was a founder member of the Moscow-led alternative to NATO, which has six members in Eurasia. Pashinyan said at the press briefing that “there is no such […]
On this Speaking of Bitcoin episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy & Jonathan Mohan for an in-depth discussion about what’s really at risk when blockchains suffer the dreaded 51% attack. On today’s show we’re talking 51% attacks, the much discussed, infrequently seen and fairly misunderstood doomsday scenarios. It’s a topic of discussion that’s recently re-emerged as Ethereum plans its transition to Proof-of-Stake and fork Ethereum Classic is hit by its third in less than a month. Although the numbers may change, basically any blockchain you can imagine is vulnerable to some form of the so-called 51% attack. By […]
The poisoning incidents in Salisbury, England in 2018 with an unusual organophosphate compound designated A-234 gave rise to wide coverage of the story that a novel class of nerve agents named “Novichoks” had been discovered in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and that development of these agents as weapons had continued in Russia in violation of bilateral agreements with the US signed in 1989 and 1990. This story, originating with the dissident Russian chemist Vil Mirzayanov, has been accepted by many scientists and officials involved with chemical arms control. Russian officials however have denied that any studies under the name […]
Sometimes there is a difference between law and justice. On Wednesday, Kentucky Attorney General Dan Cameron announced that a police officer would be charged in the shooting incident that killed Breonna Taylor. But the officer who was charged is not one of the officers who shot at her. Former Detective Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that entered a neighboring apartment where a couple and their five-year old child were sleeping. They were not physically harmed. Hankinson was fired from the Louisville Metro Police Department after the incident for violating policy that forbids shooting […]
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images Black patients are some of the most reluctant to participate in clinical trials, according to FDA statistics. And their inclusion in the coronavirus vaccine trials has been a stated priority for the pharmaceutical companies involved, since African American communities, along with Latinos, have suffered disproportionately from the pandemic. But the trials are moving at a pace that is unprecedented for medical research, with the Trump administration’s vaccine acceleration effort dubbed “Operation Warp Speed.” Yet recruiting minority participants into these ongoing trials requires sensitivity to a legacy of mistrust based on past […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106738/14/1067381490_0:142:3799:2279_1200x675_80_0_0_696c3427404ed7daa858880fa621db93.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009061080380629-no-certainty-berlin-isnt-playing-double-game-in-navalny-case-russian-foreign-ministry-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Moscow is not yet sure that Germany isn’t playing a double game regarding the situation surrounding Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. Zakharova said that if the German government was “sincere in their statements”, then Berlin should promptly respond to a Russian Prosecutor General’s Office request to exchange information about the situation with Navalny sent on 27 August. “So far, there is no certainty that a double game is not being played in Germany, because the Berlin Justice Department, which is responsible for […]
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Lebanon must immediately create a new government and implement reforms, or the country could face disintegration, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said. Political and financial reforms proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron as prerequisites to receiving foreign aid must be implemented by Beirut without delay, Le Drian urged on Thursday. “The international community will not sign a blank cheque if they don’t put in place the reforms. They must do it quickly … because the risk today is the disappearance of Lebanon,” the French diplomat said. Macron’s two-page “concept paper” for Lebanon calls for the appointment of an interim […]
Bette Midler evidently was not a fan of Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night. As the First Lady took the stage and delivered a speech CNN pundits would later praise for its empathy, the entertainment legend mocked her for being an “illegal alien” who “can’t speak English”—insults she later said Trump has more than earned, given the racism both she and the president have openly embraced. “I’m surprised Trump wants to destroy the #PostOffice,” Midler wrote as she live-tweeted the convention. “He got all his wives from it.” Another barb: “Melania lacks warmth so severely that I […]
I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil! By Danny Sjursen, Antiwar.com. August 5, 2020 I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil!2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/us-marines-in-afghanistan-e1594064711313.jpg200px200px Above photo: The US 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit after seizing a Taliban forward-operating base Nov. 25, 2001, shortly after U.S. invasion. Sergeant Joseph R. Chenelly, US Marine Corps. Blocking withdrawal from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts as criminally heinous – and par for the congressional course. Sometime during my “brief” spell as an imperial-accomplice, zombie-flicks became all the rage. So did tweeting and texting, by the way – which I learned the hard way when […]
A man who was successfully sued by the UFC in a $32 million lawsuit has ended his silence in damning style, calling the multibillion-dollar promotion’s chiefs ‘old ass bozos’ and distancing himself from his own public apology. New Yorker Steven Messina was prosecuted by the UFC over the distribution of an estimated 200 hours of content in 2014, streaming events watched by fans unwilling to pay subscription and pay-per-view fees that have now risen to an annual ESPN charge of almost $85 and a fee nearing $65 for individual events. He appeared to have issued a groveling apology for uploading at least […]
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on July 30. Yuri Gripas/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Yuri Gripas/Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on July 30. Yuri Gripas/Getty Images President Trump’s claims about why November’s election could be marred and illegitimate shifted again Thursday, after he walked back his desire to potentially delay voting. Trump falsely claimed that the U.S. is sending out “hundreds of millions of universal mail-in ballots” and also repeated a conspiracy theory about foreign countries counterfeiting ballots. “We are sending out hundreds of millions of universal mail-in ballots,” Trump said. “Where […]
Standing in a spacious, white living room and sporting a black T-shirt, Alex Mashinsky, CEO and co-founder of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, urged his customers to ignore the naysayers. “Don’t listen to the FUD-ers, look at the facts,” Mashinsky said on the YouTube livestream on July 17, using crypto slang for “fear, uncertainty and doubt.” A few minutes later, he reassured the audience of “Celsians,” as the platform’s users are nicknamed, that the company is prudently deploying their crypto deposits. Like a bank, Celsius borrows from one set of clients, lends to other customers and pockets the difference in interest. Unlike […]
The New York Times was taken to the woodshed after suggesting the Big Apple’s official seal features a noose, with netizens rushing to inform the newspaper that the object in question is, in fact, an antiquated measuring device. In a report published on Monday, the Times noted that New York’s emblem is facing “scrutiny” and could soon see a facelift, citing its “cartoonish” depiction of a Native American man in a loincloth alongside an early American settler. While the paper accurately described some of the seal’s symbolism – observing that beavers on the emblem represent the fur trade, for example – […]
Dr. Stella Immanuel How many Americans died of COVID-19 because the Democrat-media complex lied about Hydroxychloroquine? Frontline doctors from across the US held a “White Coat Summit” on Monday in Washington DC to dispel the misinformation and myths surrounding the Coronavirus. The fake news media, including CNN, NBC, CBS, WaPO and NY Times all waged a war on Hydroxychloroquine just because Trump touted the anti-malaria drug as an effective treatment for COVID-19. Dr. Stella Immanuel said on Monday that she has personally treated over 350 patients with COVID-19 with Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Zithromax and they have all recovered. TRENDING: We Asked […]
Nothing could have been more obvious: Michael Cohen’s First Amendment rights and his freedom had been denied him because Donald Trump didn’t want his ex-lawyer mouthing off to the press. It didn’t matter that Cohen hadn’t violated the terms of his probation. I’m happy for Michael that he’ll be returned to his wife and family shortly, after a judge ruled this week that what was obvious was also true, and that the attempt to make him sign away his right to write a book, among other things, to maintain his home confinement was politically motivated. But I’m not happy that I […]
Baseball is back, and I guess that’s nice. But it’s not so nice at all for one group of people—the nearly 40,000 stadium workers who won’t have jobs because there are no fans to be served and catered to. These people—some of whom work part-time, but some full-time throughout the year for different teams playing different sports in the same city—are just out of luck. For a column back in May, I spoke with Aisha Johnson, a stadium worker for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Eagles, and a shop steward for her Unite-Here local. Cleaning up after Phillies games and working […]
Starting in the final year of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, President Donald Trump would periodically repeat to his personal lawyer and political advocate Rudy Giuliani a key, three-word phrase. “Control the agenda,” he’d privately tell his attorney, according to three people who’ve heard the president say this. Trump would deploy the phrase specifically when commenting on, and attaboying, Giuliani’s latest television appearances, media hits that would at times turn comically combative, careen off the rails, and seem to create bigger public-relations headaches than they were worth. No matter, the president typically advised. So often, the point wasn’t to keep […]
No, blockchain does not fix this. By “this” I don’t mean centrally controlled databases that are vulnerable to attack, the problem highlighted by this week’s massive Twitter hack. I mean the meta problem of yet more bad publicity, with the word “bitcoin” again associated with fraud and unsavory behavior, a picture that cryptocurrency advocates will again struggle to avoid. That problem will indirectly but greatly contribute to ongoing public pressure for regulatory constraint on the cryptocurrency industry, which will impede innovation in the sector and its prospects to bring positive change to a broken financial system. A related problem is that […]
Campaign shake ups are overrated. This is especially true of a presidential campaign where the candidates have 100 percent name recognition. The real manager of Donald Trump’s campaign is Trump. He can hire Brad Parscale or Bill Stepien or Mother Teresa and it won’t make a bit of difference. In this regard, the main reason for switching campaign managers (aside from Trump’s desire to self-soothe) is to change the narrative. This is a campaign that is desperately in need of reinvention—of a new start—and since you can’t fire the candidate, your first “go-to” move is to fire the manager and introduce […]
Kik’s proverbial day in court may last a lot longer than Telegram’s. That’s the takeaway from a federal judge’s response to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission during a hearing in its case against messaging platform Kik over the company’s 2017 initial coin offering, which raised $100 million. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, rejected the SEC’s argument that the token sale was similar to that of Telegram, another messaging company which raised money for a blockchain project, and should face a similar outcome. The SEC won a […]
Trump campaign national spokesperson Hogan Gidley found some unexpected pushback Wednesday morning while in the friendly confines of Fox & Friends after he tried to claim that life is “undoubtedly” better for Americans right now. Gidley, a former White House spokesperson who recently moved to President Donald Trump’s campaign, immediately began his interview on the president’s favorite morning show by lavishing over-the-top praise on the boss. “Trump is so unique, he’s so powerful and so strong and he’s been so well-accomplished throughout his life, that he’s been so successful,” he cheerfully exclaimed. “His first run for politics he won the presidency […]
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty The archetypical Karen has ruined countless cookouts and lemonade stands, and she’s made a mess of a few telltale accessories. Close your eyes and think of the kind of privileged woman who might call the cops on any slight, perceived inconvenience: spiky bob haircut, chunky highlights, oversized sunglasses from Nordstrom Rack propped upon her head to communicate a self-bestowed authority. The idea of a woman gleefully rifling through her discount Coach bag in search of a cell phone, ready to tattle on Black people just trying to eat, or celebrate, or birdwatch in peace, […]
Federal immigration authorities are refusing to release an HIV-positive man who has been held in a Minnesota detention facility since January, despite the fact that the man has already won his case for release before an immigration judge—and despite his severe risk of medical complications from the coronavirus outbreaks that have spread inside detention facilities across the country. “I’m dying, slowly, even with my medication,” said William Zacarias Marroquìn, a 32-year-old restaurant worker, calling from inside the Sherburne County Jail in Elk River, Minnesota. “I don’t know if they care or not, but I can be spending my time with my […]
Previous Russian constitutions were either inspired or influenced by foreign legislators, but the amendments that the country is voting on are truly “Russia-centered,” political analyst Martin McCauley told RT. It’s no wonder then that the Western media ignores more than 200 proposed changes to the Russian Constitution and only focuses on the one that may allow Vladimir Putin run for president again, if he wishes to do so. “‘Putin wants to be Tsar for life’ – that makes headlines, everyone understands that and if you go into the details of constitutional law people get bored,” McCauley pointed out. But the week-long […]
Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in March. Dobbs says recent social events have contributed to jumps in coronavirus cases in Mississippi. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in March. Dobbs says recent social events have contributed to jumps in coronavirus cases in Mississippi. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Mississippi is seeing a sharp uptick in new coronavirus cases. The state is reporting double the number of new cases that it […]
Is John Roberts the savior of liberalism? In the last seven days, the Chief Justice, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, has voted to strike down Louisiana’s restrictions on abortion clinics, preserve DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, and protect LGBTQ Americans from being fired for being gay or trans. So is JGR the new RBG? Source link
When the BitLicense was introduced in 2015, 15 crypto firms including international players like Hong Kong’s Bitfinex and Swiss company ShapeShift (which operates out of Denver) ceased operations in New York. In 2018, ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees called the regulation of crypto in New York “an absurdity.” But the firms that stuck around have a different story to tell. The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved 25 entities to engage in virtual currency services over the last five years. Of those, four are based in or started operations outside the United States, including: BitFlyer, a San Francisco-based company […]
Jill Carlson, a CoinDesk columnist, is co-founder of the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit research organization working to guarantee the right to a free and open financial system. She is also an investor in early-stage startups with Slow Ventures. There was a practice in Ancient Rome called damnatio memoriae. Literally “the condemnation of memory,” this referred to the removal of a person’s name and visage from public records. These purges were an official practice, decreed by the emperor or ratified by the senate. This was a punishment meted out to lowly traitors and to former emperors alike. Statues of the condemned […]
XRP is more like an alternative currency than a security, argues the former chair of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In an op-ed for the International Financial Law Review, Chris Giancarlo, who was chairman of the CFTC until last year, argued Ripple Labs hadn’t violated any U.S. securities regulations and that the third-largest crypto by market cap should have the same legal status as bitcoin or ether. “XRP should not be regulated as a security but instead considered a currency or a medium of exchange,” he wrote with Conrad Bahlke of international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher. They […]
The nationwide demonstrations for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death have attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the streets—including some surprises, like Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), who joined a march in Washington last Sunday. But don’t expect to see Ben Carson out there anytime soon. In an interview with The Daily Beast on Monday, the Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development—and the only black member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet—didn’t totally rule out the idea of participating in a Black Lives Matter demonstration, but said “I think I have other things that probably require my […]
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear intends to ‘put dollars’ into ensuring all of the state’s African-American residents have healthcare, citing ‘inequalities’ in Covid-19 treatment – which was fully funded by the federal government. “I believe health care is a basic human right,” Beshear, a Democrat, said on Monday at a press conference in Frankfort. While he campaigned on providing it to everyone, “as I’ve been trying to hear from those who have been giving voice on in inequality …it’s time to give prioritization in black and African-American communities, so we are going to do that.” “We are gonna begin an effort to […]
Gaosong Heu talks about reactions in the Hmong community to the killing of George Floyd. Former police officer Tou Thao, a Hmong American, is seen on video of the killing running interference with the crowd and standing watch. His involvement has stirred a racial debate among Asian Americans. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jim Urquhart for NPR Gaosong Heu talks about reactions in the Hmong community to the killing of George Floyd. Former police officer Tou Thao, a Hmong American, is seen on video of the killing running interference with the crowd and standing watch. His involvement has […]
Gustavo Alzate, a 34-year-old property manager for a New York real estate firm, was desperate after federal agents brought him in chains to a New Jersey jail to await a hearing on deportation charges. The Colombian immigrant used a jailhouse hotline to call in every day to the New York immigration court to find out when he would get a hearing before a judge. “For a long time, I was told there was no record of my case or me with the court,” he later said in court papers. “No one ever told me when my Notice to Appear form was […]
Minnesota law enforcement’s latest spate of terror started with the murder of George Floyd and has continued unabated with cops firing rubber bullets and tear gas—in the midst of a respiratory pandemic—at peaceful protesters. They’re far from alone. Officers have launched attacks against demonstrators in cities all over the country, Omaha, San Francisco, Portland, Columbus, Dallas, New York and Denver among them. People in Michigan protesting Floyd’s murder and centuries of state-backed violence against black folks were met with chemical munitions liberally fired off by police. What a difference from how the cops behaved one month ago, when gun-toting white folks […]
Bilal Chaudhry, 16, picks up a dozen eggs to give to a person in a car during a free egg distribution in Cumru Township, PA. The distribution was held to help people during the COVID-19 outbreak. MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption MediaNews Group via Getty Images Bilal Chaudhry, 16, picks up a dozen eggs to give to a person in a car during a free egg distribution in Cumru Township, PA. The distribution was held to help people during the COVID-19 outbreak. MediaNews Group via Getty Images We don’t always behave the way economic models say we […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom promised to lay off first responders first unless the state gets more government cash. The Golden State is still in lockdown under Newsom’s iron fist despite the low number of coronavirus deaths in the state. But Newsom wants his fellow Americans to fork over the cash or he’ll start laying off police, firefighters and other first responders. The Washington Times reported: TRENDING: House Democrats Say Trump-Russia Obstruction Investigation ‘Ongoing’ – Could Result in New Articles of Impeachment! California Gov. Gavin Newsom says first responders will be the “first ones laid” off unless federal bucks arrive in the […]
Two weeks ago, this column focused on Telegram’s litigation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In that column, I argued Telegram’s TON and Kik’s kin strike me as not serving any functionality other than being a money substitute and an investment vehicle. Whether this is legally the case will depend on the outcome of the litigation. The SAFT structure used by Telegram to distribute its coins, “once regarded as compliance best practice in the cryptocurrency industry, will be greatly diminished in its usefulness in the U.S.” We learn this week, not from a court filing but a blog post, that […]
The Barr Justice Department dropped its case against General Mike Flynn last Thursday after bombshell documents were released that proved he was framed by Comey’s FBI. This was a major win for justice in America after General Flynn was targeted and destroyed by the Obama deep state for daring to speak out against the former failed president. But on Tuesday the Clinton-appointed Judge Emmet Sullivan made a dirty, political move to delay justice for General Mike Flynn. Judge Sullivan extended the case by soliciting amicus briefs to allow for public comment on Flynn’s criminal case. TRENDING: BREAKING: List of Obama Operatives […]