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You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team and edited by Bradley Keoun, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment around crypto markets, which of course never close, putting in context every wild swing in bitcoin and more. We follow the money so you don’t have to. Price Point Bitcoin was down early Tuesday, barely holding above the […]
Two men were shot to death and one wounded in Kenosha Tuesday night after riots erupted following an officer-involved shooting. The shooter was identified as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse of Lake County, Illinois — video footage shows he was likely acting in self defense. One man died after being shot in the head and a second man died after being shot in the chest. A third man […]
In the beginning, fame was “pure joy” for Brandy. By her late teens, she was already an R&B superstar with her own beloved coming-of-age sitcom and—and she’d become the first Black actress to play Cinderella onscreen. But as she matured, Brandy says, her “perfect” public image began to feel more constricting than uplifting. In an interview with People published Wednesday, Brandy discussed a period of depression […]
Law enforcement officers have begun pushing protesters away from Portland’s federal courthouse after demonstrators pulled down a fence surrounding the building. Activists used wire cutters, power saws, and ropes to attack the fence on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning. Videos show a group of demonstrators rocking the chainlink barrier back and forth, ultimately pulling it down. Projectiles and tear gas flew […]
Elon Musk has been mentioned on social media as a big shot in the closely-knit Kanye West team, since the rapper announced his decision to enter the fray at the very last minute. However, it now appears the tech entrepreneur’s support may not be unconditional. Bearing a certain resemblance to some of his SpaceX rockets, Elon Musk’s word of support for Kanye West’s presidential bid appears to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/85/1079718595_48:0:1320:716_1200x675_80_0_0_af7fd05dc72d35977658d7b06645d95c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202006251079715447-protesters-make-bullock-cart-pull-audi-in-move-against-diesel-price-hike-in-india–video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Diesel costs more than petrol in Delhi for the first time as state-owned oil companies raised prices for the 19th day on Thursday. Diesel has now breached the INR 80.20 ($1.06 ) a litre mark, while petrol reached INR 79.92 ($1.056) per litre, as per revised rates. As India witnessed another record fuel price hike this […]
DC Protesters Try To Pull Down Andrew Jackson Statue Near White House By Popular Resistance. June 23, 2020 DC Protesters Try To Pull Down Andrew Jackson Statue Near White House2020-06-232020-06-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/andrew-jackson-statute-protesters-attempt-to-take-down-e1592922380121.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Protesters attempt to pull down statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park across from the White House, June 22, 2020. By Tasos Katopodis from Getty Images. Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President […]
The “noose” in the garage assigned to African-American NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace in Talladega turned out to be a pull rope for the door that was there before, and not a hate crime, the FBI has confirmed. “After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed,” FBI Special Agent Johnnie Sharp Jr. and US […]
The ‘noose’ purportedly hanging in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace’s garage may have actually been a rope used to close the door of the carport, internet sleuths have argued, citing videos and photographs of the alleged crime scene. NASCAR called for a full investigation after one of Wallace’s team members claimed to have discovered a noose in their garage stall at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama on […]
US conservatives have blasted former National Security Advisor Susan Rice for saying Trump’s allies must end up in the “trash heap of history.” Her tirade ignited a fresh online war of words between the right and the left. Rice, a former US envoy to the UN and the White House national security advisor during Barack Obama’s presidency, went on a fiery tirade against current American leader […]
The Police May Pull The Trigger, But It’s The System That Kills By Richard E. Rubenstein, Transcend. June 16, 2020 The Police May Pull The Trigger, But It’s The System That Kills2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/system-e1592326855197.jpeg200px200px Fifty years ago this year, I published my first book, entitled Rebels in Eden – an exploration of mass political violence in America focusing on the uprisings that had by then incinerated substantial portions of the […]
The black community in the US lives in constant fear of trigger-happy officers who routinely avoid responsibility for misconduct, activists told RT, insisting that real change can only be brought by action, not words and retweets. “We keep hearing about how difficult the jobs of the officers are, but we don’t hear enough about how scared black people are right now… What’s getting lost in all this […]
BERLIN (Sputnik) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expressed the belief on Monday that it was not surprising that the United States had not coordinated with Berlin the decision to withdraw troops, qualifying the bilateral relations as “difficult”. “I would say it [US-German relations] is difficult … As we see that the decision has not been 100 percent coordinated in the US government, it is not […]
A blue-tick verified Egyptologist has offered “advice” to rioters in US cities on how to “safely” pull down obelisks for “anyone who might be interested,” drawing both abject disbelief and admiration on social media. Sarah Parcak, a well-known US archaeologist whose work involves “using satellites to uncover ancient Egyptian ruins” according to the Smithsonian Magazine, offered the tips on how to destroy monuments in a lengthy […]
Governor Tom Wolf, D, Pennsylvania, is popping his lid at the notion that counties are planning on opening up without his approval and in defiance of his orders. In the minds of the democrats, only they are allowed to decree when businesses are allowed to operate. In fact, Governor Wolf is vowing to withhold funding from these counties. Wolf is somehow framing this as an act […]