To Solve The COVID19 Crisis, Biden Must Put People Over Profits By Margaret Flowers, Truthout. December 2, 2020 To Solve The COVID19 Crisis, Biden Must Put People Over Profits2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/biden.png200px200px Above photo: President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a press conference at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 16, 2020. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images. As infectious disease experts had warned over the summer, the fall brought another rise in COVID-19 cases in the United States. It is a third surge in what is still the first wave as the number of daily new cases only flattened slightly in the spring before […]
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The task Of ‘Sleepy Joe’ Is To Put Liberal America Right Back To Sleep November 7, 2020 The task Of ‘Sleepy Joe’ Is To Put Liberal America Right Back To Sleep2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/gallery_medium-e1604778803133.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tami Busse flashes a victory sign as neighbors gather for a celebration on the fountain at the Marin Circle in Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020 after Joe Biden is declared the winner over President Donald Trump in the presidential election. Paul Chinn / The Chronicle. At birth, all of us begin a journey that offers opportunities either to grow – not just physically, but mentally, emotionally […]
Late last month, Arizona State University placed dozens of students and four Greek chapters on interim suspension, pending an investigation of their alleged violations of COVID-19 safety protocols. The photos displayed in a local news broadcast that night—dozens of students packed together, maskless, on a boat; sorority sisters packing together for rush week—were shocking. But even more surprising was the revelation that they hadn’t been unearthed by a school administrator or the campus newspaper, but by an anonymous student Twitter account known as “ASUcovidTracker.” The account, which has racked up more than 4,000 followers in the two months since it started, […]
President Trump boards Marine One to travel to a fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., last Thursday. Hours after he returned, he tested positive for the coronavirus. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump boards Marine One to travel to a fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., last Thursday. Hours after he returned, he tested positive for the coronavirus. Evan Vucci/AP As the Marine One helicopter was about to lift off last Thursday, White House officials got word that top adviser Hope Hicks had tested positive for the coronavirus. That prompted White […]
The US Department of Justice has sued Yale University for racial discrimination in its admissions process, arguing the school deliberately put Asian and white applicants at a disadvantage for decades. Filed in the US District Court in Connecticut on Thursday, the lawsuit accuses Yale of considering race as a factor for admissions for “at least 50 years,” claiming the school has violated a provision in the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars recipients of federal funds from engaging in race-based discrimination. “Yale’s race discrimination includes imposing undue and unlawful penalties on racially-disfavored applicants, including in particular most Asian, and white applicants,” […]
Every element of the criminal system is implicated in the failure to secure justice for Breonna Taylor. The cops, per the judge who signed off the warrant that set the events leading to Taylor’s murder in motion, likely obtained that paperwork using fabricated information. Shoddy police work saw Louisville law enforcement raid Taylor’s home despite the fact that the suspect they sought was already in their custody. The three officers who killed Taylor wildly fired more than 30 rounds between them into the darkness of her apartment, pumping at least six fatal shots into her body. They then ignored their own […]
President Trump was being treated in the hospital for COVID-19 on Saturday, and at least nine of his party’s top officials had contracted the virus—but it made no difference to many GOP officials and campaign aides who continued to flout social distancing guidelines and host maskless, indoor events. On Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who tested positive for COVID-19 late Friday night, doubled down on his criticism of mask mandates. While they may help mitigate infection risk, he claimed, they are “certainly not a cure-all.” Instead, Johnson pointed to “individual responsibility.” After his test on Friday night, Johnson said he didn’t […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080652941_0:0:2500:1408_1200x675_80_0_0_e4a06f45827b69f733adba89c290b4f0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202010031080652976-sex-pistols-star-lauds-trumps-ability-to-put-money-in-peoples-pockets-as-potus-gets-covid-19/ Having described how Trump’s actions affect the situation in the United States, Lyndon remarked that he doesn’t care “how many scandals” the POTUS is “involved with”. John Lydon, famous English musician and Sex Pistols’ lead singer, recently offered a positive assessment of Donald Trump’s conduct as President of the United States, the Daily Mail reports. According to the newspaper, the singer argued that Trump helped improve American citizens’ well-being while tackling unemployment in the country. “He can lie all day long, but if he puts money in people’s pockets, which he does, and unemployment […]
Fox News host Greg Gutfled on Friday afternoon spun the news of Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis as the result of the president’s bravery, patriotism, and the risks he took on behalf of the country. The president and his wife revealed early Friday morning that they tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Later in the day, the president was flown to the Walter Reed Medical Center, “out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts.” As Fox News cameras awaited the president’s departure from the White House to the hospital, Gutfeld, a co-host of early […]
A video of a Seattle police officer walking his bike across the head of a man lying on the ground has rocked social media, with users decrying the cop’s action and the Seattle Police Department later saying that the incident is under investigation. A police officer who was recorded walking his bike over the head of a man lying on the ground in Seattle has been placed on administrative leave, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) announced Thursday. The incident took place during Wednesday protests in Seattle, as the SPD officer “walked the wheels of his bicycle over an individual lying in […]
Earlier this year, a survivor of sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit claiming the financier and his alleged accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, groomed her for sex in the 1990s starting when she was 14. The woman, referred to as Jane Doe, also claimed Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago and asked the future president, “This is a good one, right?” (Doe did not accuse Trump of any misconduct.) On Monday, a federal judge put Doe’s lawsuit on hold pending the resolution of Maxwell’s criminal trial, scheduled for July 12, 2021. Maxwell, who is a defendant in Doe’s suit, is facing […]
By Tom Kubiniec for VTGun safe companies are working quickly to adopt new technologies in their safes. Biometrics (fingerprint scanners, facial recognition), Wi-Fi, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and others are being incorporated into almost every safe on the market. The sales and marketing brochures tout this new technology as the best and most convenient way to secure and access firearms. In many cases, new technology improves the product and user experience. However, in others, it simply adds some sizzle to otherwise mundane products. The hope is that customers will buy because of trending tech. So how does technology impact firearm safety and […]
Lots of people want to go down in history and even more want to be famous. But if joining the cast of Selling Sunset is out of reach you could do worse than to write yourself into history’s bestselling book of all time: the Bible. Recently published research reveals that one famous politician did just that. Thomas Cromwell, a courtier and religious reformer, cut and paste his own portrait onto the title page of Henry VIII’s special edition English Bible. The Bible in question is known as the “Great Bible,” the first authorized English-language Bible. It was printed in 1538-9, at […]
Anthony Fauci, a top federal health expert, has warned that rolling out a coronavirus vaccine under an emergency approval could make testing for other immunizations “impossible,” arguing it might rob the trials of participants. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told Reuters in an interview on Monday that a vaccine should not be given an emergency use authorization (EUA) “before you have a signal of efficacy,” saying it could jeopardize the other various vaccines under testing. “One of the potential dangers if you prematurely let a vaccine out is that it would make it difficult, […]
Routinely mocked over the quality of the French league, PSG have finally announced themselves on the Champions League stage this year. Can their revitalized team spirit and resolve help them to an unlikely victory in the final? The day after PSG’s 2-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in February, French daily newspaper L’Equipe awarded both Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, the club’s strike duo bought for a combined total of around $513 million, a derisive four out of ten for their performances. Both superstars had been comprehensively outshone by Erling Haaland, the then-19-year-old scorer of two goals in eight second-half minutes either side […]
UAE Assistant Minister of Cultural and Public Diplomacy Omar Saif Ghobash has said that the Emirates prioritised their own interests and sovereign rights when they concluded the deal with Israel. He also pointed out that the UAE-Israel agreement was made during an era of digitalisation and globalisation, which makes this context different from the circumstances when Israel made peace with Jordan and Egypt. Sputnik: The minister of state for foreign affairs, Mr Anwar Gargash, has said that the peace treaty between the UAE and Israel represents a strategic turning point for the Arabs. What is the strategy in the long run […]
Russian synchronized swimmers have pulled off a jaw-dropping underwater performance during a training session, but in doing so, they reveal the only element they “can’t do properly.” The Russian ‘mermaids’, who’ve been unbeaten on the international stage for 20 years, attempted to build a star with their bodies under the water, demonstrating incredible team work and coordination. READ MORE: ‘I’m not against it, but men aren’t ready to compete at Olympic level with women’: Russian synchronized swimming legend Romashina However, what seemed to the layperson to be a mesmerizing and perfectly constructed figure is the sole element the world and Olympic champions […]
In one day, John Kasich managed to make AOC and Donald Trump mad at him. I guess we know why his is the road less traveled. Standing at a literal crossroads (or was it a fork in the road?) the former Ohio governor did the unthinkable for a man once thought of as a conservative Gingrich Republican: He spoke at the Democratic National Convention on behalf of Joe Biden for president. “I’m a lifelong Republican, but that attachment holds second place to my responsibility to my country,” Kasich said. “In normal times, something like this would probably never happen, but these […]
Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley speaking at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last October. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthew Brown/AP Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley speaking at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo., last October. Matthew Brown/AP Republicans up for reelection in key western states could be facing an uncomfortable vote soon as President Trump’s controversial nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management is expected to come before the Senate for confirmation. Last week, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee received final documents and […]
Fight fans have waited 15 years for Mike Tyson’s comeback fight but it seems as though they will have to wait a bit longer after reports suggest that the former heavyweight champ’s bout against Roy Jones has been postponed. A report from The Athletic states that the much-hyped eight-round exhibition between the two ring icons has been delayed from its original September 12 date until November 28. The reason for the postponement, they say, is to allow for further promotional build-up to entice more lucrative television deals and pay-per-view opportunities in various markets. Jones Jr. has reportedly approved the date change. […]
There’s “no chance” of Moscow returning to the elitist Group of Seven unless the Ukrainian conflict is solved, Berlin has said. But untying this and other knots is unimaginable without Russia’s helping hand, it admitted. The alliance of the world’s top-tier powers made Moscow leave in the wake of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis. It unfolded shortly after Crimea chose to rejoin mainland Russia, followed by hostilities in eastern Ukraine between government forces and the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. On Monday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas reflected on the prospect of Russia being re-admitted to the G7 in a sit-down […]
Dan Wentland, Sherry Wentland, Gwynn Harris, and Randy Harris (left to right) attend services at the Lantana Road Baptist Church on March 8, 2020. The couples have known each other since the 1970s and lived in Paradise, Calif., until the 2018 Camp Fire destroyed their town. Lily Jamali/KQED hide caption toggle caption Lily Jamali/KQED Dan Wentland, Sherry Wentland, Gwynn Harris, and Randy Harris (left to right) attend services at the Lantana Road Baptist Church on March 8, 2020. The couples have known each other since the 1970s and lived in Paradise, Calif., until the 2018 Camp Fire destroyed their town. Lily […]
On Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Trump administration was considering introducing across-the-board travel restrictions against members of China’s Communist Party and their families, with the reported proposal targeting as many as 270 million people. China’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed the contents of a report suggesting that Washington is preparing to introduce travel restrictions against members of the Chinese Communist Party (CPP), saying the idea as “absurd” if the report is accurate. “If the report is true, then the US is publicly choosing to be in opposition with 1.4 billion Chinese people,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters […]
Jeff Sessions was sworn in on February 9, 2017 as the 87th Attorney General of the United States.Less than a month later on March 2, 2017, AG Jeff Sessions recused himself from all of the bogus Russian investigations. Sessions betrayed President Trump and betrayed the nation and opened up the country to over two years of a criminal and corrupt witch hunt of the 45th President of the United States. Jeff Sessions should have resigned as Attorney General but instead allowed the president, his family, his campaign, his Transition Team, innocent men and women and the nation to be steamrolled for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/04/1079790493_0:0:2304:1296_1200x675_80_0_0_b40f5ba44007166ff1cf23c321f5a9e8.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007031079790475-un-staffers-put-on-leave-over-video-of-sex-act-in-official-car/ The head of the United Nations was “shocked and deeply disturbed” by the contents of a video that showed an apparent sex act in a UN official car in Tel Aviv, Israel. The video quickly went viral. Two UN staffers from the Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) have been put on an administrative leave as an investigation has been launched into a video showing what is apparently a sex act inside of an official UN vehicle in Tel Aviv. According to a statement by UNTSO, the two men are seen as “having engaged in misconduct, […]
Hatice Cengiz, who was engaged to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi, leaves a court in Istanbul on Friday. Two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals are on trial in absentia over the 2018 killing of the Washington Post columnist. Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption toggle caption Emrah Gurel/AP Hatice Cengiz, who was engaged to slain Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi, leaves a court in Istanbul on Friday. Two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and 18 other Saudi nationals are on trial in absentia over the 2018 killing of the Washington Post […]
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Compound saw its governance token, COMP, skyrocket in price when it launched last week. Now, decentralized options marketplace Opyn has launched put options on COMP that will provide a safety net of sorts by helping holders mitigate some of the risk should COMP’s fortunes take a turn for the worse in the next few days. “We’re excited to launch @compoundfinance COMP put options! You can protect yourself if COMP falls to $150 or lower before July 3rd,” Opyn’s official handle tweeted early Friday. Several hours later, Universal Market Access (UMA) announced it is creating the ability to […]
This week, Soledad O’Brien releases the documentary Outbreak: The First Response—a look at how public health cared for its most vulnerable in the place where COVID-19 first arrived in the U.S. The documentary airs on Hearst Television’s NBC and CBS stations at 8 p.m. on Friday, and on Hearst Television’s ABC stations on Wednesday at 8 p.m. America is burning. Or, more correctly, America has been burning. It’s just gotten harder to ignore. Long before Americans had even heard of COVID-19, homelessness was a major national problem; the federal minimum wage hadn’t increased in a decade; approximately half of all Americans […]
Armed militants guarding the “CHAZ,” [Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone] a six square block ‘police free’ zone in Seattle hijacked by BLM and Antifa terrorists, threatened an Uber driver who was simply waiting for a pickup outside of the autonomous zone. This is what the far-left Seattle mayor calls a ‘summer of love with potlucks and drum circles.’ The Uber driver told two reporters how the armed guards at the “CHAZ” pulled out guns and threatened him while he was waiting for a pickup outside of the “autonomous zone.” “They [CHAZ border guards] both pulled out guns and put them to my […]
Women make up about seven percent of the Russian military’s total strength, and have historically played a crucial role in ensuring victory during the Second World War II. For most of the country’s history, however, the navy has remained a man’s domain. P-834, a Raptor-class high-speed patrol boat in the Russian Black Sea Fleet, has received its first-ever all-female crew, who are now engaged in advanced training exercises. The crew of three’s initial preparation began earlier this year at the Navy’s joint training center in St. Petersburg, with trainees engaging in studies and using a simulator to practice going out to […]
Protesters in Minneapolis called for the removal of police union leader Bob Kroll on Friday. David Schaper/NPR hide caption toggle caption David Schaper/NPR Protesters in Minneapolis called for the removal of police union leader Bob Kroll on Friday. David Schaper/NPR City councils and state legislatures around the country are considering dramatic changes to policing, but a big obstacle to police reform is often police officers themselves and the unions that represent them. That’s especially true in Minneapolis, where many residents are calling for the controversial head of the police union there to resign while some officers appear to be breaking ranks. […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid the corona pandemic, economies around the world are struggling to stay afloat, with massive amounts of jobs lost and a recession hitting even the most well-off countries. The situation is similar in India, where many people, who have been laid off during the lockdown, are surfing the web in search of opportunities. The cyber crime police branch of Maharashtra, an Indian state with over 50,000 COVID-19 cases, has confirmed that the personal data of around 29 million Indians seeking jobs via online portals has been leaked and is on sale on the dark web. The dark web […]
The Russian Defense Ministry helped put out a blaze at an oil well in the Irkutsk region by demolishing the burning wellhead with point-blank fire from an anti-tank gun flow into the remote area of Siberia. Soldiers from the Central Military District, still wearing their Covid-19 protection masks, can be seen maneuvering the T-12 cannon off a trailer, and positioning it mere 180 meters (200 yards) away from the burning wellhead, then repeatedly shooting it with 100-mm shells. The operation was carried out “with jeweler’s precision,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement accompanying the video. With the burning wellhead superstructure […]
Russian gunners were able to be brought under control and extinguished a wellhead fire at an oil field in Siberia, according to the Lenta.ru. The oil well in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, operated by a subsidiary of the Irkutsk Oil Company, caught fire on May 30. The regional government convened an emergency meeting on Friday to work out how to put it out. “We decided to bring in the military’s artillery forces who have to shoot at the wellhead for the successful and operational closure of the well,” Andrei Bogdanov, head of production security for the Irkutsk Oil Company, told the meeting. […]
Donald Trump heads to St John’s Church in Washington DC to pose with a bible after addressing the country on Monday. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock By: Andre Vltchek for VT In the United States, one city after another goes up in flames, as African-Americans and other protesters are battling the police, even the National Guard, while protesting against the continuous brutal killings of black people, in all parts of the country. The spark came, as Mr. George Floyd in Minneapolis, was killed, literally choked to death, by the police, as he was screaming in agony: “I cannot breathe!” Open the main page of […]
Russia’s central bank is considering putting mortgage records on Masterchain – a government-backed distribute ledger project now in testing with leading banks. Speaking during an online meeting with the country’s parliament, the State Duma, the Bank of Russia’s first deputy chief, Olga Skorobogatove, said a previously launched trial on a decentralized depository system for digital mortgage bonds proved successful. “We suggested to the government that we refine the project to the point when all kinds of transactions needed for the digital mortgage issuance can be done on Masterchain,” Skorobogatova said. “This platform is working and, without further ado, we can complete […]
A New York woman dubbed the “Ultimate Karen” has been placed on leave and forced to “voluntarily surrender” her pet after being captured calling the cops on a “threatening” black man who merely asked that she leash her dog. Shared on social media on Monday and set in Central Park, the video opens with a visibly-upset woman walking toward the camera, asking the man filming to “please stop.” The situation quickly escalates when he refuses, with the woman vowing to call the police and “tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life.” “There is a man, an African American… […]
Apparently a global pandemic isn’t enough danger for some people. Rescue crews had to save three people on Mount Hood this weekend, endangering their own health in the process. Portland Mountain Rescue said the first mission began late Friday night after a climber summited but got lost in whiteout conditions on the way back, with no water and a dying cellphone. By the time a team reached him early in the morning, he was hypothermic, and it took two teams 12 hours to bring him down from an elevation of 6,200 feet. The volunteer search-and-rescue organization said it was finishing up […]
How has your financial situation changed since the coronavirus pandemic began? We’re listening. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption toggle caption LA Johnson/NPR How has your financial situation changed since the coronavirus pandemic began? We’re listening. LA Johnson/NPR NPR is reporting on how the pandemic has upended every inch of our financial lives, from our ability to make money to how we spend it. Millions of people have had to seek help from the government, whether it’s unemployment benefits or business loans. Some have put off major life decisions because of the economic turmoil. Now, some states are easing stay-at-home restrictions. And we […]
A month on from Binance buying CoinMarketCap for a rumored $400 million, the crypto price aggregation site has unveiled an exchange ranking system that gives its new owner the best score possible thanks, in part, to the CEO’s Twitter feed. “We listened,” said CoinMarketCap’s new owner, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, tweeting the news out on Thursday. He was referring to the fact many traders had expressed concerns about exchanges artificially inflating volumes so they seem more prominent – known as wash trading. “Now, I can finally have a clear view of the field and see who the real upcoming exchanges are, lol.” […]
Russia’s Foreign Ministry will send letters to the Financial Times and New York Times demanding they retract reports which claim the actual death toll from Covid-19 in the country is much higher than the official figures. The editors-in-chief of those outlets will be handed the letters on Thursday through the Russian embassies in the UK and the US, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a briefing. Moscow will also address the UN, OSCE and UNESCO on the situation, as the reports in the FT and NYT represent “an example of that very ‘infodemic’ that the UN General Secretary, Antonio Guterres, urged […]
Washington has asked Israel to rethink a potential partnership with a China-linked firm in the creation of a new salination plant, ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Jerusalem, according to reports. Hutchison Water International, which is owned by a Hong Kong-based holding company, is one of two companies competing for a tender to construct the facility, known as Sorek 2. The contract is worth $1.5 billion and the winner will also be tasked with operating the plant for 25 years. According to Israel’s Channel 13, Washington has pressured the Israeli government to reassess the potential deal. Pompeo, […]
Comprehensive Plan To Put Journalists Back to Work May 11, 2020 Comprehensive Plan To Put Journalists Back to Work2020-05-112020-05-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/free-press-equals-democracy-e1589220826879.jpg200px200px And Build A More Diverse, Sustainable US News Media. On Monday, Free Press Action released a comprehensive series of policy recommendations that Congress should adopt to save local journalism and put tens of thousands of reporters back to work during and after the coronavirus pandemic. The proposal, What a Journalism-Recovery Package Should Look Like During the COVID-19 Crisis, includes billions in direct and indirect subsidies to journalists, as well as increases in federal support for public-media institutions that would protect a significant number […]
Swedish startup ChromaWay is expanding a project aimed to make land ownership more transparent by putting records on a blockchain. With the launch of its LAC PropertyChain initiative, announced on Tuesday, the company hopes to strengthen blockchain standards, governance and protocols for land transactions in Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay. The initiative complements the LACChain initiative, a consortium of institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean aligned with the Washington, D.C.-based Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The advance also marks the second phase of a land registry project, which began in 2019 and is funded by the IDB. The project focuses on smart […]