Above Photo: Michael Perez outside of his former employer Buyk’s location on the Upper East Side on March 18. Amir Khafagy. Before The Delivery Startup Collapsed, Buyk Sold Itself As A Way For Workers To Escape The Gig Economy. Former Workers Say It Failed To Deliver. In early March, 28-year-old Michael Perez received an alarming email from one of his co-workers at Buyk, the Russian-funded, New York City-based ultra-fast grocery app. Because of the severe sanctions against Russia, the letter announced, the company had lost access to its investors and was forced to furlough 98 percent of its workforce. For Perez, the letter was just one […]
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Above Photo: Doctor David Himmelstein. A group of high profile single payer advocates now say single payer is not enough and are calling for a move toward a Veterans Administration (VA) style universal healthcare system. In an article in The Nation magazine last week, doctors David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Adam Gaffney, Don McCanne and John Geyman called for a National Health System in the United States. “We have long advocated for single-payer national health insurance,” the doctors wrote. “By eliminating private insurers and simplifying how providers are paid, single-payer would free up hundreds of billions of dollars now squandered annually […]
Congress recently passed the Postal Service Reform Act – the result of 15 years of organizing to end the mandate to prefund 75 years worth of retirement benefits and other changes that were hurting the people’s post office. The new act opens the door to building on the current postal infrastructure to provide more services to people, especially in poor and rural communities. Clearing the FOG speaks with Chuck Zlatkin, the legislative and political director of the largest local postal worker union, about what the new law will do and how it was won. Zlatkin also discusses the fight over making […]
Grand Gateway Hotel Refuses Service To Native Americans March 27, 2022 Grand Gateway Hotel Refuses Service To Native Americans2022-03-272022-03-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220327-1.png200px200px Above Photo: Sunny Red Bear speaks at a press conference in downtown Rapid City after the federal lawsuit was filed against the Grand Gateway Hotel. March 23, 2022. Sarah Manning / NDN Collective. NDN Collective Files Civil Rights Lawsuit After Owner States Intent To Ban All Natives. NDN Collective files federal civil rights class action lawsuit after being refused rooms on two different occasions after Grand Gateway Hotel owner publicly states her intent to ban all Native Americans following a shooting over […]
Chris Hedges discusses the corporate assault against the US Postal Service with author Christopher W. Shaw. The corporate seizure of public utilities and privatization of schools is part of a broad assault to turn government assets into assets that will swell corporate profit. The post office has been a coveted target for decades. Corporations such as FedEx and UPS have used their lobbyists and campaign contributions to cripple the government postal service in an effort to destroy it and take it over. These corporations engineered a congressional mandate in 2006 that requires the post office to pre-fund the next 75 […]
Above Photo: Headquarters of NHS England. (Lad, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) It is safe to say that, far from being overstated, the Americanization of the NHS is very nearly complete, write Stewart Player and Bob Gill. One of the recent roles of the Parliamentary Healthcare Committee has been to reassure the British public that any claims regarding the ‘Americanization’ of the National Health Service (NHS) were wildly overstated, “creating a climate that risks blocking the joining up of services in the interests of patients.” In fact, the penetration of the healthcare system by the giant U.S. insurer UnitedHealth reveals the […]
Above Photo: Crude oil pumpjacks, defunct, at right, and fully operational, at left, in San Juan County. Leah Hogsten / Tribune file photo. In Utah’s Uinta Basin Days Before Glasgow Climate Summit. Salt Lake city, Utah – In a massive blow to U.S. efforts to address the climate crisis, the Biden administration is poised to approve a right-of-way through the Ashley National Forest that would take the climate-damaging Uinta Basin Railway one step closer to being built. The railway would enable crude oil production in the basin to quadruple to 350,000 barrels a day. Over a year, that much oil would […]
The current US Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, and the head of the Board of Governors, Ron Bloom, launched a ten year plan that will slow mail service and raise prices. This is the final blow to defund and destroy the US Postal Service so it will be ripe for privatization. DeJoy and Bloom have financial stakes in this happening. Clearing the FOG speaks with Chuck Zlatkin, legislative and political director for the largest postal union local in the US about the plan and the devastating impact it will have on everyone who relies on the post office. Zlatkin also exposes the […]
Above Photo: A postal worker gives a thumbs-up to demonstrators protesting the Trump administration’s sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service on August 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images. Amid Calls to ‘Fire DeJoy.’ “Millions of Americans depend on the mail every day,” said Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. “One political appointee does not get to decide the fate of the Postal Service.” Twenty state Attorneys General on Friday filed a joint complaint in an effort to block changes to the U.S. Postal Service enacted last week by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and which critics warn are an overt effort to […]
Above Photo: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy looks on during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on February 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images) “President Biden has the power to remake the postal governing board and remove DeJoy. He must act.” Defenders of the U.S. Postal Service are urgently renewing their calls for the ouster of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as his 10-year plan to overhaul the cherished government institution is set to take effect Friday, ushering in permanently slower mail delivery while hiking prices for consumers. “DeJoy calls his plan ‘Delivering for America,’ but it will do the exact opposite—slowing many First Class […]
The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) has officially retired the Bell UH-1D helicopter from its fleet, after more than 53 years of service. The UH-1D helicopter of Bundeswehr search and rescue service soared above Holzdorf for the last time at a retirement ceremony for the aircraft in the presence of Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, April 12, 2021. Since 1968, the Bundeswehr has gradually purchased 340 UH-D1s. The vehicles were used as passenger transport, fighting forest fires and floods, and for search and rescue services (SAR). – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The aging Bell UH-1D is succeeded by the H145 LUH […]
Airbus Helicopters announced on Friday that it has handed over the seventh and last H145 for the search and rescue (SAR) service of the German Armed Forces’ (Bundeswehr) to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) on time. The previously delivered helicopters are used for training and field testing and are available 24/7 at the Niederstetten and Nörvenich air bases for rescue operations. Operations with the new H145 LUH SAR will begin shortly, as planned, at the third SAR station in Holzdorf. “We are pleased that we have completed this order from start to finish on […]
On December 4, 2019, the 1,587th and last Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) truck was completed on the production lines in Marolles-en-Hurepoix. It was then shipped to Canada for final integration. On February 13th, 2020, Mack Defense handed it to the Canadian Army’s officials in Saint Nicolas, Quebec, thus concluding a threeyear industrial adventure which had started in France. The MSVS trucks’ first year of service has been extremely busy already, with deployments both in Canada and in foreign operations. The Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) program was designed to provide Canada with a fleet of mid-sized, multi-purpose logistics vehicles to […]
On December 4, 2019, the 1,587th and last Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) truck was completed on the production lines in Marolles-en-Hurepoix. It was then shipped to Canada for final integration. On February 13th, 2020, Mack Defense handed it to the Canadian Army’s officials in Saint Nicolas, Quebec, thus concluding a threeyear industrial adventure which had started in France. The MSVS trucks’ first year of service has been extremely busy already, with deployments both in Canada and in foreign operations. The Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) program was designed to provide Canada with a fleet of mid-sized, multi-purpose logistics vehicles to […]
BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, has announced that the U.S. Navy awarded Vertex Aerospace LLC the $123 million Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew, and Related Services (CMMARS) task order in July 2020 to provide aircraft maintenance and Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) services for the U.S. Marine Corps’ AV-8B Harrier fleet. As noted by the company, Vertex Aerospace selected BAE Systems as a subcontractor for the new logistics support contract, which will ensure increased efficiency of maintenance operations for the Harrier fleet using predictive maintenance techniques and smart stock optimization tools. “Together, BAE Systems and Vertex Aerospace will support the […]
Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems has announced that its Newport BAE Systems Hägglunds division has received a contract from the Swiss Federal Office for Defense Procurement (armasuisse) for the life-extension of the Swiss Army’s CV9030, known as the “Schützenpanzer 2000.” The life-extension program of the CV9030 will keep the 186 vehicle fleet in service until 2040 and significantly improve the platform’s ability in certain areas, the company said in a news release Wednesday. The improvements are mainly based on previous obsolescence issues in the area of optical, electrical and electronic components. They also include the installation of Active Damping technology which […]
The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, has reported on Tuesday that it blocked a systematic steal of aircraft components from the strategic aerospace enterprise. According to a press release issued on 3 November by the SBU, the security service has blocked the illegal supply of helicopter engines to Russia. The stolen spare part and engines were exported abroad by intermediaries outside customs control. According to forged documents, the equipment was sold to defense companies from the Middle East and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Special service carried out an operation prepared […]
How South Korea’s Intelligence Service Quietly Pushes Peace Talks By Tim Shorrock, Deep State Blog. November 1, 2020 How South Korea’s Intelligence Service Quietly Pushes Peace Talks2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/moon-trump.jpg200px200px Above photo: South Korean president Moon Jae-In and Donald Trump. Tensions between the two Koreas escalated again last month after a South Korean fisheries official, possibly attempting to defect, was shot dead by North Korean army troops after he swam across their disputed maritime border known as the Northern Limit Line. A shocked President Moon Jae-in, who has made engagement with North Korea the centerpiece of his administration, demanded an explanation. Some US “experts” boldly predicted that North Korea had killed off Moon’s peace […]
Welsh Government Announces Nationalisation Of Rail Service October 24, 2020 Welsh Government Announces Nationalisation Of Rail Service2020-10-242020-10-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/train-e1603561236644.jpg200px200px NOTE: A problem with allowing private entities to run public services is that they generally require government support through difficult periods to maintain their profits and operations. When public services are owned and run by the government, they have a responsibility to the people and not profit so they can get through whatever crisis arises. – MF The Welsh government has decided to nationalise its railways following a significant drop in passenger numbers because of coronavirus (Covid-19). The country’s transport minister Ken Skates said […]
Communities Of Color Hurt The Most By Postal Service Attack By Taryn MacKinney, the Union of Concerned Scientists. October 21, 2020 Communities Of Color Hurt The Most By Postal Service Attack2020-10-212020-10-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/usps-1-e1603283726449.png200px200px The Postal Service is Under Attack. Our Research Shows Who This Hurts Most. With just weeks until the 2020 election, the USPS is racing to prepare for a historic surge in mail-in voting. Our recent analysis of USPS records, which we received via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, suggests that the number of mail-delivery complaints has risen since March, especially in communities of color. For nearly 250 years, the United States […]
A first-of-its kind service wants to play matchmaker between big-scale mining facilities and individual miners looking for a hosting setup. Bitcoin mining company HASHR8 just launched its Compass platform, a search engine of sorts for individual miners to shop for a hosting facility to operate their mining hardware for them. While mining farms hosting solo miners’ machines is nothing new, Compass is the first service to create a product to sync miners with hosting providers. The initiative was born from a drive to keep Bitcoin’s hashrate distributed, and that starts with making sure the smaller-time miners can stay competitive. “We believe […]
Blockchain infrastructure firm Bloq is rolling out a new product to make it easier to invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) by asking users to stake their crypto, indicate a risk preference and letting the platform conduct the due diligence and actual farming for them. Announced on Wednesday, Bloq’s new platform, dubbed Vesper, is marketed as an easy-to-use platform for DeFi products. The platform will offer users the option to stake ether (ETH), wrapped bitcoin (wBTC) or USD Coin (USDC) using one of its “holding pools,” starting mid-November. Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Bloq, said that after depositing their crypto, users could indicate […]
Two new and advanced guided missile destroyers have recently entered service with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, official reports show. This takes the tally of new destroyers that have been commissioned into the PLA Navy this year known to the general public up to four, which analysts said shows a strong momentum of growth for the PLA Navy amid external instability and pressure. A destroyer unit recently conducted live-fire exercises for main gun shooting and damage control in an undisclosed sea region in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 […]
President Trump waves from a motorcade outside Walter Reed Medical Center, accompanied by Secret Service agents on Sunday. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images President Trump waves from a motorcade outside Walter Reed Medical Center, accompanied by Secret Service agents on Sunday. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images Secret Service agents generally don’t talk publicly about their work, for obvious reasons. But privately, they’ve been grumbling. “I think there is a lot of frustration,” says J.J. Hensley, a novelist who used to work for the Secret Service. He’s still in touch with colleagues, and […]
LVC, the crypto exchange operator and blockchain business unit of LINE, is launching a service that allows users to lend crypto assets like bitcoin and ethereum to its exchange BITMAX. In return lenders will receive a rental fee, which is like the interest on a bank loan. Source link
After teasing a “little surprise visit” via video on Twitter, President Trump left the hospital on Sunday afternoon to wave to supporters from the back seat of an SUV. “It’s been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID,” Trump, who is still suffering from the coronavirus, said in the video. “I learned it by really going to school, this is the real school, this isn’t the ‘let’s the read book’ school, and I get it, and I understand it,” he added. Then, contradicting his own words and the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/04/1080664157_0:320:3072:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_3f797695cd8a42baf7e06898d1d3c91c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010041080664192-armenias-national-security-service-says-foreign-citizens-detained-on-espionage-claims/ YEREVAN (Sputnik) – The National Security Service of Armenia has said on Sunday evening that several foreign citizens have been detained on suspicion of espionage. “We have received factual information on foreign citizens’ collection of data about military equipment belonging to the Armenian armed forces, the transportation of weapons, the location of military units, as well as those mobilized under martial law and their size. On October 2, several foreign citizens were detained on suspicion of espionage and inciting Armenian citizens to conduct espionage,” a statement on the National Security Service’s website read. The […]
US President Donald Trump is receiving treatment at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center after testing positive for coronavirus. Some officials from his inner circle have also now contracted the disease, including former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway. White House Secret Service agents, particularly those working close to US President Donald Trump, have been complaining in private about coronavirus-related health risks they have been exposed to in ]recent months, the Washington Post revealed citing anonymous claims reportedly made in discussion groups and on message boards. According to the report, security staffers assigned to work for the President in the field – […]
The US Postal Service Is A National Asset September 30, 2020 The US Postal Service Is A National Asset2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/joe-piette-main-image-2.jpg200px200px Above photo: Joe Piette/Labor Notes. Don’t trash it! Introduction: The financial problems of the United States Postal Service (USPS) are the result of misguided policy decisions — some of them long-standing — not declines in first-class mail, its primary source of revenue. With the increased demands of voting by mail in a national election and a boom in home package delivery, the pandemic makes a well-resourced postal service more important than ever. Nostrums about the public debt have contributed to a decades-long, […]
A provider of an ecosystem for the “sharing and rental economy,” ShareRing will join China’s government-backed blockchain initiative. Source link
New Hotline For Postal Service Whistleblowers By Project on Government Oversight. September 15, 2020 New Hotline For Postal Service Whistleblowers2020-09-152020-09-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/postal-service-e1600169848689.jpg200px200px Above photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP. Postal Service Workers: POGO Seeks Insider Information. The United States Postal Service provides safe, timely communication for all Americans. Increasingly, that includes supporting U.S. elections by handling mail-in ballots, a function of vital importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. But unprecedented turmoil has shaken the institution in recent months. Concerns are mounting that administrative changes could undermine the agency’s basic mission: to deliver all Americans’ mail safely and on time. POGO USPS Hotline Help us investigate and advocate […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/16/1080248188_0:0:2837:1596_1200x675_80_0_0_1bf9d73a452cf783a34fdc6c6a24c853.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009031080356435-head-of-russian-intelligence-service-on-navalny-western-provocation-cannot-be-ruled-out/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A provocation of Western special services cannot be ruled out in the situation with Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said Thursday. “This cannot be excluded,” Naryshkin said when asked if the situation with Navalny could be a provocation of Western special services. Regarding the statement of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that Germany’s claim of Navalny’s poisoning was based on false information, the SVR head said that “if president Lukashenko said so, he had reasons to do so.” “I for one, […]
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A U.S. Postal Service board member, who reportedly played a key role in the selection of Louis DeJoy to lead the agency, called the Black Lives Matter movement violent and floated a conspiracy theory that it may be financially backed by foreign entities. In June, John M. Barger, who serves on the Postal Service’s six-member Board of Governors, engaged in a back-and-forth on LinkedIn with a contact in Hong Kong. The exchange is publicly accessible on Barger’s profile on the platform. It began with that contact posting a photo of the strict public health measures in effect in Hong Kong due […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/02/1080351643_0:0:1239:697_1200x675_80_0_0_a52efe96f67f7f2df62b45299e3be9b2.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/videoclub/202009021080351690-best-service-ever-adorable-golden-retriever-picks-up-owners-food-order-/ Everyone has had to take extra precautions when going out to get food amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some of our animal companions have been there to assist us in this task, as a precious doggo recently demonstrated. Footage shared on Facebook captures Ellie, an adorable golden retriever, running up to meet a Chik-fil-A employee who has her owner’s food order ready outside in the residence’s parking lot. The sweet gal is seen gently picking up the bag and carrying it back to her owner, Nick, who waits in their curbside space. “It’s Ellie’s favorite […]
Trump And DeJoy’s Main Objective: Incapacitate The US Postal Service August 31, 2020 Trump And DeJoy’s Main Objective: Incapacitate The US Postal Service2020-08-312020-08-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/postalsorter-e1598889795187.jpg200px200px What we need now is to see a plethora of other states joining in these lawsuits that are charging Trump and DeJoy with deliberate voter suppression. NOTE: We remind our readers that the Democrats are also responsible for the demise of the US Postal Service. They could have repealed the 2006 law that requires it to pre-fund 75 years of retirement, including health benefits, a law the Democrats nearly unanimously supported. This costs the USPS over $5.5 billion […]
Are Postal Service Cuts Motivated By Voter Suppression, Privatization Or Both? By Sarah Anderson and Scott Klinger, Inequality. August 25, 2020 Are Postal Service Cuts Motivated By Voter Suppression, Privatization Or Both?2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-24-at-1.39.18-PM-150×99.png200px200px Above photo: Members of the Campaign for Postal Banking delivered more than 150,000 signatures on a petition to the U.S. Postal Service headquarters in December 2015. Throughout its 245-year history, the Postal Service has persevered through rain, snow, heat, the gloom of night, and even a global pandemic to serve the American people. But now this vital public service is under attack from within. In the course of two short […]
Enjoying your trial of Marxism? The National Park Service approved a 50,000-person march on Washington led by race-baiter Al Sharpton and Rev. Mark Thompson amid a pandemic that apparently only restricts large gatherings of Christians and Trump supporters. The march, dubbed “Get Your Knees Off Our Necks” will take place on August 28 which is the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The ‘protesters’ will march from the Lincoln Memorial to the National Mall. TRENDING: “This Dude is Shooting at Us!” – BLM Militants Run For Their Lives After Milwaukee Homeowner Fires Warning Shots at […]
A hacker has stolen data on more than 1,000 users from CryptoTrader.Tax, an online service used to calculate and file taxes on cryptocurrency trades. The hacker broke into a CryptoTrader.Tax marketing and customer service employee’s account on a support center platform, according to a source who came across the hacker on a dark web forum. With this access, the hacker could see customers’ names, email addresses, payment processor profiles and messages sometimes containing cryptocurrency incomes. The hacker then screengrabbed samples of this sensitive information, posted them on the forum to entice potential buyers of the data trove and sent additional pictures […]
US Postal Service Employees Ordered Not To Speak To Press By Sarah K. Burris, The New Civil Rights Movement. August 23, 2020 US Postal Service Employees Ordered Not To Speak To Press2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/usps.jpg200px200px Above photo: Shutterstock. While the U.S. Postal Service is under attack, everyone from letter carriers to union chairs and those working behind the doors in processing facilities has sounded the alarm about what they’re seeing from the top as part of the intentional mail slow down. VICE News reported Thursday that USPS staff were sent a letter telling them that they can’t talk to the press under any circumstances. The memo, […]
The 300,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers endorsed Joe Biden for president.The NALC said in their endorsement that the future of the postal service is at stake. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY mail-in voting should take place this year! ABC News reported: A major union representing U.S. postal workers has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has acknowledged starving the postal service of money in order to make it more difficult to vote by mail in November’s election. TRENDING: Police Make Second Arrest in Attack on 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter Outside […]
Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’ By J. Edward Moreno, The Hill. August 23, 2020 Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/dejoy1-e1598183992875.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (2nd R) arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on August 5, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images. House Democrats on the Oversight and Reform Committee released documents Saturday showing that Postal Service delays they say are “far worse than previously acknowledged.” […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/13/1080219823_0:94:3067:1819_1200x675_80_0_0_b13184018dfeab85b7991a5232c2d550.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008221080250239-house-approves-bill-to-provide-25-billion-to-us-postal-service/ US Senate Majority Leader McConnell has said that the Senate “will absolutely not pass” the bill providing $25 billion in support to the US Postal Service. After a vote in the House of Representatives, the document must first go to the Senate for approval, and then to the president for signature. The bill prohibits the US Postal Service from making any of the operational or service changes that were introduced on 1 January 2020. On Wednesday, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the bill for the US Postal Service would be passed in […]
The House passed legislation Saturday to provide $25 billion to the Postal Service to help safeguard voting by mail ahead of the November election. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Nati Harnik/AP The House passed legislation Saturday to provide $25 billion to the Postal Service to help safeguard voting by mail ahead of the November election. Nati Harnik/AP The House passed legislation on Saturday to infuse $25 billion into the Postal Service and block operational changes that Democrats fear could hobble mail-in voting in this November’s election. In a rare Saturday session, the House passed the measure by a vote of […]
Jim Jordan is always TERRIFIC! The popular Ohio conservative went on with Anti-Trumper Neil Cavuto to discuss the Democrat Party’s latest conspiracy over disappearing mailboxes. Democrats want Americans to believe that the evil Orange Man is ripping out mailboxes and postal sorting machines to corrupt the November election.It’s completely crazy but they are running with it. Democrats are hoping to sully the election process when President Trump wins again so they can continue their attacks on the popular US president. TRENDING: FAKE HATE: Black Democrat Faked and FILMED her Own Beating and Kidnapping… WTH? And She Did it For Votes — […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/12/1080201986_0:179:3072:1907_1200x675_80_0_0_0a6e3d9ad12ce2f72fd34a2a48c19f94.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008221080241989-white-house-advises-trump-to-veto-bill-to-fund-postal-service-ahead-of-saturday-vote/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The White House Office of Management and Budget in a letter said it will advise President Donald Trump to veto legislation to fund the US Postal Service. “If HR 8015 were presented to the President, his advisers would recommend that he veto the bill”, the agency said in the letter on Friday. The White House said it opposes the bill because it claims it would place counterproductive restrictions on the US Postal Service’s limited operational flexibilities and would do nothing to improve the agency. On Saturday, the House of Representatives will […]
Poultry farmers in Maine are denouncing a massive increase in incidents of baby chicks dying en route to their farms, attributing the fatalities to operational changes recently implemented by the US Postal Service (USPS). The USPS is vital for poultry farmers, due to the fact that no privately-owned companies ship live animals by mail. Since Maine has no hatcheries of its own, the state relies on shipments from other places to meet its poultry needs. The chicks recently shipped via USPS mail that arrived dead have already cost Maine farmers thousands of dollars in losses, not to mention the sadness and […]
An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge’s order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge’s order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Uber and Lyft spent the past week threatening to shut down their ride-hailing services in California at the stroke of midnight on Thursday. But the companies got a […]
Eric Garcetti Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti a couple weeks ago went full Commie and authorized the city to shut off water and power to HOMES and businesses that are hosting large, unauthorized gatherings. Under Garcetti’s authoritarian Covid lockdown order, large gatherings are prohibited. On Wednesday Garcetti followed through with his threat and actually authorized the city to disconnect utility service from a home in Hollywood Hills. Southern California is on day 6 of a blistering heatwave, but Garcetti shut off utilities to a home anyway. TRENDING: Goodyear Bans Employees From Wearing ‘All Lives Matter,’ ‘Blue Lives Matter’ or MAGA Slogans, […]
Postal Service Halts Some Changes Amid Outcry, Protests And Lawsuits By Lisa Mascaro and Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press. August 19, 2020 Postal Service Halts Some Changes Amid Outcry, Protests And Lawsuits2020-08-192020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/protest-for-the-post-office-from-saveourpostoffice-e1597810636347.png200px200px Above photo: Protest for the Post Office from SaveOurPostOffice.com. Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blamed for widespread delays and warned could disrupt the November election. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would “suspend” several of his initiatives — including the removal of the distinctive blue mailboxes that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1f/1080021933_0:34:3072:1762_1200x675_80_0_0_1ce5b4dfb781e29589f65f762be5d0d2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008171080199172-democratic-senators-say-they-seek-to-reverse-us-postal-service-changes/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Seven Democratic senators said in a joint statement on Monday that they are asking the US Postal Service to reverse the operational changes in place that could adversely impact mail-in balloting in the November presidential election. “I’m standing with Senators [Elizabeth] Warren, Gary Peters, [Bernie] Sanders and Senate Democrats to demand that the Postal Board of Governors immediately reverse the changes made by Trump mega-donor turned Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, that have degraded and delayed Postal Service operations”, Senator Charles Schumer said via Twitter about the statement. The senators said DeJoy […]
US President Donald Trump has been facing accusations from Democrats for “sabotaging” mail-in balloting in the upcoming presidential election by his reluctance to fund the US Postal Service over his opposition to voting by mail, which, according to the president, could lead to election fraud. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has called the US House of Representatives back from its vacation recess to return to session, also summoning the Postmaster General and the chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors to testify before Congress. According to a statement from Pelosi’s office, recent operational changes at the Postal Service “are […]
A group of protestors holds a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s home in Greensboro, N.C. on Sunday. DeJoy has recently come under fire for changes made at the U.S. Postal Service that have delayed mail in advance of the November elections. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images A group of protestors holds a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s home in Greensboro, N.C. on Sunday. DeJoy has recently come under fire for changes made at the U.S. Postal Service that have delayed mail in advance of the November […]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is calling the House of Representatives back from summer vacation this week to vote on a bill to prohibit the U.S. Postal Service from :implementing any changes to operations or level of service it had in place on January 1, 2020.” Democrats have become panicked as the new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has made efforts to reform the cash-hemorrhaging Postal Service at the same time the Democrats are pushing for nationwide mail-in voting for the November elections. Pelosi is calling for Democrats to protest at Post Offices in their districts on Tuesday for a […]
Protect The Vote And End Privatization Of The Postal Service By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance. August 16, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter Protect The Vote And End Privatization Of The Postal Service2020-08-162020-08-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/photo_1-e1597607266401.jpg200px200px As we warned earlier in the year, the US Postal Service is failing due to a long term effort to weaken it plus the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic, recession and intentional efforts by the Trump administration to suppress the vote. Members of Congress and state leaders are starting to take notice because of the magnitude of the crisis and public outcry, particularly over valid concerns […]
Pop star Taylor Swift tweeted to her 86 million followers on Twitter a political diatribe accusing President Trump of cheating to win re-election by the “calculated dismantling” of the Postal Service. Swift joins a growing chorus of liberals who see a conspiracy to subvert the Democrat’s election push for mail-in voting. Promo photo for Taylor Swift’s new album Folklore, by Beth Garrabrant “Trump’s calculated dismantling of USPS proves one thing clearly: He is WELL AWARE that we do not want him as our president. He’s chosen to blatantly cheat and put millions of Americans’ lives at risk in an effort to […]
Erica Koesler of Los Angeles demonstrates outside a USPS post office as a postal worker walks by in the background on Saturday. The USPS has warned states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state deadlines. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/AP Erica Koesler of Los Angeles demonstrates outside a USPS post office as a postal worker walks by in the background on Saturday. The USPS has warned states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast […]
Male shooting suspect down, screen image Secret Service on Monday afternoon interrupted President Trump’s presser and pulled him away from the podium in the briefing room and moved him into the West Wing. President Trump returned moments later and confirmed that an individual was shot by the Secret Service outside of the White House and was taken to the hospital. The shooting took place at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Secret Service can confirm there has been an officer involved shooting at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave. Law enforcement officials are on the scene. More information to follow. — U.S. […]
Letter carrier Henrietta Dixon, a 30-year veteran, sorts mail to be delivered before she sets out on her route in Philadelphia. Changes within the Postal Service could make some deliveries late. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Letter carrier Henrietta Dixon, a 30-year veteran, sorts mail to be delivered before she sets out on her route in Philadelphia. Changes within the Postal Service could make some deliveries late. Matt Rourke/AP On his first day on the job last month, new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy addressed the nearly half million U.S. Postal Service career employees in a video message. He […]
Dr. James Todaro M.D. 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 doctors are very concerned with the disinformation campaign being played out in the far left American media today. From their website: “If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, the great American experiment of a Constitutional Republic with Representative Democracy, will cease.” Here is a list of the doctors speaking at the event today. TRENDING: We Asked Our Readers to Send Photos of the Democrat Party […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079939907_0:328:2676:1833_1200x675_80_0_0_977d321bc6b6058abddec61920d9f58a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007201079939946-must-be-effing-psychotic-california-restaurant-defies-mandate-by-refusing-service-to-mask-wearers/ A shocking policy at a restaurant in Northern California of turning away customers who follow the state’s order to wear face coverings has ignited outrage on social media. The Apple Bistro – located in Placerville, about 40 miles northeast of Sacramento – has unfathomably been turning away customers who are following the state mandate for wearing face coverings while out in public spaces to slow the spread of COVID-19, local outlet KABC-TV reported. The restaurant is facing numerous complaints after customers stated that the staff refused to serve anyone wearing a mask, according to […]
PayPal, the fintech giant planning to bring crypto trading to its massive user base, has chosen Paxos to handle the new service’s supply of digital assets, according to two people familiar with the matter. It’s a plum assignment for New York-based Paxos, which last week launched Paxos Crypto Brokerage and announced its first customer in Revolut US, the American division of the U.K.-based fintech firm that offers bitcoin trading. A formal announcement of the PayPal relationship could come as soon as this week, one source said. The offering would make PayPal one of the most prominent mainstream companies to offer cryptocurrency […]
It’s safe to say that my wine intake has increased during quarantine. I’m writing it off as an “educational experience,” as a quarantine skill I’ve picked up just like sourdough baking and bird watching. I’m no sommelier, but I finally feel like I could go out to dinner (whenever that’s a thing again), look at a wine list, and not feel like I’m reading a riddle. Thankfully, I discovered this wine service early on in quarantine that allows me to learn about different wines, and try plenty more. You won’t find Winc wines in the wild. Instead, the direct-to-consumer brand both […]
The Secret Service has purchased two jet skis that will help keep the Trump family safe while swimming, according to new U.S. government procurement data reviewed by The Daily Beast. Taxpayers will be picking up the $25,338 tab for the pair of personal watercraft, along with a trailer to transport them, which the agency bought from a Kawasaki dealership in Augusta, Georgia. “USSS: TWO RESCUE WATERCRAFT (JET SKI’S) [sic] AND DUAL TRAILER FOR THE RESCUE SWIMMER PROGRAM,” the delivery order says. The funds are coming from the budget of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Procurement Operations. An initial solicitation […]
Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange by trading volume, has donated 27,000 KN95 masks worth over $60,000 to the U.K. National Health Service’s Pru Trust to aid the fight against COVID-19. The Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) is one of London’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals. It’s part of the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which employs more than 11,000 healthcare workers and delivers services to more than 326,000 Londoners. The COVID-19 outbreak has seen an unprecedented need for personal protection equipment (PPE) by the healthcare system and its workers. The timing is also auspicious, given Binance’s recently-revealed plans to […]
America’s business leaders tell Donald Trump to issue federal mask guidelines and to be able to refuse service to people who refuse to cover up without being sued The heads of America’s top business and manufacturing groups wrote a letter to President Trump asking the federal government to issue mask guidelines The business bosses also asked that businesses and non-profits ‘not be held liable for refusing entry’ when customers arrive sans mask Viral videos around the country have shown store employees trying to block mask-less patrons from entering The provision would allow businesses to dodge lawsuits from these altercations and also […]
Earlier, US President Donald Trump tweeted that would veto the defence authorisation bill if it contains an amendment calling for changing the Confederate-related names of US military bases. The US House Armed Services Committee voted for the amendment to the annual defence policy bill that envisages stripping Confederate names off of military bases and other property within one year. The amendment, offered by Representatives Anthony Brown and Don Bacon, was approved 32-23. The latter, along with Rep. Paul Mitchell, crossed the party line to support it. Commenting on the voting results, Brown said that the changes are supported by “vast majority of […]
Cops lie, not just often, but with the bravado and confidence of people who know they will neither be caught nor held accountable. And plenty of those lies are made against people working for crap wages and no benefits in the service industry. In recent weeks, New York City officers fabricated poisoned Shake Shack milkshakes, a Georgia cop paranoia-conjured a tainted McMuffin, and a Los Angeles officer tweeted photos of what is definitely not a tampon-contaminated coffee. The trail of lies goes back years prior, and includes a Utah cop accusing a Subway employee of putting THC and meth in his […]
Last week the Gateway Pundit announced a prayer rally on Saturday at the iconic St. Louis Statue on Art Hill in Forest Park in St. Louis City. The radical left wants the St. Louis statue removed. Several priests showed up at the statue on Saturday to pray around the time of our rally. One local priest was heckled and harassed while he tried to explain the history of St. Louis of France. The mob threatened to take the St. Louis Cathedral next! TRENDING: MUST READ… Report: Tulsa Arena Management Sabotaged Trump Rally Attendance Local leftist activists planned a counter protest against […]
The third generation heavy military trucks, developed by the Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group, has entered service with the People’s Liberation Army. According to open sources, Shaanxi has won a contract to develop a new generation of heavy military trucks in 2017. The first experimental batches of new vehicles began to enter the troops in 2018 and already in 2019 was made decision to adopted for service in the Chinese Army. The new family of the special vehicles has a unique and modular chassis design that enables heavy transport load and high-speed transportation on the most difficult terrain. The suspension and wheels […]
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained Secret Service records for the first five years of the Obama Admin showing Hunter Biden took 411 flights and visited 29 countries. The Secret Service did not disclose, as requested by Judicial Watch, if Hunter Biden flew on Air Force One, Air Force Two or other government planes or whether other family members were in attendance. The records reveal Hunter Biden visited China 5 times. The new documents also show that Hunter Biden never visited Ukraine prior to being hired by Burisma Holdings, a corrupt Ukrainian natural gas company. TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE: Police Source: Woman Who […]
The findings come as Britain’s top military charity, which supports military personnel and veteran staff in periods of hardship and crisis, has called on the public to celebrate Armed Forces Week to commemorate active and veteran military staff battling the COVID-19 pandemic with key workers. Roughly 66 percent of UK citizens would back reintroducing the National Service in the UK due to values learned in military service, according to a new survey. Service should be imposed on adults aged 18 and older regardless of gender or background, three-fourths of respondents said in a poll from UK armed forces charity SSAFA. The […]
It has been five months since the novel coronavirus started infecting Americans. Since then, the U.S. has lost more than 119,000 people to the sickness it causes — COVID-19. So many have been touched by the deaths of family and friends. Here we remember just a few of those who continued working during the pandemic because their jobs called for it and who, ultimately, lost their lives. On the last dinner Yves-Emmanuel Segui had with his family, “we went to this African food and art center in Harlem,” his daughter Morit Segui recalls. “My dad insisted [on] this dinner, and I […]
In late May, a number of US media outlets reported that US President Donald Trump was taken by Secret Service agents to an underground bunker as potentially violent demonstrations protesting the killing of African-American George Floyd took place near the White House. US President Donald Trump has reportedly directed officials within his administration to find and prosecute those responsible for leaking information about his retreat to the heavily-fortified underground White House bunker during an anti-police-brutality protest near the White House on Friday 29 May, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The report claimed that Trump complained to advisors that he cannot get “good” stories […]
Woke Black Lives Matter supporters attended church services and even got baptized in Minneapolis where George Floyd died. Advertisement – story continues below A Minneapolis police officer was charged after killing George Floyd last month. George Floyd’s death sparked riots worldwide and he has been turned into some sort of saint despite his abysmal history of violent crimes. WATCH: TRENDING: Fulton County DA Announces 11 Charges, Including Felony Murder on the Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting of Rayshard Brooks – Says Brooks Never Informed He Was Under Arrest? Place where George Floyd died is now where baptism takes place and Floyd […]
Ethereum development house ConsenSys is being backed by heavy hitters like Binance and Huobi to test its new “staking-as-a-service” offering, designed to make it easy for institutions to earn income from the next iteration of the second-largest public blockchain. Announced Tuesday, the Eth 2.0 staking pilot from ConsenSys Codefi includes Binance, Huobi Wallet, Matrixport, Crypto.com, DARMA Capital and Trustology. This first batch of participants will provide feedback and feature requests to Codefi as it builds out its Eth 2.0 staking API, which is targeted at large exchanges, wallet providers, custodians and crypto hedge funds. Existing Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchains such as Tezos, […]
external hack attack are coming from all around the US for the T-Mobile outage. Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint users are also reporting issues today as well but the biggest impact to service seems to be with T-Mobile and Metro PCS so far. We need to stop depending on China pic.twitter.com/ss2ej3kyQH — Agustin Pardo (@AgustinPardo15) June 15, 2020 Apparently, T-Mobile’s network is down and it’s affecting calls from Verizon and AT&T too. – T-Mobile confirmed a major outage– AT&T and Verizon say their networks are fine– Sprint hasn’t responded– There is no evidence of any cyberattack on the US telecommunications giants– Anonymous […]
Like many, in January I dutifully sat down and scribbled a small but thoughtful list of 2020 New Year’s goals into my bullet journal. One of those goals was to get more creative in the kitchen by stepping outside of my comfort zone and experimenting with new cuisines and unfamiliar ingredients. The qualitative resolution was to try at least three new recipes every month, and I figured one of the best ways to kickstart that initiative was to enroll in a meal delivery program. Now, over the years I’ve sampled a handful of such services. Some were OK, some were not […]
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 […]
Poolin, the second largest bitcoin mining pool, is expanding its cryptocurrency lending and financial services businesses. The pool announced Monday that it has started working with U.S.-based crypto lender BlockFi, which will be acting like an interbank lender, providing a source of capital for Poolin. The firm initially rolled out crypto lending offerings in February via its Singapore-registered wallet entity, Blockin. With more capital now available, Poolin will be able to extend the business to more miner customers, offering annualized interest at levels that can be below 6%. Miners that connect to the pool currently have about 18.3 exahashes per second […]
Private Swiss bank Maerki Baumann’s new crypto trading service shows there’s a growing market for providing premium execution for an institutional or wealthy clientele. The entity promised its new crypto trading and custody service would provide clients with the best trading experience in a blog post last week. “The trading orders placed with Maerki Baumann are directed to professional crypto brokers and the world’s largest and most liquid crypto exchanges via proven partner companies,” Maerki Baumann announced. “This ensures that transactions are carried out quickly and with a narrow trading range between the buy and sell price (spread).” Maerki Baumann’s clientele includes […]
The rioting went on late into the night Thursday in Minneapolis, stretching into early Friday morning with protesters stealing and torching several U.S. Postal Service vans to protest the death in police custody of George Floyd on Monday. Photos and videos show the vans being driven for joy rides and at least one set on fire. By my count there have been four postal vans stolen and destroyed. pic.twitter.com/EoXFFXbDvy — robertklemko (@RobertKlemko) May 29, 2020 The overturned postal van at East Lake and Minnehaha pic.twitter.com/WCztP4tfdA — robertklemko (@RobertKlemko) May 29, 2020 TRENDING: “What They Are Doing Is Tantamount to Monopoly” – […]
Caravan Supports Workers And Fights U.S. Postal Service Privatization By Martha Alston, Peoples World. May 28, 2020 Caravan Supports Workers And Fights U.S. Postal Service Privatization2020-05-282020-05-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/pjimage-7-3.jpg200px200px Above photo: The U.S. Postal Service is a significant force for employment equity in the United States, with high numbers of people of color and veterans in its ranks. Here, USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon delivers mail to a resident on her route, Alvin Fields, on May 6, 2020. Fields called Dixon “absolutely wonderful.” Matt Rourke / AP. On Thursday, May 21, 80 cars lined up, in front of the Main Post Office in downtown Detroit, to […]
An unknown culprit used the official Twitter account of the UK Civil Service to hammer Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The PM was defending his adviser, Dominic Cummings, who’s been reported to police for breaking lockdown rules. Cummings has been hounded by the British press and urged to resign since it emerged on Friday that he’d traveled 250 miles from London to his parents’ farm in Durham in April. His journey flouted the national coronavirus lockdown, and took place while he was supposed to be isolating at home due to his wife’s Covid-19 symptoms. Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his embattled adviser […]
UK 22:53 GMT 24.05.2020Get short URL The now-deleted tweet was reportedly posted on Sunday soon after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson finished his daily Downing Street press conference on the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, during which he defended his political fixer and right-hand man, Dominic Cummings, who is accused of defying the COVID-19 lockdown. The official Twitter account for the United Kingdom’s Civil Service left netizens in confusion after posting a message that was thought by many to take aim at members of the Downing Street government shortly after a daily COVID-19 briefing headed by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. During the Sunday […]
“Amulets” might be a better word than “tokens” for some of the crypto assets emerging on blockchains today. Version 2.0 of Uniswap is now live and it is, among other things, an amulet-minting machine, though probably everyone’s still going to call them “tokens.” Tokens are little more than keys which let you access something, such as a game or a laundry machine. Amulets have surprises inside, they can generate something new from within, for anyone with the skill to unlock them. “Version 1 was almost this like proof-of-concept,” Hayden Adams, Uniswap’s founder, told CoinDesk. “It was the first implementation of this […]
The U.S. Navy released a statement on Wednesday saying that the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) officially returned to strategic service. Maine’s keel was laid July 3, 1990, she was christened July 16, 1994, and was commissioned in Groton, Connecticut July 25, 1995. The USS Ohio completed three years of engineered refueling overhaul, estimated to extend the life of the ship by 20 years, the Navy announced. “These ships were not originally design to last much beyond 25 years,” said Machinist’s Mate (Auxiliary) 1st Class Cole Elliott, from Liberty Hill, Texas. “I’m proud to be a part of the […]
Pastor Cristian Ionescu, of Elim Romanian Pentecostal. A church the Albany Park area of Chicago is blatantly disobeying the lock down orders imposed by Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot, and opened its doors for not just one, but two services this past Sunday. Elim Romanian Pentecostal’s head Pastor Christian Ionescu vows to continue with services, as posted to the church’s facebook page: Block Club Chicago reports: A Romanian church on the North Side hosted two Sunday services, prompting Ald. Rossana Rodriguez (33rd) to plead with other religious leaders in the community not to defy the state’s stay at home order. Elim […]
Securitize is rolling out a common identification system for its customers that it hopes will streamline the know-your-customer (KYC) process for all participants in the security token ecosystem. The company announced its new identification service, Securitize ID, Thursday, saying any individual who completes their KYC process with the transfer agent can use the same information when trying to onboard with any other company which adopts the service. Securitize ID will be a standard that other companies working on security token issuances can adopt, said Carlos Domingo, Securitize’s CEO and cofounder. “Within the ecosystem of the companies we work with for participating […]
When trains pull into the terminal, cleaners get on armed with little more than a spray bottle with an EPA-approved cleaning solution and have a short period of time to spray and wipe down the benches, poles and doors. The MTA says workers can do a more effective job cleaning when the homeless population, which often stays on trains all night, is removed. Stephen Nessen/WNYC hide caption toggle caption Stephen Nessen/WNYC When trains pull into the terminal, cleaners get on armed with little more than a spray bottle with an EPA-approved cleaning solution and have a short period of time to […]