Prison Staff Force Prisoners to Accept Liability For Their Own Deaths By No Justice Under Capitalism, Popular Resistance. December 11, 2020 Prison Staff Force Prisoners to Accept Liability For Their Own Deaths2020-12-112020-12-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/sq-e1607647022589.jpg200px200px Above photo: Inmates on the yard at San Quentin State Prison in 2012. Monica Lam/KQED/CIR. San Quentin – Prisoners at San Quentin State Prison are reporting that, over the past week, San Quentin medical […]
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton repeatedly told his staff to actively remove themselves from conversations and meetings with Rudy Giuliani after Bolton received warnings from intelligence officials that the president’s personal lawyer was propagating conspiracy theories that aligned with a Russian operation to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Bolton even warned his subordinates to avoid meetings in which Giuliani or his agenda might be raised. […]
With only some 2,500 of BP’s global workforce accepting a golden handshake to leave voluntarily, the balance of the 10,000 lay-offs announced by CEO Bernard Looney in June as part of ‘greening’ the oil giant will be made based on staff performance ratings. Three-quarters of the 10,000 staff set to be laid off worldwide by oil giant BP will have no say in the matter, it […]
Representatives attended the first hearing for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee. When journalists confronted Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, controversy broke out when he refused to speak to them while wearing a mask. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows removed his mask around reporters on Monday while refusing to talk while wearing the face-covering before proceeding […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106181/25/1061812545_0:285:5472:3363_1200x675_80_0_0_e534d681831291a4a577cfa719ccb150.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010061080687330-cynical-world-movie-chain-tried-to-flog-staff-surplus-pick-n-mix-sweets-before-closures-announced/ The Cineworld group announced the closure of all its 127 UK sites on Monday after the release of the new James Bond film was postponed until April. But angry staff say they first heard the news via the media. Cineworld tried to sell unwanted stocks pick ‘n’ mix sweets to its staff before laying them off, a staff member […]
Senior commanders of the US military have been told to self-isolate and work from home, according to reports, after Admiral Charles Ray of the Coast Guard tested positive for the coronavirus. The rest of the Joint Chiefs have reportedly tested negative so far. Ray, who is vice commandant of the Coast Guard, began feeling ill Friday and tested positive on Monday. The other Joint Chiefs tested […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010051080671574-trumps-condition-continued-to-improve-overnight-white-house-chief-of-staff-says/ The day before, United States National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien said that US President Donald Trump was “in great shape and firmly in command of the country” while he is being treated for coronavirus. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday stated that US President Donald Trump’s condition continued to improve overnight, adding that the White […]
Dr. Joseph Varon notifies the family of a patient who died inside the coronavirus unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center on July 6. Varon tells NPR he’s “living on adrenaline.” David J. Phillip/AP hide caption toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP Dr. Joseph Varon notifies the family of a patient who died inside the coronavirus unit at Houston’s United Memorial Medical Center on July 6. Varon […]
University Of Michigan Residential Staff On Strike By Residential Staff, Popular Resistance. September 10, 2020 University Of Michigan Residential Staff On Strike2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/umichresstaff-e1599737259619.jpg200px200px Above photo: Allison Engkvist/Daily. The bottom line is our health can’t wait. Our communities can’t wait. The University’s inaction in the face of ResStaff’s explicit concerns and action items over the last few weeks has made it clear that public health is not the priority. […]
Staff Refuse To Enter Unsafe School Building By District 75 P352X Special Education Staff, Popular Resistance. September 10, 2020 Staff Refuse To Enter Unsafe School Building2020-09-102020-09-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/schools-e1599739012880.jpg200px200px Above photo: Twitter. NOTE: CBS News reports: Yellow water. Dead roaches. Dusty desks. That’s how teachers at a Crown Heights school for children with special needs were welcomed back Tuesday. “It just looked dirty, like we left it in March,” special […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/08/1080402558_0:320:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_101093601278906fd8afde3c4c334cce.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009081080402588-rochester-police-command-staff-retire-amid-backlash-from-daniel-prudes-death-mayor-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Rochester Police Department command staff retired amid protests over the death of African-American man Daniel Prude in police custody in March, Mayor Lovely Warren said during a virtual City Council meeting on Tuesday. “I do want to inform you that the entire Rochester Police Department command staff has announced their retirement, that includes the police […]
The chief of the Rochester Police Department announced he would resign Tuesday following the release of shocking footage of the March death of a 41-year-old Black man in police custody. La’Ron Singletary leaves the department after 20 years under heavy scrutiny over the death of Daniel Prude. His top two officers in the department—Deputy Chief Joseph Morabito and Deputy Chief Mark Simmons—also handed in their resignation. […]
MSNBC anchor Hallie Jackson repeatedly grilled the vice president’s chief of staff Marc Short on Thursday over the lack of masks at Mike Pence’s Republican National Convention speech, prompting the top aide to accuse Jackson of “mask shaming” veterans. Shortly after Pence’s Wednesday night RNC address at Fort McHenry, it was reported that there were no requirement for attendees to have been tested for the coronavirus. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107765/07/1077650784_0:0:2047:1151_1200x675_80_0_0_6db4317411830966de38137137e193a1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008231080256642-trumps-chief-of-staff-says-president-wants-fda-to-feel-the-heat-to-quicken-vaccine-development/ The US Food and Drug Administration, the government body responsible for the control and regulation of pharmaceutical drugs and medicine, is currently undergoing clinical trials for a potential vaccine for the coronavirus. Donald Trump’s accusation that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is delaying clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine for political reasons is a way of making the […]
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows attempted to brush aside the sharp criticism President Donald Trump’s sister directed the president’s way, insisting that retired federal judge Maryanne Trump Barry calling her brother a “cruel” liar with “no principles” is “just another day and another attack.” In a series of secret recordings made over a period of two years, the president’s niece Mary Trump—who recently wrote […]
A Moscow laboratory offering coronavirus tests to residents has had its premises ransacked and staff frightened by an apparent Covid denier. The aftermath of the rampage was caught on film. The troublemaker targeted the Gemotest clinic in southeast Moscow. Described as a “tanned man clad in a leather jacket” by the media, he burst into the building on Sunday, pushing aside visitors and medical staff. Yelling […]
Editors and executives at Newsweek, a formerly prestigious and popular magazine that in recent years has suffered from self-inflicted wounds and even a criminal investigation of its business practices, are once again digging themselves out of a public relations hole. Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Nancy Cooper and the magazine’s recently-hired opinion editor, Trump-backing conservative activist and attorney Josh Hammer, apologized on Friday after nearly a week of defending […]
The White House is mandating that all officials and staffers in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building agree to random coronavirus testing in the following weeks, according to two individuals familiar and a notice obtained by The Daily Beast. This is the first time the White House has made it mandatory that all employees get tested for the coronavirus despite multiple people testing positive, according to those […]
On Tuesday, US authorities gave China 72 hours to shut down its Houston, Texas Consulate, accusing its staff of systematically engaging in espionage. Beijing responded by ordering US diplomats to leave America’s diplomatic mission in Chengdu, with Washington claiming that China has no right to respond in that kind of tit-for-tat manner. China strongly protests US officials’ “forcible entry” into the Chinese diplomatic mission in Houston […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/17/1079964274_9:0:1831:1025_1200x675_80_0_0_182741e40a25cd88edfa81d059a0b412.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079979509-us-congressional-staff-member-dies-of-covid-19/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A congressional staff member has died from the novel coronavirus disease, US Congressman Vern Buchanan said in a statement. “Devastated by the death of my longtime staffer Gary Tibbetts who passed away today at Manatee Memorial Hospital from COVID-19”, Buchanan said via Twitter on Friday. “Gary was the consummate professional and a true public servant in […]
American officials have broken into a former Chinese diplomatic facility in Texas, forcing their way less than an hour after its staff vacated the building, which Washington ordered to close earlier this week. The federal officials, some believed to be with the State Department, gained entry to the facility just before 5pm on Friday evening, using power tools to pry open a back door after failing […]
The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group’s leaders have pledged to address the issues. (Image credit: David Gilkey/NPR) Source link
The Trump administration is studying the security risks of TikTok, WeChat and other apps that could potentially allow foreign countries to gather information on Americans, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told reporters Wednesday. Meadows also said that action regarding this issue would likely take place in weeks, not months, Reuters reported. US President Donald Trump last Tuesday also said that a ban on TikTok […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079890276_0:33:2903:1665_1200x675_80_0_0_d86f577efb3dae2d6a13107297bbbf10.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/photo/202007151079890729-Telexistences-Kangaroo-Robot-Tokyo-Shops-Prepare-to-Welcome-New-Staff-Member/ According to the robot’s maker, its design is meant to help shoppers feel at ease because robots that look too human could make people feel uncomfortable. A shelf-stacking avatar robot developed to work in a convenience store was presented to the media in Tokyo last week. The robot’s maker, Telexistence, hopes that this new staff member will begin stacking […]
Take a gander at any of the public social media groups for enthusiasts of Orlando, Florida’s Walt Disney World and you’ll find a common refrain: the theme park, which re-opened on Friday amid a COVID-19 catastrophe, has super-short lines for all its top roller coasters right now. Disney World closed in mid-March, when COVID-19 cases began sweeping the country. Then on Friday, the same day Florida […]
White House hopeful Joe Biden has been evading questions over the diversity of his campaign staff since the Democratic primaries, with the issue now pushed to the forefront amid the continuing protests against racism and police brutality erupting across the country in the wake of the death of black man George Floyd in police custody. Amidst a heated debate on systemic racism and need for criminal […]
The COVID-19 crisis may have been the last straw for a non-profit digital identity organization, breaking its efforts to raise funds to pay staff and carry out a regulated token issuance. The Sovrin Foundation, a U.S.-based umbrella organization that oversees the development of blockchain-based digital identity standards (also known as self-sovereign identity or SSI), laid off nine full-time and six part-time employees in March, officially becoming […]
Islamabad Summons Indian Diplomat Over New Delhi’s Decision to Cut Pakistan’s Staff Strength in Half Source link
Travelers make their way through ticketing and TSA inspection at the Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Travelers make their way through ticketing and TSA inspection at the Pittsburgh International Airport on May 7. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration withheld N-95 masks from staff and exhibited “gross mismanagement” in its response to the Coronavirus […]
Health investigator Mackenzie Bray of the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City, Utah, works to contact people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus so they can get tested and quarantine themselves. Thousands of health workers around the country are doing this work to help keep outbreaks from flaring up. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption toggle caption Rick Bowmer/AP Health investigator Mackenzie Bray […]
Executives at South Carolina’s largest newspaper asked staff to return to work in the office full-time despite concerns about the coronavirus. Now, there’s a COVID-19 case in the paper’s building. Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that Post and Courier higher-ups have informed staff in recent days of one confirmed case in the paper’s Charleston office. Upon learning the news, employees were horrified. “Disgusted, distraught, angry,” […]
CAIRO (Sputnik) – The Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar has decided to reorganize its command structure amid the retreat of its forces from a number of positions in the course of the confrontation with the UN-backed Government of National Accord, the Army’s spokesman Major General Ahmad al-Mismari said on Saturday. “The general command announces the reorganization of the main operational headquarters of […]
New York Times opinion editor James Bennet on Sunday announced that he has resigned, effectively immediately, following an internal revolt over Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s “Send in the Troops” column published last week. The newspaper announced that Katie Kingsbury, will step in as an interim opinion page editor through the election; and that Bennet’s deputy editor Jim Dao is being reassigned back to the newsroom. In […]
The New York Times apologized to its staff on Friday in a lengthy, tense meeting in which the paper’s top editors strongly suggested they will overhaul the oft-controversial and scrutinized opinion page. Earlier this week, the Times published an op-ed, headlined “Send in the Troops,” in which Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) enthusiastically called for the deployment of American military forces to suppress the ongoing protests against […]
Employees at Maven Media Brands, the U.S. digital-media publisher that owns outlets like Sports Illustrated and Maxim, are calling upon the company to cut ties with a Blue Lives Matter website in its portfolio. In an all-staff meeting on Friday, Maven announced that it will institute a 15-percent salary reduction across the organization as part of cost-saving measures as a result of the collapse of the […]
US 23:32 GMT 04.06.2020(updated 23:46 GMT 04.06.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006041079523216-piece-of-limelight-trump-insists-he-did-fire-mattis-hits-back-at-ex-chief-of-staff/ Earlier on Wednesday, former US Defence Secretary James Mattis released a statement in which he lambasted President Donald Trump for dividing the American nation and threatening the US constitution. Responding to that, Trump slammed Mattis in his Twitter, saying that he “had the honor” to fire him. In a series […]
Staff at Bitmain now have a decision to make: whether to return to the office and which executive they choose to take orders from. Micree Zhan Ketuan, the Bitmain co-founder who was ousted in a coup by his rival Wu Jihan last October, sent out a letter addressed to Bitmain employees via his WeChat feed on Thursday, saying he had returned to the company’s Beijing office […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia has recorded high level of US and its NATO allies’ military activity near its borders, the chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, said Monday. “The Russian Defence Ministry is constantly monitoring and registering a high level of military activity by the US and its NATO allies near our borders”, Rudskoy told a briefing. […]
BuzzFeed News staff are taking a paycut and agreeing to share the workload in a deal to offset most of the potential employee furloughs the company planned for its editorial employees. Following the massive downturn of the advertising market in the coronavirus pandemic’s wake, numerous news media companies including BuzzFeed have cut costs with some layoffs and the cutting of employee salaries and furloughing of staff […]
US President Donald Trump has been touting the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic against COVID-19, referring to it as a “game-changer” in the search for potential treatments for the novel respiratory disease, despite a lack of conclusive scientific evidence or large-scale clinical trials to support this. British health workers are to take part in the first global study involving hydroxychloroquine – the drug US President […]
World 05:49 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105545/18/1055451898_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_617a3daef83f9ecdb37fa3cad94fecbe.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202005161079322433-air-canada-to-lay-off-half-of-its-staff-amid-pandemic-reports-suggest/ The North American company previously reduced flights by 95 percent amid national and global lockdowns, taking a severe hit due to the heath crisis. It reported a net loss of $740 million in the first quarter, also expecting the situation to remain tense for the rest of the year. “Today we took the […]
With news last week that close aides to President Trump and Vice President Pence tested positive for the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus, speculation led by never-Trumper Bill Kristol has arisen about a scenario where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), second in the line of succession, becomes president after Trump and Pence are taken down by the virus at the same time. The measured scenarios by […]
President held a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his national security team at the White House Saturday evening. Neither the subject of the meeting, which was originally set for Camp David, nor the reason for the change of location was disclosed. “President Trump said yesterday he would travel to Camp David this weekend for a “big meeting” with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. […]
Malachi Stewart, with the Washington, D.C., health department, works full time as a contact tracer for the COVID-19 response. Washington plans to increase its contact tracing workforce in the near future. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR Malachi Stewart, with the Washington, D.C., health department, works full time as a contact tracer for the COVID-19 response. Washington plans to increase its contact tracing workforce […]