We are very worried for the safety and security of Centro Pazífico coordinator, Darnelly Rodriguez. On November 19 2021, she received the second of two death threats in two weeks. This threat came from the AGC paramilitary group. She was listed along with several other social movement and union leaders in a pamphlet that was left under the door of Cali’s largest labor federation. A translation of the threat is included at the end of the page. Darnelly is also the coordinator for the Francisco Isaías Cifuentes Human Rights Network (REDDHFIC)’s Valle Del Cauca chapter. Threats against Darnelly have increased over the […]
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Above Photo: Crystal Kan, a storyboard artist, draws signs on union members’ cars during a rally at the Motion Picture Editors Guild IATSE Local 700 on Sunday in Los Angeles. (Myung J Chun/Los Angeles Times/Rex/Shutterstock) From healthcare to Hollywood, workers are demanding higher wages, fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions Tens of thousands of workers around the US could go on strike in the coming weeks in what would be the largest wave of labor unrest since a series of teacher strikes in 2018 and 2019, which won major victories and gave the American labor movement a significant boost. […]
Rudy Giuliani’s latest effort to push more dirt on the Bidens weeks before the 2020 presidential election had some important backers—chief among them, the president of the United States. In recent weeks, Donald Trump was made aware of an alleged secret trove of material about Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings and private life, and was keen on getting it out into the public domain as soon as possible, according to two sources familiar with the matter. “Have you heard about this [hard drive]?” one of the people recalled the president asking recently. The president made clear this latest salvo against the Bidens […]
Is it a desperate last roll of the dice or the confident declaration of a woman poised to assume power? Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the runner-up in the disputed Belarusian election, considerably upped the ante with a bold warning. The exiled former candidate, who believes the contest was rigged to prevent her from claiming victory, has announced that the opposition she aspires to lead from her Lithuanian exile intends to move to more active measures in two weeks’ time, if her demands are not met. READ MORE: Police use stun grenades & water cannons during anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus, multiple journalists detained (VIDEOS) Tikhanovskaya […]
Updated 6:57 p.m. ET Despite reports of the Trump campaign canceling TV advertising in Ohio and Iowa, it turns out the campaign has $11 million still reserved for ads in the states, according to the latest ad spending data provided to NPR by the ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics. The Trump campaign ran no ads in either state for the week of Oct. 4, but it still has $8 million in Ohio and almost $3 million in Iowa reserved for the final four weeks of the campaign. Both Ohio and Iowa should be states where Trump is favored. He won them both […]
…from SouthFront.org The Armenian-Azerbaijani war is nearing the end of its second week with no prospects of de-escalation through diplomatic channels in the near future. The Azerbaijani-Turkish bloc still aims to deal with the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh question by military measures. At the same time, Armenia is not going to accept the Azerbaijani demands and surrender the contested region. The Armenian military reported that its forces had repelled two powerful Azerbaijani attacks in the southern part of Karabakh killing multiple Azerbaijani soldiers and destroying nine armored vehicles. It also claimed that a large grouping of Azerbaijani forces was defeated near Horadiz. These […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at the Jose Marti Gym during a campaign stop in Miami on Monday. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at the Jose Marti Gym during a campaign stop in Miami on Monday. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden, who’s long critiqued President Trump as a voice of division and a uniquely dangerous threat to American values, appears to be sketching out a final, unifying message to voters with just four weeks left in the 2020 presidential campaign. The Democratic nominee […]
The chairman of an Arkansas county Republican committee died from complications associated with COVID-19 on Tuesday—less than one month after his organization hosted a maskless gathering with other elected leaders. Steven Farmer, who served as the chairman of the Craighead County Republican Committee, died on Tuesday after a weeks-long battle with the coronavirus that resulted in a stay at the ICU and a ventilator, his daughter and the organization announced. The news comes just three weeks after his committee hosted an event with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), who contracted COVID-19 in July, for Reagan Day. Photos […]
In a letter to its clients, the global investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced that the UK and the EU would likely agree on a post-Brexit trade deal by early November, whilst also warning that the risk of a breakdown in negotiations should not be ruled out. The news comes as talks between Britain and the EU are set to continue this week, after Boris Johnson and European Commission President, Ursula Von Der Leyen, approved a further month of negotiations. With more on this story, Sputnik spoke to Dr Connal Parr, a Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University. Sputnik: Just how likely […]
Vice President Pence, seen during a press conference at the White House on Sept. 28, will begin a campaign tour through key swing states following the vice presidential debate on Wednesday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Vice President Pence, seen during a press conference at the White House on Sept. 28, will begin a campaign tour through key swing states following the vice presidential debate on Wednesday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Trump’s hospitalization for COVID-19 casts unprecedented uncertainty on the presidential campaign’s final stretch. There are 30 days until Election Day and millions of votes have […]
A U.S. flag flies above a fence at the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Dec. 10, 2008, in an image reviewed by the U.S. military. Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images A U.S. flag flies above a fence at the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Dec. 10, 2008, in an image reviewed by the U.S. military. Mandel Ngan-Pool/Getty Images There’s yet more chaos in the long-delayed, problem-plagued 9/11 case in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba: A new U.S. military court judge who took over the […]
The US president earlier announced that his administration would soon have a COVID-19 vaccine, while Democrats have raised concerns about its effectiveness against the virus. President Donald Trump said during the Tuesday debate against Joe Biden that the United States is “weeks away” from a coronavirus vaccine, adding that his administration has done a “great job” concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. “You could never have done the job that we did”, Trump told Biden. “You don’t have it in your blood”. “I don’t trust him at all”, Biden responded on Trump’s vaccine statement. Trump countered saying that a vaccine can be available […]
Assange Hearing: Judge Grants Defense Four Weeks To Prepare Final Argument September 26, 2020 Assange Hearing: Judge Grants Defense Four Weeks To Prepare Final Argument2020-09-262020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/the_old_bailey_4869205050-1536×1069-e1601093186187.jpg200px200px Above photo: Old Bailey. 5:49 am EDT: Judge Vanessa Baraitser has granted the defense four weeks to prepare it closing argument, saying that her decision would come after the Nov. 4 U.S. election one way or the other. She had been previously reluctant to give more than a week to the defense. Baraitser set the date of final arguments for Nov. 16. Fitzgerald had told the judge that: “It seems unlikely for you to make a judgement […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105914/47/1059144761_0:4:1200:679_1200x675_80_0_0_2449b1e1d877bac7199684c82f0f0cea.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009241080564182-second-us-navy-hornet-fighter-jet-makes-emergency-landing-at-virginia-base-in-as-many-weeks/ Another US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet has been forced to suddenly land at Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana. In just two weeks, two of the advanced, carrier-based jets have suffered engine fires. According to the Naval Safety Center, a two-seater F/A-18F Super Hornet experienced an engine fire on Monday while flying along the southeastern Virginia coast, forcing it to return to NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach. “The aircraft landed safely at NAS Oceana without incident. An aviation mishap investigation has been initiated to determine the cause of the incident,” Cmdr. Jennifer […]
A Massachusetts construction worker died after eating around a bag and a half of black licorice every day for a few weeks, doctors revealed in a case report published Thursday. According to a report by AP, the 54-year-old man’s heart stopped working while he was having lunch at a fast food restaurant. Although emergency responders did CPR on the man, he died the following day. Although the man died last year, the case was outlined this month in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Black licorice contains glycyrrhizic acid, which can cause extremely low potassium as well as imbalances in […]
Senate Republicans have released their controversial report on Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s former dealings with Ukraine in a politically-charged move to taint Biden’s campaign weeks out from Election Day. The investigation, which was spearheaded by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) focuses on Hunter Biden’s work for Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings—a key issue in last year’s impeachment of President Donald Trump. The probe was launched despite no evidence of any wrongdoing by Hunter Biden ever being established. The report contains little that wasn’t already known. Its headline finding is that two Obama administration officials raised some […]
Kenneth Nicholson Freed from the New York Fashion Week runway, designers like Kenneth Nicholson are reveling instead in forms like filmmaking. Grasp, an excellent short film he co-directed with Stefan Colson, introduces us to David (Dorion Wordlaw), who wakes up in his Los Angeles apartment after dreaming of himself as a small boy at church. That little Black boy spies a young white girl in a lemon-colored dress opposite him, and then imagines himself in the same pretty dress. As an adult, he takes a walk in sun-dappled streets, and then takes tea—and we see him encounter a range of people […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0d/1080446982_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_2ac38158da4b10b82b68e5488e4838be.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009161080469974-trump-says-coronavirus-vaccine-could-be-3-or-4-weeks-away/ The US president has repeatedly hinted that there will be one approved vaccine against the novel coronavirus before he stands for reelection on 3 November. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the US COVID-19 vaccine could be ready within weeks. “If you want to know the truth, the previous administration would have taken perhaps years to have a vaccine because of the FDA and all the approvals. And we’re within weeks of getting it you know could be three weeks, four weeks”, Trump said in a town hall hosted by ABC News. MORE […]
Amidst a national debate on how to safely reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic, several colleges and universities took the plunge, inviting students back to dorms and classrooms with strict health and social distancing guidelines. More than a third of the nation’s 5,000 higher education campuses have reopened, with students from out of state ordered to quarantine, mask mandated and routine self-checks for symptoms instituted across the board. To comply with social distancing guidelines, parties or large gatherings are forbidden. But, just a few weeks into the fall semester, the experiment is faltering. Colleges and universities across the country are struggling […]
At least 41 schools in Berlin say that hundreds of their students and teachers are in quarantine, less than two weeks after schools reopened their doors in the German capital. Elementary schools, high schools and trade schools are all affected, the daily Berliner Zeitung wrote on Friday, and city education authorities confirmed these figures to AP. The reopening of schools and the possible risks of virus clusters are hotly debated in Germany. There are 825 schools in Berlin. Some states in the country are still on summer vacation, while others have been back to school for about two weeks. Also on […]
Gavin Williamson decided to push ahead with the controversial algorithm amid worries about grade inflation and the risk that results could come much later than expected. Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson was warned that the A-level and GCSE grading algorithms may fail and could lead to hundreds of thousands of students obtaining the wrong results, The Times reported, citing a senior source at the Department for Education. The government source revealed, as cited by the edition, that Williamson had received a letter from Sir Jon Coles, a former director-general there, setting out all the major concerns about Ofqual’s grading system. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/10/1080190405_0:112:3001:1799_1200x675_80_0_0_b3ca4b87e6c7115731376310b5509674.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008161080190311-new-zealand-election-postponed-four-weeks-due-to-covid-19-pandemic—pm/ The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, announced that the election in the country had been moved to 17 October, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and noted that she would not again change the date. Jacinda Ardern said during a Sunday press conference that there is no suggestion that New Zealand would lift the coronavirus-caused restrictions until 19 September, the initial election date. She noted that the “participation of voters, ensuring a fair election and certainty that the election is held in a timely way, are all key considerations”. “The Electoral […]
A letter from Lebanese security officials warning that the 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate dangerously stored in the port of Beirut could destroy the city was sent to both the prime minister and the president in late July, according to Reuters. The new information underscores the level of incompetence over the handling of the infamous port that led to a catastrophic blast that killed more than 200 people, injured 6,000 and destroyed 6,000 buildings, leaving more than a quarter of a million people homeless. According to documents seen by Reuters, an investigation into what led to the blast currently underway […]
Rep. Ilhan Omar Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) paid her new husband Tim Mynett’s political consulting firm another $606,000 in just the first three weeks of July, according to campaign filings. Ilhan Omar has now funneled more than $1.7 million to her husband’s firm, E Street Group, since August of 2018. The Free Beacon reported: Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $606,000 to her husband’s firm in the first three weeks of July alone, according to new campaign filings. TRENDING: President Trump Suggests Delaying Election Until Americans Can Vote in Person Federal Election Commission records released Thursday show that over […]
After one of their members shot himself and one of his comrades, the black militia marching through Louisville on Saturday vowed to burn down the city in four weeks if cops involved in death of Breonna Taylor are not arrested. The militia leader, known as “Grandmaster Jay,” was not immediately arrested for the terroristic threat. The group marched into downtown with a minimal police presence and no arrests that I’m aware of. The NFAC’s “Grandmaster Jay” gave a speech promising to “burn down” the city in four weeks if Breonna Taylor’s killers arent arrested.https://t.co/KxsvcIxjsb https://t.co/SijLMafnKF — Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) July 25, […]
The miscounting and fraudulent numbers related to the China coronavirus just keep coming. Unrelated deaths are being counted as COVID-19 related and deaths from days and weeks ago are suddenly being attributed to today’s COVID-19 mortality counts. A CBS12 team in Florida reported: A 60-year-old man who died from a gun shot wound to the head. A 90-year-old man who fell and died from complications of a hip fracture. TRENDING: All Yankees and Nationals Players and Coaches Take a Knee Before National Anthem Opening Night A 77-year-old woman who died of Parkinson’s disease. These are some of the deaths in Palm […]
Brenna Smith is an open source researcher and contributor for the investigative web site Bellingcat, where she publishes a weekly newsletter about cryptocurrencies, called CryptOsint. The Twitter hack was a shock to the company. It shouldn’t have been. The great Twitter hack of 2020 (or at least so far) was a shock to everyone, most especially the social media company itself. But, it shouldn’t have been. There was a trail of signs for months leading up to the event spanning multiple social networks and other publicly available sources. Let’s flash back to the beginning of June. Sitting on my couch mindlessly […]
The new head of Ireland’s government has criticised Trump in the past and called on European nations to stand up to him, but POTUS has never commented on the former’s statements and it’s unclear if he’s even aware of these incidents. US President Donald Trump has so far failed to call Ireland’s new Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, despite him being appointed almost three weeks ago in a rare violation of tradition. The fact that the two countries’ leaders haven’t spoken on the telephone yet was revealed by Micheál Martin himself when he spoke to the country’s parliament. The previous Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, got […]
Six Democrat-led cities accounted for 600 deaths over a 6 week period. Unfortunately there were more deaths this week and BLM doesn’t care. After explaining that the coronavirus and the economy were not the most pressing issues in the US today, Kevin McCullough at Townhall reported this morning in an op-ed: The single most important issue, affecting some of the largest swaths of populations in America, is the scandal the media ignores even as it explodes in our faces. In only six weeks, city after city operated by entrenched Democrats have seen a massive expansion in lawlessness, violence, and murder. Stunningly, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107979/38/1079793813_0:0:2978:1676_1200x675_80_0_0_e739484dca41f3d3d7709eca595254ae.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202007041079793914-death-lag-us-surgeon-general-warns-of-possible-spike-in-covid-19-fatalities-in-two-weeks/ Yesterday the US hit a new high in daily COVID-19 cases, with 52,789 confirmed infections amid a month of George Floyd protests and continuing reopening of some states. The record number also comes ahead of a big date for all Americans – the fourth of July, which often sees massive celebrations. US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has cautioned Americans that a new spike in coronavirus-related deaths is possible over the next two weeks due to the peculiarities of the disease. “We know deaths lag at least two weeks and can lag even […]
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have agreed to draft a final version of the agreement about filling the Ethiopian Renaissance dam in two weeks, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said. The press secretary of the head of Egypt, Bassam Rada, earlier said that Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan had agreed to establish a technical committee to draft the final agreement on the Ethiopian Renaissance dam. Addis Ababa pledged not to start filling the dam without such an agreement. Sputnik has spoken to experts to discuss what the conditions for signing the agreement are, as well as what role supranational players, like the […]
A sign at Newark Liberty International Airport warns airline passengers about a travel advisory that applies to people arriving from certain states. Visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah should self-quarantine for two weeks. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption toggle caption Seth Wenig/AP A sign at Newark Liberty International Airport warns airline passengers about a travel advisory that applies to people arriving from certain states. Visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah should self-quarantine […]
As several states move to reintroduce containment measures, the US has again topped its one-day record for new Covid-19 cases. Tallying more than 45,000 infections, the spike could undo a falling trend in fatalities. Friday saw the US case count jump by 45,242, according to data collected by Reuters, putting the total number of infections in the country at nearly 2.5 million. The spike in cases comes as a handful of states see their outbreaks accelerate, prompting local officials to scale back moves to lift lockdown measures imposed to contain the virus. Also on rt.com Florida and Texas close bars and […]
Attorney General Bill Barr joined Senator Ted Cruz and Michael Knowles on The Verdict on Thursday. During the interview Barr told the Texas Senator that the DOJ had “scores of indictments” filed against the far left criminals who committed violence during the recent far left riots across the country. Advertisement – story continues below Bill Barr was also asked about the continued censorship of conservative voices online. The Trump AG responded, “We have antitrust investigation of all the major internet platforms…I expect to be making decisions in the next few weeks about actions on that…” TRENDING: UPDATE: RADICAL LEFTIST GROUP Threatens […]
The historic St. John’s Church in DC has been vandalized once again, just weeks after it was set on fire by rioters. Advertisement – story continues below There is currently a riot beginning outside the White House where criminal vandals attempted to pull down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park before being stopped by police. DC militants are also in the process of attempting to set up an “Black House autonomous zone,” despite the fact that the one in Seattle has been plagued with theft, violence, shootings, and murder. The vandals spray painted “BHAZ” on the church on Monday evening. […]
Juneteenth: Over 500 Strikes In The Last Three Weeks By Mike Elk, Payday Report. June 20, 2020 Juneteenth: Over 500 Strikes In The Last Three Weeks2020-06-202020-06-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/dallas-e1592660184450.jpg200px200px Above photo: Protesters march in a Black Lives Matter demonstration organized by the Dallas Black Firefighters Association on Juneteenth 2020 in Dallas, Friday, June 19, 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. AP Photo/LM Otero. Hundreds of Workplaces Likely to Go on Strike Today Longshoremen are going on […]
BEIJING (Sputnik) – The Standing Committee of the Chinese parliament is expected to vote on the final version of the proposed Hong Kong security bill, which sparked criticism from a number of countries and triggered massive protests in the autonomous city, in the coming weeks, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday, citing sources. Earlier on Saturday, a three-day meeting of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee ended without releasing a full draft of the national security law. According to the sources, the release was delayed, because further changes to the document are expected to be made in the coming […]
Health Editor’s Note: What scientist are finding is that just because someone has had coronavirus and develops antibodies to coronavirus, those antibodies may not be permanent. It seems the more symptomatic the patient, the higher the antibody levels and the longer the antibodies can be found in the patient’s blood. There is a distinct possibility that to have COVID-19 and recover, does not make it certain that you cannot get COVID-19 again. This is a nasty business as coronavirus has defeated the common antigen/antibody mechanism. 10 Percent of Wuhan Study Patients Lose Coronavirus Antibodies Within Weeks by Kashmira Gander/Newsweek Health […]
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr. announced charges on Wednesday afternoon in the death of Rayshard Brooks last weekend at a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta. Brooks was killed by police after resisting arrest, wrestling with the police, punching one officer in the face, stealing the officer’s taser and then firing on the officers. DA Howard, Jr. says officials spoke to three witnesses and reviewed eight videos of the attempted arrest and shooting. Eleven charges were announced including felony murder by the officer involved in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks. TRENDING: Fulton County DA Announces 11 Charges, Including Felony Murder […]
People on the left really don’t want President Trump to hold a rally. Ticket requests for the upcoming rally in Oklahoma have grown to over a million and the campaign is even looking for a larger venue. Democrats don’t want the American people to see that, so they’re suddenly pretending to care about the Coronavirus again. The latest is Nancy Pelosi. TRENDING: Democrat Senator Tim Kaine: “The US Didn’t Inherit Slavery From Anybody. We Created it” (VIDEO) Breitbart reports: Pelosi: Trump Should Follow Science and ‘Not Gather People in Large Numbers’ On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” House Speaker […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A few hundred protesters have taken to the streets of Washington, DC, in continuation of a seemingly waning campaign against racial injustice and police brutality. The demonstration, a far cry from earlier events numerically and emotionally, was to mark two weeks since the forceful dispersal of a rally in front of the White House. “The police and all the agencies came down this street, firing flash bang grenades, they were shooting tear gas, pepper spray, all sorts of things to disrupt this demonstration and they broke us up”, a speaker reminded the crowd of that day’s events. He […]
VT has an initial diagnosis, after conferring with real medical specialists. Trump has had either a stroke, most likely, Parkinson’s Disease or has a brain tumor. Insider access has given us a real look at the Trump White House, now a carnival act with Trump the dancing bear His West Point speech had inexorable signs, the shuffle down the ramp and the incident where he uses a second hand to steady a drinking glass. From the Guardian: “Donald Trump attempted to solidify his bond with the US army on Saturday, delivering the graduation speech to cadets at the United States Military Academy […]
A previously unreported case of a black man found hanging in southern California has raised questions about foul play, after a similar death only 50 miles (80km) away received nationwide coverage. The family of Malcolm Harsch, who was found dead on May 31 near a homeless encampment in Victorville, have expressed concern that law enforcement will rule the incident a suicide without conducting a proper investigation. “The explanation of suicide does not seem plausible. There are many ways to die but considering the current racial tension, a black man hanging himself from a tree definitely doesn’t sit well with us right […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: The Muggles are acting up. Everything you like is canceled. Some excellent counterprogramming. The best thing about Pete Davidson’s movie. Per usual, crying about Schitt’s Creek. The perfect tweet. The Best Movie Out This Week It can feel slight and pointless to spend energy focusing on movies and TV shows with all [gestures to the world] this going on. But as much as everything […]
The CDC has warned that Covid-19 pandemic is far from over and that states may be forced to reintroduce lockdowns – just as President Trump prepares to resume his campaign rallies after weeks of crowded protests nationwide. “If cases begin to go up again, particularly if they go up dramatically, it’s important to recognize that more mitigation efforts such as what were implemented back in March may be needed again,” the health agency’s deputy director for infectious diseases, Jay Butler, told reporters on Friday. Every activity that involves interacting with others has some degree of risk right now… It’s important to […]
Over the weekend video from Lake of the Ozarks in southern Missouri went viral of a mass pool party. The kids were having fun.Obviously, they are not concerned about the coronavirus at this popular tourist destination. Scene from Lake of Ozarks. To hell with Social distancing #COVIDIOT pic.twitter.com/qku48j6TxK — Karn (@01Karn) May 24, 2020 Of course, the nanny-staters around the country were horrified with the video. TRENDING: Video of Biden Looking Very Frail at Veterans Memorial Sparks Concerns Over His Health On Sunday the Camden County Sheriff in southern Missouri responded to the calls and criticism of his department in the […]
A QAnon conspiracy theorist won the GOP Senate primary in Oregon on Tuesday, giving a massive electoral stage to the bizarre pro-Trump movement that the FBI considers a potential domestic terror threat. Jo Rae Perkins, an insurance agent and avowed QAnon believer, handily won the contest to take on Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) in the general election. Perkins, who has launched unsuccessful Senate and House bids in the past, beat her nearest Republican primary opponent by nearly 20 percent on Tuesday. To celebrate, Perkins tweeted a video acknowledging the support she had received from QAnon believers. The victory speech included references […]
At least one rocket fell near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the US Embassy and other diplomatic compounds in Iraq, according to reports, possibly marking the first attack on the facility in weeks. The explosion set off sirens at the US Embassy compound on Tuesday morning, local media said. The rocket was reportedly fired from Baghdad’s west and hit an empty building inside the zone, Reuters reported, citing Iraqi military. No casualties have been reported in the incident. Sounds of explosions heard in Baghdad’s Green Zone. Sirens triggered. #Iraq — Baxtiyar Goran (@BaxtiyarGoran) May 18, 2020 Though the sprawling […]
The First Case of COVID-19 in the US Treated with Remdesivir Was in late January – Two Weeks Later China Was Mass Producing the Drug – The Firm Gilead Sciences and Dr. Fauci Are In the Middle Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
Health Editor’s Note: Finally, White House Staffers are required to wear face masks, five weeks after the CDC recommended face masks be worn. Trump still tries to paint a picture of an improvement in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but employees at the White House have tested positive. Now the order to don face masks in the west wing. How many of you have been tested for COVID-19? It seems as though the White House is getting preferential treatment. We need testing for everyone in the U.S. How many times has Trump been tested? Pence? Healthcare workers, who are face to […]
Latin America 12:38 GMT 12.05.2020(updated 12:42 GMT 12.05.2020) Get short URL The fallout continues from ‘Operation Gideon’, the brazen May 3-4 attempt by a US security contractor to invade Venezuela, kidnap its president and take him back to the United States. The White House remains in damage control mode, denying any responsibility for the plot while seeking to bring the captured US mercenaries involved back home. Diosdado Cabello, president of Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly and second-in-command of the United Socialist party of Venezuela, the Latin American nation’s ruling party, revealed details about who was behind the botched mercenary invasion over month before […]
Wow! In June 2016, Ellen Nakashima, a Deep State favorite from the Washington Post, released a report that the Democrat National Committee (DNC) had been hacked by Russia. The firm that validated this was Crowdstrike and its President Shawn Henry confirmed the claims. In December 2016, Ms. Nakashima followed up her reporting with the outlandish claim that the CIA had determined that Russia hacked the DNC because they wanted Trump to win the election. Nakashima also reported that the the Intel Community had determined that Russia also sent the emails to WikiLeaks. This position was reinforced by the Mueller gang in […]