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Donald Trump spent Memorial Day having a meltdown on Twitter

facts,best lies
it said

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Donald Trump’s Real Memorial Day Message: I Am The Victim

These tweets are unhinged.

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Imperial College's latest coronavirus model has some bad news for Trump's reopening push
BY KEVIN DRUM

A Dollar General analyst complained about store workers getting screwed. He got fired.

BY JACOB ROSENBERG

Sunday's heart-wrenching New York Times cover marks nearly 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the US.

BY RUSS CHOMA

"A petulant child who refuses to follow the rules": Michigan AG slams maskless Trump

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How a "Bunch of Badass Queer Anarchists" Are Teaming Up With Locals to Block a Pipeline Through Appalachia

“People that grow up in places like this, seeing their environment destroyed, it stirs them, it causes people to want to get involved, and that’s why I’m here.”

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BBC NEWS 2 days later

still lead there news with dominic the ass that blowjob johnson wont sack

trump goes ballistic because biden said a negative re it
your leaders huh

no wonder i watch al jazzera often
theres a real world out there
 

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bring it on,humanity has sure earned it

Our Future Is Endangered. #Coronapocalypse is Only Part of It
The silent pandemics killing our environment already

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Asyou’re reading this, the world isn’t just fighting a pandemic of COVID-19, already labeled #coronapocalypse — a tiny biological organism that in the nearest months will affect absolutely every one us in a social, economic, or healthcare way and alarmingly teach us how…
 

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By Manlio Dinucci, May 24, 2020

The Rockefeller Foundation has presented the National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan, indicating the “pragmatic steps to reopen our workplaces and our communities”. However, it is not simply a matter of health measures. The Plan prefigures a real hierarchical and militarized social model. At the top, the “Pandemic Testing Board (PTB), akin to the War Production Board that the United States created in World War II“. The Pandemic Testing Board would “consist of leaders from business, government and academia”.


According to Dr. Anthony Fauci the Reopening of the US Economy Would Endanger People’s Heath
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 23, 2020

“The only tool we have right now for fighting the coronavirus is social distancing” says Dr. Fauci. And of course confinement, “stay at home”. Neither of these “recommendations” are medical solutions, i.e. drugs which can be used to prevent and inhibit the infection. Fauci is opposed to the treatment of COVID-19 using chloroquine. What he wants is for all of us to be vaccinated.


Two Fictions of Mainstream Economics. 45 Million US Workers Unemployed
By Dr. Jack Rasmus, May 25, 2020

One of the favorite myths they perpetrate is that ‘wages are sticky downwards’. That means that in conditions of recession or worse, because workers won’t accept lower wages the recession tends to continue. If only workers would allow wage reductions it would mean business would have more disposable income (from wage cost savings) on hand. Business would then reinvest the extra income. Investment would rise. Workers would be rehired. Wage income would then recover and the economy would grow from more investment and consumption.


The “Lockdown” Has Turned America Into a Despotic, Cash-Strapped Basket-Case
By Mike Whitney, May 25, 2020

Economic activity across the country has collapsed, GDP is shrinking at the fastest pace on record, and the economic data is worse than anytime in history. Every sector of the economy is contracting and every economic indicator is pointing down. According to economist Nouriel Roubini, the country is headed towards a decade of “depression and debt”, and that is probably an understatement.

The Open Skies Treaty is the third important military pact that Trump has withdrawn from since coming to office in January 2017. He also dropped the 2015 JCPOA agreement to prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear weapons program and the 1988 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia. In both cases, Trump accused the other side of violating treaty requirements.


The Cuban Revolution’s Survival in the Face of Six Decades of US Attacks
By Shane Quinn, May 25, 2020

Examining the introduction of communism to Cuba over 60 years ago, and the revolution’s survival despite large-scale American attacks, one can conclude these occurrences would likely not have been possible without the involvement of Fidel Castro, the country’s former head of state. The Cuban revolutionary performed a central role in firstly overthrowing the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 through guerrilla warfare, and he then held sway over Cuba for half a century, making him one of the world’s longest serving government leaders.


US Blocks UNSC Draft Resolution Denouncing Paramilitary Incursion into Venezuela
By Ricardo Vaz, May 25, 2020

During a virtual session of the UNSC on Wednesday, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy presented a resolution calling on member-states to reject the “use of force… terrorism in all its forms and manifestations… [and] the use of mercenaries.”
 

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  1. hardly thi nk you have any say in what China does USA
  2. how many coiuntries have yoiu infiltrated

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  1. US Official: China 'Taking Over' Hong Kong[/paste:font]
    "They're going to basically take over." That's what U.S. national security adviser Robert O'Brien said of Beijing's new security law, which sparked fresh protests — in spite of pandemic restrictions — in Hong Kong over the weekend. It's prompted worldwide concern that the territory's autonomy, promised in the 1997 handover from Britain to China, is doomed. Pro-democracy demonstrators said they'd performed "miracles" before, like stopping last year's extradition law. But with the U.S. threatening sanctions and China warning of a "new Cold War," investors are wary, sending shares lower in Hong Kong while other Asian markets rose.

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  1. Memorial Day Crowds Raise Infection Fears[/paste:font]
    They heard the call. As President Donald Trump banned most travelers from Brazil, now the world's second-most infected country, Americans gathered for Memorial Day festivities in alarming numbers. After restrictions were loosened in some states, Florida's Daytona Beach and Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks were two glaring examples of large groups celebrating with little heed for social distancing. Trump has encouraged ending lockdowns, tweeting Sunday for schools to reopen "ASAP." Meanwhile, The New York Times filled its front page with the names of the departed as the U.S. death toll nears 100,000.

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  3. Benjamin Netanyahu Begins Corruption Trial[/paste:font]
    It was a first for Israeli governance. The country's sitting prime minister appeared in court Sunday to face felony corruption charges, specifically one count of bribery and three counts of fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu once again characterized the charges as a political "stitch-up" by his enemies, saying that after the "whole truth" is exposed, "the cases will crumble." Chief among the accusations is that he altered communication regulations in exchange for favorable media coverage. The trial, taking place with all participants masked to prevent infection, is expected to last

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as far as i am concerned
THEY WHO,HAVE NO CREDIBILITY
they usually keep there mouths shut for months/years
to me vthats just SCAREMONGERING

we know of likely consequences

'The disease is actually on the way up': WHO issues COVID-19 warning
As countries look to reopen their borders the World Health Organization issues a stark warning that coronavirus is "actually on the way up" and takes specific aim at Brazil, which is looking to ease restrictions despite an increasing caseload.

 
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Grassroots Organizers Continue To Move The Needle For Change Despite Little Fanfare
Activists like Cameron Miles, Vonya Quarles, Erica Smith, and Amber Rose-Howard discuss organizing tactics that work in the continued fight for social justice and prison abolition.


Climate Crisis: EU Green Stimulus, Meat Apocalypse, Public Lands, Climate Music
In this week’s Climate Crisis News Roundup, COVID-19 has meat production in crisis, but what’s its climate impact? And a new report says President Trump has the worst public lands protection record in history, while the EU and Spain will soon release a green economic stimulus plan.


Correction Officers And Inmate Advocates Prepare For Action At Jessup Prison
Corrections officers and prison abolitionists will join together Saturday to protest the lack of PPE and testing, and the need for parole, during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Can Sex Workers Survive COVID-19 When The Government Won’t Give Aid?
Sex Workers’ rights advocates have been demanding decriminalization of their work, but now under the pandemic regulations even legal forms of sex work like strip clubs have been targeted by the federal government and alienated from government aid.


Stir Crazy! Episode #40: Hero Pay? More Like Zero Pay!
On today’s show: Founder and Executive Director of Faith Matters Network Jennifer Bailey, “By Any Means Necessary” co-host Jacqueline Luqman, and TRNN executive producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.


Inside America’s Cash-Hungry Plainclothes Police Units
Breonna Taylor, an EMT, was shot eight times in a botched no-knock drug raid. PAR interviews an ex-cop who tells the truth about drug raids, warrants, and asset forfeiture, and speaks with cop watcher Laura Shark.


‘Children Are Infected, Inmates Are Dying’
Maryland’s largest public sector union staged a socially-distanced protest to demand more PPE, testing, and safer working conditions.


Can Public Education Survive COVID-19?
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted apartheid conditions in US public schools.


The Proposed Nile Dam Is A Wedge Between Egypt, Ethiopia, And Sudan
The plan to build a giant hydroelectric dam on the Nile River is a cornerstone in Ethiopia’s economic development strategy, but is fiercely opposed by President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in Egypt.


Stir Crazy! Episode #39: No One Will Save Us But Us
On today’s show: TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery and “By Any Means Necessary” co-host Jacqueline Luqman. Hosted by Kim Brown.
 

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great
finally decided t6o defy one persons utter bullshit huh
slow learners no doubt



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  1. WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine Trials[/paste:font]

    Tests of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a remedy for COVID-19 — touted by President Donald Trump, who said he was taking it to ward off the virus and that it had "rave reviews" — have been temporarily suspended around the world for safety reasons. The World Health Organization stopped the trials after a recent study of 96,000 coronavirus patients found the death rate for those taking hydroxychloroquine was double that of a control group. The WHO also warned against countries lifting lockdowns too quickly, as it could lead to a second peak of infections.

    Read all OZY's coronavirus coverage right here.


  2. New Law Could Change Hong Kong's Status[/paste:font]
    To curb the demonstrations that have become common in the self-governing city over the last several years, China's proposed new security laws that curtail special freedoms enjoyed by Hongkongers, such as the right to protest. While they're not law yet, they could be put in place as early as next month. For some, it's a sign that Chinese President Xi Jinping is cracking down in an unprecedented way, striving for control of the press, courts and educational system. Still, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said the law will only target terrorists and leave the city's values intact.
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WELCOME TO THE WORLD 2020
YOUR JUST AS DECEPTIVE AS THE AMERICAN GOVT, POMS
no different

but try hard to persuade everyone CHINA AND RUSSIA are the bad buggers HUH

procrastinating pommie
parliamentarians,what been a week already


Wednesday briefing: Tory revolt over Cummings piles pressure on PM


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Old Cummings blogpost was edited before press conference … Twitter brands Trump tweet fake news … and leftover piece of America found in Canada

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Top story: Americas new centre of pandemic – WHO
Hello, Warren Murray here with you, let’s wade into Wednesday.

Boris Johnson faces a growing Tory revolt over his refusal to sack his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, for breaching lockdown rules. A junior minister has resigned and more than 30 other Conservative MPs have called for Cummings to go, many citing anger among their constituents. A further eight Tory MPs have been publicly critical of the senior aide’s actions and three said privately that he should be forced out. Johnson will be questioned about the Cummings scandal by the Commons liaison committee today.
 

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despise FB with a passion
am sure many are sucked in from that young age

She Was Lured Into Sex Slavery Through Facebook. Now She Wants to Stop Mark Zuckerberg From Making Victims ‘Invisible.’

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When Sarah Widman was a teenager, social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat were her outlet, a way of connecting with the world. Then, one day she accepted a friend request from a stranger on Facebook.


“I was so young, and I was flattered by seemingly undivided attention,” Widman said at a press conference last week. “At the time, I did not recognize this as grooming behavior. I willingly exchanged sexually explicit photos with him at his request, because at the time being accepted by him — by someone — was important to me.”


He convinced her to meet him in person, and when she did, he locked her in a motel room guarded by armed men. “I was sold into sex slavery,” Widman said.


She was drugged and plied with alcohol to stop her from asking questions or trying to escape, but she finally managed to contact a friend and she was rescued.


Widman is, as she sees it, one of the lucky ones. Now, she’s part of a group that’s trying to get Facebook to reverse its plans to encrypt its entire network, a move Widman believes will make things a whole lot easier for those peddling child abuse material and seeking their next abuse victim.


“We have to hold Facebook and its users accountable,” Widman said. “Children are losing their innocence and families are being torn apart. No one deserves to be a victim. No one deserves to feel less than, and no one deserves to have pornographic material plastered over social media.”


Since Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the plan last year, child abuse experts and law enforcement agencies have pressured him to reverse course. And even though one world-renowned expert says there are ways to identify this vile material and activity that would also maintain privacy, Facebook appears unwilling to change its mind.


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100-000 damn incredible
sad,very sa

why
has it virtually been allowed
am sure any other leader in charge it would never be that high
like the UK it just increased daily
not to forget the others majorly affected


100,000 lives lost to COVID-19.

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100,000 Lives Lost to Covid-19. What Did They Teach Us?

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In a conversation with Richard Verma, who served as the U.S. ambassador to India for the 2014-2017 term, she pointed out the similarities between growing skirmishes in the Himalayas and Chinese actions in the South China Sea. Alice Wells called China’s activities on the border with India and in the South China Sea an ongoing effort to change the rules and the status quo. The U.S. diplomat spoke out against China’s actions, both in the South China Sea and on the border with India, as well as in the Indian Ocean. Wells said that China’s growing military presence on the border with India, where clashes were not uncommon, had become a cause of concern for New Delhi. According to her, the problem is becoming more serious as China strives to shirk responsibility and spread false information.


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By Gregory Shupak, May 18, 2020

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By Eric Sommer, May 17, 2020

For a long period the Chinese regime has vacillated between seeking accommodation with the U.S.-led imperialist forces to ‘do business’ with the western world, and defending itself against the attempted economic, political, and military encirclement and strangulation of China by those same imperialist forces.
 
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an't Breathe' Death Sparks Protests[/paste:font]
  1. "I can't breathe." That's what George Floyd, 46, told officers repeatedly on video as they pinned him by his neck Monday evening, resulting in his death. The phrase was already a rallying cry for those battling police violence — being the last words of Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man killed in New York City police custody in 2014. Yesterday, police used tear gas and rubber bullets against hundreds of protesters gathered on the street where the incident occurred. Now all four officers involved have been fired and the FBI is investigating the incident to determine if charges will be filed against them.

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  2. South America Now Taking Brunt of Pandemic[/paste:font]
    Latin America is now totaling more daily coronavirus infections than Europe or the U.S., according to the World Health Organization, with particular spikes in Brazil, Peru and Chile. The U.S., approaching 100,000 deaths, is still the worst-hit single nation, but a new study found that Brazil, which has the second-most reported cases, could see deaths rise fivefold to 125,000 by August. Meanwhile, El Salvador's president says he's following U.S. President Donald Trump's lead by taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent the coronavirus, despite a lack of evidence that it ameliorates the disease.

    Check out all OZY's COVID-19 coverage here.

  3. NYSE Re-Opens Trading Floor as Stocks Soar[/paste:font]
    The Dow closed up 530 points yesterday, the first day since March 20 that traders were physically allowed back on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wearing masks, undergoing temperature checks and expected to socially distance, the traders — most of whose colleagues still work remotely — saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also jump. Commuters were required to avoid public transit and sign papers absolving the NYSE if they caught the virus, potentially setting a trend for other high-powered industries as they attempt to get back to work.

    Read OZY's take on rebuilding the economy despite lockdown.
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ClubsNSW tells members some venues can reopen with more than 500 patrons

NSW clubs could welcome crowds of more than 500 people in certain venues from Monday, with the industry boasting it "heavily influenced" state government decision-making.





Jock Palfreeman wins court battle but fears further arrest in Bulgaria
The Sydney man was released on early parole in September last year after serving 11 years in a maximum-security prison in the Bulgarian capital Sofia for the stabbing death of a local student in 2007.

and why van executive order
POWER HUNGRY ALL OF THEM



Trump escalates feud with Twitter by signing executive order challenging liability protections
Companies like Twitter and Facebook are granted liability protection under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act because they are treated as "platforms", rather than "publishers", which can face lawsuits over content.

 

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wealthiest countries in the world dfoiong marvellously well huh
pays to be a govt thats selfish,looks after itself only,creates wars or sanctions everyone else,not

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