Massachusetts judge who helped illegal immigrant escape ICE arrest indicted…
April 25, 2019
Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and the court officer, identified in court documents as Wesley MacGregor, face several charges stemming from an April 2, 2018 incident in which the pair allegedly helped Jose Medina-Perez get out of the courthouse via a back door in order to elude the ICE agent who sought Medina-Perez.
Swalwell refuses to answer Trump ‘Russian asset’ question despite Mueller report…
April 25, 2019
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on Wednesday refused to acknowledge that the Mueller Report failed to establish evidence of a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia and appeared to double down on his claims that President Trump puts Russia's interest before the U.S.
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MSNBC host Ari Melber challenged Swalwell during his appearance.Why China’s rise may call for ‘a new world order’…
China losing attraction for American firms...
Is China's $13 Trillion Bond Market a Trade-War Winner?...
April 25, 2019
- Experts at the Credit Suisse Global Supertrends Conference said major economies should welcome China's rise as an opportunity to recommit to and reestablish international statutes.
- "The world should accept the ascendancy of China, embrace it, make sure we minimize some of its more outrageous behavior, but at the same time integrate China into a new world order in which it plays a great role," said Ho Kwon Ping, founder of hospitality group Banyan Tree Holdings.
US firms in China are on the frontline for retaliation if there is no agreement or if Beijing chooses to react to the fierce anti-China rhetoric of US leaders... Another bad omen for US firms is “Made in China 2025”, which calls for national champions, state-owned, in fields of advanced manufacturing. It sets targets and funding levels for state firms only. Because of opposition from the US and other developed countries, Beijing is now playing down the 2025 plan. But it remains a national policy...
Now another hurdle is set to fall, should bilateral trade negotiations in coming weeks cement the deal that officials say is taking shape. An agreement could help solidify expectations for a stable yuan exchange rate, removing any incentive China might ever have had to use it as a retaliatory tool...
So in other words, let's hope there is no trade deal yet if we want to further weaken China...
Peru latest country to sell their soul to China by signing MoU to join China’s Belt and Road club in coming days…
April 25, 2019
They will do this despite recent warnings from the United States about Beijing’s rise in Latin America. Horrible.
Kim and Putin discuss denuclearization in first summit…
President Vladimir Putin says Russia and US both want North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons...
Putin says Pyongyang needs security guarantees to de-nuclearise...
South Korea's Moon Says He Will Meet Kim Jong-un ASAP...
April 25, 2019
North Korean leader cozies up to Russian president, looking for sanctions relief. Putin says he is ready to tell Trump about his talks with Kim, says 'there are no secrets'.
Tesla lost $702 million last quarter as deliveries decline…
April 25, 2019
...In fact, the company’s stock had taken a larger hit earlier in the day, when Detroit giant Ford announced it will invest $500 million in the electric vehicle startup Rivian—a small but growing Tesla rival that has promised two 400-mile-range, fully electric utility vehicles by the end of next year...
More than 12,000 Boy Scout members were victims of sexual abuse, expert says…
April 25, 2019
More than 7,800 individuals allegedly abused 12,254 victims, according to the court testimony.
Blockchain Browser Brave Will Reward Users for Watching Ads…
April 25, 2019
Blockchain-based browser Brave will reward users for watching ads. With this, the users of brave can earn around 70% of the Ad-revenue for going through the advertisements. This reward amount will be provided in the form of basic attention tokens (BAT).
Ford invests $500 million in electric car startup Rivian…
April 25, 2019
This investment follows a $700 million round led by Amazon in February.
Worlds first solar train. 100% electricity provided by solar…
April 25, 2019
FBI raids Baltimore City Hall, home of Mayor Catherine Pugh and other locations connected to her…
UPDATE: Baltimore Mayor Bolts -- Pugh Missing After FBI-IRS Raid...
April 25, 2019
Dave Fitz, an FBI spokesman, confirmed agents from the Baltimore FBI office and the Washington IRS office were executing search warrants at those locations Thursday morning, as well as at least three other addresses associated with the Democratic mayor... The Republican governor had asked the Maryland Office of the State Prosecutor on April 1 to investigate Pugh’s sales of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s book series to the University of Maryland Medical System while she was on its unpaid board of directors.
Remember that Baltimore mayor that "didn't have money for school books" but still managed to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to ship school kids to anti-Trump protests? Yeah, that's her.
Facebook expects to be fined $5 BILLION by the FTC over privacy violations…
April 25, 2019
The FTC is investigating Facebook on charges it repeatedly and catastrophically failed to safeguard users' data, from allowing Cambridge Analytica to scrape 85 million users' information to permitting corporations like Microsoft and Netflix to access users' messages and other personal info as part of secret data sharing partnerships...
How China is using confusing legalese to insert its tech firms into U.S. communications infrastructure…
April 25, 2019
Its equipment works well enough, but Huawei's allegiance to the Communist Party concerns customers... Of all the external perils that face our country, we should consider the Communist Party threat to our communication infrastructure our No. 1 priority for building a protective wall.
China says French ship entered its waters illegally…
April 25, 2019
China says it has complained to France after one of its warships entered Chinese territorial waters while passing through the Taiwan Strait this month. The incident marks a rare occasion of military friction between the two countries...
This Will Be Interesting: Joe Biden officially launches 2020 presidential campaign…
April 25, 2019
The core values of this nation… our standing in the world… our very democracy...everything that has made America -- America --is at stake. That’s why today I’m announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. #Joe2020 https://t.co/jzaQbyTEz3
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 25, 2019
Tim Cook says that Apple donates $0 to political candidates and that he refuses to have a PAC because they ‘shouldn’t exist’…
April 25, 2019
While Apple doesn't try to get particular politicians elected, it still spend millions annually on lobbying, records show. Cook explained, 'We focus on policies, not politics.'...
Useful for once: NRA sues Los Angeles over law requiring disclosure of ties to gun rights group…
April 25, 2019
The NRA said the law is unconstitutional because it violates its First Amendment right to free speech and association, and its 14th Amendment right to equal protection. It sued in Los Angeles federal court.
A bill requiring 100% clean energy in Washington by 2045 gains final approval in the state Senate and now heads to the governor to sign…
April 25, 2019
Last month, New Mexico committed to 100 percent clean electricity by 2045. California, Hawaii, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, passed similar laws a bit further back. There are similar bills pending in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, and Massachusetts. And don’t forget the 100-odd cities — from Orlando, Florida to Pueblo, Colorado — that have vowed to kick their fossil-fuel addiction...
Elon Musk says Tesla owners could make up to $30,000 a year turning their cars into ‘robotaxis’…
April 25, 2019
This would allow owners of Teslas equipped with autonomous functionality to rent out their car while it is not in use via an app.
Facebook takes down right-wing groups that reached 1.7m people just days before Spanish election…
April 25, 2019
The networks were uncovered in an investigation by the campaign group Avaaz, and taken down only after it presented Facebook with its findings... Avaaz found that the networks in Spain were spreading fake news, including a doctored photo of a political opponent giving a Hitler salute, and misogynist, Islamophobic and homophobic messages. They were also coordinating the publication of identical posts apparently designed to look like spontaneous messages...
This comes from the Guardian which is ultra-left wing, but regardless, you will need to read between the lines and avoid the garbage.
If anyone is wondering - and maybe this will help with some digs - Avaaz.org was co-founded by Res Publica and MoveOn.org. Yes, this whole thing stinks of SOROs connections.