China’s Xi says coronavirus is a ‘devil’…
January 28, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping told the head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday that the new coronavirus is a “devil” and that China is confident of winning the battle against it. Xi added that he believes the WHO and international community will give a “calm, objective and rational” assessment of the virus, state television reported.
McConnell says GOP lacks votes to block impeachment witnesses…
January 28, 2020
A source with knowledge of McConnell’s comments confirmed to Fox Business that the Kentucky Republican told people in a private meeting Tuesday that the GOP did not have the votes to block impeachment witnesses. The Wall Street Journal first reported the comments.
Sen. Feinstein Counters Report That She May Acquit Trump: ‘It’s Clear the President’s Actions Were Wrong’…
January 28, 2020
The LA Times misunderstood what I said today. Before the trial I said I'd keep an open mind. Now that both sides made their cases, it’s clear the president’s actions were wrong. He withheld vital foreign assistance for personal political gain. That can’t be allowed to stand.
— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) January 28, 2020
Tsunami warning issued after massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Caribbean with waves up to THREE FEET above tide level expected along coasts of Cuba, Jamaica and Mexico as buildings are evacuated and citizens told to move away from the shoreline
January 28, 2020
The extent of the damage from the quake is unclear but no deaths or injuries have been reported. There are widespread reports of people feeling the tremor throughout Jamaica and Cuba, where schools and buildings were evacuated, and as far away as Miami.
Bloomberg Just Gave Gun Owners 60 Million Reasons To Get Involved This Year…
January 28, 2020
The U.S Attorney’s Office in Boston has unsealed an indictment against a Chinese national, Yanqing Ye, who is alleged to have been a member of the Chinese military while conducting research at Boston University…
January 28, 2020
Is Avast Anti-Virus Software Spyware?…
January 28, 2020
Anti-Virus Software Harvests ‘Every Search, Every Click, Every Buy, On Every Site’. Data is the new oil of the 21st century and Technocrats are the new roughnecks. In this case, the software is free but your data is priceless and wantonly harvested without your consent or knowledge...
Revealed: Trump Releases ‘Deal Of The Century’ Map Of Future “Palestinian State”…
Official Peace deal full text...
January 28, 2020
The road map to a two-state solution envisions a future Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem where according to Trump the US "will proudly open a US Embassy". The president subsequently tweeted out a map of what a "contiguous Palestinian state" would look like under the deal, expected to take "years" to implement (during his unveiling the plan, Trump referenced a 10-year long path, making its actual implementation sounding even more unlikely - again given the Palestinians have long promised it's dead on arrival). Trump further promised the Palestinians will eventually receive “more than double” the territory they currently administer under the PA...
Despite Soaring Mask Demand, 3M Slashes 1,500 Jobs In Global Restructuring…
January 28, 2020
In a statement, the company said the restructuring program would span across "all business groups, functions, and geographies."... The coronavirus could be a massive boost for 3M Medical, as their masks are in high demand across the world... Still, China shutting down cities and factories across industrial zones could spark a more pronounced slowdown for the global economy in the first quarter, ultimately weighing on aggregate future 3M earnings...
Bernie Sanders Staffer Admits Campaign Attracts “Marxists, Leninists And Anarchists”…
January 28, 2020
Lev Parnas can’t attend impeachment trial because of ankle monitor…
January 28, 2020
A Ukrainian-born former associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani who wants to testify at the Senate impeachment trial was given tickets to the proceeding by Sen. Charles E. Schumer’s office, but will not be able to go after a federal judge denied his request to remove his ankle monitor. Lev Parnas, who is under indictment in the Southern District of New York on charges of campaign finance fraud, is under house arrest in Florida and wears a monitor...
South Dakota on Track to Ban Gender Reassignment Surgery and Hormone Therapy for Children…
January 28, 2020
South Dakota is one of at least six states with proposed legislation to outlaw the practice. Now that it has passed the state affairs committee, it will pass to the Republican-controlled House floor. The lawmakers originally wanted the penalty for doctors who violate the measure to be a class 4 felony, but it has been lowered to a class 1 misdemeanor.
🔴 Trump Rally in Wildwood, NJ
January 28, 2020
Wow! New Jersey Data:
✅ 158,632 Requested Tickets (92,841 distinct signups)
✅ 73,482 Voters Identified
✅ 10.4% Didn't Vote in 2016
✅ 26.3% Democrats
Mind boggling. 🤯
— Brad Parscale - Text TRUMP to 88022 (@parscale) January 29, 2020
Former crown prince of Iran says Iranian regime is cracking from within…
January 28, 2020
Speaking to The Sunday Times, he said the demonstrations, which have included chants for the royal family to return, show that the current regime may be coming to an end.
“The cracking from within of the system is getting more and more obvious,” he said. “When you look at the circumstances in Iran today, put yourselves in the shoes of the worst-off — how long can it possibly be sustained?”...
Firefighters and police battle on the streets of Paris: Riot cops engage in bitter fighting with protesters demanding better pay and conditions…
January 28, 2020
US federal prosecutors have charged Charles Lieber, chair of Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard, for allegedly lying to Dept. of Defense about his work for China’s ‘Thousand Talents Program’…
January 28, 2020
Chipotle fined $1.3 million over 13,000 child labor abuses…
January 28, 2020
The fine detailed that Chipotle had employees under the age of 18 working past midnight and for more than 48 hours a week. Teenagers told investigators their hours of work were so long that it was preventing them from keeping up with their schoolwork. The company also regularly hired minors without work permits...
Rachel Chandler hired legal counsel and filed DMCA copyright complaint with Amazon’s Web Services regarding an image featured on qmap.pub…
January 28, 2020
qmap maintainer here... I've removed the image as only had 24 hours to respond.
Trump says the Fed should cut rates so the US can pay down its $23 trillion debt…
January 28, 2020
The Fed should get smart & lower the Rate to make our interest competitive with other Countries which pay much lower even though we are, by far, the high standard. We would then focus on paying off & refinancing debt! There is almost no inflation-this is the time (2 years late)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020
California officials say seized illegal vapes tainted with undisclosed additives…
January 28, 2020
A random sampling of more than 10,000 seized devices from unlicensed cannabis retailers in Los Angeles last month found the products contained undisclosed additives and significantly lower amounts of THC than indicated on the label, according to California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control... Officials said they seized more than two tons of cannabis and cannabis products worth more than $10 million, in addition to 11 illegal firearms. The operation also resulted in 125 arrests, according to the agency.