Spring-Breakers Pack Florida & Texas Beaches As Pandemic Threatens Societal Collapse…
March 17, 2020
While yes it's true that Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are closed, other water front areas across Florida as well as Texas and southern states are packed out with young revelers, many entering their second week of "extended" break given university closures across the US.
Facebook Deleting Coronavirus Posts, Leading To Charges Of Censorship…
March 17, 2020
Multiple others have experienced the same thing, and it’s the day after Facebook, along with Google, Twitter, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Reddit issued a joint statement on combatting misinformation on their platforms. That’s a good thing, as long as what they’re targeting actually is incorrect or spammy information, and not quality reporting from generally-recognized sites.
With masks at the ready, ICE agents make arrests on first day of California coronavirus lockdown…
March 17, 2020
“We’re out here trying to protect the public by getting these criminal aliens off the street and out of our communities,” said David Marin, the director of Enforcement and Removal Operations for ICE in L.A. “Asking us to stop doing that basically gives those criminals another opportunity to maybe commit more crimes, to create more victims.”
China Banishes U.S. Journalists from Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post…
March 17, 2020
China said it would revoke the press credentials of Americans working for three major U.S. newspapers in the largest expulsion of foreign journalists in the post-Mao era, amid an escalating battle with the Trump administration over media operating in the two countries... The affected reporters won’t be allowed to report anywhere in China, including the semiautonomous territories of Hong Kong and Macau, the statement said.
Saudi Prince’s $78 Million Superyacht Capsizes in Greece…
March 17, 2020
The $78 million luxury superyacht belonging to Saudi Prince Turki bin Mohamed bin Fahd Al Saud recently submerged underwater in Perama, Greece, after being dropped on its side by a lift machine.
Texas governor activates National Guard in response to COVID-19…
March 17, 2020
According to the governor's office, this preparative measure will ensure that the state's National Guard can aid in various ways across Texas as necessary. Healthcare employees and first responders who are members of the Texas National Guard are not included in this activation so that they can continue serving in their respective fields...
Joe Scarborough Tells Viewers ‘To Do Everything’ To Ensure This President ‘Succeeds’…
March 17, 2020
Scarborough acknowledged that while he’s very critical of President Donald Trump, he was impressed with how the president’s performance in combatting COVID-19 has evolved over the past week, calling yesterday “a new beginning.”...
Don't worry Joe, we still didn't forget about that dead intern found in your office.
New Orleans Democrat Mayor Issues Coronavirus Order Allowing Ban on Sale, Transportation of Firearms…
Second Amendment Foundations who sued New Orleans over Second Amendment infringement following Hurricane Katrina responds...
March 17, 2020
She signed a follow-up proclamation on March 16, 2020, further emphasizing her emergency powers to “suspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation, of alcoholic beverages.” The declaration declaring the mayor’s power to restrict gun sales and transportation says she is “empowered, if necessary, to suspend or limit the sale of alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, and combustibles.”
Did Obama-Era CDC Bureaucrats Botch The Coronavirus Testing Response?…
March 17, 2020
Now, as WaPo mentions in the final paragraphs of its story, a former CDC director who led the agency during the Obama years is calling for an "investigation" of the CDC's botched response... We suspect he already knows where the bodies might be buried...
White House To Send Checks To Americans Within 2 Weeks, Mnuchin Says…
March 17, 2020
After unveiling a plan for the Fed to work with the Treasury to provide $1 trillion in liquidity to the commercial paper market, Mnuchin added that he's working with Congress to plan a "big" rescue package for the public. He wouldn't give an exact figure, but did suggest that it might be larger than the $850 billion figure cited in the press.
MSNBC Analyst Glenn Kirschner Suggests Using Coronavirus To Prosecute Trump For ‘Negligent Homicide’ …
Read his twitter thread...
March 17, 2020
Kirschner laid out his explanation in a series of tweets, first claiming that the president “may have criminal exposure for some level of negligent homicide or voluntary/involuntary manslaughter for the way he’s mishandled the Coronavirus crisis.”
Biden crushes Sanders in primary sweep of Florida, Illinois, Arizona…
March 17, 2020
Florida and Illinois will award a hefty 219 and 155 pledged delegates, respectively, while Arizona is worth 67 delegates. Together, the contests are likely to only add to the pressure on Sanders to reconsider his presence in the race.
Hundreds of Brazilian Inmates Riot, Escape Prison Following News of Coronavirus Lockdown…
March 17, 2020
The prisoners escaped from four facilities the night before their day-release privileges were set to be suspended due to the pandemic. The Sao Paulo prison authority said "acts of insubordination" had taken place immediately before the prisoners escaped. Local media outlets have reported conflicting accounts about the number of prisoners who escaped, with some figures as high as 1,000. The actual number is not yet known but officials were said to be tallying a final count, according to Reuters.
Waltons Transfer $48 Billion of Walmart Shares to Family Trust…
March 17, 2020
The shift of 415 million shares represented about 29% of the shares held by Walton Enterprise. This entity now owns about 1 billion shares. The family owns about half of the retailer’s outstanding shares and last week’s transaction doesn’t change their overall stake.
Iranian National Extradited to the Western District of Texas for Illegally Exporting Military Sensitive Items from the U.S. to Iran…
March 17, 2020
Are Pigs Flying?: CNN’s Dana Bash praises Trump: “He is being the kind of leader that people need.. in times of crisis and uncertainty.”…
March 17, 2020
CNN’s Dana Bash praises Trump:
“He is being the kind of leader that people need.. in times of crisis and uncertainty.”
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) March 17, 2020
Former Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months in prison for violating campaign finance laws…
March 17, 2020
This comes as Hunter and his wife pleaded not guilty in August of 2018 to a list of charges that say the two illegally used his campaign account for personal expenses. The two pleaded not guilty after it was reported that they illegally spent more than $250,000 in campaign funds on vacations and personal items. The two were using this money between 2009 and 2016, according to the Department of Justice.
Dozens injured as bombing ROCKS govt office in Thailand…
March 17, 2020
Bombers attacked a major government office in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued far south as hundreds of local officials and Muslim clerics met Tuesday to discuss fighting COVID-19. At least 20 people were hurt, none seriously.
All Florida bars, nightclubs to close for at least 30 days…
4 University of Florida Students with Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus, New Death In Broward...
March 17, 2020
He also included guidelines for restaurants, saying Florida will follow the 50% capacity limitations with seating staggered and parties separated by at least six feet. He also encourages patrons to use takeout and delivery services.
86% of people with coronavirus are walking around undetected, study says…
March 17, 2020
The findings indicated that these undocumented infections with no or mild symptoms — known as “stealth” cases — were behind two-thirds of the reported patients. “The majority of these infections are mild, with few symptoms at all,” Shaman said, Mercury News reported. “People may not recognize it. Or they think they have a cold.”