April, 2020

Netizens have taken to activism and people are logging in via SSH and downloading the contents of these hacks. This means that many people will be combing through the hacked documents with a fine-toothed comb.

Harvard denied this, saying the money was drawn from a fund designed for higher-education institutions. “Harvard has committed that 100% of these emergency higher education funds will be used to provide direct assistance to students facing urgent financial needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the university said in a statement.

"Farmers are dumping fresh produce, they're dumping milk, there's talk of euthanizing certain farm animals," Dave Tuckwiller, the deputy administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Procurement Program, said in a webinar Tuesday that outlined the program for industry leaders.

A total of 259 burglaries were reported between April 13 and April 19, this year in the city — up 36.3 percent from the 190 reported during that period last year, according to the latest NYPD stats... In addition, more than 1,500 inmates have been released from city jails amid the coronavirus crisis, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office announced last week.

From Beijing’s standpoint, given that the PRC economy was already in massive decline, it was critical that the economies of its strategic rivals should also be forced into decline.

Palantir is known best for its surveillance, predictive, and analytic work with the US government and state and local law enforcement, as well as services provided to the private sector in areas like finance and healthcare. It’s controversial in part because it has provided profiling tools to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and because it generally operates with extreme secrecy and with little oversight regarding the tools and data it provides to military operations, governments, and hedge funds.

“We take very seriously concerns about national security and economic security threats from China and other countries, and human rights issues,” says Maria Zuber, vice president of research at MIT.

Mr. Barr said he’ll update the public “as soon as we feel we have something that we are confident to tell the people about.”... Mr. Barr said he is very troubled by what the probe has uncovered so far. “I wouldn’t use the word shocked,” he said. “I’m very troubled by it, but you know, I think the reason that we have this investigation is because there are a lot of things that are unexplained. And I think we’re getting deeply into the situation, and we’ll be able to sort out exactly what happened.”

It's time the White House briefing room allows real, American reporters to have a seat. The president is in control, not the press corps, and it would benefit him and the American people to make sure freedom of the press isn't silenced. Do we need to go to court to enforce this?

— Robert Herring (@RobHerring) April 21, 2020

Now moms are handcuffed for pushing their kids on the swings?!

This is unconstitutional! Life! Liberty! The Pursuit of Happiness!
Are God given unalienable rights.#Coronamania @IDAHOgov @DIDnews @IdahoStatesman @ISPHeadquarters pic.twitter.com/FeEkotb2TM

— Code of Vets ™ (@codeofvets) April 22, 2020

I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2020

The investigation led to the arrest of suspects ranging in age from 20 to 74 and a combined 68 felonies, including solicitation of a minor and attempted indecent liberties, Fairfax County police said Tuesday.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday implied local leaders in the state won’t be allowed to lift coronavirus stay-at-home orders yet as certain communities have expressed interest in easing restrictions and some protesters took to the streets last weekend demanding the reopening of the economy, according to reports.

“For years, New Zealand has featured prominently in the doomsday survival plans of wealthy Americans worried that, say, a killer germ might paralyze the world,” writes Bloomberg.

A perfect example of how the Feds view mass surveillance can best be summed up in the NSCAI presentation, "American companies have a lot to gain by adopting ideas from Chinese companies." Everyday, it seems Americans are being told we need more national surveillance programs to keep everyone safe. Our governments' obsession with monitoring everyone is only going to grow as the coronavirus grips the country...

The nationwide protest follows several strikes at facilities in the New York City borough of Staten Island, Chicago and Detroit where employees have tested positive to COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

Sundance always comes through with great analysis and perspective. A must read.

The state of New York has ordered first responders not to resuscitate cardiac patients due the the coronavirus pandemic—meaning, if a patient does not have a pulse, the health worker is not supposed attempt CPR or other possibly life saving procedures.

Fake news CNN reporter Oliver Darcy tweeted Monday that Facebook had taken down pages promoting lockdown protests, pointing to California, New Jersey, and Nebraska, and saying that the action was taken “on the instruction of governments in those three states”...