Vice Fires 155 Journalists In Latest Round Of Layoffs…
May 15, 2020
Following in the footsteps of Quartz, Buzzfeed, Wired and other struggling media companies using the virus as an excuse to make deep cuts...
Jordan Requests Pompeo Turn Over Explosive Docs Exposing Alleged ‘Whistleblower’ And Hunter Biden…
May 15, 2020
“I write regarding documents that the State Department recently released pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA),” stated Jordan, in a letter to Pompeo on Thursday. “Although these documents are partially redacted, they appear to shed new light on the actions of State Department employees during the Obama-Biden Administration in relation to the corrupt Ukrainian energy company, Burisma Holdings, and its founder, Mykola Zlochevsky.”
China Faces Yet Another Poison Baby Formula Scandal…
May 15, 2020
In Chenzhou’s Yongxing county, government officials have launched an investigation into the alleged sale of a protein drink known as “Bei An Min,” falsely advertised as milk formula by staff at a store called Love Baby’s Workshop, according to local parents, who say their babies developed swollen heads after drinking the protein beverage. All five babies have been diagnosed with rickets, a children’s disease caused by Vitamin D deficiency that leads to bone deformations.
Justice Department signals opposition to Senate’s surveillance bill…
May 15, 2020
“We appreciate the Senate’s reauthorization of three expired national security authorities. As amended, however, [it] would unacceptably degrade our ability to conduct surveillance of terrorists, spies and other national security threats," a Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement.
Canada wants to extend U.S. travel ban…
May 15, 2020
ELON MUSK: Politicians who stole our liberty should be tarred, feathered & thrown out of town…
May 15, 2020
Well said! Please run for office. The politicians & unelected bureaucrats who stole our liberty should be tarred, feathered & thrown out of town!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 15, 2020
REVEALED: China’s Plan to Censor The Whole Internet…
May 15, 2020
The genius of the internet has always been its openness: anyone with a smartphone or a laptop can take part in a worldwide conversation. For authoritarian regimes, however, that very openness is instead a problem to be solved. China’s plan could lock down the internet forever.
Wilbur Ross: Taiwan Semiconductor hopes to bring supply chain to US
May 15, 2020
Taiwan Semiconductor is working to bring vital suppliers to Arizona, where it's building a plant that will produce computer chips on the “cutting edge of technology.” The $12 billion factory will employ 1,600 high-tech workers and produce a 5-nanometer chip, smaller and more powerful than the 7-nanometer chips currently considered state of the art.
Gov. Cuomo extends New York’s stay-at-home order until June 13…
May 15, 2020
In an executive order on Thursday, Cuomo said the state would continue the "New York State on PAUSE" policy, which was put in place in March in response to the coronavirus outbreak... Cuomo said four New York regions met his criteria to begin lifting lockdowns... "The Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley, the North Country, and Central NY are ready to begin Phase 1 of reopening tomorrow," Cuomo said in a tweet on Thursday.
Mounds of pig corpses are seen from farms forced to euthanize healthy hogs while grocers run out of meat – as pork producers say they will kill 10 MILLION more because major processing plants remain closed…
May 15, 2020
Thousands of healthy pigs that were originally scheduled to be processed instead had to be euthanized at the JBS pork processing plant in Worthington, Minnesota.
6.5 magnitude earthquake hits Nevada near Area 51; quake felt from Utah to California…
May 15, 2020
The initial quake struck about 4.7 miles deep, the USGS said, and at least six sizable aftershocks were recorded shortly thereafter, including two with estimated magnitudes of 5.4. The USGS has advised that Nevada will continue to experience more earthquakes than usual as aftershocks continue throughout the day.
REPORTS: North Korea Ousts Intelligence Director, Kim Jong Un’s Long-Running Head Of Security…
May 15, 2020
The RGB is known to be North Korea’s top agency for espionage, clandestine operations, cyber warfare and other “high-profile attacks” typically carried out against South Korea, Japan and the United States, according to the Herald. Seoul believes the agency was responsible for attacks on a South Korean naval vessel that killed 46 sailors, the report said. No reason has been given for the switch...
PBS affiliates receiving millions of dollars in federal funds yearly are airing a documentary produced in conjunction with Chinese government controlled media…
May 15, 2020
PBS affiliates KOCE and KCET received more than $5.5 million combined in federal funding last year, according to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s records.
Both stations are airing a film that touts Chinese President Xi Jinping’s poverty alleviation program. The film is written and directed by an American financier who has acknowledged having close ties to Chinese officials and who has touted Beijing’s coronavirus response...Lindsey Graham Rejects Trump’s Call for Obama to Testify: ‘I Don’t Think That’s a Good Idea’…
May 15, 2020
...as I said in my statement, no president’s above the law, but we do have separations of powers and I think it could be a bad precedent to compel a former president to come before the Congress. That would open up a can of worms, and for a variety of reasons, I don’t think that’s a good idea...