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Zelo Street

Tories Trying To Nobble Judiciary

• The behaviour of those within the Home Office under the less than benign leadership of supposed incumbent

Toby Young - Sending Your Kids Back Yet?

• The Government is still pushing to have schools reopen at the beginning of next month, suddenly becoming

Starmer Attack Shows Sun Was Sold A Pup

• The Government’s approval ratings, especially in relation to their handling of the Coronavirus pandemic

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Politics : NPR

• Federal Government Asked To Tell Hospitals Modify Visit Bans

  To stop COVID-19 infections, hospitals banned visitors. But that's hard for patients who can't

• Former U.S. Diplomat Reacts To Removal Of State Department IG

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Bill Richardson, former ambassador to the UN, about the recent

• Last Week In Politics: Trump Ousts State Department IG

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with NPR correspondent Mara Liasson about the past week's

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Wild white storks hatch in UK for first time in centuries

  Observers watched as the parents incubated the nest of five eggs located in an oak tree.

• West End and Broadway stars offer week of free workshops for young Irish

  An impressive line-up of West End and Broadway stars have joined fores to offer a unique training

• Orcas swim alongside boat in Northern Ireland in rare and ‘stunning

  The killer whales were spotted in Strangford Lough, a sea loch south-east of Belfast.

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Sinn Féin calls for Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme to include women returning

  The scheme involves the Government subsidising up to 85% of wages for companies hit hard by the crisis to

• 'The place was choc-a-bloc': Charity says elderly should be

  One elderly woman had to return home when she saw a local park was busy.

• Covid-19: 10 confirmed deaths as fall in new cases continues

  In total there have now been 1,543 Covid-19 related deaths in Ireland.

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memeorandum

• In next phase of pandemic, Trump appears poised to let others take the lead

  Washington Post : In next phase of pandemic, Trump appears poised to let others take the lead  

• Russia is interfering in our elections again. And Trump supporters are

  Evelyn N. Farkas / Washington Post : Russia is interfering in our elections again.  And Trump

• The Trump administration has recently removed 4 inspectors general. Here

  USA Today : The Trump administration has recently removed 4 inspectors general.  Here are the

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The Hayride

• What This Neurosurgeon Says About that Face Mask They’re Telling Us to Wear

  A neurosurgeon has come out to claim that not only are face masks unnecessary, but actually “pose serious

• Trump 2020 Hits Joe Biden on China as Campaign Heats Up (VIDEO)

  President Trump’s re-election campaign is beginning to tap into its massive warchest, hitting presumptive

• APPEL: What Poor GDP Numbers Mean To You

  Everyone knows that even before COVID-19 struck our state ranked at the bottom among states in GDP growth.

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• A message to our supporters from Erika Shaker, CCPA National Office

  The past few weeks have been overwhelming and, like many of you, I’m struggling to process our new and

• Mel Watkins: Celebrating his life and legacy

  Mel Watkins (May 15, 1932 - April 2, 2020) was a professor of political economy, a member of the Order of

• Our social and economic analysis of COVID-19

  Looking for resources for workers and renters affected by COVID-19? Click here. Additional analysis and

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Times of India

• Stop acting like money lender, give cash rather than credit: Rahul Gandhi

• 25 migrants killed, 33 injured in road accident in UP's Auraiya; PM

• Army chief hints at China's hand behind Nepal’s protest against the

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• 60 ex-bureaucrats urge govt to stop Central Vista redevelopment plan

• Coronavirus: Sunday observes single-day jump of around 5,000 case; doubling

• Lockdown 4.0: Govt allows movement of buses with riders; no Metro, flight

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | LIVE | King William's Town police station closed after

  Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysis as the number of coronavirus cases in SA increases

• News24.com | WATCH | South Africans cry with joy after landing back home

  Seventy-four South Africans, who had been scattered across the continent of Africa, have arrived back in

• News24.com | ‘All six of Dalindyebo’s children should undergo paternity

  In a new twist to the ongoing saga involving the abaThembu nation in the Eastern Cape, a faction of the

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | OPINION | Elmien du Plessis: Why oversight on an under

  It is important to note that the Minister should consult (not to reach consensus) and that she authorises

• News24.com | PROFILE | John Steenhuisen: ‘The DA is in a far healthier

  The coronavirus will hurt the ANC in the 2021 local government elections, DA interim leader John

• News24.com | OBIT | Clarence Mini: Committed to breaking down barriers and

  In 2010, then former Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi appointed him chairperson of the CMS, a statutory

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Madagascar reports first coronavirus death

  Madagascar has announced the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus, nearly two months

• News24.com | Defiant Lesotho PM shows no sign of resigning

  Lesotho's embattled prime minister appeared far from quitting after the attorney general advised him

• News24.com | Zimbabwe to maintain virus lockdown: president

  Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Saturday the lockdown imposed to control the spread of

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• Boris Johnson calls for more patience on path back to normality

  Restrictions in England have been eased but Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have not followed suit.

• Israeli government to be sworn in after months of political deadlock

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed a coalition with his former fierce rival Benny Gantz.

• Survey team climbing Everest to measure world’s highest peak

  They expect to reach the summit on Friday morning.

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WebMD Health

• Multiple Myeloma Treatment: What’s New?

  Is there anything new to treat multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer? Cutting-edge drugs target and kill

• Quarantine Having Lasting Impacts on Kids’ Health

  The coronavirus quarantine is having a positive effect on some kids' well-being, yet many others are

• Ill. Issued Stay-at-Home Order, Nearby Iowa Didn't

  Statewide stay-at-home orders appear to help slow the spread of COVID-19 above and beyond other steps.

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WhoWhatWhy

• Space Lasers Track Earth’s Disappearing Ice Sheets and Rising Sea Levels

  Reading Time: 2 minutes Feds Consider Relaxing Infection Control in Nursing Homes ; ‘Botanical Sexism

• Dissident Russian Doctors Have ‘Accidents’ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

  Reading Time: 4 minutes In Russia’s overburdened medical system, whistleblowing may be more deadly than

• Judge Restores NY Democratic Presidential Primary on June 23

  Reading Time: 2 minutes The Crisis Gripping Brazil ; Meatpacking and the Specter of Coronapolitics ; and

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Science Blog

• Investigational ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protects monkeys against COVID-19

  A single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, has protected six rhesus

• COVID-19 among an indigenous population

  The global reach of COVID-19 is unquestionable. Every day, news reports highlight the disease’s

• Bredesen Protocol Not Proven to Prevent or Reverse Alzheimer’s, Says UCSF

  A protocol comprising dietary supplements and lifestyle changes that claims to prevent or reverse Alzheimer

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Raw Story

• WATCH: Trump adviser Navarro called out by ABC’s Stephanopoulos for blatant

  ABC’s “This Week ” host George Stephanopoulos was forced to cut off Donald Trump’s

• HHS secretary says Trump’s ‘Warp Speed’ vaccine ‘may not be safe and

  Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Sunday admitted that the Trump administration’s so

• CNN’s Tapper forced to shut down and fact check GOPer Ron Johnson during

  CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper was forced to cut off Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) on

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• International Recognition For GNS Science's Research Output

  Cutting edge research and high-impact partnerships have cemented GNS Science’s position as a thought leader

• Drought hits hard, far and wide

  Analysis of drought conditions across New Zealand this year shows it is one of the most severe on record

• Treaty Of Waitangi/Te Tiriti Guidelines For AI And Data Released

  Internationally there are widespread reports and cases of discrimination against minority groups, including

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The Science of Doom

• Opinions and Perspectives – 9 – Pattern Effects

  The IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) from 2013 shows the range of results that climate models produce for

• Opinions and Perspectives – 8 – Pattern Effects Primer

  For people with maths, physics and chemistry (and biology) backgrounds non-linear processes are familiar

• Opinions and Perspectives – 7 – Global Temperature Change from Doubling CO2

  How much will global temperature rise if we double CO2 from pre-industrial levels? Based on current

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Seeing the Forest

• Mask, Gloves, Soap, Scrubs

• #WHYFACTSMATTER – E1: The Warning

• Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore

  RIP John Prine While digesting Reader’s Digest in the back of a dirty book store A plastic flag, with

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The Slog

• EXPLOSIVE: Vaccination, economic ruin, Mark Sedwill, and the route into the

  Is the rise of the Technocorporacratic State now unstoppable? As the start of returning to some kind of [&#

• At the End of the Day

  Things invisible to the naked eye, things far too visible to the naked eye, and more satirically naked

• THE SATURDAY ESSAY: Covid 19 is mutating into Covert20 – & the Resistance

    I wonder, does anyone have a better descriptor for the place (wherein dwell the spin doctors

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No spike in coronavirus in places reopening, U.S. health secretary says   but are seeing increases in some areas that remain closed

Newly reopened South Florida seen as an emerging coronavirus hot spot

The information in the document is attributed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and was collected on May 12, which means cases were rising even before the county began to reopen on May 11.

Top Documentary Films

• The Big Reset 2.0

• Knock Down the House

• Planet of the Humans

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Universe Today

• Take a Peek Inside a Giant Star Right Before it Dies

  The biggest stars in our universe are some of the most fascinatingly complex objects to inhabit the cosmos.

• Earth Life Probably Can’t Spread to Mars Today

  New research says life from Earth isn't likely to ever survive on Mars, which is good news as far as

• Was Betelgeuse Formed by Merging Stars?

  Modern humans—or Homo Sapiens—have only been around for about 250,000 years. That’s only the blink of

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Front Line Whistleblower News

• Court Issues $69.6 Million Judgement in Qui Tam False Claims Act

  On April 30, 2020 U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt issued a $69.6 million judgment against the

• Whistleblower Advocate Stresses Importance of IGs, Whistleblowers in

  As President Donald Trump prepares to sign another bailout bill in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the

• OECD Puts Whistleblowers at Center of Covid-19 Anti-Corruption Initiative

  In announcing a new initiative to track the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on foreign corruption and

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Andy Worthington

• Radio: I Discuss the Coronavirus Changing the World Irrevocably, Plus

  A link to - and my discussion of - an hour-long interview I recently undertook with Chris Cook in Canada

• Change the World! A Life in Activism: I Discuss Stonehenge, the Beanfield,

  An interview about my activism — involving Stonehenge and the Battle of the Beanfield, Guantánamo, the

• Nine Years Ago, Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Released the Guantánamo Files,

  On the 9th anniversary of the release, by WikiLeaks, of classified military files relating to the

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