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POLL: A surprising number of voters are in agreement about protests, police

Out of 1,200 voters polled, most agree with the following statement: Following the killing of George Floyd,
WATCH: Who's writing our state laws?

(Original air date: October 6, 2019) A disturbing study shows that no matter where you live, a lot of the
Justice Dept. still ignoring 7 years of questions re: illegal spying on

The Justice Department, under two administrations and 7 Attorneys General and acting Attorneys General, has

Cops TV Series Cancelled After 33 Seasons Amid Police Brutality Protests

In most mainstream television shows, movies, or books, the police are almost always the heroes of the story
BlackRock Authored the Bailout Plan Before There Was a Crisis – Now It’s

It’s called “Going Direct.” That’s the financial bailout plan designed and authored by former central
To Understand Iran’s 150-Year Fight, Follow the Trail of Blood and Oil

It all started in 1872, with Nasir al-Din Shah having granted to the British Baron Julius de Reuter, rights

Links 6/10/2020
Fliers Beware: Poor Mask Discipline Endemic Even Among Airline, Airport

Airlines and airports are cutting their workers way too much slack in mask wearing. They are a hazard to
The European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can

The European Union has not reached a “Hamiltonian moment.” Its plans are too little, too late, hamstrung

Diane Ravitch’s Blog: David Berliner: Kids Missing School? Don’t Worry.

Diane Ravitch’s Blog: David Berliner: Kids Missing School? Don’t Worry. David Berliner, one
Education Law Prof Blog: Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds

Education Law Prof Blog: Giving Private Schools Federal Emergency Funds Slated for Low-Income Students Will
Shanker Blog: What's Next for Schools After Coronavirus? Here Are 5 Big

Shanker Blog: What's Next for Schools After Coronavirus? Here Are 5 Big Issues and Opportunities

U.S. rig count plunges again

The total number of operating rigs fell by 17 to 301
Petroleum stockpiles jump; oil falls
Williams to add solar to natural gas facilities in nine states

Oklahoma pipeline operator Williams plans to add solar power to natural gas processing plants and other

‘Blood in the water’: Dems get unexpected opening against Trump in Iowa

After breaking hard for the president in 2016, the onetime swing state appears to be having second thoughts
As protests rage, more Democrats want Biden to pick woman of color as VP

The uprisings have reshaped the national dialogue around Biden’s search for a running mate, a POLITICO
Georgia, Nevada still counting ballots after day of voting problems

Five states held primaries on Tuesday, but long lines and a surge of mail ballots made for a slow vote

Dr. Birx Says George Floyd Protests Have Resulted in the Destruction of 70 Covid-19 Testing Sites

Dr. Deborah Birx, President Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator, warned the nation’s governors on a conference call that 70 coronavirus testing sites had been destroyed amid widespread protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd.During the Monday call, a recording of which was obtained by the Daily Beast, Birx said governors should “scramble now to make sure there is testing available in urban areas.” Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the White House coronavirus task force, admitted that spikes in cases stemming from the unrest are “an issue our team is following and there is a concern.”Birx’s comments mirror those of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has raised concerns that the protests could lead to a spike in cases. “It’s a perfect set up for further spread of the virus in the sense of creating these blips which might turn into some surges,” Fauci admitted on local D.C. radio station WTOP last week.Members of the Washington, D.C., National Guard have already tested positive for coronavirus since being deployed on May 31 to help deal with mass demonstrations and rioting in the nation’s capitol.Data shows that Texas, California, Oregon, North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Utah, Arkansas, and Arizona have all seen sharp increases in coronavirus hospitalizations since Memorial Day weekend, as states have begun to open up following months of lockdowns.“There is active community spread in California, North Carolina, Utah, and Arizona,” Birx said on the call, adding that her team had seen evidence of community spread in “metro Hispanic neighborhoods.”

National Review
‘Fox & Friends’ Forces Kayleigh McEnany to Defend Trump’s Buffalo Protester Conspiracy

Early Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted out a baseless conspiracy theory that 75-year-old Buffalo protester Martin Gugino, who was shoved to the ground by police and left bleeding on the sidewalk, “could be an ANTIFA provocateur.” It took more than nine hours for Fox News to even mention the tweet until a two-minute discussion on Bret Baier’s show early Tuesday evening. But when White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany appeared Wednesday morning on Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade decided it was time to ask what that was all about. And unlike the Republican lawmakers who conveniently had not seen the tweet in question, McEnany doubled down. “Could you expand on that?” Kilmeade asked. “Does the president think that this guy is part of antifa?” “So the president was raising questions based on a report that he saw, other questions that need to be asked,” McEnany replied, referring to an OAN cable news segment based on an obscure blog post from The Conservative Treehouse and delivered by Russian reporter Kristian Rouz, who has also worked for the Kremlin propaganda outlet Sputnik.Trump Pukes Out More Lurid Conspiracies as the People Steal His Spotlight“In every case, we can’t jump on one side without looking at all the facts at play,” she continued. “This individual had some very questionable tweets, some profanity-laden tweets about police officers.” McEnany went on to nonsensically use the fact that 57 police officers resigned in protest over the suspension of their colleagues who shoved Gugino as evidence of something amiss. “I think we need to ask why those officers resigned, what happened, what facts were on the ground and the president was just raising some of those questions,” she said. Kilmeade, for his part, didn’t seem entirely satisfied with those answers. “What about the timing of it?” he asked, noting that Trump’s tweet came on the morning of George Floyd’s funeral—which took up about four of those nine hours in which Fox did not cover Trump’ s tweet. “With all the unrest in the country, do you think the timing was right?”“Look, the president has acknowledged so many times, and rightfully so, the injustice with George Floyd,” McEnany said. “He was upset when he saw that video, as I noted.”“He gave an entire speech about Mr. Floyd and the grave injustice there,” she continued, apparently referring to the short portion of Trump’s longer speech at NASA about the killing. “But the president was raising some questions, some legitimate ones about that particular interaction and it’s his prerogative to do so.” Stephen Colbert Confronts Fox News’ Chris Wallace for Defending Trump Tear-Gassing ProtestersRead more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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MQ-25 Stingray Drones Are Giving Navy Aircraft Carriers A Life Extension

The emerging Navy MQ-25 Stingray program, to enter service in the mid-2020s, will bring a new generation of technology by engineering a first-of-its-kind unmanned re-fueler for the carrier air wing.

The National Interest

As cases pass 5,000, burial issue comes up

The bill would allow for family members to bury their loved ones in family burial plots during the declared
With bleach and a prayer: In a tiny town, a clinic run by women holds the

When Roxanna Yazzie gets home after a long workday, she changes her clothes outside the back door, an
Peak hit in late April, IHS says

In March the Navajo Area Indian Health Service gave a coronavirus surge projection stating the Navajo

Pentagon, U.S. Finally Gov Releases Navy UFO/UAP Footage: What’s next?

Back in 2004, the Navy captured footage of “unexplained aerial phenomena.” Translation, Navy
Archaeologists uncover Celtic smelting furnace in Poland that pre-dates

Archaeologists in Poland made a delightful and exciting find near the city of Warkocz by excavating a
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson doesn’t believe Trump’s answers about UFOs

Controversial Fox News’s Tucker Carlson appeared on the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens

Deaths and hospital admissions from Covid-19 stay in single figures

Three more people have died of Covid-19 in the Netherlands while another five have been admitted to
D66 call for choke hold to be banned in wake of George Floyd’s death

Coalition party D66 has called for police to be banned from using choke holds in the wake of the death...
Dutch central bank says economy will shrink 6.4%, sees 2.9% growth in 2021

The Dutch central bank DNB said on Monday that the Dutch economy will contract by 6.4% this year, twice as.

The Week in Ransomware - May 29th 2020 - Quiet before the storm?

For the most part, this week has been fairly quiet with not a lot of new ransomware released and only a few
Nworm: TrickBot gang’s new stealthy malware spreading module

The Trickbot banking trojan has evolved once again with a new malware spreading module that uses a stealth
Google Chrome 84 to hide abusive notifications starting July

Google will start blocking abusive sites from delivering web notifications to Chrome 84 users starting July

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

DC-area public school system approves LGBTQ history course

Montgomery County, Maryland, an ultra-liberal county north of Washington, D.C., became the first public
Ohio State creates Pay to Play Model for NCAA athletes

Paying NCAA college athletes has become a controversial topic in the sports world, and Ohio State
Harvard University, after uproar, declines coronavirus stimulus money

With an endowment fund valued at $41 billion, Harvard University was slated to receive a $8.6 million in

Worst recession in a century amid pandemic - OECD: Live updates

The UK is predicted to see the biggest economic downturn out of all OECD countries.
Morocco's Bollywood Dream

Meet cinema fans in Morocco who live for the glamour of Bollywood.
The Portuguese rediscovering their country's Muslim past

Historians and archaeologists are showing just how integral Islam is to the country's identity.

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Israel issues ‘stop work notices’ to Palestine homes in Bethlehem

Israeli soldiers monitor a demonstration by Palestinians in Bethlehem, West Bank on 12 June 2012 On Friday
Israel fears new ‘violent’ Intifada in West Bank due to economic crisis

A Palestinian man holds Israeli Shekels’ bills marked with stickers reading ‘Free Palestine
Nakba Day: EuroPal Forum webinar highlights Palestinians’ ongoing Nakba and

Palestinians march during a demonstration marking the anniversary of the Nakba in Ramallah, West Bank on 15

Coronavirus: UK economy could be worst hit among leading nations, says OECD

The OECD says the UK economy is likely to shrink 11.5% this year - the worst of developed countries.
George Floyd death: 'Stop the pain', brother tells US Congress

Philonise Floyd, whose brother's killing by a white police officer led to global protests, urges reform
Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986

Prosecutors say Stig Engstrom, who killed himself in 2000, was the man who shot Olof Palme in 1986.

Court Finds For Former MP in Counterclaim Against “VIP Sex Abuse” Accuser

From the Daily Mail: A former Liberal Democrat MP is to receive libel damages from an alleged fantasist who
Sandy Hook Conspiracism: A Note on Moon Rock Books

From CBS News, in June: The father of a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre has won a
BBC News Probes “Annie Tacker”

This one is being widely reported – from Phil Kemp at BBC News: There are many unanswered questions

Golden nuggets from the beyond…

The entire world is conventional. One can wear different costumes and the manifestations of dysfunction
Getting healthy means coming to balance

I had multiple infections that responded to Lyme disease treatment. I never tested positive for Lyme and
Understanding

“understanding” is a problem…if one *believes* they understand they’re likely

Your "Immunity Passport" Future Begins To Materialize As Airlines

The world’s largest airline trade group has called for immunity passports, thermal screening, masks, and
Oligarchy, Xenophobia, & Soul-Crushing Surveillance - Yanis Varoufakis

To exorcise my worst fears about the coming decade, I chose to write a bleak chronicle of it. If, by
USA plan: militarized control of population

The Rockefeller Foundation has presented the “National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan”, indicating the

Newborn is Here: Things to Have on Your Bed

This is not a list of baby “must-haves.” This is a list for the bedridden mothers. When a
10 Low Time Preference Parenting Tactics

Low time preference is a term generally used in economics or evolutionary psychology to describe an
Slav Mom Cooking

This is NOT medical advice. Please consult your doctor before you eat food. Low fat, high carb, high sugar

In Case You Missed It...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the economy, state budgets and taxes, health, food
Fiscal Relief Needed Now to Stop Massive State Job Loss From Becoming

The “wait and see” approach that Senator John Thune and some other Republicans recommend
Protecting Against Separate and Unequal K-12 Funding Amid COVID-19

Sixty-six years after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision found racial

George Floyd, A Memo to Conservatives

A good many of my conservative friends are in shock at the reaction to the killing of George Floyd. "
George Floyd, A Memo to Progressives

I am not going to lecture serious Progressives on the arson and looting in the streets today -- if you don&
Another Climate-COVID Computer Modelling Similarity

In this post, I wrote about parallels between climate and COVID alarm and related issues of computer

A Pandemic and a Plague of Absurdity, by Kenn Orphan

by Kenn Orphan Writer, Dandelion Salad Halifax, Nova Scotia May 22, 2020 At a certain point in an age of
Michael Hudson: Dollar Recycling and Military Encirclement

by Michael Hudson Writer, Dandelion Salad May 21, 2020 Global University for Sustainability on Apr 24, 2020
The Start Of The Great Meltdown For Industrial Civilization, by Rainer Shea

by Rainer Shea Writer, Dandelion Salad Rainer Shea: Anti-Imperialist Journalist, May 17, 2020 May 20, 2020

Make Memorial Day mean more than beer & barbecue

Here are ways to make this a special Memorial Day. Not just another empty holiday, but a day that makes a
RussiaGate is another step along the road for America

I recommend reading a new article about the origins of RussiaGate. This post puts RussiaGate in a larger
America jumps to a new future

Enough reporting! Let's understand why we – and the Republic – are changing and see what lies ahead for

Politics of the Pandemic Pains: WHO is to Blame?

Politics have exacerbated the already severe pains that the raging COVID Pandemic have been inflicting on
Global Solidarity & Effective Cooperation in the Face of COVID-19

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UN Chiefs Silenced by Big Powers with Vetoes

The massive protests in more than 120 US cities over racial injustice and police brutality went global last

Nobel Peace Prize Campaign for Cuban Physicians Grows Across the Globe

Lu Sudré Cuban Doctors went to Italy in March, during the peak of the pandemic in the country – Yamil
Libya: A Political Solution Remains Elusive

Army Remains Committed to Liberating the Country from Turkish Forces, Foreign Mercenaries Hardly a day
In Colombia, the Pandemic is Widening Inequality in Access to Education

Zoe PC In Colombia, families that do not have access to food hang red cloths in their window. Across the

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

Brazil central bank survey shows economy forecasted to contract 6,5% this

The outlook for Brazil’s economy deteriorated for a 17th week in a row, with Latin
Basic stats on world fisheries: fish consumption reached a record 20,5 k

Worldwide per capita fish consumption has reached a new record of 20.5 kilograms per
Brazil anticipates 40% fall in sales of cars, light commercial vehicles

Brazil's National Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Anfavea), predicts a

Proposed Lompoc wind energy project meets stiff headwinds #CA

A proposed wind energy project, darling of those who wish to “save the environment,” south of Lompoc has
Electricity bills to increase by €70 a year under new wind levy proposal

The energy regulator is proposing a huge increase in the levy paid to wind farm operators by consumers. The
Feds release Vineyard Wind environmental assessment #MA

Federal regulators on Tuesday released a detailed, 420-page environmental assessment of the proposed

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: To commerce and beyond?

On the 30th March, the Council adopted a decision allowing the ratification of a free trade agreement
Germans crown Lithuania as winner in their own Eurovision final

Wasn't Eurovision supposed to be cancelled? Not in Germany, explains Juuso Järviniemi - Elections
Whither ASEAN?

Southeast Asia is on the rise. It has been for over a decade. With Western-Chinese relations fraught, and

When Government Tells You Whose Balls to Touch

First came the virus. Then new rules for recreational tennis.
Racism, Magical Thinking & the Coronavirus

Rather than quarantining travelers, our leaders chose a course of action that led to entire countries being
Early March Did Not Predict the Future

Certain adamant coronavirus declarations look foolish now.

The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and
Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good
Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recent
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?

It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without
More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare

More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by

Suddenly, public health officials say social justice matters more than

For months, public health experts have urged Americans to take every precaution to stop the spread of Covid
Antifa domestic terrorists take over 6 square block section in Seattle -

Free Capitol Hill zone in Seattle, Washington. This is your future with no police. Democrats want to defund
No, Sweden has not changed its mind about lockdown

Our fanatically pro-lockdown media keep spreading fake news about Sweden. Sweden's chief epidemiologist

'Tense and fearful': Kiwi in US describes life during George Floyd

As Wellington man Evan Roberts walked his neighbourhood, he saw George Floyd's name plastered across
Driver freed from machine at CentrePort Wellington

A log rolled on to a machine, trapping its driver at a port in Wellington.
Coronavirus: 'Big increase' in library sign-ups during Covid-19

More than 50 per cent rise in people signing up to libraries while stuck at home due to Covid-19.

Powerful show on police brutality

On Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver devoted the entire show to the need for police
Protected: Therapists’ Inadequacies.

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What kind of world? Global warming, extreme heat, and the shape of society

A new study indicates that one billion people could be forced to either live with “insufferable heat&