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Zelo Street

• Michael Gove’s Late Night Twitter Giveaway

  After author Robert Harris pondered the speech given yesterday by Michael “ Oiky ” Gove, in which he

• Spiv Uses Pandemic To Attack NHS

  For some of those out there on the right, no opportunity to attack those institutions which do not obey

• Bozo Is Not Franklin Roosevelt

  Reinvention of history: something that seems so easy to do, given that those intimately involved lived a

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Politics : NPR

• Federal Court In Wisconsin Upholds Voting Restrictions Favored By

  An appeals court found in favor of limits on early voting and restored a requirement that residents must

• New York Announces Lowest Number Of Hospitalizations During The Pandemic

  On Sunday, the state saw 853 hospitalizations because of the coronavirus, which was the lowest since March

• Sen. McConnell Says Americans Must Have 'No Stigma' In Wearing Face

  The leading Republican in the Senate was the latest in the party to break with President Trump and urge

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• 102-year-old great-grandmother survives coronavirus

  Mary Catterall is now looking ‘better than ever’, her family said.

• It feels like my wedding day again, says publican as bars reopen

  Pubs that serve food resumed business across Ireland on Monday.

• Football stars send video messages to schoolboys fighting cancer

  Best friends Oliver Doughty and Lucas Newton played a virtual game of keepie uppie together as they

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• 'In our collective interest': Dr Holohan urges public not to travel

  The Chief Medical Officer has appealed to people with foreign holidays planned to cancel their flight and

• Gardaí plan to dismantle Kinahan gang leadership

  Gardaí plan to dismantle the “entire” Kinahan cartel and believe that future court

• Young to benefit from jobs stimulus, Vat threshold set to rise and virus

  Taking more businesses out of the Vat net, reducing taxes for the tourism sector, lowering commercial rates

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memeorandum

• Senate Republicans squeeze Trump over Russian bounties (Politico)

  Politico : Senate Republicans squeeze Trump over Russian bounties   —  Senate

• Republicans once again face questions about why Trump isn't tougher on

  Seung Min Kim / Washington Post : Republicans once again face questions about why Trump isn't

• Kayleigh McEnany: Trump 'Didn't Hear' White Power Clip but

  Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast : Kayleigh McEnany: Trump 'Didn't Hear' White Power Clip

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The Hayride

• YOU DON’T SAY: Fauci Tells CNBC What Many Americans Have Been Shouting from

  Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is a smart man

• TEARING IT UP: Tiger Stadium Turf Gets Long Overdue Facelift

  The turf inside LSU’s Tiger Stadium will look a little different this year, and it should go a long way

• SADOW: Cade Brumley As LA Education Superintendent Means Old Days Are Back

  It may be déjà vu all over again in some ways for the Louisiana state superintendent of education, but

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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

• PM Modi not in 'good mood' over border row with China: Trump

• Nepal pushes for talks, India says need to create trust first

• BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hospitalised after Covid-19 symptoms

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

• SC persuades ICAI for 'opt-out' relief for 3.5 lakh students

  Starting with a stern "don't make it difficult for the students" line, the Supreme Court on

• Corps Commander-level meeting between India, China begins in Ladakh's

  Corps Commander-level meeting between armies of India and China has started in Chushul on Tuesday, to

• Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in China

  Though Chinese newspapers and websites continue to be accessible in India, people in China can only access

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | ANC NEC hears fierce debate over VBS-linked Limpopo leaders

  The ANC's National Executive Committee heard heated debate over whether two of its Limpopo leaders

• News24.com | FACT CHECK | Were 34 000 hospital beds occupied by alcohol

  Bheki Cele gave this statistic during an ANC Ethekwini lecture about the role of the ANC during the Covid

• News24.com | LIVE | Shocking conditions in EC hospital, new swine flu

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

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | OPINION | Withholding demographics of Covid-19 a genocidal

  Minister Zweli Mkhize must with immediate effect issue a withdrawal of asserting that the public healthcare

• News24.com | OPINION: Our everyday rights and responsibilities even during

  How good our society becomes depends largely on how well we think and act as free men and women, fully

• News24.com | OPINION | Homeless in Cape Town - councillor blind to facts

  When the NGOs in Cape Town tried to get access to Strandfontein, they were barred from entry, and those

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | African Union chief condemns US police killing of George Floyd

  The head of the African Union Commission has condemned the killing by police of an unarmed black man in the

• News24.com | ICC allows Ivory Coast ex-president Gbagbo to leave Belgium

  Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo can leave Belgium under certain conditions, the

• News24.com | In Senegal, the struggles of a small airline during

  Launching an airline in Africa is a notorious challenge in a continent and sector where opportunities are

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WebMD Health

• Studies Detail Syndrome in Kids Linked to COVID

  Nearly 300 children in 26 states fell ill with a mysterious COVID-related inflammatory condition between

• COVID-19 Fallout: Tons of Trash

  As COVID-19 has brought anxiety, worry, and social distancing, it has also brought piles and piles of trash

• What COVID Means To Those Who Can't Work At Home

  Working at home during a pandemic isn't an option for about three-quarters of U.S. workers, putting

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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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WebMD Health

• Studies Detail Syndrome in Kids Linked to COVID

  Nearly 300 children in 26 states fell ill with a mysterious COVID-related inflammatory condition between

• COVID-19 Fallout: Tons of Trash

  As COVID-19 has brought anxiety, worry, and social distancing, it has also brought piles and piles of trash

• What COVID Means To Those Who Can't Work At Home

  Working at home during a pandemic isn't an option for about three-quarters of U.S. workers, putting

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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

• Light drinking may protect brain function

  Light to moderate drinking may preserve brain function in older age, according to a new study from the

• Brain iron accumulation linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients

  Researchers using MRI have found that iron accumulation in the outer layer of the brain is associated with

• A Cosmic Mystery: ESO Telescope Captures the Disappearance of a Massive

  Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have discovered the

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Raw Story

• The Lincoln Project keeps whacking Trump over Russia bounty scandal: ‘When

  The Lincoln Project, the group founded by longtime GOP strategists who want to defeat President Donald

• Iraq veteran slams Trump for ignoring Russian bounty plot: ‘The president

  On Tuesday’s edition of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and

• America is in free fall — and at risk of becoming a failed state

  You know that feeling when you trip on the street and instantly sense that you’re about to crash hard and

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Scientist Russell Lowe wins Plant Raiser's Award

  Russell Lowe, respected kiwifruit breeder and scientist at Plant & Food Research, has received the 2020

• COVID-19 Testing And The Pacific Border – Expert Reaction

  With no active COVID-19 cases in New Zealand, the next frontier is our borders. While the concept of a '

• Plant & Food Research joins Blue Economy CRC project

  Plant & Food Research is a participant in a Blue Economy CRC Australia scoping study looking to review

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Flag of Treason

• You’re Dead

  Hear the unloved weeping like rain Guard your sleep from the sound of their pain 1966, Norma Tanega –

• Mask, Gloves, Soap, Scrubs

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The Slog

• Truth & Reality v Bollocks & Bullshit: a non-negotiable way forward

  It represents an update of the Philosophy page at The Slog…..with especial reference to the “

• Covid19 & the wisdom of Herds

  Monied sociopathy is prolonging the agony of this nothing-virus Foreword Some of what follows may well

• Saturday Night Smile

  Let us begin tonight with a brief parable on the nature of beasts of the field. For those […]

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Top Documentary Films

• 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: The Killing of George Floyd

• World War Two: Capitulation

• Breathtaking K2: The World's Most Dangerous Mountain

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Universe Today

• It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge

  Black hole merger events are some of the most energetic, fearsomely energetic events in all the cosmos

• Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search

  We all know how exploration by rover works. The rover is directed to a location and told to take a sample.

• Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July

  Watch for comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at dusk in late July... if it survives perihelion. The post Comet F3

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Front Line Whistleblower News

• Virginia’s New Whistleblower Law Increases Protections for Whistleblowers

  On April 11th, 2020, Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia signed House Bill 798 into law. The act strengthens

• The Wirecard Scandal and the Beauty of Anonymous Whistleblowing

  Over the weekend, the growing scandal engulfing the German digital payment giant Wirecard reached the point

• CFTC Announces $6 Million Whistleblower Award

  Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced a whistleblower award of $6 million. The

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Andy Worthington

• No Justice, No Peace on the Third Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire

  Today marks three years since the Grenfell Tower fire, which led to the deaths of 72 people, and which only

• Never Forget: The “Season of Death” at Guantánamo

  Marking the anniversary of a sequence of deaths at Guantánamo that I have long described as the "