A Tennessee man who escaped through the barbed wire fence around a coronavirus quarantine facility was recaptured by police and returned to the camp. He will be charged with a misdemeanor.
Meanwhile, police arrested at least 14 people during a protest against the coronavirus lockdown in London. Also, British police are reportedly investigating Twitter users who post tweets that criticize the lockdown.
In other news, two police officers in Brussels were wounded when they were attacked by a gang of migrants.
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Globalists Promote the Collapse of America’s Economy and Destruction of Her Leadership
According to Patrick Wood, publisher of Technocracy News, The Imperial College in the U.K. is the origin of the global virus and the global warming panic.
In his article, he delves into the history and personal biases of the faculty of this institution. It is clear that both of these panic narratives were deliberately fabricated to create public acceptance for restructuring society to accept technocratic collectivism, a system in which all humans are ruled by tyrants, posing as scientists, supposedly for the greater good for the greater number. (a statement by G. Edward Griffin.) It is wise to study this full report to acquire a deeper understanding of the issue.
Yes, China’s actions coincide with Patrick Wood’s article with respect to a possible global agenda or conspiracy resulting in a world government…
The Chinese media is using a classic tactic in the communist’s arsenal to deal with being exposed by the opposition; they accuse the opposition of being guilty of the very thing they were doing, ever heard of Saul Alinsky? And, what was the Trump administration doing that the Chinese authorities objected to?
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Arizona: Muslim Students Threaten to Kill Prof for Suggesting Islam is Violent
This will teach those Islamophobes that Islam is a religion of peace: a professor is facing death threats for suggesting otherwise. Nicholas Damask, Ph.D., has taught political science at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona for 24 years. But now he is facing a barrage of threats, and his family, including his 9-year-old grandson and 85-year-old parents, is in hiding, while College officials are demanding that he apologize — all for the crime of speaking the truth about the motivating ideology behind the threat of Islamic jihad worldwide.
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Three members of the White House coronavirus task force will quarantine for two weeks after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Patient Arrested After Leaving Fairgrounds Quarantine, Court Records Show
A coronavirus patient was arrested Thursday after prosecutors said he jumped a fence and fled the Nashville Fairgrounds, where health officials are using enforceable quarantines in an attempt to control an outbreak at an emergency homeless shelter.
This appears to be the first case in Nashville of police making an arrest to enforce coronavirus restrictions enacted by the local government.
The Tennessean is not naming the man to protect his privacy and because the charge is a misdemeanor.
According to an arrest affidavit, a 39-year-old man was taken to the Nashville Fairgrounds on Monday and placed under quarantine by the Metro Nashville Public Health Department because he tested positive for the coronavirus…
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Defeating Nazis But Helping the New Nazis
Cut through the social media censorship and demand that the politicians name the enemy and propose a strategy for victory over that enemy. The life you save may be your own. Don’t go to your grave without doing everything possible to avoid the Chinese digging America’s grave. It’s time to act…
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Despite Lockdown, No Letup in Chicago’s Murder Rate
The streets of Chicago may be largely empty as residents hunker down from coronavirus but some of the city’s most deprived neighborhoods are still echoing to the sound of deadly gunfire and raucous partying.
While significant falls in crime have been one of the few positive side effects of lockdowns in much of the United States and elsewhere, they have barely made a dent in the homicide rate in Chicago, a city that has long recorded the most murders in the country.
Chicago police say 56 murders were committed in April despite statewide stay-at-home orders — only a fraction lower than the 61 for the same month in 2019 — while last weekend, the first of the new month, four people were killed and 46 others shot and wounded.
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Elon Musk Blasts California, Says He and Tesla Are Headed to Texas
Elon Musk ripped Alameda County, California today and announced on Twitter that he’s pulling up Tesla’s stakes there and headed to Texas and Nevada.
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Entertainment Break: Joe Biden’s “Virtual Rally” Was an Absolute Majestic Disaster
Joe Biden’s Tampa “virtual rally” was an unmitigated disaster on all fronts. A glorious and very entertaining disaster.
Technical and user difficulties galore, it wound up looking and sounding something like an acid-head’s performance art.
Our friends at the Washington Free Beacon put a little compilation together.
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Here Are the Chinese ‘Propaganda’ Centers Currently Operating in the US
Dozens of Chinese “propaganda” centers still operate across the United States, even as U.S. lawmakers debate how to hold the communist country accountable for withholding information about the coronavirus, which originated in China’s Wuhan province.
For years, Campus Reform has reported on the number of Confucius Institutes on U.S. college campuses. Funded by the communist regime, these centers are marketed as Chinese language and culture centers. However, U.S. intelligence officials have warned that these centers are little more than “propaganda” arms of the communist country.
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Jimmy Kimmel issued a backhanded apology on Friday after airing an edited clip of Vice President Mike Pence delivering empty boxes of PPE to a hospital.
The ABC late-night host mocked Pence during his Thursday night monologue after showing a clip of a maskless Pence pretending to “carry empty boxes of PPE.”
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Judge Denies Bond to Father, Son Charged With Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Travis McMichael, 34, and his father, Gregory, 64, appeared before a judge on Friday facing charges of murder and aggravated assault in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. They were denied bond and booked into Glynn County jail.
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MI State Police Visit 77-Year-Old Barber After He Reopened Shop Against Whitmer’s Orders
Michigan State Police visited Karl Manke’s barbershop in Owosso Friday and served him a Health Protection Order from the State Attorney General, warning the 77-year-old that he will be held in contempt of court if he does not close down his business in compliance with Gov. Whitmer’s executive orders.
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New Video Emerges of Moments Leading Up to Ahmaud Arbery’s Death
New video has emerged from a home security camera recorded minutes before the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Newsom Order Sending Mail-in Ballots to All California Voters Sparks Concerns
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed an executive order that will send every registered voter in the state a mail-in ballot for November’s presidential election — immediately raising concerns from Republicans that it could lead to fraud and abuse.
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Obama Knew Details of Flynn’s Wiretapped Calls, Surprising Top DOJ Official, Documents Show
President Barack Obama was aware of the details of Michael Flynn’s wiretapped phone calls in late 2016 with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, knowledge that surprised then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, according to declassified documents released Thursday during the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the Flynn case.
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Obama Blames Trump for More “Selfish, Tribal, Divided” America in Leaked Private Phone Call
In a private phone call leaked to Yahoo News Friday, former president Barack Obama responded to Michael Flynn’s criminal case being dropped by saying that “the rule of law is at risk,” and blamed President Trump for a more “tribal, selfish, and divided” America as he stressed the importance of beating the president in the November election.
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Pop-Up Memorial Honors COVID-19 Victims With Ribbons, Slideshow
Organizers met at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge to tie ribbons along the trail as a memorial to the more than 1000 Texans who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
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University of Michigan Law Students Devise Legal Challenge to Governor’s Stay-at-Home Order
They unearthed a state and federal ‘fundamental right to intrastate travel’
When Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a stay-at-home executive order for the state’s residents, Jacob Weaver “had to choose between celebrating Easter with my family and facing a misdemeanor,” he told The College Fix.
That’s because the University of Michigan law student doesn’t live with his family. And visiting that “second residence” meant breaking the Democrat’s order.
But Weaver had an idea for overcoming his predicament: suing Whitmer.
He and other UMich law students — not yet licensed attorneys — teamed up with civil litigation attorneys last month to challenge the governor in federal court, arguing that the COVID-19 travel ban “between residences” violates due process and equal protection clauses in both federal and state constitutions.
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Yale Prof Promotes ‘Trump Death Clock, ‘ Says COVID-19 ‘Getting Awfully Close to Genocide’
A Yale epidemiologist says the “mass death” that has occurred in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic is “awfully close to genocide.”
Yale University Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Gregg Gonsalves tweeted Wednesday, “So, what does it mean to let thousands die by negligence, omission, failure to act, in a legal sense under international law?”
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On Friday, Justin Trudeau’s Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that $500 million of taxpayers’ money will be spent on arts and culture in the context of coronavirus relief.
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Betrayal and the Programming Behind COVID 19 — A UK Perspective
You see the battle between fact and fiction, reality and lies, in relation to Covid 19, are currently coexisting in a parallel world right now. However, I sense storm clouds are gathering; and the stoic British pride of working together during a national crisis may just be about to turn a bit nasty if certain ‘other’ truths should ever get openly reported…
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Italy Announces Return to Public Worship on May 18th
ROME — Italy’s Catholic bishops’ conference (CEI) announced this week that an accord has been reached with the government for the re-initiation of public worship, with a series of restrictions.
The “protocol” agreement was signed on Thursday at the presidential palace by Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of CEI, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese.
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Slovenia: Bicycle Protesters Bring Children as “Shield” To Protest Despite Lockdown
Thousands of Leftist protesters on bicycles cycled through Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, yesterday to protest the new Right-wing populist government of Janez Jansa, in violation of the ongoing lockdown in response to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Many of the protesters brought children with them as a “shield.”
The protesters have a litany of complaints against the new government, which took office in March, including the government’s alleged attempts to increase police powers, the erosion of democracy, anti-environmental measures, the failure of their Wuhan coronavirus response, and inciting hatred against migrants. They chanted slogans referring to the government as “thieves” and calling for the government to be brought down.
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Swiss Plan to Ask Diners for Contact Info Scrapped Over Privacy Concerns
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government on Friday backed down from plans to require restaurants and bars to take the names and phone numbers of their patrons as a way to fight the coronavirus, after the plan fell foul of privacy concerns.
As Switzerland gingerly emerges from COVID-19 closures, restaurateurs across the country had been facing the requirement, starting Monday, to take down the names and numbers of their patrons as part of efforts to track contacts of coronavirus victims.
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UK: Police Investigating People Who Post Tweets Critical of Lockdown
Police in the UK are apparently investigating people online who post tweets critical of the coronavirus lockdown.
Toby Young’s LockdownSceptics.org website was contacted by a reader who regularly dissents against the shutdown of the UK on social media.
“I was contacted by a reader who has been very critical of police over-reach on Twitter,” writes Young.
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UK: Police Arrest 14 During Anti-Lockdown Coronavirus Protest in London
THE METROPOLITAN FORCE has confirmed a number of arrests were made as protestors gather around London’s Westminster Bridge to protest the coronavirus lockdown.
A group of around 40 to 50 individuals were dispersed by authorities. Many protestors insisted they had not consented to lockdown and some made reference to 5G conspiracy theoriesaccording to Sky News. Sky Sports News Journalist Anthony Joseph saw the events and told Sky News: “We could hear them chanting something as we approached but couldn’t really make it out.
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UK: Queen Elizabeth Honours War Dead: ‘They Died So We Could Live as Free People’
Queen Elizabeth II marked the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day with an address to the British Commonwealth honouring the sacrifice of the fallen.
The 94-year-old monarch, who came of age during the war and even trained as a driver and mechanic in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, timed her speech to coincide with the exact time her father, the late King George VI, announced that “the dreadful shadow of war has passed far from our hearths and homes in these islands”.
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14-Year-Old Christian Girl Abducted, Converted to Islam and Married Off to Her Abductor in Pakistan
A 14-year-old Christian girl, Myra Shehbaz, was abducted in Faislabad in Pakistan by Muhammad Naqash and his accomplice while she was travelling to her workplace in April 2020, reported Forbes.
Eye witness accounts by Pervez Masih, Younas Masih, and Naeem Masih state that Myra was forcibly abducted in a car while she resisted. The men were armed and as such the eyewitnesses could not help the victim. The accused also fired shots in the air. Speaking to International Christian Concern, her mother, Nighat, expressed fears of rape, forceful conversion to Islam, and even murder. She was indeed married off to her abductor and forcibly converted.
While Myra’s marriage certificate stated her age as 18, it contradicted her National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) certificate. As a part of the modus operandi, a typed statement that she had left her home willingly was also produced. The case is yet to be taken to the Court.
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Behind the Scenes of China’s “Content Surveillance”
The Citizen Lab, a Canada-based interdisciplinary laboratory, found that Chinese messaging platform WeChat is monitoring international messages and censoring them if they contain any content that it doesn’t want to be shared with the Chinese population.
It was found that WeChat has a huge database of all the words that are banned in China. So if an international message sent to a Chinese recipient contains any of the blocked keywords, the message immediately gets censored.
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German intelligence has revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping asked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Thebreyesus to cover up the severity of the coronavirus pandemic in January, according to Der Spiegel.
During a January 21 conversation — one week after the WHO assured the world there was ‘no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission’ — Xi reportedly asked Tedros not to reveal that the virus was in fact transmissible between humans, and to delay declaring that the coronavirus had become a pandemic — despite the virus qualifying as one by the WHO’s own former guidelines.
And while the WHO announced on the 22nd that data collected through their own investigation “suggests that human-to-human transmission is taking place in Wuhan,” which they said more analysis was required “to understand the full extent,” they waited all the way until March 11 to declare the virus a pandemic.
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Wuhan Biolab Where Coronavirus Was Studied Mysteriously Shut Down in October, Report Claims
Another leaked intelligence document has been leaked to the press to help support suspicions that the coronavirus currently ravaging the US and much of the global community may have leaked from a biolab in Wuhan.
NBC News reports that a document that has been shared among several Republican lawmakers points to evidence that the virus may have emerged even earlier than the global community believes. In recent days, the French government confirmed suspicions that the country’s first case might have arrived as early as December, while in the US, the earliest suspected COVID-19-linked death occurred on Feb. 6, weeks earlier than previously believed.
The earliest suspected case in China may have been observed as early as November, some scientists believe, though others doubt the theory. But the report obtained by NBC News cites cellphone activity data showing a complete shutdown of a high-security section of the lab for 2.5 weeks between Oct. 7 and Oct. 24.
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YouTube Strips Human Rights Activist Jennifer Zeng of Income
YouTube is executing its newly acquired, or rather, augmented censorship powers — banking on a world ill-prepared to fight back or even question anything much as it’s thrown into a frenzy over the coronavirus pandemic. And YouTube is doing its thing with the efficiency but also the bluntness of a chainsaw.
Knowingly or unknowingly challenge the ever-changing rules (for the worse, free speech-wise), strict, coordinated with various authorities — some elected, some not: and monetization of your videos/channels might go out the window just like that.
A Chinese dissident would probably be among the last you’d expect to be shocked by YouTube’s iron-fist rule over speech on its platform — but when Jennifer Zeng was informed that it had been “determined” her YouTube channel, “Inconvenient Truths,” would no longer be eligible for monetization, the tone of her announcement on Twitter showed that she had indeed been taken aback.
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The supplies were sent from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan to Sydney Airport on April 8.
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The body of Britney Watson was discovered in a wheelie bin just four weeks after she gave birth, with a 17-year-old boy accused of killing her and dumping her body.
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‘Tinnie terrorists’ Paul Dacre, Antonino Granata and Kadir Kaya were released from a Victorian prison on Friday after serving four years behind bars.
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Martin Parkinson, who last year retired as head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, has described China’s economic threat against Australia as a ‘wake-up call’ and a ‘favour’.
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South African couple Tony Hilliar, 54, and Alida Fouche, 42,died after making their own illicit supply of beer to get around their country’s strict alcohol ban imposed since the Covid-19 lockdown.
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A huge surge in migrant crossings has taken place over the first two days of the bank holiday weekend, with at least 227 making it to the UK.
While the nation celebrated VE Day, a record 145 migrants were brought to Dover after making the perilous journey across the English Channel, the Home Office finally confirmed on Saturday evening.
This included 51 people packed on board a single inflatable boat.
Pictures taken at the busy trade port on Saturday showed people wearing face masks being processed by Border Force officials.
[Comment: Article dated May 9, 2020]
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Belgium: Police Officers Injured After Being Attacked by Migrants (Video)
Two police officers were injured in Brussels on Tuesday after they were attacked by a large group of migrants. Another provocation took place the following day. Some are blaming local politicians for refusing to acknowledge migrant criminality, even when the safety of officers is at stake.
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Chechen Migrant Drags French Policeman Over 60 Feet to Escape Virus Check
A Chechen migrant was arrested in the commune of Montereau-Fault-Yonne after dragging a police officer 60 feet with his vehicle while trying to escape a Wuhan coronavirus lockdown checkpoint.
The 30-year-old Chechen national was intercepted by police in the Montereau industrial area and asked for his ID and driving licence after being pulled over by officers. The man was unable to produce either document and was told by a policeman leaning through his window he would be going to the police station.
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Georgetown Sues US for Not Giving Money to Illegal Immigrant Families
A Georgetown University Law School advocacy group filed a lawsuit alongside Villanova Law Professor Leslie Book against the United States over COVID-19 relief funding for children of illegal immigrants.
The Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection said in a press release that the complaint challenged the “intentional and discriminatory exclusion of U.S. citizen children” from receiving emergency assistance “based solely on the fact that one or both of their parents are undocumented immigrants.”
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Hungarian MEP: Immigration From Africa Can be Stopped With the Right Aid and Policies
Hungary has a clear strategy for Africa based on creating livable conditions in sources countries for immigration, maintaining close contact with local organizations in Africa, and helping devise a credible and consistent European assistance program, MEP György Hölvényi writes in his blog.
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Hungary: ‘Yes to Protecting Women, No to Gender Ideology, Illegal Migration’
Hungary’s parliament has passed a declaration against signing the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women because it smuggles in provisions declaring gender a “social construct” and allowing “gender-based asylum claims”.
Dr Zoltan Kovacs, Secretary of State for International Communication and Relations in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, reported that the Hungarian legislature had passed its declaration against the seemingly unimpeachable Council of Europe convention in an official blog post.
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Italian Nurse on Coronavirus Frontline Raped by Illegal Migrant After Her Shift
An Italian nurse working on the frontline against the Chinese coronavirus was brutally sexually assaulted by an African migrant after finishing her shift and heading to her home.
The attack took place in the southern city of Naples last Sunday after the woman left work and was waiting for a bus to arrive to take her to her home to the town of Avellino.
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Netherlands: Syrian Migrant Arrested for Vandalizing Jewish Restaurant, Again
Dutch police earlier this week arrested a Syrian migrant who smashed the windows of an Amsterdam-based Jewish restaurant.
This is hardly the first time that the restaurant, HaCarmel Kosher Restaurant, has fallen victim to an anti-Semitic attack. In fact, the perpetrator, Saleh Ali, in 2017 was convicted of smashing windows of the Jewish restaurant and stealing an Israeli flag, Dutch newspaper Alegemeen Dagblad reports.
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Pakistani NGO Linked to Turkey Spreads Fake News About Greek Migrant Camps
As part of Turkey’s ongoing efforts to undermine its European neighbor, it now seems to be taking the fight against Greece to social media. A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Pakistan called “Million Smiles” has been spreading misinformation about the Greek migrant camps.
Million Smiles’ CEO and co-founder is Zeshan Afzal, a Pakistani citizen. The group’s Facebook page, which hasn’t been updated since 2017, claims that Million Smiles is engaged in “working for and promote [sic]upliftment of Spiritual, Physical, Psychological, Social, Cultural and Economical conditions of individuals and reviving Nature.”
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Guot Makeur Guot, 29 was fighting to overturn his visa cancellation on the basis his life would be in danger if he was deported from Australia back to South Sudan.
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UW Gives Money to Illegal Immigrants Who Don’t Qualify for Federal Aid
After the recent Department of Education guidelines clarified that federal funds through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act should not be distributed by colleges to illegal immigrants, the University of Washington announced plans to give money to illegal immigrant students through other “non-federal” means.
Students who were ineligible to receive federal grants due to their immigration status were invited by UW to apply for separate funding. Students were told approval would be automatic if they had already submitted their Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WAFSA). One study estimated the total number of illegal immigrant students in Washington State at 13,000.
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Catholic Leaders Decry Violation of ‘Fundamental Freedoms’ Under Pandemic
A significant group of cardinals, bishops, and Catholic leaders have signed a declaration denouncing unjustified government coercion of citizens over coronavirus.
Under the “pretext” of the Covid-19 epidemic, “the inalienable rights of citizens have in many cases been violated and their fundamental freedoms, including the exercise of freedom of worship, expression and movement, have been disproportionately and unjustifiably restricted,” states the text, which bears the signatures of three cardinals, nine bishops, seven priests and theologians, 20 journalists and writers, ten medical doctors, 16 lawyers and judges, 28 university professors and intellectuals, and 14 associations.
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Free Speech Alliance Calls for an End to Facebook’s “Supreme Court” of Speech Authority
After being haunted with countless allegations of censoring conservative content across its platform, Facebook finally ended up setting up an “Oversight Board”, colloquially known as the “Facebook Supreme Court” to ensure that there is a balanced political discourse on the platform.
Based on what a coalition of 60 conservative organizations and publishers say though, it is revealed that Facebook’s attempt seems like it’s going to be anything but a success.
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‘Let White People Die’ Prof Triples Down: Whiteness is ‘Mental and Physical Terrorism’
Trinity College sociology professor Johnny Williams is the gift that keeps on giving, so to speak.
In an end-of-February op-ed in the Hartford Courant, Williams says white people preside over an “oppressive system,” and when people of color “refuse to abide” by this system, they’re accused of “inciting hatred and violence.”
The professor is referencing the controversy following comments he made about the shootings of GOP congressman Steve Scalise and others three years ago. Williams wrote that, in whatever predicament you may find them, “let [white people] f***ing die” … and to “smile a bit” when it happens.
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UK Education Office Argues Christians Should Limit Their Beliefs to Church
The United Kingdom’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) argued before the High Court that Christian groups should not allow their religious beliefs to influence their professional activities.
After an inspection and review in March 2019, Ofsted, a non-ministerial department of the British government, downgraded the Christian-run Cornerstone Adoption and Fostering Service from “good” to “requires improvement” because it only places children with married Evangelical Christian couples.
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What exactly is a coronavirus quarantine facility with a barbed wire fence? Does that mean, in the U.S. corona patients are locked up in camps? I thought conditions in Germany with all the restrictions were pretty bad, but this I find really frightening!
Tennessee set up the state fairgrounds as a quarantine facility. It’s possible that the barbed wire was already in place surrounding the property.
Thanks, but it still seems strange to me. I mean, why is there a quarantine facility in the first place? Here in Germany corona patients are treated in quarantine wards at hospital, if they are severely ill, but the vast majority without or with only light symptoms simply stay at home. With the exception of that case in Grevenbroich (GoV covered the story, I think), this works well enough.
Yes, that’s the part I don’t understand. They’ve already quarantined EVERYBODY, at home, so I don’t see the reason for doing all that.
@ Baron
“They’ve already quarantined EVERYBODY, at home”
What do you mean, in the U.S. or in Germany?
In Germany, they haven’t. There are some states like Bavaria, where you were allowed to leave your home only for a “good reason” (like going to work or to the supermarket, walk your dog, do sports outside and alone), but as far as I know, these bans have been lifted by now, after being declared illegal by courts.
Anyway, they didn’t apply everywhere. Where I live, there are a lot of weird regulations like how many people you are allowed to meet in public, about the distance to keep, covering one’s face at the supermarket, etc., nothing of it being funny exactly, but there has never been an exit lock. There is one, however, on actual corona patients and their contact persons. But there are no quarantine facilities used for them.
@ Theresa
Thanks!
I mean in some states in the USA. Michigan is one of the worst.
Here is the reason for the quaranting facility in my city Nashville
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/quarantine-underway-at-nashville-rescue-mission-after-covid-19-outbreak
W.H.O. exposed
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/05/10/report-china-pressured-who-to-cover-up-coronavirus-outbreak/
Myths of WW2 exposed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3vgIGNnQik
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/gh11of/1948_istanbulturkey_1200x826/
What went wrong?