US
Trump officials propose collecting DNA from citizens sponsoring immigrants
The Trump administration on Friday issued a proposal to expand its DNA and other biometric data collection of immigrants to include citizens sponsoring them. MORE
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Europe
UK’s Brexit plans would ‘break international law,’ minister admits
The UK is preparing legislation which will “break international law in a very specific and limited way,” a cabinet minister has said in the House of Commons. MORE
US
Reddit, Acting Against Hate Speech, Bans ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit
SAN FRANCISCO — Reddit, one of the largest social networking and message board websites, on Monday banned its biggest community devoted to President Trump as part of an overhaul of its hate speech policies. The MORE
Race Relations
[Race-baiting] Black Lives Matter Misinformation Campaigns
A photo of a person with a bruised face has been shared in multiple Facebook posts in June 2020 alongside a claim that they were “beaten and raped” at a Black Lives Matter protest. This claim MORE
US
K-Pop Stans Successfully Sabotaged Trump’s Tulsa Rally
Continuing in their wildly coordinated political organizing, K-pop fans, along with TikTok users, apparently sabotaged President Trump’s rally tonight at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale originally projected that the rally would fill the 19,000-seat stadium, MORE
US
Fox Runs Monty Python Parody Post From Reddit as Example of ‘Infighting’ at CHAZ Protest Area in Seattle
On Friday night, Fox News put on screen an image of a Reddit post that played off a famous Monty Python bit, mistaking it for a genuine message of discontent from among those at the MORE
US
Justice Department records show no links to antifa in protests: report
Justice Department records show no links to antifa within the federal cases relating to the protests over George Floyd’s death, NPR reported Tuesday. An NPR review of court documents for 51 individuals who are facing federal charges related MORE
Politics
Barr doesn’t expect Obama, Biden criminal investigations
Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he does not expect a criminal investigation of former President Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden to result from the probe undertaken by U.S. Attorney John Durham. MORE
Europe
Coronavirus and Germany: Why the world is looking to Angela Merkel
“Lame duck” is the usual term given to politicians who don’t want to or can’t run for office again. With their political shelf-life suddenly measurable, such figures are condemned to being considered weakened and less MORE
News
Navy recommends reinstating commander of USS Theodore Roosevelt
The Navy recommended to Defense Secretary Mark Esper that Capt. Brett Crozier be restored to command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier on Friday, according to an administration official. MORE
Oceania
Australia: Three youths on rooftop busted breaching COVID-19 rules
Three youths sipping cold drinks on a Gold Coast rooftop received a late-night fright when they were ordered down by the police helicopter loudspeaker and told officers had surrounded the building. In return for their MORE
Pandemic Morons
Australian partygoers being slapped with more than $26,000 in fines for breaching coronavirus regulations
A children’s birthday party in a wealthy Melbourne suburb has resulted in partygoers being slapped with more than $26,000 in fines for breaching coronavirus regulations. Neighbours on Church Street at Beaumaris say they were stunned MORE
Newscasts
Pandemic Morons
Feds charge doctor who cited Trump to push hydroxychloroquine ‘miracle cure’
It was described as the “magic bullet” to protect against the deadly coronavirus — a “remarkable clinical phenomenon” that could cure the disease within hours. MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 16
Hello News Viewers! Welcome to our latest installment of Free Chat Friday! Rachel is having some problems with her Macbook Air so I will be filling in for her today. MORE
Environment
Oil and gas companies exploit coronavirus to roll back environmental regulations
Struck by a fall in demand for their fuel and anxious about a volatile energy market, oil and gas companies are lobbying governments for public funds and weaker environmental regulations. Leading firms have lost an average of MORE
Pandemic Morons
ABSTRACTS: COVID-19 and exponential growth
Ever since the coronavirus outbreak a lot of people have been minimizing the rate of spreading — defined as R0 or R naught. This R0 for COVID-19 without social distancing restrictions in place is 2.0 MORE
US
CDC removes unusual guidance to doctors about drug favored by Trump
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed from its website highly unusual guidance informing doctors on how to prescribe hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to MORE
Health
Germany’s coronavirus response: Separating fact from fiction
As of April 7, Germany had reported some 105,000 confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. However the country’s death rate from the pandemic remains around 1.5% MORE
Pandemic Morons
How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory tore through the internet
It started with one doctor. On January 22, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws published an interview with Kris Van Kerckhoven, a general practitioner from Putte, near Antwerp. “5G is life-threatening, and no one knows it”, read the headline. MORE
Europe
Boris Johnson admitted to hospital over virus symptoms
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus, Downing Street has said. He was taken to a London hospital on Sunday evening with “persistent symptoms” – including a temperature. MORE
Economy
Bank of America Only Allows Small Business Customers With Existing Loans […]
Feedback from small businesses on day one of their being able to apply for the Paycheck Protection Program–part of the $2 trillion relief package (the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, aka CARES Act) MORE
Europe
The $1 billion bet: Pharma giant and U.S. government team up in all-out coronavirus vaccine push
The crowded race to develop a vaccine against the new coronavirus just received a potential billion-dollar boost: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced on 30 March that it and the U.S. government, through an agency under the Department of Health and Human Services MORE
US
Medical supplies seized from alleged price gouger to be distributed to hospitals
Hundreds of thousands of masks and other pieces of medical equipment seized from a Brooklyn man will be distributed to medical workers on the front lines treating novel coronavirus patients in New York and New Jersey, the Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday. MORE
Europe
Netherlands: Intensive care admissions near critical level as MPs call for more beds
The number of people being treated for coronavirus in intensive care wards rose by 38 on Wednesday, although the figure is not complete, officials said on Wednesday evening. MORE