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Ex-NIH director admits pandemic-era social distancing rule was NOT BASED on scientific evidence after all Newly released testimony from former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins reveals that the six-foot social distancing rule during the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic wasn't based on scientific evidence, but was instead an improvised measure. On May 16, House COVID-19 Select Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) released a transcript of […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We now look at the ongoing crackdown on student-led protests in solidarity with Palestine across U.S. college campuses. An encampment at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is the latest to be violently dismantled by police, and President Santa […]

Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in Florida are under heat advisories due to an unprecedented heat wave. The National Weather Station (NWS) in Miami issued its first Heat Advisory of 2024 – in effect from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 17, for Miami-Dade county, which has not seen an advisory in at least 15 years. Miami is currently experiencing a heat index that could exceed 107 degrees. According to AccuWeather, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. We turn now to New York, where The New School Gaza solidarity encampment has announced it’s reached a deal with the university’s Board of Trustees to hold a vote on divesting from Israel by June 14th. The agreement comes after months of campus protests by students […]

President Donald Trump has revealed that he would consider Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for national AG if Trump wins in November. (Article by Thomas Stevenson republished from ThePostMillenial.com) When asked by a KDFW-TV reporter if he would consider Paxton for the position, Trump responded, “I would, actually,” in the interview on Saturday at the annual NRA convention in Texas. Trump says he would consider Ken Paxton for US attorney general if elected in 2024. pic.twitter.com/Y7gnzTv09l — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: So, let’s take this broader. Natasha Lennard is with us. She teaches at The New School, is also a columnist for The Intercept, where she has reported on how universities have been cutting ties with pro-Palestine faculty members without tenure, in addition to overseeing police repression sweeps of Gaza solidarity encampments. Your latest piece is headlined […]

Pentagon scrambles to boost SPACE WAR capacity as China, Russia deploy advanced systems that could affect U.S. space assets The Department of Defense (DoD) is reportedly scrambling to acquire up-to-date tools to defend its satellite network from possible attacks and disrupt or disable enemy spacecraft in orbit. The DoD is convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations are a growing threat to American military assets […]

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Michael Cohen’s 100 secret recordings on phone, including one with Trump, can be used against him Michael Cohen has been called up as the star witness of the prosecution in Trump's hush money trial in New York. He has admitted under oath that he had recorded about 100 calls with journalists on his phone when he was still former President Donald Trump's lawyer. He also confessed to having recorded […]