The price spike could come thanks to improving fundamentals for the commodity and global stimulus measures, the bank said as cited by Bloomberg. Additionally, Bank of America (BofA) earlier revised its 2021 outlook for oil, forecasting that global benchmark Brent may temporarily hit $70 a barrel in the second quarter …
Read More »DC Fox anchor suspended after saying he’s ‘annoyed’ obese people get vaccine priority ahead of ‘essential workers’ like him
“I’m annoyed obese people of all ages get priority vaccine access before all essential workers,” Fox 5 pundit Blake McCoy said in the Tuesday tweet that landed him in hot water, adding “When most stayed home, we went into work everyday last March, April, May and everyday since, putting ourselves …
Read More »700+ children remain in detention at US border, 200 for over 48 hours, amid spike in unaccompanied crossings – media
Around 700 minors who crossed into the US on their own were kept in Border Patrol Custody as of Sunday, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing an internal Customs and Border Protection document. By that time, around 200 children had already been held up for over 48 hours, and in the …
Read More »72 hours to leave: EU envoy to Venezuela told to pack her bags after Brussels brings new sanctions over elections & rights abuses
Venezuela’s National Assembly voted earlier this week to expel EU envoy Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa, and asked for President Nicolas Maduro to declare her persona non grata. “She has been given 72 hours to leave Venezuelan territory,” Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told reporters on Wednesday. Responding to the move, a …
Read More »Hillary Clinton is writing a political thriller about a novice secretary of state who saves the world. Here’s a sneak preview…
Our story begins a long, long time ago in scary small-town America… A man called Orange Don was the problem then, and he’s the problem now. I just couldn’t stand this dude from the very first time I clapped eyes upon him. Though, I actually smelled him first. You could …
Read More »‘Undermining faith in NATO’ is now grounds for Twitter ban, because certain kinds of politics have become a religion
Twitter announced bans on 373 accounts it connected to “state-linked information operations” on Tuesday. Some of them, the company said, “amplified narratives that were aligned with the Russian government” or “focused on undermining faith in the NATO alliance and its stability.” Twitter is a US-based company, and the First Amendment …
Read More »Conservative host posts about his investigation into voter fraud claims, gets blocked, challenges Twitter to disprove his findings
“DOZENS of voter names, addresses, and pictures proving they don’t exist. Period. Today I’m tired of this s**t. Mass voter fraud is real and I can prove it,” Crowder tweeted on Tuesday. Twitter quickly restricted the tweet and did not allow anyone to like, retweet, or respond to it “due …
Read More »Australian parliament passes law requiring Big Tech to pay media after last-minute changes prompted by Facebook news ban
The much-anticipated bill, which is widely expected to serve as a precedent other nations such as Canada might soon follow, seemingly puts an end to the heated row between Facebook and the Australian government that forced last-minute changes to the bill. The changes provided the tech firms with extra time …
Read More »Georgia State House approves bill limiting police budget cuts to NO MORE than 5% as Democrats slam law as unconstitutional
The measure passed the state house 101-69 on Wednesday, with lawmakers largely voting along party lines, aside from three Democrats who joined their rivals across the aisle in supporting the bill. It will now be handed off for further debate in the Georgia Senate, where Republicans hold a 34-22 majority. …
Read More »Asian-American civil rights group blasts critical race theory as ‘hateful, divisive fraud’ in fiery letter
CRT “is a hateful, divisive, manipulative fraud,” the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) of Greater New York said in a statement on Tuesday. It is “racist, repressive, discriminatory, and divisive” from its very roots, while posing as sensitivity training, anti-racism and diversity, equity and inclusion. The group described CRT as …
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