Monday, April 20, 2020
Yeah, she's running.---Michelle Obama partnering with PBS for weekly read-along series | WJLA
Michelle Obama partnering with PBS for weekly read-along series | WJLA
WASHINGTON (SBG) – Michelle Obama is teaming up with PBS for weekly read-alongs for kids to enjoy during the coronavirus outbreak.
The series will be called "Mondays with Michelle Obama", with the former First Lady reading four of her favorite children's book each week until May 11.
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WASHINGTON (SBG) – Michelle Obama is teaming up with PBS for weekly read-alongs for kids to enjoy during the coronavirus outbreak.
The series will be called "Mondays with Michelle Obama", with the former First Lady reading four of her favorite children's book each week until May 11.
I'm thrilled to share some of my favorite children's books and give kids an opportunity to practice their reading (while giving families a much-needed break!).
Join me, @PBSKIDS, and @penguinrandom for read-alongs on Mondays at 12pm ET on @PBSKIDS Facebook and YouTube! twitter.com/pbskids/status…
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New York Post: Erroneous Facebook Fact Check Relied on Professor with Ties to Wuhan Lab
The New York Post’s editorial board has penned a scathing article about Facebook’s fact-checking operations, revealing that an erroneous fact check performed on one of the newspaper’s opinion pieces about the origins of the Chinese virus relied on information from a professor who has conducted projects with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
NYC Has Formed A Coronavirus Anti-Discrimination Response Team | The Daily Caller
NYC Has Formed A Coronavirus Anti-Discrimination Response Team | The Daily Caller
"New York City, the focal point of the coronavirus crisis within the United States, has formed a task force to specifically handle coronavirus-related discrimination claims.
In light of hundreds of discrimination complaints based on COVID-19 fears, New York City’s Commission on Human Rights said it has formed a task force to process the reports, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The commission can transfer a complaint to the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force if it determines the incident constitutes a hate crime....
“We realized we needed to respond rapidly to unique issues that New Yorkers were facing,” Raj continued.
...Since the beginning of February, the city’s Commission on Human Rights has received 248 complaints regarding coronavirus-related discrimination.
Most of these complaints were lodged in March and April, and roughly 42% of them were about anti-Asian discrimination specifically...
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"New York City, the focal point of the coronavirus crisis within the United States, has formed a task force to specifically handle coronavirus-related discrimination claims.
The commission can transfer a complaint to the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force if it determines the incident constitutes a hate crime....
“We realized we needed to respond rapidly to unique issues that New Yorkers were facing,” Raj continued.
...Since the beginning of February, the city’s Commission on Human Rights has received 248 complaints regarding coronavirus-related discrimination.
Most of these complaints were lodged in March and April, and roughly 42% of them were about anti-Asian discrimination specifically...
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Howard Beale revisited | Power Line
Howard Beale revisited | Power Line
"With time on our hands, we are revisiting books and movies that may be seen in the light cast by the Wuhan virus or the lockdowns responding to it.
"With time on our hands, we are revisiting books and movies that may be seen in the light cast by the Wuhan virus or the lockdowns responding to it.
...To these I now add the famous rant by Howard Beale (Peter Finch) in the film Network (1976), written by Paddy Chayefsky, directed by Sidney Lumet.
Acclaimed UBS anchor Howard Beale delivers it in the immediate aftermath of notice that his employment was terminated by network executives:
TCM played the film last night as part of its 2020 stay-at-home Classic Film Festival.
Not having seen the movie for a few years, I thought the rant had a new resonance. Acclaimed UBS anchor Howard Beale delivers it in the immediate aftermath of notice that his employment was terminated by network executives:
I don’t have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It’s a depression. Everybody’s out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there’s nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there’s no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that’s the way it’s supposed to be....Things have got to change. But first, you’ve gotta get mad!… You’ve got to say, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” Then we’ll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: “I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”
Even if it is slightly dated, that rant seems to partake of the timeless quality of the opening of A Tale of Two Cities. The video is below.
Tucker: The NYT Knew About The Origins Of Virus, But Has Yet To Report | The Daily Caller
Tucker: The NYT Knew About The Origins Of Virus, But Has Yet To Report | The Daily Caller:
The New York Times knew about the origins of the novel coronavirus from various analysts at the CIA and NSA but has still not reported the findings, according to a report Friday from Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.
A Fox News report from Wednesday, citing sources, said that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China as part of the country’s efforts to compete medically with America.
The New York Times knew about the origins of the novel coronavirus from various analysts at the CIA and NSA but has still not reported the findings, according to a report Friday from Fox News’ Tucker Carlson.
A Fox News report from Wednesday, citing sources, said that the coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China as part of the country’s efforts to compete medically with America.
Looong list!-----Every Joe Biden Allegation & Accusation From Women
Every Joe Biden Allegation & Accusation From Women
"Ahead of former vice-president Joe Biden’s expected 2020 presidential bid, women are speaking out about their personal interactions with him — alleging he physically touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable.
Last week, the Cut published an essay by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada lieutenant governor nominee, who wrote that Biden smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head at a campaign event in 2014.
In the week since, several more women have come forward.
Lucy Flores
On March 29, in the aforementioned essay published on the Cut, former Nevada lieutenant governor nominee Lucy Flores alleged that Biden smelled her hair and gave her “a big slow kiss” on the back of her head at an event for her 2014 campaign. In that moment, she wrote, she felt “embarrassed” and “shocked.”
"Ahead of former vice-president Joe Biden’s expected 2020 presidential bid, women are speaking out about their personal interactions with him — alleging he physically touched them in ways that made them feel uncomfortable.
Last week, the Cut published an essay by Lucy Flores, a former Nevada lieutenant governor nominee, who wrote that Biden smelled her hair and kissed the back of her head at a campaign event in 2014.
In the week since, several more women have come forward.
Below, here’s a running list of the allegations against Biden.
Lucy FloresOn March 29, in the aforementioned essay published on the Cut, former Nevada lieutenant governor nominee Lucy Flores alleged that Biden smelled her hair and gave her “a big slow kiss” on the back of her head at an event for her 2014 campaign. In that moment, she wrote, she felt “embarrassed” and “shocked.”
“I wanted nothing more than to get Biden away from me,” she continued. In response to the essay, Biden claimed that he had no memory of having “acted inappropriately,” but added that if he was in the wrong, he would “listen respectfully.”
Amy Lappos
When Amy Lappos was a congressional aide for U.S. representative Jim Himes in 2009, she claims that Biden touched and rubbed his nose against hers during a political fund-raiser. “It wasn’t sexual, but he did grab me by the head,” she told Hartford Courant on April 1. “He put his hand around my neck and pulled me in to rub noses with me. When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth.”
When Amy Lappos was a congressional aide for U.S. representative Jim Himes in 2009, she claims that Biden touched and rubbed his nose against hers during a political fund-raiser. “It wasn’t sexual, but he did grab me by the head,” she told Hartford Courant on April 1. “He put his hand around my neck and pulled me in to rub noses with me. When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth.”
After the incident, Lappos didn’t file a formal complaint. “He was the vice president,” she told the Courant. “I was a nobody.”
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Trump redirects World Health Organization funds to Red Cross and Samaritan's Purse - TheBlaze
The president on Tuesday announced that he would suspend U.S. funding of the United Nations relief organization due to its role in parroting China's lies and misinformation about COVID-19 in the early stages of the global pandemic. The WHO repeated without scrutiny the Chinese government's dubious claims that the disease was not spread as a result of human-to-human transmission, and failed to call the communist government out when it had become apparent they were misleading the global community about the virus.
Posting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become criminal offence, Law Commissioner says
"Posting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become a criminal offence - even if those promoting it believe the pseudoscience, the UK’s new criminal Law Commissioner has said.
In her first interview since taking up the role, Penney Lewis, revealed she is considering whether laws should be amended to “lower the threshold” of criminality for posting false information online that endangers lives.
It comes as the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in September he was “looking very seriously” at making vaccinations compulsory for state school pupils..."
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History for April 20
History for April 20 - On-This-Day.com
Phillip Pinel 1745, Daniel Chester French 1850 - Sculptor, created Minute Man statue in Concord, MA, Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, Adolf Hitler 1889 - German leader during World War II
Joan Miro 1893 - Artist, George Takei 1937 - Actor ("Star Trek", "Star Trek" movie series), Clint Howard 1959 - Actor ("Backdraft", "Cocoon")
1902 - Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.
2016 - The U.S. Treasury Department announced a plan for Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson as the portrait on the $20 bill.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
House Republicans Accuse Democrats Of Exploiting Coronavirus Crisis To Push ‘Extreme’ Immigration Agenda | The Daily Caller
“While Americans are forced to stay at home and out of work, Democrats want to release detained illegal aliens, the majority of whom have criminal records, and also provide them with stimulus checks,” said Government Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member Jody Hice.
“It’s unthinkable that anyone would push to give those who have broken the law more freedoms than law-abiding Americans,” Hice continued.
Sens. Chuck Grassley, Ron Johnson Aren’t Done Investigating Russian Disinformation In Steele Dossier | The Daily Caller
The Republican chairmen of two Senate committees are questioning how much of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe was “infected” by Russian disinformation, citing newly declassified information regarding the Steele dossier.
“Because these facts show the intention, means, and ability to plant Russian disinformation in Steele’s reporting, they suggest that the prevalence of such disinformation in the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation may have been widespread,” Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson wrote in a letter Thursday to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
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