Ben Norton (2020-05-08). Russian journalists accuse NY Times of stealing stories that earned it Pulitzer Prize — for second time. thegrayzone.com The New York Times has apparently stolen its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from Russian journalists — the same liberal anti-Putin reporters…

Dave Lindorff (2020-05-08). US Wants Release of Two Special Forces Veterans Who Led Failed Coup Invasion of Venezuela. counterpunch.org Imperial overreach was on full display this week as the US government demanded that a pair of US citizens — former Special Forces soldiers leading a 60-man invasion of Venezuela with the goal of fomenting a coup and/or capturing or killing that country\'s elected president — be released from arrest and returned to the US.

Tamara Pearson (2020-05-08). Strange and Excessive Abuses by Corporations, Officials, and Narcos are Slipping Under the Radar in Mexico. counterpunch.org It was basically a coup attempt and nobody noticed. Here in Puebla, Mexico, the state government tried to take over city buildings in order to secure power for drug cartels that they allegedly have a pact with. But with empty streets and the media covering Covid-19 to the almost exclusivity of anything else, few people

Staff (2020-05-08). Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media. therealnews.com On today\'s show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.

Eve Ottenberg (2020-05-08). Rich Corporations Get $500 Billion, No Strings Attached. counterpunch.org It is beyond obscene that the U.S. government used the Covid-19 panic to ram through a $500 billion loan giveaway to rich corporations. Loans with no strings attached. How did the geniuses in Washington conclude that stuffing cash into the pockets of oligarchs would help the 30 million dumped out of work? Those plutocrats have

RT (2020-05-08). Bonny & Clyde, who? WATCH 10yo carjacker FLEE Russian cops with 4yo toddler as \'accomplice\'. rt.com A 10-year-old boy and his younger sister sparked a bizarre GTA-style car chase in the Siberian city of Tomsk after the pair grabbed hold of the family vehicle and went for the ride of their lives, which police won\'t soon forget.

RT (2020-05-08). Trump says \'sick man\' Comey and \'Sleepy Joe\' Biden tried to take him down, warns \'it\'s all coming out\'. rt.com A day after the Justice Department dropped charges against Gen. Michael Flynn, President Trump is accusing Joe Biden and a host of Obama administration officials of trying to sabotage his presidency, saying \"it\'s all coming out.\" | The Justice Department on Thursday dropped its charges against former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn. One of the first Trump officials ensnared in the FBI\'s \'Russiagate\' probe, Flynn\'s charges were nixed after it emerged that the FBI pushed him to lie in an interview, and kept their investigation open knowing that they had no evidence of wrongdoing. | In a phone interv…

RT (2020-05-08). Victory Day karaoke: Russian flashmob invites ANYONE to iconic WWII sing-along in 100+ languages. rt.com A one-of-the-kind Russian website has enabled anyone to pay vocal tribute to the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany\'s defeat — by performing a beloved Russian Victory Day song with lyrics available in multiple languages. | Singing became a tradition in the Red Army during World War II, with soldiers using selected folk or patriotic tunes to raise morale. Innumerable video chronicles from May 1945 show Soviet service members dancing or singing along as they celebrated the fall of the Third Reich in Berlin, or boarded the long-awaited trains home. | 75 years later, a Russian group is taking that tradition fo…

RT (2020-05-08). Positive sign? On VE Day, Putin and Johnson agree need to improve British-Russian relationship. rt.com Victory Day brought a rare positive moment between Russia and the UK, as | President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Boris Johnson agreed on the need to improve the badly soured relations between the two countries. | In a phone call on Friday, Putin and Johnson expressed a mutual desire for improved relations and for renewed \"dialogue and cooperation\" between London and Moscow, the Kremlin said. | \"Both sides expressed readiness to establish dialogue and cooperation on issues on the agenda of Russian-British relations, as well as in solving pressing international problems,\" the Kremlin said in a readout. | D…

T.J. Coles (2020-05-08). The Plot to Blame China for COVID-19. counterpunch.org The Trump lot—Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, Mike Pompeo—and their media cheerleaders are as fanatically anti-China as the Biden crew is anti-Russia. Just like George W. Bush\'s WMD lies in the early-2000s, there is a developing timeline of Trumpian efforts to bend intelligence on COVID to the administration\'s anti-China policy. TARGET: CHINA In the 1980s, the

RT (2020-05-08). When silence speaks volumes: US cut off ALL communication channels with Caracas after botched mercenary raid, says Maduro. rt.com Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that evidence will soon reveal the US leader himself was behind the failed incursion attempt, noting that Washington severed all remaining ties with Caracas thereafter. | In an interview with Uruguayan reporter Jorge Gestoso on Thursday evening, Maduro said the freshly-appointed Ambassador James Story — the first formal US envoy to the country in some 10 years — and other senior American officials were to blame for last weekend\'s attempted raid, in which two US security contractors were arrested and eight local fighters killed. | \"James Story has his feet,…

RT (2020-05-08). Documents don\'t forget: Leaked 1996 court file shows Biden accuser Tara Reade told of \'sexual harassment\' in his office. rt.com A court document has surfaced showing that Tara Reade — a former Senate staffer for Joe Biden who has accused him of sexual assault — told her then-husband she was harassed while working in his office. | The 1996 court declaration, On \"several occasions,\" Reade told Dronen ab…

Andrew Levine (2020-05-08). Democrats: Dump Biden Now. counterpunch.org Listen up Democrats: dump Joe Biden; dump him now. I implore you not as one of you, but as someone who considers voting for Republicans unthinkable, and who nearly always does vote for Democrats for want of better alternatives. Ever since Ralph Nader\'s campaign twenty years ago, I have always voted for the Green candidate

Staff (2020-05-08). \"A Terrible Price\": Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black America. democracynow.org We look at the deadly disparate impact of the pandemic on African Americans as told through an in-depth story for The New York Times Magazine by writer Linda Villarosa in her new piece, \"\'A Terrible Price\': The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America,\" that tells what happened to the Zulu club, a Black social organization in New Orleans, during and after Mardi Gras. She reports that the experience is usually a joy, but the coronavirus made it a tragedy.

RT (2020-05-08). US attempts to push Covid-19 China lab theory undermine plan for independent probe into virus' origin — reports. rt.com The push for a comprehensive inquiry into the origin of the novel coronavirus is being hampered by the US narrative that Covid-19 may have stemmed from a lab in China, Australian diplomatic and intelligence sources told Reuters. | Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wrote to G20 leaders at the end of April, asking them to launch an independent inquiry into the origins of Covid-19. | The country now finds itself between a rock and a hard place, counting both Washington and Beijing among the country\'s key diplomatic and trade partners. Given these circumstances, the \"let\'s get China\" approach puts spanner i…

RT (2020-05-08). Elon Musk says Tesla to resume 'limited operations' at its California plant. rt.com US electric-car maker Tesla\'s CEO Elon Musk has told employees that its plant in Fremont, California will be reopened on Friday. It comes as California allows state manufacturers to start reopening following the lockdown. | Musk wrote on Thursday: \"In light of Governor Newsom\'s statement earlier today approving manufacturing in California, we will aim to restart production in Fremont tomorrow afternoon. I will be on the line personally helping wherever I can.\" | He added: \"However, if you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so. These are difficult times, so t…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2020-05-08). Why Trump and Anti-Lockdown Protesters\' Calls to Return to Normal Are Acts of White Supremacy. counterpunch.org When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Americans dutifully stayed at home to prevent outbreaks like the ones playing out in China and Italy. Although a majority of Americans continue to support quarantine orders intended to quell the spread of the virus, a growing number of anti-lockdown protests across the nation are sending a clear

RT (2020-05-08). Indian court asks govt to reply over challenge to mandatory coronavirus app. rt.com A court asked the Indian government on Friday to respond to a challenge against its order for compulsory use of a contact-tracing app by public and private sector employees returning to work. | Last month, India launched the Aarogya Setu — or \'Health Bridge\' — app. Downloaded to the phones of 94 million Indians, it makes use of Bluetooth and GPS to alert users who may have encountered people who later test positive for the virus. | However, mandatory use of the app forces a user to \"give away data to a system which [they] may or may not approve of, thereby attacking [their] right of informational aut…

RT (2020-05-08). China will work \'to prevent rebound of coronavirus outbreak\' amid pressure from imported cases. rt.com China will \"resolutely prevent\" a rebound of the coronavirus outbreak as the country faces mounting pressure from imported cases, state television reported on Friday, quoting a top level meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping. | Beijing will work to improve its capability in terms of responding to major public health emergencies, according to the report. | The country will gradually reopen cinemas, museums and other recreational venues, the state council said earlier in the day, as the coronavirus \"has passed its peak\" in China. | The reopening of those places will be subject to restrictions including reserva…

RT (2020-05-08). Worst month since Great Depression: US unemployment rate soars to 14.7%, with 20.5 million jobs lost in April. rt.com The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday that the coronavirus shutdown has slashed a record number of jobs from nonfarm payrolls, sending the unemployment rate to record highs. | The 20.5 million jobs lost last month represents by far the largest and most sudden decline since the government began tracking the data in 1939. The last time American joblessness was that severe was during the Great Depression. | With 870,000 jobs slashed in March, a decade\'s worth of job gains has now been wiped out in under two months. After the US was hit by coronavirus, the unemployment rate skyrocketed from 3.

RT (2020-05-08). Release the hounds! Singapore deploys ROBOT DOG to help enforce social distancing (PHOTOS, VIDEO). rt.com Singapore has taken the monitoring and enforcement of social distancing to a whole new level, opting to deploy a robot dog, backed by a fleet of drones, to make sure citizens keep their hands to themselves to combat coronavirus. | Beginning on Friday May 8, the robot dog, creatively dubbed \'Spot,\' will monitor the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in the city-state. | It is the first trial of a new initiative to help manage and enforce social distancing in the Singapore\'s parks, gardens and nature reserves, all managed by the National Parks Board. | The motorized mutt delivers a pre-recorded message reminding visitors…

RT (2020-05-08). \'Second phase\': Denmark to reopen museums and cinemas from June 8. rt.com Danish museums, amusement parks and cinemas will be allowed to reopen from June 8, the government said on Friday. It had struck a deal with parliament on how restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 could be eased further. Shopping malls, schools for the oldest students and restaurants will be allowed to reopen in the coming weeks, as the country enters the second phase of reopening after curbing the spread of the virus. | So far, 10,083 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country of 5.8 million people, and 514 have died of the disease, Reuters said. | In the third phase of its reopening plan, D…

RT (2020-05-08). Milan branded a ticking Covid-19 time 'BOMB' by Italian virologist as people flout precautions after lockdown eased. rt.com People snapped grouping together at popular spots in Milan, defying social-distancing rules just days after the city eased its lockdown, have prompted an Italian virologist to compare it to a ticking coronavirus infection \'bomb.\' | Italy eased its strict lockdown measures on May 4, but still requires individuals to wear face masks and respect social-distancing measures to prevent a second wave of infections. The country went into lockdown on March 9, introducing some of the strictest measures in Europe, as it became one of the countries worst affected by the outbreak. | However, photos circulating on social me…

RT (2020-05-08). Barcelona\'s beaches partially open as Spanish govt decides on next steps to exit lockdown. rt.com The Spanish government is expected to decide on Friday in which of its regions bars, restaurants and places of worship may reopen, under the next phase of a gradual exit from the coronavirus lockdown. | It looked likely that Madrid and Catalonia would not move forward but, in a sign of life returning to normal, Barcelona\'s beaches opened for a short window from 6am to 10am on Friday, to allow people to swim and jog. People paddled on boards and swam in the water under the supervision of police. | However, Spain\'s daily death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to 229 on Friday, up from 213 on the previous day…

Brad Evans (2020-05-08). This is Not a Conspiracy, It is a Terrifying Opportunity. counterpunch.org Every catastrophe and crisis are followed by a litany of conspiracy theories. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved no exception. From tales concerning transmission of some lethal agent through 5G infrastructure, to grand theories concerning a mastermind plot to destabilise the world, the fantastical and the absurd have spread almost as quickly as the virus. While the early culprits ranged from the Bill Gates to the Iranians, George Soros to the Eco-fascists, it\'s becoming more and more common to suggest some orchestrated Chinese plot. The alleged death of Kim Jong-un which had socialists the world over speculating ab…

Gordon Duff (2020-05-08). COVID May 8, 2020 An Intel Drop, White House Hiding a 500,000 Death Figure. thealtworld.com We begin with the deal breaker of all time. COVID is supposed to be a bat virus, a natural bat virus, unmodified, supposedly from China, right? | Name one animal that can\'t get COVID? | smiling COVID bat, Lugar Center 2018 | The folks in the White House mostly went to business school. They had statistics classes and they all know numbers. You can\'t steal without being able to count or at least without being able to hire someone who counts, as in Trump\'s case. | The numbers we are given are fake, not a little fake but great big fa…

RT (2020-05-08). Ankara claims reports of faulty PPE shipment to UK are part of campaign to \'defame\' Turkey. rt.com Media reports about a large shipment of Turkish-made personal protective equipment (PPE) failing quality standards upon arrival in the UK are baseless smears, Ankara has claimed. The story has caused headaches for Downing Street. | A report first published by the Telegraph and later picked up by other outlets alleged that 400,000 items of PPE sent to the United Kingdom to help battle coronavirus were deemed unusable. | However, Turkey\'s communications director, Fahrettin Altun,

Staff (2020-05-08). As States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions, Dr. Leana Wen Warns \"We Are Not Ready for a Safe Reopening\" democracynow.org As more than 40 states begin to reopen, President Trump is downplaying the need for mass COVID-19 testing, even as he himself is now being tested every day for the virus. We speak with emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen, who says, \"Widespread testing is so critical. … Why shouldn\'t this testing be available to all Americans?\"

RT (2020-05-08). China should TRIPLE nuclear arsenal to deter \'warmongering\' US, editor of state-run Global Times argues. rt.com China should drastically increase its stockpile of nuclear warheads to dissuade the United States from pursuing its strategic ambitions abroad, the editor of the Global Times has urged. | In a piece published by his own paper, Hu Xijin said China is a \"peace-loving nation\" that has pledged to never be the first to use nuclear weapons. He argued, however, that Beijing must aim to expand the number of its nuclear warheads to 1,000 to create a powerful deterrent to \"shape the attitudes of US elites toward China.\" The Asian power currently has around 300 nuclear weapons. | He said that bolstering China\'s nuclear c…

Pam Martens, Russ Martens (2020-05-08). Congress Sets Up Taxpayers to Eat $454 Billion of Wall Street\'s Losses, Where is the Outrage? counterpunch.org Beginning on March 24 of this year, Larry Kudlow, the White House Economic Advisor, began to roll out the most deviously designed bailout of Wall Street in the history of America. After the Federal Reserve\'s secret $29 trillion bailout of Wall Street from 2007 to 2010, and the exposure of that by a government audit

RT (2020-05-08). Elon Musk says human language will be OBSOLETE in 10 years, after struggling to pronounce his baby\'s name on Joe Rogan. rt.com Elon Musk may have chosen a bizarre, cyborg-like name for his newborn child — just try pronouncing \"X àÜ A-12\" — but the billionaire entrepreneur says spoken language itself may soon become obsolete with the rise of new brain tech. | Appearing on another \"How do you say the name? Is it a placeholder?\" Rogan asked,…

RT (2020-05-08). America facing debt \'conundrum\' — former Fed insider tells Boom Bust. rt.com The US 10-year Treasury bond yield fell 0.7 percent in response to the latest report of jobless claims. That comes a week after the Treasury said it would borrow a record $2.99 trillion this quarter, and launch a 20-year bond. | RT\'s Boom Bust talks to former Federal Reserve insider Danielle DiMartino Booth about what all that means for the future. | \"We\'re starting to see the actual numbers come out. It\'s no longer $25 trillion of debt in theory…\" she said. \"This is reality, folks. The Treasury will have to borrow a lot of money, and it\'s a unique time when the stock market and the bond market are serving u…

RT (2020-05-08). Kim Jong-un sends VERBAL MESSAGE to China\'s Xi, commends him for battling Covid-19. rt.com Delivering another blow to subsiding death rumors, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has apparently reached out to his Chinese counterpart, praising Beijing\'s battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. | Kim\'s \"verbal message\" congratulated Xi Jinping on \"seizing a chance of victory in the war against the unprecedented epidemic,\" state-run KCNA news agency The North Korean commander-in-chief saluted Xi for \"strategically and tactica…

Staff (2020-05-08). Palestinians And Israelis Remember Casualties Together. therealnews.com The alternative memorial service organized by peace organizations in Israel/Palestine challenges the racist official memorial services of the State of Israel in which only Israeli casualties are remembered.

Aviva Levine (2020-05-08). U.S. to roll back infection control rules in nursing homes in midst of pandemic. liberationnews.org Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of long-term care facilities were failing to maintain appropriate standards of hygiene and disease prevention.

John Davis (2020-05-08). Visions of a Post-Covid-19 World. counterpunch.org While we, perforce, sit at home, inured to many decades of sleep-walking towards the climate apocalypse, the skies cleared, the price of oil dropped to negative $40 a barrel (rebounding to just short of positive $20 at the time of writing) and a global reduction in carbon emissions of nearly 8% is forecast for the year. We are living the dream of effectively confronting our egregious consumption of fossil fuels. From a global warming perspective, our social isolation has been highly efficacious – the pernicious, growth-driven habits of exploitation, extraction and habitat destruction have been put on hold. A wind…

Staff (2020-05-08). Trump Death Clock: Times Square Billboard Tallies Lives Lost to COVID-19 Inaction. democracynow.org A 56-foot billboard called the Trump Death Clock was unveiled in Times Square in New York City. The tally of lives lost to government inaction was created by filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who says, \"On behalf of all of those who needlessly lost their lives to this failed leadership in a pandemic, we need a symbol, a symbol that cries out not only for accountability, but also for more responsible and responsive stewardship, going forward.\" As of the Friday morning broadcast, the death toll count was nearly 47,000 and growing.

Andrew Bacevich (2020-05-08). V-E Day Plus 75: From a Moment of Victory to a Time of Pandemic. counterpunch.org The 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany\'s surrender in May 1945 ought to prompt thoughtful reflection. For Americans, V-E Day, as it was then commonly called, marked the beginning of \"our times.\" The Covid-19 pandemic may signal that our times are now coming to an end. Tom Engelhardt, editor and proprietor of TomDispatch, was born less

CounterSpin (2020-05-08). Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19. fair.org Media…

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-08). Colombia\'s healthcare show: \'If you get sick, you die and that\'s the truth\'. colombiareports.com While Colombia\'s health minister was in the southwestern town of Leticia faking aid, locals were building the first repository for the town\'s growing number of COVID-19 deaths. The capital of…

RT (2020-05-08). \'It\'d be called an invasion\': Trump says he\'d use ARMY to raid Venezuela as he doubles down on denial of ordering botched plot. rt.com US President Donald Trump has dismissed claims the foiled plot to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had government backing, insisting he\'d have done it differently — as a proper \"invasion\" with an \"army.\" | Trump called in to Fox & Friends on Friday to pour cold water on the idea that the mercenaries arrested earlier this week attempting to land at the northern tip of Venezuela were on official business from Washington. | If we ever did anything with Venezuela, it wouldn\'t be that way. It\'d be slightly different. It\'d be called an invasion. | Trump denies involvement in a failed operation to ove…

RT (2020-05-08). The lesson of WWII? \'Industrialized mass murder\' only possible when people stop questioning narratives, Werner Herzog tells RT. rt.com The 75th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany should serve as a reminder to all that the Holocaust was carried out using a tightly controlled, unchallenged narrative, filmmaker Werner Herzog told RT. | Having grown up in the ruins of post-war Germany, the acclaimed director, screenwriter and producer spoke with Sophie Co. host Sophie Shevardnadze about lessons that can be gleaned from one of the darkest episodes in human history. | The atrocities carried out by the Nazis were the result of a lockstep narrative of \"demonization\" which replaced facts, Herzog observed. He argued that scapegoating people and e…

Otis Grotewohl (2020-05-08). Long Live the Spirit of Kent and Jackson State! workers.org May 4 and May 15, 2020, mark the 50th anniversaries of the murders of students at Kent State and Jackson State in the United States. Many people are familiar with the National Guard shooting of students and protesters at Ohio\'s Kent State University in 1970, which left four dead and . . . |

Staff (2020-05-08). \"A Lynch Mob\": After Months of Inaction, 2 White Men Are Charged with Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in GA. democracynow.org The two white men caught on camera shooting and killing Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African American man, were arrested and charged Thursday with murder. The arrests came two days after video of the attack in February was shared with the public, sparking widespread outrage. Today would have been Arbery\'s 26th birthday. We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents the Arbery family and formerly represented Trayvon Martin.

Vincent Tsai (2020-05-08). In NYC pandemic used as excuse to crackdown on the homeless. liberationnews.org This follows incitement by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo against the homeless.

RT (2020-05-08). Vietnam protests Beijing\'s \'unilateral fishing ban\' in S. China Sea. rt.com Hanoi protested on Friday against what it described as Beijing\'s unilateral fishing ban in the disputed South China Sea from May 1 to August 16. The statement comes weeks after Vietnamese boat had reportedly been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel, Reuters said. | China and Vietnam have for years been embroiled in a dispute over the potentially energy-rich stretch of water, called the East Sea by Hanoi. | \"Vietnam demands that China not further complicate the situation in the South China Sea,\" Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement. | China\'s Foreign Ministry said on Apr…

RT (2020-05-08). British coastguards rescue more than 120 migrants on 7 boats in Channel. rt.com British coastguards rescued more than 120 migrants trying to cross the English Channel on seven small boats, French maritime authorities said on Friday. | The rescue took place in the night from Thursday to Friday, according to a spokesman for the Maritime Prefecture for the Channel and North Sea. | Border officials and coastguards in Britain and France have intercepted numerous attempted crossings in recent months as migrants have repeatedly tried to travel from destinations in Asia and Africa to Britain. | \"It\'s little wonder people living in France\'s refugee camps are desperate to make this dangerous crossi…

Staff (2020-05-08). Climate Crisis: False Techtopia, Tariffs Accounting, Orphan Wells, And The Dead Cow. therealnews.com Recent studies debunk the false techtopianism in climate science models, U.S. import tariffs failed climate accounting, and Argentina\'s shale industry is flailing. As fracking goes bust, what happens to orphaned wells?

W. T. Whitney (2020-05-08). Venezuela Confronts Intimidation, Myth-making, and Dirty War. counterpunch.org Venezuela\'s story currently is of vulnerability and precariousness amidst signs of rising U.S. aggression. The imperialist U.S. government wants the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro removed and insists that Venezuela\'s massive oil reserves and the entire continent remain within the fold of international capitalism. Crucial to these U.S. designs is junior partner Colombia with

(2020-05-08). Mercenaries launch attack on Venezuelan coast, driven back. workers.org Workers World received this statement May 4 that originated from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry about the May 3 attack on that country\'s shores, made even more ominous by the presence of U.S. Navy warships in the waters off Venezuela. Since that day the Venezuelans report that they stopped another similar . . . |

Norman Solomon (2020-05-07). The Fight for Bernie Delegates Is Escalating — and Could Help Beat Trump. zcomm.org \"Bernie\'s campaign has suspended, but the movement to fight for the Bernie platform must go on\"

Staff (2020-05-07). Sanders Is Back On The NY Primary Ballot. therealnews.com Before the ruling was announced, TRNN spoke with Norman Solomon and Marcus Ferrell about how the split between establishment Democrats and progressives could help hand Trump the November election.

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo. globalresearch.ca Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). A Grim New Normal Ahead? Worse than Orwell\'s 1984. Unprecedented Global Poverty and Human Misery. globalresearch.ca Will historians one day look back at unfolding events related to today\'s public health crisis and economic collapse as a post-coronavirus new normal that\'s grimly different from what preceded it? | Do ongoing events mark the beginning of an unacceptable dystopian …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-07). German Researchers Discover Effective Anti-COVID-19 Antibodies. globalresearch.ca Antibodies aren\'t COVID-19 cures, but the discovery by Utrecht University researchers of a \"human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (that produces COVID-19 disease) from infecting cultured cells\" is a positive development. | It\'s a step toward finding an effective …

The Moscow Times (2020-05-07). Russian State TV in Media War Against No-Lockdown Belarus. anti-empire.com Editor\'s note: Recall how in 2014-15 the Russian opposition and western media was trying to prove Russians were fighting and dying en masse in Donbass by supposedly uncovering

Julian Rose (2020-05-07). The COVID Shockdown Doctrine — and How to Beat It. globalresearch.ca Those who have read Naomi Klein\'s seminal book \'The Shock Doctrine\' will remember how the \'short sharp shock\' (primarily economic) was the tool fashioned by the Chicago School of Economics in order to create regime change in countries that resisted …

www.speakoutsocialists (2020-05-07). On the Brink of Starvation: COVID-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel. indybay.org This is an online townhall. For links and information on how to join the Zoom call visit here: | speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-05-09-20/…

RT (2020-05-07). China\'s exports return to growth in April, but imports tumble. rt.com China says that its exports rebounded last month, beating most expectations of a sharp decline. However, the drop in the country\'s imports accelerated as the coronavirus continues to crush demand. | Data released by the General Administration of Customs shows that April\'s exports surpassed $200 billion. This is a 3.5 percent rise from the previous year. Last month\'s results reversed the 6.6 percent fall in March, as well as the collapse recorded at the beginning of the year. China\'s exports are also much better than some economists polled by various media predicted, with the expected decline varying between 10…

RT (2020-05-07). ALL of China declared \'low Covid-19 risk\' as daily infections approach zero. rt.com The first nation to step into the battle against Covid-19 earlier this year, China is also the first to report that the risk of the outbreak is now \"low\", as no fresh domestic cases have been recorded during the past few days.

A. Majumdar (2020-05-07). PDF download of May 7 issue. workers.org Click to download entire 12-page PDF May Day coverage. Also: COVID‚Äë19 North Carolina protest; Genocide on Detroit; Cuban medical team; Trump and China; Pennies vs. billions; Tear down the walls A world without prisons; Mumia: On prison guards; Louisiana death camps; ‚ÄÇEditorial Fascists = bosses\' tools; World Palestine Britain Venezuela . . . |

RT (2020-05-07). Kadhimi takes office as Iraq\'s PM amid fiscal & coronavirus crises. rt.com Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office as Iraq\'s prime minister early Thursday after breaking months of political deadlock. The former intelligence chief will have to tackle a staggering economic crisis, a health pandemic and the specter of renewed protests. | Observing social distancing, lawmakers gathered at parliament in masks and gloves around 9: 00pm local time, but the vote was delayed to make last-minute edits to ministerial posts. | Kadhemi soon received a congratulatory call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced a 120-day waiver extension on US sanctions to let Iraq buy gas from neighboring Ira…

The Canary (2020-05-07). Shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey impounded over safety standards. thecanary.co A shipment of 400,000 medical gowns from Turkey has been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards.The personal protective equipment (PPE) was flown into the UK by the RAF last month but has not been released to NHS staff after inspectors deemed the gowns unsafe for guarding against coronavirus (Covid-19) when treating patients.Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the gowns turned out to \"not be of the quality that we feel is good enough for our frontline staff\".The ministerial confirmation of the decision to impound the imported goods is another blow in what has proved an embarrassing…

RT (2020-05-07). \'When clowns purchase gowns\': UK govt skewered after ALL 400,000 items of PPE bought from Turkey fail inspection. rt.com A highly-publicized shipment of urgently-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers fighting Covid-19 has backfired spectacularly for Downing Street, after the items were deemed unfit for use. | British ministers used the arrival of 400,000 protective gowns flown in from Turkey last month as evidence of the government\'s pro-active approach to overcoming the health crisis. Some two weeks later, the British public has learned that the PPE shipment has been impounded after being deemed unsuitable by UK standards. Unsurprisingly, people are fuming. | Speaking to Sky News about the scandal, Mayor…

Michael Maharrey (2020-05-07). Enjoy Your Future; We\'re Spending It Now. anti-empire.com Welcome to your future. Your government is spending it right now. And your children\'s and grandchildren\'s future to boot. | The US Treasury plans to borrow $2.99 trillion in the second quarter. The Treasury also plans to borrow another $677 billion in the July-September quarter, bringing the total fiscal 2020 debt to $4.48 trillion. | It\'s a level of borrowing that\'s difficult to even wrap your head around. | To put it into some perspective, before the pandemic, the CBO projected that the federal deficit would come in at just over $1 trillion in fiscal 2020. The government is set to borrow nearly three times t…

The Canary (2020-05-07). Johnson compared to Chamberlain in protest video on White Cliffs of Dover. thecanary.co Boris Johnson\'s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has been compared to Neville Chamberlain\'s \"peace for our time\" moment, in a giant projection beamed on to the White Cliffs of Dover.The Kent landmark was lit up with a mock-up of the prime minister holding a scrap of paper saying \"Highest death toll in Europe\".The stunt was the brainchild of Led By Donkeys, a group of activists famed for their giant billboards of politicians\' tweets.The group said the black and white creation is a comment on the government\'s \"profound failure\" and compares Johnson\'s conduct to Chamberlain\'s appeasement policy in the l…

Kathy Durkin (2020-05-07). Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain. workers.org Members of Unite the Union, a British and Irish labor union, show support for the Palestinian people. The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country\'s highest court issued a landmark ruling that struck a blow against the Whitehall . . . |

RT (2020-05-07). \'Unprecedented in modern times\': New research shows 1 in 5 children in US face food insecurity amid Covid-19 lockdowns. rt.com A new study has found that children in the United States are suffering the highest rate of food insecurity ever recorded in the country, as tens of millions of Americans are barred from working under coronavirus-induced lockdowns. | Food insecurity for American children was significantly worse in April than during any year since 2001, before which point no comparable data is available, according to \"Looking ove…

RT (2020-05-07). Merkel\'s aide says pandemic \'to last at least for rest of year\'. rt.com The coronavirus pandemic will last for at least the rest of this year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s chief of staff said on Thursday. | \"We are not living after the pandemic now — rather we are living in the middle of a pandemic, one that will be with us for a while — at least for this year and that\'s being very optimistic,\" Helge Braun told Deutschlandfunk radio. | Merkel announced steps on Wednesday to ease the coronavirus lockdown in Germany. At the same time, she launched an \"emergency brake\" mechanism allowing for renewed restrictions in case infections pick up again. | A senior German healt…

RT (2020-05-07). Stigma or precaution? DoD memo lists Covid-19 as \'permanently disqualifying\' for survivors seeking to join army. rt.com New guidelines for US military recruiters severely limit the chances for survivors of the coronavirus to join the ranks of the armed forces, banning them from service outright unless they obtain a special waiver. | A memo penned by the US Military Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) laying out guidelines for staffers who screen applicants for military service has been circulated online. The authenticity of the document — which effectively makes the coronavirus a black mark, excluding survivors from the pool of potential recruits — was confirmed by Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell on Wednesday, a…

RT (2020-05-07). \'Worst case\' scenario: Second coronavirus wave could come as early as July, top doctor in Germany warns. rt.com Another wave of coronavirus infections could hit Germany as early as this summer, the vice president of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases has warned. Health officials say they are preparing for all possibilities. | Case numbers in Germany are falling but the situation could change if people do not adhere to social distancing guidelines, Lars Schaade said at a news conference. A worst-case scenario would be a surge in cases returning in late July or early August, he added. | Germany began easing its nationwide lockdown two weeks ago. Although the number of new cases continues to drop, Helge Brau…

Martha Grevatt (2020-05-07). COVID-19 = genocide for Detroit. workers.org Michigan State Representatives Jewell Jones and Isaac Robinson, co-sponsors of a bill for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs. Robinson died March 29 of suspected COVID-19. Here they are protesting a polluting company US Ecology in Detroit. May 4 — Coronavirus, COVID-19, the pandemic — or as . . . |

RT (2020-05-07). Polish MPs approve law allowing presidential election to be held by postal ballot. rt.com The Polish lower house of parliament, the Sejm, approved on Thursday government-sponsored legislation that would allow the presidential election to go ahead by postal ballot, according to voting records. | The presidential election was scheduled to take place on Sunday. The ruling party wants to hold it by postal ballot, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, opposition parties strongly oppose the plan, saying the election would be neither transparent nor fair. | Although lawmakers have in principle approved a postal ballot, the deputy prime minister said on Thursday that June was now the earliest date the…

RT (2020-05-07). Japan\'s state of emergency could be lifted early in some areas — minister. rt.com The state of emergency imposed because of Covid-19 could be lifted early in some areas of Japan that have seen a decline in new infections, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Thursday. He told reporters it was possible the emergency powers would be removed in those regions from May 14. | On Monday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe extended the nationwide state of emergency to May 31, saying the infection rate had yet to drop enough to justify ending lockdown measures. | Tokyo reported just 38 cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, marking a fifth straight day of declining numbers of new infections, Reuters said…

RT (2020-05-07). Dutch to begin easing lockdown measures next week, watchdog to review govt performance. rt.com The Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday it would conduct an independent investigation and review of the country\'s preparedness and government performance during the coronavirus outbreak. | Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday announced a three-month roadmap toward relaxing lockdown measures imposed in mid-March, including opening schools and some businesses. The review will look at \"the preparation for a pandemic, the crisis management and the measures taken, as well as the phasing out of those measures.\" | Easing restrictions in the Netherlands will be rolled out over the next four months. They could be cur…

RT (2020-05-07). US unemployment expected to pass 33 MILLION, marking worst economic downturn since Great Depression. rt.com Another three million Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending May 2, which brings the total claims over the seven weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown to 33 million. | Some 3.839 million initial jobless claims have been registered in the past week. Florida saw the highest number of initial filings, at an estimated 432,000 on an unadjusted basis, from 507,000 in the week prior. | California reported 328,000 claims — down from 528,000 in the previous week. Meanwhile, Georgia reported an estimated 265,000 and Texas 254,000. | \"Initial jobless claims continued to modera…

RT (2020-05-07). \'I guess we did\': Simpsons writer admits 2020 pandemic clairvoyance as murder hornets clip goes viral. rt.com The Simpsons is widely known for predicting the future with eerie accuracy, but things are starting to get ridiculous; after apparently predicting the coronavirus, it now appears the show saw the murder hornets coming too. | Like an animated Nostradamus for the noughties, the animated TV show has a number of oddly accurate predictions already on the books over the course of its 30 years on air. | It apparently foresaw Disney buying Fox nearly 20 years ago, the invention of smart watches, the US winning an Olympic medal in curling and, of course, also predicted that Donald Trump would one day become president o…

AFP (2020-05-07). Snubbing Merkel Pleas, German States Further Ease Virus Curbs. anti-empire.com Germany is accelerating its return to normality from a crippling lockdown, with regional leaders pushing back against Chancellor Angela Merkel\'s pleas for prudence [mindless totalitarianism] in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. | On the eve of a key meeting between Merkel and premiers of Germany\'s 16 states to debate a new round of easing of stay-at-home measures, the country\'s biggest state pre-empted talks by saying it would reopen its restaurants and hotels this month. | Under the plan to progressively restart the gastronomy and hospitality sectors, Bavaria said restaurants would first be allowed…

RT (2020-05-07). Famous VR artists recreate kids\' drawings from World War II in virtual animation (VIDEO). rt.com RT\'s multimedia project #VictoryPages presents \'War: Kids\' drawings in VR animation,\' a series of children\'s drawings from the collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg interpreted by famous artists in VR. | For many decades, the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg has kept about 700 unique children\'s drawings that were created during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 — January 27, 1944). These drawings, collected by workers in kindergartens, orphanages and schools, reflect a child\'s view of wartime events, exposing their feelings and ideas. Almost every drawing has an ac…

Jason Ditz (2020-05-07). Trump Vetoes \'Very Insulting\' Measure Limiting His Powers to Attack Iran. anti-empire.com Passed in the Senate in February and the The resolution was a preemptive War Powers Act challenge to a war with Iran, aiming to note that Congress has not in any way authorized…

Joe Piette (2020-05-07). Protesters say: \'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven\'. workers.org Cops stop activists from delivering demands to a city official\'s home. After the COVID-19 deaths of dozens of seniors at Philadelphia nursing homes and at least one homeless person in a city shelter, community activists converged on a city official\'s home on May 6 to deliver a message: The city . . . |

Brendan O\'Neill (2020-05-07). What Neil Ferguson\'s Booty Call Tells Us About Modern Politics. anti-empire.com The conspiratorial left, convinced the world is run by secret cabals of bankers and cigar-chomping media moguls, thinks the Neil Ferguson story is a \'dead cat\'. In other words, they think the Daily Telegraph — Evil Tory Rag — revealed that Ferguson carried on bonking his mistress in defiance of a lockdown that he himself bears much responsibility for in order to distract attention from Britain overtaking Italy with the highest

RT (2020-05-07). No smoke without fire? Trump nominates new envoy to Venezuela, first in 10 YEARS after denying US involvement in failed incursion. rt.com The White House has tapped a new ambassador to Venezuela, the first in a decade, even as relations with the country\'s government hit all-time lows. The appointment comes as the US continues to deny any role in a recent coup plot.

Susan Price (2020-05-07). Brazil: As COVID-19 death toll spirals out of control, Bolsonaro pursues strategy of 'permanent radicalisation'. greenleft.org.au

pip.hinman (2020-05-07). Renters demand more assistance during the pandemic. greenleft.org.au

Adriaan Alsema (2020-05-07). \'Duque ordered to facilitate botched mercenary invasion in Venezuela\': Maduro. colombiareports.com Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque ordered to support American and Venezuelan \"mercenaries\" to overthrow Venezuela\'s government, its president Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday. The two former members of the United States\' Special…

Telesur (2020-05-07). Mercenary Confesses Failed Plot Was to Bring President Maduro to US. globalresearch.ca Former United States ex-green beret Luke Denman, that was captured Monday by Venezuela\'s Armed Forces, confessed Wednesday that his group aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro as part of \'Operation Gedeon\'. | \"I was expecting anywhere between US$50,000 to US$100,000,\" …

Philip Giraldi (2020-05-07). Trump Against the Government: Officials Conflicted Over Lying for the President. globalresearch.ca Once upon a time in the United States there was a consensus among national politicians that there were two areas where there should be a unified approach to policy. They were national security and foreign policy, both of which involved …

Dave Lindorff (2020-05-07). Thoughts on the Liberation of Saigon and the end to America\'s Genocidal War Against the Vietnamese People. counterpunch.org The following are recollections from several members of the ThisCantBeHappening! about their anti-war movement struggles and the day of final triumph in Vietnam 45 years ago. A Day in the Park Like No Other When the US war on Vietnam ended on April 30 with the Vietnamese liberation forces marching into Saigon, a victory celebration

Noam Chomsky (2020-05-07). COVID-19 & the Economy. zcomm.org Interview on COVID-19 politics, the global economy and the environment…

Ben Norton (2020-05-07). Anatomy of a Fake News Campaign: Media Spreads Lie From US Govt-funded Korean Outlet that Kim Jong-un Died. globalresearch.ca Corporate media outlets spread fake news claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died. The lie originated with a Seoul-based website funded by the US government\'s regime-change arm the NED. | *** | There may be no other country on Earth lied …

news.un (2020-05-07). FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the displaced in the time of COVID-19. news.un.org Refugees and displaced people living in camps are amongst the most vulnerable communities across the world and more likely to catch COVID-19 than others, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Catherine Killough (2020-05-07). Kim Jong Un Is Still Alive. What About Peace with North Korea? globalresearch.ca The second anniversary of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has just passed. Marking the moment, South Korean President Moon Jae-in

MoveOn, Greenpeace, others (2020-05-07). #WorkerRightsNow: Day of Action for Essential Worker Bill of Rights. indybay.org Online and/or phone call actions…

William rivers Pitt (2020-05-07). Far Right Group Behind Boston\'s \"Straight Pride\" Also Organized \"Reopen\" Protest. zcomm.org If the federal government actually starts helping people, Trump and his allies fear that capitalism will lose its stranglehold on the nation…

Labor Video Project (2020-05-07). \"Blood Money & Murder On The Job\" Amazon 2020 On May Day. indybay.org New York MTA TWU 100 steward John Ferretti and Amazon worker Chris Smalls are interviewed about May Day and why they were protesting at the Amazon JFK8 Staten Island warehouse.

yenisafak (2020-05-07). Daesh/ISIS increases attacks in Iraq amid virus. yenisafak.com The Daesh/ISIS terror group has increased its attacks in Iraq, especially in rural areas, amid political instability and security weakness in the country as well as the US-led coalition forces\' withdrawal due to the coronavirus outbreak.Daesh has been trying to strengthen its operational capability in rural areas since mass protests against Iraqi government erupted in October in the capital Baghdad and southern provinces.Iraq has been roiled by mass protests since early October over poor living conditions and corruption, forcing Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to resign.At least 496 Iraqis have been killed and 17…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-07). Mayo Clinic expert discusses potential neurological effects of COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can take a severe toll on the respiratory system. However, recent research suggests that the virus may also infect the nervous system. A study of patients with COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China found that possible neurological signs and symptoms caused by COVID-19 can include loss of taste and smell, …

Pepe Escobar (2020-05-07). Get Ready for the Next Game-Changer: China\'s Digital Yuan, \"Backed By Gold\"? globalresearch.ca A new, radical paradigm shift is in progress. The U.S. economy may shrink as much as 40% in the first semester of 2020. China, already the world\'s

RLCAUSC (2020-05-07). Threats & Opportunities to Democracy. indybay.org Watch the live-stream at rightlivelihood.ucsc.edu/events/webinars.html…