Trump Declares USPS Can’t Handle Mail-In Voting Because He’s Blocking Funding

President Donald Trump proclaimed Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t have the capacity to handle an unprecedented increase in mail-in ballots because it lacks funds that his administration is blocking, remarks that were immediately viewed as an open admission of election sabotage by a president who has previously called USPS “a joke.” During his daily Covid-19 briefing Wednesday evening, Trump dismissed Democratic congressional leaders’ demands for $3.5 billion in election assistance for states and $25 billion for USPS as “ridiculous” and vowed to continue blocking the funds. While USPS leadership insists it has “ample capacity” to meet election needs,...

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Pro-Trump “News” Site Is Run by Trump’s Super PAC

A super PAC officially endorsed by President Trump’s campaign has launched a conservative “news” site, and some of its content raises questions about possible violations of regulations that bar coordination between campaigns and political organizations. The site, first identified as an America First entity by The Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay, is called the American Herald, and its pro-Trump content has been packaged and promoted by the official campaign as if it were an independent outlet. The Herald’s domain was registered on July 31, 2019, but the site appears to have launched in late June, and its “about” page self-identifies as...

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Crisis In Belarus As Sign Of Global Division

Crisis In Belarus As Sign Of Global Division Tyler Durden Thu, 08/13/2020 - 03:30 Submitted by SouthFront Over the past days, Belarus, an eastern European state bordering with Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, has become a scene of a new regime change attempt on the territory of the former USSR. On August 9, the country held presidential elections and saw a dramatic increase of activity of opposition forces. The mobilized opposition and the wide-scale pro-opposition campaign in international and local media that took place exploited the existing issues in the economic and social sphere of the country as...

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Diversions, posturing as school board votes to reopen school in small-town Massachusetts

Scituate, a small coastal town south of Boston, is one example of broader situation in the state, where Governor Baker has pushed for schools to fully reopen in the fall. Source / World Socialist Web Site

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Wall Street continues to feed on death and economic devastation

Since the crisis of mid-March when the market plunged and the financial system froze, Wall Street’s S&P 500 index has risen by 50 percent on the back of government corporate bailouts and the pumping out of trillions of dollars by the Fed. Source / World Socialist Web Site

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Growing wave of protests across the US against school openings

Across the US, thousands of teachers, education workers, parents and students are mobilizing to oppose the unsafe reopening of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Source / World Socialist Web Site

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55 more police graduate, without family guests – the ceremony was streamed on YouTube

News from NZ Government More Police are being deployed to the frontline to help manage the COVID response, after the graduation today of 56 new officers. The ceremonies for the graduation of Wing 340 at the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua were trimmed to take account of new Alert Level 2 restrictions. “The Source / Wellington Scoop

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Botanic Garden gets a unique te reo name – Paekākā

Press Release – Wellington City Council Wellington City Councillors have formally endorsed Paekākā as the te reo Māori name for the landscape area including the top of the Cable Car, Wellington Botanic Garden, Anderson Park and Bolton Street Cemetery. “The adoption of this name does not change the existing names of the open space or Source / Wellington Scoop

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Remutaka Hill road blocked by crash between truck and motorbike

Wellington.Scoop A crash involving a truck and a motorcycle blocked the Remutaka Hill road on the Featherston side of the hill for almost two hours this morning. Police were called about 5.50am. One person was moderately injured. A helicopter carried the injured person to hospital. Traffic was delayed till 7.45 when NZTA reported that emergency Source / Wellington Scoop

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TYT Extended Clip - August 12, 2020

Cenk has an exciting announcement! Cenk, Ana Kasparian, and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Source / The Young Turks

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LA police officer accused of groping corpse sued by dead woman's family

Footage of incident was discovered in a random inspection of body cameras Source / The Independent - World

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Executive order Trump claimed would prevent evictions 'does nothing' to protect tenants, say housing groups

President has repeatedly insisted administration won't allow renters to lose their homes during pandemic, but his measure is an 'empty shell of promises' Source / The Independent - World

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Newest Police Leading The Way – Graduation Of 56 Constables

Source / Scoop NZ - Regional

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Nelson’s Local Elections To Be Decided By Single Transferable Vote

Nelson City Council has voted to move to a Single Transferable Vote (STV) voting system at the next election in 2022 to support increased diversity and proportional representation. Mayor Rachel Reese spoke in favour of changing the voting system ... Source / Scoop NZ - Regional

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3 in 5 Americans Firmly Oppose Trump on His Push to Reopen Schools, Poll Finds

Americans overwhelmingly oppose schools fully reopening as coronavirus cases continue to climb across the country, according to a new poll. A new Politico/Morning Consult poll asked respondents whether they support K-12 schools reopening while the pandemic rages on. Only 33 percent said they were in favor of schools having in-person classrooms, while 59 percent said they opposed fully reopening. That’s an increase in the percentage of those who are opposed to having in-person schooling resume, compared to what was seen in a July poll, when 53 percent expressed opposition to the idea. When asked about colleges and universities, respondents’ opinions in the...

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Trump Declares USPS Can’t Handle Mail-In Voting Because He’s Blocking Funding

Pro-Trump “News” Site Is Run by Trump’s Super PAC

Crisis In Belarus As Sign Of Global Division

Diversions, posturing as school board votes to reopen school in small-town Massachusetts

Scituate, a small coastal town south of Boston, is one example of broader situation in the state, where Governor Baker has pushed for schools to fully reopen in the fall. Source / World Socialist Web Site

Wall Street continues to feed on death and economic devastation

Since the crisis of mid-March when the market plunged and the financial system froze, Wall Street’s S&P 500 index has risen by 50 percent on the back of government corporate bailouts and the pumping out of trillions of dollars by the Fed. Source / World Socialist Web Site

Growing wave of protests across the US against school openings

Across the US, thousands of teachers, education workers, parents and students are mobilizing to oppose the unsafe reopening of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Source / World Socialist Web Site

55 more police graduate, without family guests – the ceremony was streamed on YouTube

Botanic Garden gets a unique te reo name – Paekākā

Remutaka Hill road blocked by crash between truck and motorbike

TYT Extended Clip - August 12, 2020

Cenk has an exciting announcement! Cenk, Ana Kasparian, and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Source / The Young Turks

LA police officer accused of groping corpse sued by dead woman's family

Footage of incident was discovered in a random inspection of body cameras Source / The Independent - World

Executive order Trump claimed would prevent evictions 'does nothing' to protect tenants, say housing groups

President has repeatedly insisted administration won't allow renters to lose their homes during pandemic, but his measure is an 'empty shell of promises' Source / The Independent - World

Newest Police Leading The Way – Graduation Of 56 Constables

Source / Scoop NZ - Regional

Nelson’s Local Elections To Be Decided By Single Transferable Vote

Nelson City Council has voted to move to a Single Transferable Vote (STV) voting system at the next election in 2022 to support increased diversity and proportional representation. Mayor Rachel Reese spoke in favour of changing the voting system ... Source / Scoop NZ - Regional

3 in 5 Americans Firmly Oppose Trump on His Push to Reopen Schools, Poll Finds

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