EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) — Law enforcement responded to a call of an active shooter at the Menasha Packaging Plant in Edwardsville Tuesday morning that turned out to be false, Pontoon Beach police said. Continue reading “False call of active shooter leads to evacuation of Metro East packaging plant”
Category: News
Mint Press News – by Alan Macleod
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that, while tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America’s ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net worth surge by $282 billion in just 23 days. This is despite the fact that the economy is expected to contract by 40 percent this quarter. The report also noted that between 1980 and 2020 the tax obligations of America’s billionaires, measured as a percentage of their wealth, decreased by 79 percent. Continue reading “America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic”
(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the pre-coronavirus days, the Los Angeles Lakers was one of the most valuable and profitable sports franchises on the planet. Forbes estimated last year that the team earned $147 million in 2018 and would fetch about $3.7 billion in a sale. A trust controlled by the children of the late Jerry Buss, a wealthy investor, owns a majority stake in the team. Other co-owners include Philip Anschutz, a billionaire with a broad portfolio of holdings in energy, real estate, media, entertainment and other industries; Edward Roski Jr., a successful commercial real estate developer; and Patrick Soon-Shiong, who owns the Los Angeles Times. Continue reading “The Lakers Got Federal Aid and Your Corner Shop Didn’t”
“MAGA May Day” freedom rallies are slated to pop up across America Friday, May 1, aimed to send a message to “local and state government tyrants” that it is time to safely and responsibly reopen the country. Continue reading “‘MAGA May Day’ Freedom Rallies Planned Across America to Protest Lockdowns”
Western Journal – by Ben Marquis
After weeks of government-imposed lockdowns in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Americans across the country are growing increasingly restless, ready get back to work and business as usual. Continue reading “To Save His Town, Mayor Defies Shutdown Order, Dares New Mexico Governor To Send in State Police”
Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns
Two Texas police officers went undercover in an elaborate sting operation to catch citizens giving salon services for money in their own home. The cops posed as regular citizens needing to get a manicure. Tipsters (also known in some neighborhoods as “rats” or “snitches”) pointed police to a woman who was advertising manicure services on social media — the horror. Continue reading “Cops Wage Elaborate Undercover Scheme to Arrest Woman for Giving a Manicure Out of Her Home”
Summit News – by Paul Joseph Watson
Nurses at a hospital in Paris took a break from dealing with coronavirus patients to re-create Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting with themselves playing the part of Jesus and his apostles. Continue reading “Nurses at Hospital in Paris Re-Create ‘Last Supper’ With Themselves as Jesus and His Apostles”
News Release from HDoT, April 24, 2020
The Hawai’i Department of Transportation (HDOT) has implemented improved measures to verify incoming passenger information before they leave the airport to help ensure people are abiding by the traveler quarantine order. The enhanced process is underway at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and will begin statewide in the coming days. Continue reading “DoT Outlines New Verification Process for Airline Passengers”
As the state and counties issue their own emergency rules, discrepancies have surfaced over the course of the pandemic, resulting in confusion over beach use, temporary curfews and stay-at-home orders to name a few. Continue reading “Counties Now Need Approval of Governor or HIEMA Before Issuing Emergency Rules, Order or Proclamations”
MILWAUKEE — Police found five people shot to death Monday inside a Milwaukee home and arrested the man who dialed 911 to report the slayings, the city’s police chief said. Continue reading “Milwaukee police find 5 dead in house; suspect in custody”
What has transpired in the last 30 days has amounted to a complete shutdown of our everyday life. We can’t even go out and sit down someplace to congregate. If you want to meet up with somebody, how are you going to do it? No place to even hang out, everything is closed. Continue reading “How To Subjugate A World Seemingly Overnight – Cower In Place – We Simply Can’t Allow It”
If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir
Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that covers military issues, reports that Israel may ask for its U.S. aid early, possibly in a lump sum that could be as high as $7.6 billion. Continue reading “Israel may ask for double its usual $3.8 billion from the U.S this year”
“This is a RED ALERT of the very highest order. Big Pharma and WHO Scientists have conspired to declare that no natural immunity is occurring from COVID-19 infections. Continue reading “NWO Scheme to Institute a Global Mandatory Vaccination Regime Exposed”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Westport, CT — America is currently in utter turmoil. After panic buying emptied shelves across the country, millions of unemployed people began spending their last dollar on food, hundreds of cities have been placed on lockdown, and cops are using Chinese-made patrol drones to monitor citizens 24-hours a day. Continue reading “Police Cancel Drone Spying, Showing Resistance to the COVID-19 Police State Works”
Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns
Who do you call for help when it’s the police who are the ones attacking you?
It has been almost three years since David Allen Gabbard got pulled over by a Kentucky state trooper, had his car searched, and was allowed to go on his way. But it’s what happened immediately after the incident which has Gabbard crying foul and suing for justice. Continue reading “Cops Respond to Peaceful Post on Facebook By Going to Man’s Home, Beating Him and His Dog”
Chicago is one of the worst-hit cities by the deadly Covid-19 coronavirus and city officials are begging their residents to stay home – and maintain social distancing. Continue reading “1,000 People Attend Crowded Chicago House Party During Quarantine”
Although media has been focused on American opposition to coronavirus-related lockdowns, anger over virus control measures has spread worldwide and anti-lockdown protests are cropping up in Canada and across Europe as individuals tire of the economy-killing measures put in place to “flatten the curve.” Continue reading “Anger Goes Global: Anti-Lockdown Protests Erupt In Canada, France, And Germany”
As some states begin hesitantly reopening aspects of their economies, many small business owners find themselves in a Catch-22, as one Atlanta fitness studio operator who says he lost a family member to a likely coronavirus-related illness describes. Continue reading “Small Businesses In Catch-22 Begin Revolt: ‘Defy State’s Stay-At-Home Order Or Face Collections’”
There is increasing evidence on social media that the National Guard has been deployed to the nation’s food banks to ensure food supply chain networks are not severed, and shortages do not materialize. Continue reading “National Guard Deployed At Nation’s Food Banks To Ensure Stability During Unprecedented Times”
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A shooting in Louisiana’s capital city left one police officer dead and his wounded colleague fighting for his life Sunday, authorities said, adding a suspect was later taken into custody after an hourslong standoff in which shots were exchanged with a SWAT team. Continue reading “Police: 1 officer dies, 2nd wounded in Louisiana shooting”
