From the Trenches World Report

John Hopkins

With the urgent need to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with Bloomberg Philanthropies, today launched a free online course to help train a new cadre of contact tracers to reach and assist people exposed to the virus. Taking and passing this course will be a requirement for thousands of contact tracers being hired by the state of New York to fight the pandemic. Continue reading “Johns Hopkins and Bloomberg Philanthropies, with New York State, Launch Online Course to Train Army of Contact Tracers to Slow Spread of COVID-19”

Daily Mail

A group of anti-lockdown protesters armed with rocket launchers and rifles were seen purchasing Subway sandwiches as they demonstrated against North Carolina’s stay-at-home order this weekend. Continue reading “Anti-lockdown protester armed with a ROCKET LAUNCHER and two pistols in giant holsters becomes an internet hit as he takes time out from North Carolina demonstration to order a Subway”

Washington Examiner – by Dominick Mastrangelo

Members of an armed Michigan militia say they will stand at the door of a barbershop in Owosso to protect the owner from being arrested for allegedly violating the state’s lockdown order. Continue reading “‘Police will have no entry’: Michigan militia vows to protect barber refusing to close business”

CNBC

Prices Americans paid for eggs, meat, cereal and milk shot higher in April as people flocked to grocery stores to stock up on food amid government lockdowns designed to slow the spread of Covid-19. Continue reading “US grocery costs jump the most in 46 years, led by rising prices for meat and eggs”

Daily Beast – by Spencer Ackerman

Days after the Justice Department controversially dropped charges against Mike Flynn, Senate GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is set to expand a highly politicized Justice Department’s surveillance authority during a vote this week to renew the 2001 PATRIOT Act.  Continue reading “Mitch McConnell Moves to Expand Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

With more than 5,000 service members infected with COVID-19, the Army has issued a contract notice on The System for Award Management (SAM) website, seeking “to develop a wearable diagnostic capability for the pre‐/very early‐symptomatic detection of COVID‐19 infection.” Continue reading “US Army To Develop Wearable COVID-19 Detectors”

The Great Recession

Many people are warming up to the idea of digital currency in a cashless society due to coronavirus because going touch free is cleaner than cash. Many businesses are already moving to make digital currency the only form of transaction they will engage in so their customers and their employees feel safe. Continue reading “CASHLESS SOCIETY 2020: Coronavirus Swings Society to “Touch Free” Digital ID and Digital Currency”

RT

Chinese authorities plan to test all of Wuhan’s 11 million residents for Covid-19 in a little over a week. After more than a month without newly-recorded cases, the disease has suddenly reappeared in the city. Continue reading “China to test ENTIRE POPULATION of Wuhan for Covid-19 after disease reemerges”

Pocket – by Monte Reel

Brad Wilson is following a forest trail and scanning the dusky spaces between the fir trees for signs of movement. The black handle of a .44 Magnum juts prominently from his pack. If he stumbles on a startled bear at close range, the retired sheriff’s deputy wants to know the gun is within quick reach, in case something stronger than pepper spray is needed. Wilson isn’t the type who likes to take chances; he’s the type who plans ahead.  Continue reading “This Land Is No Longer Your Land”

BBC News

People who travel to Scotland for anything other than essential purposes are “potentially in breach of the law”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Continue reading “Coronavirus: Non-essential trips to Scotland ‘could break law’”