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"Most of the world's leaders use it as a prophylaxis" - President of El Salvador on hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus

Cassandra Fairbanks
The Gateway Pundit
Wed, 27 May 2020 12:40 UTC
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President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele
President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele has announced that he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure against the coronavirus.

Bukele told reporters on Tuesday that "most world leaders" are doing the same and has questioned why world leaders are being advised to use it while the public is not.

"I use it as a prophylaxis, President Trump uses it as a prophylaxis, most of the world's leaders use it as a prophylaxis," said Bukele.

President Donald Trump has been a proponent of the drug, which is normally used to treat malaria, and recently announced that he had been taking it.

Comment: And that's why Trump has rightly axed the WHO from US funding: Trump says US terminating relationship with WHO, UN sets up privately funded 'independent' organization to deal with coronavirus

See also: 'Trump is right about the coronavirus, the WHO is wrong' - Israeli Expert

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The US war machine needs oil: A war with Iran is more likely than a war with China

Timothy Alexander Guzman
Silent Crow News
Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00 UTC
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Iran's New Naval Fleet To Challenge US Presence in The Gulf of Hormuz

What happens when the Covid-19 state of emergency ends for the time being? Well, the likelihood of a world war seems more absolute by the day.

The US and its allies including Israel have been increasing tensions in the Middle East while the Covid-19 hysteria has taken over the headlines across the mainstream media in the West and around the world. Washington has increased its hostility against numerous countries under the Trump regime as they have imposed severe economic sanctions, regime change operations and assassinations against China, Russia, Iran, Lebanon (Hezbollah), Syria, the Palestinians, Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela. All of these countries are allies with each other one way or another, and they all have one thing in common, they are on Washington's hit list for not following the dictates of the empire. Although the focus is on China at the moment, Iran is still the major target of Washington and Tel Aviv. Iran has increased its military capabilities by receiving 110 new combat vessels according to a Saudi based news website Arabnews.com,
"Iran Guards Threaten US Over Gulf Presence After Receiving New Combat Vessels' said that "Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned the United States against its naval presence in the Gulf as they received 110 new combat vessels."
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Trump shares tweet that argues face masks represent 'silence, slavery, and social death

Eliza Relman
Business Insider
Thu, 28 May 2020 21:35 UTC
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President Donald Trump shared a tweet on Thursday that argued the mandated use of face masks to control the spread of the coronavirus represents a "culture of silence, slavery, and social death."

The argument against masks was made by a right-wing columnist in The Federalist, a conservative online publication, and claimed that mandating the safety measure was "anti-American" and signaled "indefinite government expansion."

"Mandatory masks are a critical predicate conditioning us to accept abuses of our liberty," columnist Molly McCann wrote in the Wednesday piece.
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Best of the Web: Next-level racism on CNN: Former Obama advisor Van Jones sez "Even the most well-intentioned white person has a virus in his or her brain"

Adam Ford
disrn.com
Sat, 30 May 2020 21:17 UTC
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CNN's Van Jones on Friday accused all white people of being racist, saying, "Even the most liberal, well-intentioned white person has a virus in his or her brain that can be activated at an instant."

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Tucker Carlson: Our leadership class is fanning racial flames - They're doing nothing to calm the situation


Fox News
Thu, 28 May 2020 20:57 UTC
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Things are falling apart in Minneapolis and, as they collapse, our leadership class seems thrilled by it.


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Trump blames riots on Antifa and radical left - won't mobilize National Guard - Update: Trump calls Antifa terrorist org, Barr equates rioting to domestic terrorism


RT
Sat, 30 May 2020 15:55 UTC
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© REUTERS/Nicholas PfosiProtesters pose for photos in front of a burning building near the fifth police precinct during the fourth day of protests after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 29, 2020.
The violent protests engulfing many US cities are being staged by Antifa and the radical left, US President Donald Trump has said, claiming they just want to cause trouble and the riots have little to do with George Floyd's death.

"It's ANTIFA and the Radical Left. Don't lay the blame on others!" Trump insisted as he sent a barrage of tweets about the violent outbreaks across the country.


Those who clashed with law enforcers, set police vehicles on fire, looted shops and destroyed property in Minneapolis, New York, Atlanta, Portland and other cities, were "'Organized Groups' that have nothing to do with George Floyd," Trump stated.

Comment: Trump has since tweeted about Antifa being labeled a terrorist organization by the federal government:
While Attorney General Barr announced that the Justice Department would use its network of 56 regional Joint Terrorism Task Forces to investigate "the violent radical agitators who have hijacked peaceful protest and are engaged in violations of federal law."

"The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly," a statement from Barr read.

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Trump severs ties with WHO; says China is 'smothering Hong Kong's freedom'

Dylan Stableford
Yahoo News
Fri, 29 May 2020 00:00 UTC
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© DOJ/Getty Images/American OversightUS President Donald Trump and the WHO
President Trump on Friday announced that the U.S. is terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, accusing the global health agency of mishandling the coronavirus pandemic, while separately blasting China for a lack of transparency about the outbreak and for its moves to control Hong Kong.

In what was billed as a "press conference" in the Rose Garden, Trump said the United States would sever its ties with the WHO and redirect U.S. funding to other organizations.

He also has instructed his administration to end "policy exemptions" and "special treatment" for Hong Kong, in response to China's encroachment on its autonomy. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had announced last week that new Chinese laws affecting Hong Kong were a "death knell" for the territory, which has enjoyed a degree of independence since Great Britain handed over control to Beijing in 1997.


Comment: Germany weighs in on advice for WHO:
News that the US has severed all ties with the World Health Organization (WHO) was met with criticism in Berlin, which called on the global body to reform in order to stay afloat. It also urged the EU to fill the funding void.

German Health Minister Jens Spahn took to Twitter on Saturday, lamenting what he called "a disappointing backlash for International Health." He called upon the WHO to change if it is to make "any difference for the future."

Berlin, whose turn to lead the European Union comes in July, will help the health body keep its head above water, Spahn assured: "And the EU must take a leading role and engage more financially. That's one of our priorities for our EU presidency."
While the evasive message didn't name names, it marked a slight nod to US President Donald Trump who announced the termination of the US' relationship with the WHO the day prior.
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Footprints

US troops set to leave Afghanistan before November

Drago Bosnic
FRN
Sat, 30 May 2020 00:00 UTC
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© AP
The number of American soldiers in Afghanistan continues to drop at a rapid pace, with officials claiming that they remain well ahead of schedule, but the Pentagon and the White House are offering conflicting figures on how many troops remain in the country.

The Pentagon says that the goal has been for 8,600 troops to be left in the country by mid-July, and they are so ahead of schedule they say they'll meet that number in June, which is just a few days away. The White House, by contrast, suggested that the US has somewhere in the realm of 7,000 troops left in Afghanistan and that this is set to drop even further.

Since the US has made troop levels largely a secret, which is true is not always apparent. Either way, the number of troops keeps declining, and at a rate where the US could be out of Afghanistan within less than a year if they keep up the pace. President Trump is yet to set any specific date, but others have reported the goal is to be out by the November election.

At any rate, Afghanistan today looks grim. As already stated by President Trump himself, the US has spent more than a trillion dollars and lost more than 2,400 troops there, with no victory in sight. Many US commanders have also declared the strategic situation "a stalemate".

Comment: See what Trump had to say this week:
Trump: 'I have no target date.' Bring US troops home from Afghanistan 'as soon as is reasonable'

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Zarif criticizes racism of George Floyd riots as Pompeo lamely retorts: 'You hang gays, stone women...!'


RT
Sun, 31 May 2020 08:03 UTC
Pompeo/Zarif
© Leah Mills/Reuters/Dinis BalibouseUS Sec of State Mike Pompeo • Iranian FM Javad Zarif
Mike Pompeo has clashed online with Tehran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after the latter weighed in on the anti-police-brutality riots across the US. Zarif even used the secretary of state's own words on Iran.

"Some don't think Black Lives Matter," Zarif wrote, telling "those of us who do" that a war waged against racism is "long overdue for the entire world." The top Iranian official was commenting on the mayhem sweeping through the US over the police killing of an African American, George Floyd.

It is "time for #WorldAgainstRacism," Zarif's statement proclaimed. It also featured a re-write of a previous statement by Secretary of State Pompeo, which lambasted Iran for allegedly "squandering its citizens' resources" and employing "futile tactics of suppression, imprisonment of protesters" along with "the denial of Iranian frustrations."

Zarif replaced the words "Iran" and "Iranian" with "American," "America" or "US" in the repurposed statement. He was apparently applying the comment in relation to what is happening now across the United States.

Comment: To be the 'observer' versus the 'observed' reveals the difference between clarity and mirage. Both Zarif and Pompeo have points to make, unacceptable to the perspective of the receiver.

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Biden's short list for VP may have just gotten shorter: Klobuchar and Whitmer scandals cripple chances

Kyle Olson
Breitbart
Thu, 28 May 2020 00:00 UTC
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© Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesFormer VP Joe BIden • US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Two women reportedly on Joe Biden's shortlist for vice president have been hit with major scandals that could cripple their chances of being nominated.

On Thursday, Minnesota-based MintPress News reported that U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) was the district attorney at the time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin shot and killed Wayne Reyes in 2006.

According to MintPress News, between 1999 and 2007, Klobuchar
"did not bring charges against more than two dozen officers who had killed citizens while on duty - including against Chauvin himself.

"Chauvin was involved in a fatal accident in 2005, killed Wayne Reyes in 2006, shot another man while in uniform in 2008, and had a litany of complaints against him. To be fair to Klobuchar, the Reyes shooting happened in October 2006, as her time as state prosecutor was coming to an end and she was campaigning for the senate. By the time Chauvin's case finally made it to a grand jury, she had relinquished her role."
The site reported Klobuchar "declined" to bring charges against the officer who was filmed putting his knee on the neck of George Floyd on Monday, allegedly causing his death.

Comment: Apparently neither Biden, nor his potential running mates, pass the 'sniff test.'

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