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De Blasio announces COVID-19 checkpoints on tunnels and bridges to enforce quarantine order

Benjamin Nichols
Daily Caller
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:44 UTC
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© Drew Angerer/GettyImagesNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday COVID-19 checkpoints will be established on tunnels and bridges leading into the city in order to enforce Governor Cuomo's quarantine order.

The mayor tweeted, "New Yorkers worked too hard to beat back COVID-19 — we cannot lose that progress. 35 states have dangerously high infection rates. We won't let the virus spread here."

"Today we're announcing check points at key points of entry into New York City. We'll educate travelers on the state's mandatory 14 day quarantine and help them follow the rules safely," de Blasio tweeted.
"Travelers coming in from these states must complete travel health forms to support contact tracing efforts," according to the official government website of New York City.

This is the first major effort by New York City to enforce Governor Cuomo's 14-day quarantine for travelers from the 34 states and Puerto Rico with high COVID-19 rates, according to NBC New York.
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Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay ousted by BLM activist Cori Bush

Stephanie Akin
Roll Call
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:42 UTC
Cori Bush
© Michael B. Thomas/Getty ImagesMissouri Dem Cori Bush leads protest against police brutality University City, June 12, 2020.
Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay lost the Democratic primary Tuesday to nurse and Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush, a stunning defeat for the scion of a political dynasty that has represented the St. Louis-based 1st District for more than half a century.

Bush was leading Clay 49 percent to 46 percent when The Associated Press called the race at 11:18 p.m. Central time. Clay, 64, is the third Democrat this cycle to lose his seat to a challenger more plugged in with the party's most progressive wing.

Clay's defeat stands out because he is a Black lawmaker who focused on civil rights issues throughout his 10 terms in Congress. His father, William L. Clay, was a co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Missouri Rep. William Lacy Clay
© Tom Williams/CQ Roll CallMissouri Rep. William Lacy Clay defeated in Tuesday's Democratic primary, 1st District.
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Royal protection officer: Met police destroyed records for the night Prince Andrew allegedly had sex with teenager in London

Michael Gillard
Daily Mail
Sat, 01 Aug 2020 18:31 UTC
Prince A./Virginia Roberts/Ghislaine Maxwell
© Rex ShutterstockVirginia Roberts, then 17, claims she was coerced by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein into having sex with the Prince on the night of March 10 at the Belgravia home of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Police records that could make or break Prince Andrew's alibi for the night he is alleged to have had sex with a sex-trafficked teenager have been destroyed.

Scotland Yard made the admission to a former Royal protection officer who told The Mail on Sunday he believed Andrew may have returned to Buckingham Palace in the early hours of March 11, 2001.

Virginia Roberts, then 17, claims she was coerced by paedophile Jeffrey Epstein into having sex with the Prince on the night of March 10 at the Belgravia home of Ghislaine Maxwell. In his infamous Newsnight interview last November, the Duke of York insisted he had spent that night at Sunninghill Park, Berkshire, with his children, having earlier dropped off Princess Beatrice at a Pizza Express in Woking, Surrey, for a party.
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Portland violence continues, protesters invade suburbs despite claim that 'if feds leave, we'll leave'


RT
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:46 UTC
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© Alisha Jucevic / AFP
Despite claims to the contrary, protests and violence have continued in Portland following the withdrawal of federal police. Tear gas and flashbang grenades were used to disperse crowds that have now moved to the city's suburbs.

Local authorities declared a riot for the second night in a row on Wednesday, as violence continued in the city for the 70th consecutive night since the death of Geroge Floyd in police custody.

A crowd of approximately 100 people gathered outside the Portland Police East Precinct shortly after 9pm, growing to over 200 shortly thereafter.

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Poll shows 81% of black Americans want police to spend same or MORE amount of time in their neighborhoods but want improvement in interactions

Lydia Saad
news.gallup.com
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:26 UTC
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© Abel Uribe / Chicago TribuneChicago police patrol the streets in 2013.
When asked whether they want the police to spend more time, the same amount of time or less time than they currently do in their area, most Black Americans -- 61% -- want the police presence to remain the same. This is similar to the 67% of all U.S. adults preferring the status quo, including 71% of White Americans.

Meanwhile, nearly equal proportions of Black Americans say they would like the police to spend more time in their area (20%) as say they'd like them to spend less time there (19%).
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Society's obsession with the 'n-word' ignores the real issues plaguing black communities & encourages racial division

Helen Buyniski
RT
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 16:16 UTC
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Multiple public figures have landed in hot water in the last week for using the 'n-word' in the context of condemning its use. Such an absurd catch-22 is emblematic of a sick society in which wokeness is used to control behavior.

Perhaps the most notorious racial slur in the English language, the "n-word" is generally considered anathema in US and UK society. This is 2020; we're supposed to have moved beyond using race and ethnicity as insults.

But the pre-Civil Rights era is resurfacing in strange ways: 'woke' agitators are pushing for everything from reinstituting segregation in schools to purging controversial figures from history, all in the name of (supposedly) improving race relations.

Instead of making race irrelevant, as civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. hoped to do, they've appointed it the most important attribute that can define a person. Accordingly, racial slurs have been elevated from venal to mortal sin, and the n-word has once again become a lightning rod for controversy.
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LA mayor vows to cut water & power to homes that host 'large parties'


RT
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:44 UTC
Eric Garcetti
© Reuters / Jason Lee; Reuters / Lucy Nicholson; Reuters / Regis Duvignau
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has warned that residents hosting large home gatherings can expect their water and power utilities to be cut, a sharp escalation of the city's strict Covid-19 measures amid a series of recent house parties.

Starting on Friday, Garcetti said that the city's Department of Water and Power (DWP) would shut off service to properties where there are "egregious" violations of local health orders, pointing to house parties in the Hollywood Hills and Calabasas in recent weeks, which he said were held in "flagrant" defiance of the law.

"While we have already closed all bars and nightclubs, these large house parties have essentially become nightclubs," the mayor said on Wednesday, vowing to treat residential homes the same as businesses that skirt health guidelines.

"You're breaking the law. Just as we can shut down bars breaking alcohol laws, in places that are in criminal violation, we can shut them down."


If Los Angeles police confirm violations have taken place after "repeat complaints," law enforcement will contact the DWP to cut service to the home in question, Garcetti said, noting that county health inspectors and other city officials would also be on the lookout for those hosting banned gatherings. Asked about the legality of the move by a local reporter, the mayor insisted it is "rooted in strong law," saying he had consulted with city attorneys.

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SOTT Focus: 5 Ways 'The New Normal' is Getting Worse and Worse

Kit Knightly
OffGuardian
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:23 UTC
mask wearing people
It's been a big few days for the New Normal narrative and, through the deliberately cultivated haze of confusion, it's not hard to see the world they want to build is taking shape.

1. Australia's Curfew

The state of Victoria, and the city of Melbourne, have declared a "state of disaster" and instituted a lockdown and curfew. The state's 6.3 million inhabitants, nearly 5 million in the city, have to follow these restrictions:
  • Workplaces and shops that are not deemed essential will close or reduce their hours from Wednesday midnight but services such as supermarkets, petrol stations and doctors will remain open.
  • "Permitted" or essential workers will have to carry a special permit to work outside the home.
  • There is a nightly curfew in force: between the hours of 8pm and 5am you cannot leave home except for work or to get or provide urgent care.
  • You must stay within five kilometres of your home to shop or exercise.
  • If you leave the house to exercise, it should be for only one hour each day.
  • While up to two people can still exercise together, people should shop on their own - groups in public, even from the same household, are no longer allowed.
  • Schools will shift to remote learning except for vulnerable students and children of permitted workers.
  • Childcare centres will close to all but vulnerable children and those of essential workers.
  • Funerals can continue with a maximum of 10 people but weddings are off except for rare, compassionate reasons.
Since March, Australia has had 247 Covid19 deaths, across the entire country. The median age of these deaths is over 80.
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How Seth Rogen's serious concerns about human rights and Zionism have turned into dispiriting Jewish shtik

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:00 UTC
Seth Rogen
© Getty ImagesSeth Rogen attends the premiere of the rom-com “Long Shot” at SXSW.
The Seth Rogen story is really one of the more dispiriting stories we've ever covered on this site, and I need to say why.

Last week, of course, the Hollywood actor and producer did a podcast with a comedian, Marc Maron, in which he said that Israel "makes no sense," that the Jewish state is an "antiquated," "ridiculous" idea and that Jews are safer being spread out, not collected. Also: Rogen said he had been fed a "huge" number of lies about Israel in Jewish day school in Vancouver, including that there were no Palestinians in Israel and that the door was just open for Jews to rebuild a homeland.

These are all very serious statements. And Rogen said, "I'm afraid of Jews" in making them. Because that's who would come down on him. Even though he ought to have autonomy, as a famous Jew.

We were the first to report the comments, and our traffic exploded, and Seth Rogen trended on Twitter. He began walking it back then, saying people didn't know how to take a joke, and the quotes were out of context.

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Video shows man attacked in Paris launderette for telling customer to wear mask


The Guardian
Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:36 UTC
laundrette attack
Screenshot of the video
A man using a launderette in a Paris suburb says he was beaten by two men with baseball bats in front of his young children after asking a customer to put on a face mask.

Masks are obligatory inside all public places in France to combat a recent surge in coronavirus cases.

The alleged victim, named only as Augustin, 44, told French television he was folding up his washing in the launderette on Sunday afternoon with his children aged five and seven when a man entered without a mask.

He said the man replied "I'll do what I want" when asked to put one on. A row then reportedly broke out. The non-mask-wearing customer left the premises north of the French capital.

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