Pollak: Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Adds Insult to Working-class Injury

  Link: BREITBART President Joe Biden is set to announce student loan forgiveness of $10,000 — and perhaps more — for lower-income debtors on Wednesday, in a move that is unconstitutional, unfair, and dangerous for the stability of our economy and our democracy. There is no doubt that some borrowers would benefit from student loan […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Vaccinated Making Up Higher Proportion of COVID-19 Metrics in US

  Link: THE EPOCH TIMES Vaccinated people are more likely than the unvaccinated in recent months to be a COVID-19 case, hospitalization, or death in 25 states, according to an Epoch Times investigation. That same month, the vaccinated made up 65 percent of COVID-19 cases, 64 percent of COVID-19 hospitalizations, and 66 percent of COVID-19 […]

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Big Banks Face $1 Billion in Fines Over WhatsApp, Other Unapproved Message Tools, Says Report

  Link: THE BL Major banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America are collectively facing more than $1 billion in regulatory fines, after employees used unapproved communication tools, such as private email and messaging apps like WhatsApp. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) discovered the violations after probing several banks’ record-keeping practices […]

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Rare poor quarterly earnings, two Chinese tech giants tightening their belts

  Link: THE BL The two Chinese tech giants, Alibaba and Tencent are experiencing sluggish sales for the first time after regularly talking to investors about innovation and new products in Financial Report Announcement meetings. However, the meeting turned to another topic – how to reduce costs. The same goes for Alibaba, which reported flat […]

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Shanghai Bund turns off lights, Sichuan people don’t dare to take the elevator due to continuous power cuts

Link: THE BL   China is facing rare hot, dry weather with record breaking temperatures and power shortages in many places. Tencent reported that, on August 21, the Sichuan provincial government issued a notice launching its first emergency response. The local area is facing a severe situation due to the most extreme high temperature in history, […]

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British Migrant Crossing Record Broken, Highest Daily Total

The number of migrants arriving in Britain in small boats reached a new high for a single day on Monday. The U.K.’s Ministry of Defense said 1,295 people in 27 boats were intercepted on August 22. The figure tops the previous daily record of 1,185 in November last year, according to the BBC. More than 22,000 […]

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Islamic State Terrorist Who Beheaded Americans Gets Life in Prison

  Link: VISIONTIMES A member of an Islamic State cell involved in a hostage-taking plot that led to the beheadings of American journalists and aid workers was sentenced to life in prison by a U.S. federal court on Friday (Aug. 19). U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis sentenced El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, during a hearing […]

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Trump Files Lawsuit Asserting Fourth Amendment Rights

  Link: OANN   Former President Donald Trump released a statement Monday evening, announcing he has filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida asserting his Fourth Amendment rights. “We have just filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida strongly asserting my […]

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NYT Op-Ed: Throw out the ‘Broken Constitution’ and ‘Reclaim America’

The “broken” and “famously undemocratic” U.S. Constitution “stands in the way” of “real” freedom and democracy, according to a New York Times op-ed by two Ivy League law professors. The pair issued a call to “radically alter the basic rules of the game” by no longer requiring us to “justify our politics by the Constitution.” “The […]

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Insurance money cannot be withdrawn, people confront Bank of Beijing

On August 19, the Beijing Health Insurance Bureau issued a notice on adjusting health insurance for urban workers. It stated: “From September 1, 2022, the insured amount in the personal account will be used for special purposes and the insured person is not free to withdraw money,” which confused people. An employee at the bank explained to reporters […]

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Animals’ turn! Massive COVID testing on cows and fish in China; humans tested by machines

After footage of the Xiamen government’s aquatic animal testing became viral, it’s the turn of forest animal testing. On August 22, a video on the Facebook platform showed cows lining up for nucleic acid testing. (00:00 – 00:22) This footage follows the marine animals’ acid nucleic testing requested by the Jimei government, Xiamen city, Fujian province, […]

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Sichuan extends industrial power cut to 11 days, hurting business production

Mainland media Yicai.com reports that Sichuan 四川 province has prolonged its power cut order on factories to August 25. Most manufacturers in the province have stopped their activities since last Monday, August 15. This means factories will be closed for power rationing for at least 11 days. The order applies to nearly the entire province except for […]

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CCP exports crime along BRI route: Cambodian live organ harvesting and ‘piglet’ trafficking

With the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, the crime of organ harvesting in mainland China has become rampant in Southeast Asia. A Cambodian organ price list circulated on the internet a few days ago, and Southeast Asia is said to have “sufficient supply.” Several Taiwanese media have recently reported on Cambodia’s “price list for live […]

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Drastic Increase in Non-Infectious Diseases in Military Explained as Data Glitch: Whistleblower

A medical Army officer who discovered a sudden increase in disease coinciding with reports of side effects alongside COVID-19 vaccines—which the Army has dismissed as a data glitch—said he faces involuntary separation after being convicted but not punished for disobeying COVID-19 protocol. In January 2022, First Lt. Mark Bashaw, a preventive medicine officer at the […]

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