Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 May 2020
Greetings from Tyler, Whoever suspected that it would be DOCTORS in Federal agencies that would cripple the United States of America? How did this happen? Suddenly we’ve had governors, mayors, and county commissioners issuing unconstitutional “orders,” which if disobeyed can … Read More
Will the Death of the Euro Lead to the Death of the EU?
The clock is ticking on the continuing existence of the EU. Image credit: Christian Wiediger on Unsplash The French president Emmanuel Macron recently fired a warning shot across the bow of the European ship of state. He said that without … Read More
Nicaragua: After two years of crisis, more than 100,000 have fled the country
UNHCR/Daniel Dreifuss – Persecuted Nicaraguans flee to Costa Rica in search of international protection. Over the past two years, more than 100,000 people in Nicaragua have sought asylum abroad, reportedly fleeing persecution and human rights abuses, the UN refugee agency, … Read More
Venezuelans ‘teetering on the brink of survival’ warn UN human rights experts
OCHA/Gemma Cortes – Dioximar Guevara lives with her five children in San Felix, a slum of Puerto Ordaz, the main city in Bolívar, Venezuela, where poverty runs deep. United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take … Read More
Refugee policy EU’s ‘biggest inadequacy,’ says Germany’s Heiko Maas
Germany’s foreign minister took aim at the EU’s approach to refugees, saying nothing has been solved since the 2015 migrant crisis. He also called again for a scheme to distribute asylum-seekers across the EU. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has … Read More
Desert or Sea: Virus Traps Migrants in Mid-Route Danger Zone
In this April 25, 2020 photo provided by IOM Niger, some of nearly 100 Nigeriens arrive in Assamaka, Niger, on foot from Algeria and now must be quarantined for two weeks at the remote Sahara border settlement, where water is … Read More
DOJ drops case against Michael Flynn, in wake of internal memo release
The Justice Department on Thursday moved to drop its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, in a stunning development that comes after internal memos were released raising serious questions about the nature of the investigation that led to Flynn’s late 2017 … Read More
Gov. Abbott modifies COVID-19 executive orders to eliminate confinement as punishment
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Governor Greg Abbott has modified his executive orders related to COVID-19 to eliminate confinement as a punishment for violating the orders. The governor says that the modifications are being applied retroactively and in his announcement highlighted particular cases … Read More
UK coronavirus advisor resigns after breaking lockdown rules
Professor Neil Ferguson speaks at a news conference in London, England, on January 22. (CNN) A leading epidemiologist who advised the UK government on its coronavirus response resigned from his government post on Tuesday after the Telegraph newspaper reported he … Read More
Venezuela’s sending its gold reserves to Iran: This is where socialism leads
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro – REUTERS It’s come to this: Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is now sending a good chunk of the nation’s gold to Iran in exchange for help propping up the decrepit oil industry. At least nine tons … Read More
Even during coronavirus crisis, liberal media can’t resist spreading lies
President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force. —AP With much of the country now under quarantine, the nation desperately needs reliable information about the coronavirus. Unfortunately, politics has infected much of the mainstream media’s … Read More
Coronavirus pandemic could last 2 years, 70 percent of world population needs immunity: researchers
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the planet since first appearing in late 2019, infecting more than 3 million and resulting in the deaths of at … Read More