Новости за 17.06.2020

By Thomas Catenacci Daily Caller News Foundation The UN Human Rights chief came out in support of reparations for people of African descent globally in a statement released Wednesday. The statement from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, was released in response to the death of George Floyd. Floyd died in Minneapolis police…

Responding to President Trump's concern about censorship by big tech platforms such as Google, Facebook and Twitter, the Justice Department urged Congress on Wednesday to introduce legislation to curb immunity protections. A senior Justice official told Reuters the objective is to press tech companies to be more transparent when they remove lawful material and to…

(DAILY MAIL) -- The leading pastor of a popular Atlanta megachurch has apologized for his 'horrible choice of words' after he said white people don't recognize the 'blessing' of slavery and suggested using the phrase 'white blessing' instead of 'white privilege.' Louie Giglio, the pastor of Passion City Church, made the comments during an online…

By Andrew Trunsky Daily Caller News Foundation House Democrats announced Tuesday evening that they will hold a vote June 26 on making the District of Columbia the 51st state. Over 200 Democrats have signed on to the legislation amid nationwide protests that have consumed Washington, D.C. over the past few weeks, pitting the district’s Democratic…

The Boy Scouts, who ended up in bankruptcy after years of adopting the progressive political agenda even while fighting hundreds of sex-abuse allegations, announced it will require a "diversity and inclusion merit badge" for the Eagle Scout rank in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Fox News reported the organization said in a letter…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- The wife of Rep. Andy Barr, a Kentucky Republican, died suddenly Tuesday night. Eleanor Carol Leavell Barr, 39, who went by Carol, died at the family’s home in Lexington, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The couple married in 2008 and have two young daughters. "At this time of tremendous grief and pain,…

The man arrested after a 92-year-old woman was attacked on a Manhattan street last week had at least 100 previous arrests, according to news reports. On Tuesday, police announced the arrest of Rashid Brimmage, 31, who was charged with assault in connection with the case, according to the New York Post. Thanks to the outstanding…

(NBC NEWS) -- The Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix will get a new name and image, Quaker Oats announced Wednesday, saying the company recognizes that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype." The 130-year-old brand features a Black woman named Aunt Jemima, who was originally dressed as a minstrel character.…

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- The president of the University of Virginia announced on Tuesday that all students — “regardless of citizenship or immigration status” — are eligible to enroll at the school. Jim Ryan said it is UVA’s mission to “attract outstanding students who will make our community stronger and the world a better place,”…

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- Before “I can’t breathe” became the rallying cry of the Black Lives Matter movement, the phrase was simply a direct way for patients to tell medical personnel that they couldn’t breathe. Medical patients may want to find a new way to convey their pulmonary distress, lest they be accused of triggering…

America feels like it's falling apart. That's because it is. There are two ways to achieve unity in any group. The first is to set up a few serious standards of conduct, policed with the absolute minimum of compulsion, and then allow freedom in all other matters. This was the founding vision for our federal…

If you type "#HoustonLynching" in Twitter's search engine, hundreds and hundreds of tweets appear. Thousands more appear under the hashtags "#Lynchings" and "#Lynched." Social media activists supporting the Black Lives Matter movement have spread a terrifying story: Evil racists are hanging black men from trees across the country. In the wake of the George Floyd…

(NATIONAL REVIEW) -- Jewish residents in Brooklyn used bolt cutters to cut through a lock placed on a Brooklyn park Monday evening after thousands of protesters gathered in the borough a day earlier to express support for black transgender people. Footage posted Monday on social media showed members of Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community taking bolt…

(WPRI) -- WARWICK, R.I. ─ A former priest was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing money from the church while he worked at. Steven Matthew Glover, known to parishioners as Father Matthew Glover, used to be a pastor at St. Rose and Clement Parish in Warwick. He has been charged with obtaining money under false pretenses,…

(FOX6NOW) -- BOISE, Idaho — One of the largest churches in Boise, Idaho, apologized for participating in “white supremacy” and announced it is removing the likeness of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a stained-glass window. One of the largest churches in Boise, Idaho, apologized for participating in “white supremacy” and announced it is removing…

Seattle Democratic Mayor Jenny Durkan has famously called the seizure of a section of her city by radical Antifa, anarchist and Black Lives Matter militants as something akin to the "summer of love." And now she and city officials have engaged in negotiations with the radicals demanding the abolishment of Seattle Police Department and the…

The Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorization for the common anti-malarial drug touted by President Trump and many physicians around the world as an effective treatment for COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine. The FDA said on its website Monday that after a review of current research on hydroxychloroquine and its cousin chloroquine, the agency…

  By Philip Wegmann Real Clear Politics Derek Chauvin, a white officer with the Minnesota Police Department, put his knee on the neck of George Floyd, a black man arrested for allegedly trying to buy a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit bill, for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Floyd is dead, Chauvin and three…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.] By Philip Wegmann Real Clear Politics The pandemic put a spotlight on Democratic governors across the country, and in the press, the likes of Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer were painted as courageous leaders guided only by science in their fight against…

  [Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Investigations.] By Richard Bernstein Real Clear Investigations The Board of Regents of the University of California spoke as one when it scrapped the Scholastic Aptitude Test in a virtual meeting last month. “I believe the test is a racist test,” said one regent, Jonathan…