#Vanuatu has recorded its first #Covid_19 case, health officials announced Wednesday, ending the Pacific island nation’s status as one of the few countries...
... in the world to remain virus-free. The health department said a 23-year-old man who had recently returned from the #UnitedStates was confirmed to have the virus on Tuesday after being tested in quarantine."
#ArmisticeDay began in 1918 to celebrate The Day World Leaders Came Together To End #WWI- The 'War To End All Wars'- And The Idea Of Ending All #War
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"Over one hundred years ago the world celebrated #peace as a universal principle. #WWI had just ended and nations mourning their dead collectively called for an end to all #wars. #ArmisticeDay was born and was designated as “a day to be dedicated to the cause...
Nov 11, 2020 • 14 tweets • 11 min read
Postal Worker Admits Fabricating Allegations Of #BallotTampering 😳
"A #Pennsylvania postal worker whose claims have been cited by top #Republicans as potential evidence of widespread voting irregularities admitted to U.S. Postal Service...
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... investigators that he fabricated the allegations, according to three people briefed on the investigation and a statement from a House congressional committee. #RichardHopkins’ claim that a postmaster in #Erie, Pa., instructed postal workers to backdate #ballots mailed...
Nov 10, 2020 • 11 tweets • 21 min read
House #GOP Lawmaker: #Biden Should Be Recognized As President-Elect
"This is not the first time Ivanka Trump has used “cheap stunts” to improve her image and brand. ..
.. She recently pledged to bring justice for #NativeAmerican families afflicted by higher rates of violence, homicide, and human trafficking by opening the nation’s first Indian Affairs task force office dedicated to solving cold cases of missing and murdered American Indians...
Internal #USPS Documents Outline Plans To Hobble #Mail 📨 Sorting
'This Will Slow Mail Processing,' A Union Official Wrote On One Of The Documents Announcing The Machine Removals 😟
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"The United States Postal Service proposed removing 20 percent of letter sorting machines it uses around the country before revising the plan weeks later to closer to 15 percent of all machines, meaning 502 will be taken out of service, according to documents obtained by...
The Documentary That Trump ‘Doesn’t Want You To See’ To Be Released Worldwide
#Trump* Has Tried To Block The Film From Being Seen For The Past Four Years
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"A damning documentary about Donald #Trump* that the US president “doesn’t want you to see” is getting released worldwide."
"Having been held back by legal threats from the #TrumpOrganisation for the past four years, 'You’ve Been Trumped Too' has been picked up for release...
Jul 27, 2020 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
Samoan 🇼🇸 🇳🇿 Chief Who Enslaved Villagers 😢 Sentenced To 11 Years In New Zealand 🇳🇿
New Zealand 🇳🇿 Based Samoan 🇼🇸 🇳🇿 Chief Joseph Auga Matamata Used 13 Of His Countrymen As Slaves Over A Quarter Of Century
The offending occurred between 1994 and April last year involving 13 #Samoans 🇼🇸 🇳🇿 from three villages on the island of #Upolu. The youngest...
Jul 17, 2020 • 10 tweets • 10 min read
In Belarus 🇧🇾, Three Women Unite To Fight Strongman Lukashenko
"Three women have teamed up to fight presidential polls in #Belarus, pitting "female solidarity" against strongman #AlexanderLukashenko, who insists the country is not ready...
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...for a woman president. 🙄 #Lukashenko is standing for a sixth term in August 9 polls in the authoritarian country bordering Russia and the European Union.
The vote's result is in little doubt given his total dominance of previous elections, not recognised as free or fair...
Jul 16, 2020 • 11 tweets • 9 min read
How New Zealand could keep eliminating coronavirus at its border for months to come, even as the global pandemic worsens
#NewZealand 🇳🇿 #coronavirus 😷 #COVID
"Since New Zealand closed its borders on March 19, the rate of COVID-19 infections globally has increased 50-fold, to more than 13 million confirmed cases worldwide.
All new arrivals to New Zealand have to spend 14 days in quarantine at government-managed hotels."
Ukraine denounces Apple for calling Crimea part of Russia in apps reut.rs/2KZ42qy
"Ukraine said on Wednesday Apple did not “give a damn” about its pain, after the U.S. tech giant began referring to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russia in its Maps and Weather apps for Russian users."
"Russia and Ukraine have both been highly sensitive to...
Oct 27, 2019 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
👀 Infectious Disease Specialist Claims Trump’s Unhinged Behavior Is Due To Untreated STD politicaltribune.org/infectious-dis… via @dc_tribune
"From the beginning of the Trump presidency, it was clear to any observer that something about Trump is not the same as any other president or, indeed, as any mentally healthy person at all. From his seemingly pathological need to lie to his extreme narcissism, Trump’s brain...
Aug 31, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Why would anyone do this?
42 Wild Burros Shot Dead in the Mojave Desert...
$58,000 Reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever is responsible for this sick crime...
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"Burros are federally protected under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. Anyone found guilty of capturing, branding, harassing or killing wild, free-roaming horses or burros could face a fine and jail time.
