Stephen Lendman (2020-05-06). Trump Regime Lack of Preparedness for COVID-19 Outbreaks, Demoting HHS Whistleblower. globalresearch.ca Throughout his tenure, Trump showed indifference toward public health. | His proposed 2020 budget calls for cutting $900 million from the Prevention and Public Health Fund. | It proposes a $17.9 billion cut to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)….

The Canary (2020-05-06). Trump administration 'ignored virus warnings and pushed unproven drug'. thecanary.co The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist has alleged in a whistleblower complaint.Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges he was reassigned to a lesser role because he resisted political pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug pushed by Donald Trump.He said the Trump administration wanted to "flood" hot spots in New York and New Jersey with the drug.Rick Bright (Health and Human Services/…

Dr. David Halpin (2020-05-06). Assange Could Die in Prison, There Is No Time to Lose. globalresearch.ca We write this open letter, as British medical doctors, to express our serious concerns about the physical and mental health of Mr Julian Assange. Our professional concerns follow the shocking eye witness accounts of Craig Murray and John Pilger …

Craig Murray (2020-05-06). Civil Liberty Vanishes. Free Assange. Suppressing Legitimate Dissent. globalresearch.ca The sinister potential of coronavirus lockdown to suppress dissent was on display on Monday as police broke up a small group of protestors outside Westminster Crown Court during a case management hearing for Julian Assange. The dozen protestors, who …

Peter Oborne (2020-05-06). Julian Assange's Case Exposes British Hypocrisy on Press Freedom. globalresearch.ca One of the most repugnant political faults is hypocrisy. Politicians say one thing, then do the opposite. This leaves a bad taste in the mouth, and brings public life into disrepute. | The British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is a case …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-05-06). Muting Justice: Rescheduling Julian Assange's Hearing. globalresearch.ca "When we think of the repression of journalists, we automatically evoke foreign lands. We rarely, however, evoke or remember our own dissidents." — Peter Oborne, It all spoke well of British justice, which …

Massoud Nayeri (2020-05-06). Free Julian Assange! globalresearch.ca Sooner or later, the war criminals will realize that their sadistic tortures and inhumane conditions in their maximum-security prisons are not helping them in covering up their crimes which have been exposed universally by Julian Assange. | Ironically, for every …

en.mehrnews (2020-05-06). VIDEO: Massive fire in UAE residential tower. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 6 (MNA) — A fire has engulfed a skyscraper in Sharjah, one of the largest cities in the United Arab Emirates. Dozens of firefighters worked to put out the blaze in the Abbco Tower using at least a dozen fire engines and drones. There were no immediate reports of casualties or of the likely cause of the fire.

Aaron Maté (2020-05-05). US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn. thegrayzone.com As the US government hunts Julian Assange, it refuses to extradite a CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn…

RT (2020-05-04). Top engineer quits Amazon in protest over firings of Covid-19 whistleblower employees. rt.com Vice-president and top engineer at Amazon Web Services Tim Bray has resigned in protest over the firings of workers, mainly from minorities, who complained over conditions at the company's warehouses during the Covid-19 pandemic. | "I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19," Bray wrote in an open letter titled Bray admitted working with…

acTVism Munich (2020-05-02). Wikileaks Chief Editor on Assange: "People need to care" dissidentvoice.org …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-05). Explosive Whistleblower Complaint by Ousted HHS Official Says He Was Pressured to Give Contract to Trump-Friendly Pharma Firm. commondreams.org A federal scientist filed a formal whistleblower complaint Tuesday, weeks after being reassigned from his position at the Health and Human Services Department following a clash with Trump administration officials over untested Covid-19 treatments that President Donald Trump was promoting. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/alex_azar_trump_coronavirus_0.jpg …

yenisafak (2020-05-06). Israel signs deal to lease drones to Greece for border defence. yenisafak.com Israel said it will lease drones to Greece to defend its borders, in the first military deal between the two countries which includes an option to buy the system.The Israeli Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that the agreement with the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence was signed digitally due to the coronavirus crisis.Under the deal, Israel's Defence Ministry will lease the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, made by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries for three years.The Heron system, which is used by Israel's military and in naval forces around the world, is equipped with both day and night ac…