Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect Electricity Grid
The President has signed an executive order to put measures in place that will protect the electricity grid against malicious acts, including malicious cyber activities.
Protecting the electricity grid is central to the security of the nation. The federal government operates a significant portion of America’s bulk-power system – about 20 percent. To maintain the system parts need to be regularly replaced and maintained. The order prohibits federal agencies and United States persons from procuring goods, products and materials for the bulk-power system from companies situated within foreign adversaries and where the transaction poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of American citizens.
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China Accused of Efforts to “Infiltrate” US Colleges, Republicans Launch Probe
Top Republicans have called for information about claims the Chinese have infiltrated US colleges as part of their “investment in American colleges and universities to further its strategic and propaganda goals” — an initiative they claimed could be “foreign academic espionage.”
The call comes as lawmakers are increasing alarmed at Chinese attempts to influence US lawmakers and journalists in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak.
In a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, a number of GOP committee voiced their concerns:
“For some time, we have been concerned about the potential for the Chinese government to use its strategic investments to turn American college campuses into indoctrination platforms for American students,” the Republicans began.
“For example, a 2018 Hoover Institution report notes the presence of some 110 ‘Confucius Institutes’ on college campuses as well as over 500 ‘Confucius Classrooms’ in secondary schools,” they continued. “While the stated mission of such institutes and classrooms is to teach Chinese language and culture, the report notes, ‘faculty and other watchdogs have warned that they may present risks to intellectual freedom by using American universities as vehicles through which to advance Chinese Communist Party propaganda.'”
It is imperative that the Department of Education investigate whether institutions “receiving federal taxpayer dollars should be allowed to accept funds from China, the CCP, or other affiliated organizations,” the lawmakers went on, noting that The Higher Education Act of 1965 requires institutions of higher education to “disclose gifts from foreign sources.” Specifically, section 117 of the Act requires that “whenever any institution . . . receives a gift from or enters into a contract with a foreign source, the value of which is $250,000 or more, the institution shall file a disclosure report.”
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US Navy Sends Warships to Barents Sea for First Time Since Cold War
The US Navy has sent four warships to the Barents Sea, off the coast of Russia, for the first time since the Cold War. The warships were joined by one warship from the British Navy. The Navy has said the warships are there to ‘conduct maritime security operations’.
Russia was notified to the operations on May 1st, ‘in an effort to avoid misperceptions, reduce risk, and prevent inadvertent escalation’ a US Navy spokesperson said.
The US-British naval presence in the region comes at a time when Russia is pushing ahead with a huge military build up in the Artic.
The Arctic region is rich in hydrocarbon reserves, and as the sea ice melts Russia hopes to capitalise on the opportunity.
‘In these challenging times, it is more important than ever that we maintain our steady drumbeat of operations across the European theater, while taking prudent measures to protect the health of our force,’ said Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet.
‘We remain committed to promoting regional security and stability, while building trust and reinforcing a foundation of Arctic readiness.’
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Chinese Stealth Bomb Could be Ready by End of Year
The Chinese have been working on a stealth bomber that could be ready by the end of the year. Xian H-20 would give the Chinese the ability to launch a nuclear attack by land, sea or air. Only America and Russia currently have this complete nuclear capability.
The new bomber would make Australia, Japan and Korea within range. And is likely to heighten tensions between the US and Beijing.
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Universities Creating Covid-19 Surveillance System Similar to Chinese Social Credit
Three US universities are working on a surveillance system to track Covid-19. The technology would be similar to the surveillance system in place in China which is used to create the Chinese Social Credit system.
University of Southern California, Emory University, and the University of Texas Health Science Center received federal funding to develop the contact tracing app. The system would track users locations in real time, their symptoms and give them a virus risk score.
Apple and Google have also announced they are working on bluetooth technology that could be used in third party apps for contact tracing.
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‘Paid for the damn virus that’s killing us’: Giuliani Attacks Fauci Over Grant to Lab in Wuhan
Rudy Giuliani questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci’s involvement in grants that the U.S. made to the lab in Wuhan, China, which has been linked to the Coronavirus outbreak.
There is growing evidence that points the finger to the laboratory as the source of the deadly outbreak. Giuliani has made his comments during an interview. He also called on a full investigation to be made into the Wuhan investigation.
“Back in 2014, the Obama administration prohibited the U.S. from giving any money to any laboratory, including in the U.S., that was fooling around with these viruses. Prohibited! Despite that, Dr. Fauci gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory — and then even after the State Department issued reports about how unsafe that laboratory was, and how suspicious they were in the way they were developing a virus that could be transmitted to humans,” he claimed.
He added, “We never pulled that money. So, something here is going on, John. I don’t want to make any accusations. But there was more knowledge about what was going on in China with our scientific people than they disclosed to us when this first came out. Just think of it: If this laboratory turns out to be the place where the virus came from, we paid for it. We paid for the damn virus that’s killing us.
Dr Fauci has been the director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984.
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Mike Flynn Files Documents Apparently Showing he was “Set up by FBI”
In court documents General Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, say they have previously undisclosed evidence that proves that Flynn was “deliberately set up and framed by corrupt agents at the top of the FBI.”
“This afternoon, the government produced to Mr. Flynn stunning Brady evidence that proves Mr. Flynn’s allegations of having been deliberately set up and framed by corrupt agents at the top of the FBI,” the supplemental filing submitted by Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell reads. “It also defeats any argument that the interview of Mr. Flynn on January 24, 2017 was material to any ‘investigation.’ The government has deliberately suppressed this evidence from the inception of this prosecution—knowing there was no crime by Mr. Flynn.”
“In addition, Mr. Flynn’s counsel has found further evidence of misconduct by [head prosecutor Brandon Van Grack] specifically,” the filing continues. “Not only did he make baseless threats to indict Michael G. Flynn, he made a side deal not to prosecute Michael G. Flynn as a material term of the plea agreement, but he required that it be kept secret between himself and the Covington attorneys expressly to avoid the requirement of Giglio v. United States , 405 U.S. 150 (1972). Exs. 1, 2.”
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MSNBCs Nicolle Wallace: “Silver Lining” go Coronavirus- It Will hurt Trump
MSNBC news anchor Nicolle Wallace has said that the “silver lining” of the Coronavirus pandemic is that it will hurt Donald Trump.
“There is something both tragic, and pathetic, and ironic about the fact that it took a, you know, color-blind, gender-blind, you know, state-line-blind virus to sort of have all of the president’s sins from his first three years catch up with him,” Wallace began during a panel discussion. “You can’t stand there and lie. You can’t contradict your scientists because they’re the ones that stand at 66 and 68 percent public trust, not you. He’s down at 38 percent. Pence is lower than him.”
She continued, “I mean, he needs those people whether he likes what they say or not and I wonder what you think about whether or not there’s some silver lining there, that some of the things that, that we’ve been talking about for three years may be finally catching up with him?”
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FCC: Rescind Chinese Telecom Authorisation
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked Chinese government controlled telecoms companies why it should not revoke their authority to operate within the US.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wrote in a statement on Friday:
Foreign entities providing telecommunications services—or seeking to provide services—in the United States must not pose a risk to our national security. The Show Cause Orders reflect our deep concern—one shared by the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, and State and the U.S. Trade Representative—about these companies’ vulnerability to the exploitation, influence, and control of the Chinese Communist Party, given that they are subsidiaries of Chinese state-owned entities. We simply cannot take a risk and hope for the best when it comes to the security of our networks.
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New U.V. Light Technology Safe to Human, but Lethal for Covid-19
Researchers are working on a new U.V. light technology which is completely safe for humans, but kills Covid-19. The team at Columbia University has said it is a game changer.
The findings are in line with other studies which show the potential for U.V. light to kill Coronavirus in the air and on surfaces. However Democrats this week mocked the President for asking the question is UV light could give a potential cure for Coronavirus.
David Brenner of Columbia University said:
Our system is a low-cost, safe solution to eradicating airborne viruses minutes after they’ve been breathed, coughed or sneezed into the air. Not only does it have the potential to prevent the global spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, but also future novel viruses, as well as more familiar viruses like influenza and measles.
Columbia University reported:
[The new technology] uses lamps that emit continuous, low doses of a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light, known as far-UVC, which can kill viruses and bacteria without harming human skin, eyes, and other tissues, as is the problem with conventional UV light.
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The research team’s experiments have shown far-UVC effective in eradicating two types of airborne seasonal coronaviruses (the ones that cause coughs and colds). The researchers are now testing the light against the SARS-CoV-2 [coronavirus] virus at Columbia in a biosafety laboratory, with encouraging results, Brenner said.
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U.S. Considers Partnering With Faith-Based Organisations; Redirecting WHO Funds
In the wake of President Trump’s decision to remove funding for the W.H.O. the U.S. are considering other ways to direct funds to health aid program.
America is the WHO’s top source of funding. However, China appears to hold more power over the UN agency than Washington.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator John Barsa declared:
We’re looking for different partners right now in terms of — working polio or any number of health issues — are there other entities, local community-based entities, faith-based organizations, are there other groups that can continue on this work. So part of the assessment that is taking place during this 60-to-90-day pause is to evaluate the availability of new partners to carry out this work.
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Judge Allows Baltimore’s Aerial Surveillance Test
A judge has cleared plans for Baltimore Police Department to test its first drone aerial surveillance flight.
A grassroots think tank and activist groups had argued that the aerial surveillance would violate their first and fourth constitutuional amendment rights. However the judge overruled this, opening the door for the first test flights.
The Police want to run a six month trial consistently flying drones over the city with cameras. Weather permitting the drones will fly 40 hours per week, and cover 90% of the city. The police department say they will help tackle serious crime like murder, carjackings, and armed robbery.
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Trump Instruct’s Navy to Destroy Iranian Ships Harassing US Boats.
The President has announced that he has instructed the Navy to “destroy” any Iranian Ships that are harassing U.S. in the Gulf region. The announcement comes amid escalating tensions in the region.
“I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” Trump tweeted.
The Navy reported that last week during warship exercises in international waters 11 Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Navy vessels, harassed the six U.S. ships.
A week earlier Iranian soldiers stormed a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, however they quickly left after discovering the vessel was from China.
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