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EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN! Get Ready for COVID-19 FEMA Camps.

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Debate commission stacked against Trump.

The Washington Brahmans that run and advise the Commission on Presidential Debates appear to be stacked against President Trump, raising concerns about the fairness of the debates set to begin later this month.

While politically bipartisan, most of the Republicans on the commission are so-called Never Trumpers who have been sharply critical of the president or donated to opponents in the past.

The commission sets the agenda and stage for the debates and plays the leading role in picking the media questioners.

Is there a single “nonpartisan” institution in Washington that hasn’t been revealed as corrupt?

MANILA, Philippines — As transport officials launched a bike lane on Edsa to promote mobility in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, there was some confusion over whether or not cyclists should be wearing face shields. On Sunday morning, a day after the formal opening of the protected bike lane, some bikers reported that they […]

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CHANGE: Movement Builds For Diploma Privilege In California, Connecticut, D.C., Pennsylvania.

THAT’S NOTHING; DEMS ARE USING LAWLESSNESS: Jerry Nadler Accuses AG Barr of Using ‘Law Enforcement as a Prop’ in Trump’s Reelection Campaign.

MOSCOW — A Russian court on Monday ordered an influential monk, who has denied the existence of the new coronavirus and urged his followers to ignore government lockdown orders, to pay a fine for fomenting enmity through his sermons. When contagion engulfed Russia, Father Sergiy declared the coronavirus non-existent and denounced government efforts to stem […]

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MANILA, Philippines — High profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian died on Saturday due to COVID-19. Sources said Sebastian was taken to Site Harry, a COVID-19 facility inside the New Bilibid Prison, after showing symptoms of the virus. No autopsy was conducted. His body was immediately cremated. Sebastian, who was convicted of kidnapping-for-ransom and carjacking in 2009, […]

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MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III has expressed confidence that the executive department can answer “all allegations and misinterpretations” against the newly-signed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. Sotto said in an online media forum on Wednesday that: “The executive department has more than enough to be able to answer all their (petitioners) allegations and […]

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The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has extended by two months the validity of drivers’ licenses that expired during the Luzon-wide lockdown, with no penalty to be charged for late renewal. In a statement, LTO assistant secretary Edgar Galvante said that the grace period would apply in areas under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) or general community […]

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First lady Melania Trump sported a face mask Thursday in a new public service announcement posted on her Twitter account urging Americans to follow guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT: China’s Defense Spending Is Larger Than It Looks.

If you account for differences in reporting structure, purchasing power, and labor costs, you find that China’s 2017 defense budget provided 87 percent of the purchasing power of American’s 2017 defense budget.

This runs counter to the conventional wisdom that the United States spends more on its military than the next 12 countries combined or that China lags annual U.S. military spending by close to $400 billion. Those misleading comparisons are based on simply converting Beijing’s reported defense budget from yuan to dollars by applying a market exchange rate. That produces a distorted picture. We must take into consideration several key factors to arrive at an accurate understanding of just how much Beijing is investing in its military.

One key factor—and perhaps the main one that makes accurate comparison so challenging—is how Beijing accounts for its military research and development. Put simply, it doesn’t include it in any of its reports on military expenditures.

On the other hand, Communist QC has never been any good.

POST-QUARANTINE: Needed: the reopening plan. Fast. “Needed fast: a plan to open up the economy again in a virus-safe way. Every business should be (and likely is) working hard to figure out how to operate in a virus-safe way. Federal state and local government need to be working 24 hours a day during the next few weeks to promulgate virus-safe practices. Not because they are particularly good at it, but because they are the ones shutting things down, and their permission is needed to reopen, fully or partly. People also will want the confidence to know that businesses they patronize are compliant. You’ve got two weeks — figure out what combination of personal distancing, self-isolation, testing, cleaning, etc. will allow each kind of business to reopen, at least partially.”

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has threatened to close down retail stores in Manila that were caught profiteering from the sudden spike in demand for face masks, as people look for protection against the ashfall coming from Taal Volcano. Trade Undersecretary Ruth Castelo said they had so far issued notices […]

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BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia — A 42-year-old woman has been remanded for four days to assist police investigations into an alleged sexual act with a man at the toilet of a temple here. This came about after police received a report from the temple chairman. The remand order started from Monday. “The closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera recording […]

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BUTTERFIELD ALERT: Hispanics stick with Trump despite tough border stance.

“Despite?” Fox Butterfield, call your office. Presumably, many if not most of those who were born here, and/or whose families made the effort to become American citizens approve of that tough border stance.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: In College Admissions Scandal, Families From China Paid the Most: Families that allegedly paid $1.2 million and $6.5 million show the reach of the cheating ring.

Families from China were among those who allegedly paid the most in the college admissions scandal, a new sign of the reach of the cheating ring.

One Chinese family allegedly paid $6.5 million to William “Rick” Singer, the California-based college counselor who has admitted to masterminding the scheme, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Another was the family of a student—referred to in court filings as “Yale Applicant 1”—who paid $1.2 million to secure her admission to Yale University. The student is 21-year-old Sherry Guo, who moved to Southern California from China to attend high school, her lawyer confirmed.

The families have been of particular interest in the case because they allegedly paid far more than nearly all of the 33 parents currently facing criminal charges in the scheme. Many parents paid $250,000 to $400,000 for the illegal admissions services, including securing fraudulent test scores and bribing coaches to have their children designated as recruited athletes, prosecutors say.

Ms. Guo had her eye on Columbia University or Oxford University, said her lawyer, James Spertus of Spertus, Landes & Umhofer LLP in Los Angeles.

But Mr. Singer told her she would go to Yale University. It was a sure thing, he said, according to Mr. Spertus. An attorney for Mr. Singer, who has pleaded guilty to four felony charges, including racketeering conspiracy, declined to comment.

Related: During all the Russia hacking hype, China is rising in influence: While Russia’s role in the 2016 election dominates the news, China’s spying and alarming influence within our borders is too little noticed.

A man who recently bought a private island has been accused of stealing $300 (around P15,500) worth of items from a department store in Florida, USA. Police arrested 59-year-old Andrew Lippi on Saturday, April 6, for scheming to rip off items from a local K-mart department store, The Miami Herald reported on Monday, April 8. […]

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BOW DOWN TO THE RACE-HUSTLING ANTISEMITE: Democrats are so afraid to piss off Al Sharpton.

This week, nearly every single Democratic candidate for president — save the otherwise-distracted Joe Biden — has or will appear at Sharpton’s annual convention for his National Action Network, which he calls a charity.

A more rational observer might call it a personal piggybank funded by shakedowns.

This is a man who, as The Post exclusively reported in December, sold the rights to his life story to his own “nonprofit,” paying himself $531,000 — on top of his $244,661 salary to run NAN in 2017.

When asked by The Post when he would see that half-million, Sharpton — who was covering the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth in South Africa for MSNBC, itself a sacrilege — took offense.

“What does that have to do with anything?” he asked.

Such is Al Sharpton’s M.O., one that’s kept him in public life for over 30 years: dodge, deflect, deny, distract — and then cry racism.

Well, he is a Democrat.

Deputy Speaker Prospero Pichay Jr. has dared Sen. Panfilo Lacson to file a case before the Supreme Court if he believes the budget bill was unconstitutional.

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DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is convinced the January 27 twin blasts at a Catholic cathedral in Jolo, Sulu was a case of suicide bombing.

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