Michigan only state still ordering hair salons to remain closed

Michigan only state still ordering hair salons to remain closed

by WorldTribune Staff, June 4, 2020 Despite releasing an eight-step plan for reopening their businesses across the state, hair salon owners in Michigan say they are still unable to open under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus lockdown orders. To make matters worse, Whitmer recently told the state’s residents to “Google how to do a haircut,” infuriating […]

Protesters in Italy rip off their masks, declare pandemic a scam

Protesters in Italy rip off their masks, declare pandemic a scam

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2020 Hundreds of demonstrators descended on Rome’s Piazza del Popolo on Tuesday and ripped off their masks in a protest against the Italian government’s coronavirus lockdown orders. The group, which calls themselves the “Orange Vests,” is led by retired Carabinieri general Antonio Pappalardo, who doesn’t believe children should be made […]

Khamenei teams up with U.S. Left: This is the ‘true face of America’

Khamenei teams up with U.S. Left: This is the ‘true face of America’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2020 The leader of the Iranian regime, which killed hundreds of anti-establishment protesters in November 2019, said that rioting in the United States is “the true face of their regime.” Speaking on Wednesday at the 31st anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali […]

Beijing’s Hong Kong squeeze

Beijing’s Hong Kong squeeze

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The crisis was brewing for months.  Storm clouds were gathering around Hong Kong’s splendid bay as China’s communist authorities have put the vice grip squeeze on democratic Hong Kong’s political rights and social freedoms.  The world has watched aimlessly until the United States and a few fellow democracies […]

First federal charges filed after a week of riots, looting; FBI soliciting tips

First federal charges filed after a week of riots, looting; FBI soliciting tips

by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2020 An Illinois man who was reportedly caught on video saying “lets start a riot” has been charged in what appears to be the first federal criminal case related to the rioting that has devastated U.S. cities over the past week. Matthew Lee Rupert, a 28-year-old Galesburg resident, has been […]

Celebrities sign letter to defund police

Celebrities sign letter to defund police

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 3, 2020 Wealthy celebrities who can afford to live in the most secure areas and hire their own private security have signed a letter calling for defunding police departments which are tasked with keeping safe those in society who are most vulnerable to criminals. Singers John Legend and Lizzo, actresses […]

‘Overwhelming majority’ on Facebook censorship board are leftists; Most have ties to George Soros

‘Overwhelming majority’ on Facebook censorship board are leftists; Most have ties to George Soros

FPI / June 2, 2020 By Judicial Watch The recently appointed Facebook oversight board that will decide which posts get blocked from the world’s most popular social networking website is stacked with leftists, including a close friend of leftwing billionaire George Soros who served on the board of directors of his Open Society Foundations (OSF). […]

Biden, the architect of mass incarceration, says he will lead conversation on country’s ‘pain’

Biden, the architect of mass incarceration, says he will lead conversation on country’s ‘pain’

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2020 Presumptive Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden proclaimed himself the one to lead the conversation on race relations in the wake of the killing of George Floyd and the nationwide protests it sparked. “We are a nation in pain right now, but we must not allow this pain […]

Cuomo suddenly OK with people not social distancing; N.Y. movers report record exodus

Cuomo suddenly OK with people not social distancing; N.Y. movers report record exodus

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2020 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lashed out at protesters calling to reopen the state earlier this month, saying at a news conference, “you have no right to jeopardize my health … and my children’s health and your children’s health.” Cuomo’s directives have been enforced throughout the state: A New […]

First Amendment freedom alert: Supremes back California on church attendance

First Amendment freedom alert: Supremes back California on church attendance

by WorldTribune Staff, June 1, 2020 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. — First Amendment to […]