August 5th, 2021

• With only 40% support, Israelis still think 2 states best option - poll
• Gantz: Iran 10 weeks away from amassing enough weapons-grade material for nuke
• Israel Says Military Action May Be Needed to Stop Iran Attacks
• Israel names Iranian drone commander allegedly behind lethal ship attack
• '5-6 armed Iranians' responsible for tanker hijack off UAE coast - report
• Suspected Ship Hijack Ends as Tensions With Iran Soar
• Britain says UN Security Council 'must respond to Iran's destabilizing actions'
• US - Iran Relations: New Iranian Leader Seeks To End 'Tyrannical' Sanctions
• New legislation in Iran stokes fears of even further restricted internet
• Lebanon seethes with grief and rage as it marks one year since Beirut blast
• Macron says Lebanon leaders 'owe their people the truth' about Beirut blast
• Beirut Port Explosion Fuels Lebanon's Collapse: 'May God Save the Country'
• Collapse: Inside Lebanon's Worst Economic Meltdown in More Than a Century
• 'No sense of safety': how the Beirut blast created a mental health crisis
• Biden promises $100 million in aid to crisis-hit Lebanon
• On Beirut Blast Anniversary, Jordan Warns Lebanon Crisis 'Could Spill Over Beyond Its Borders'
• Two rockets from Lebanon hit Israel, drawing Israeli retaliation
• IDF renews counterstrikes as blaze from Lebanon rocket engulfs northern hillside
• US Senate committee votes to advance bill repealing Iraq war powers
• Car Bomb Targets Afghan Defense Minister's House in Kabul
• U.S. Says Afghanistan Civil War One of Many Concerns
• Facing calls to quit, Malaysia's prime minister says he will prove his legitimacy in parliament
• Biggest US Navy war games in 40 years to prepare for WW3 across 17 times zones amid tensions with Russia, China and Iran
• GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Crack Down on 'Foreign Influence Operations' at US Colleges
• Over Half Million Chinese People Applied for Refuge Overseas Over 9 Years
• Who Assassinated Haiti's President? The Mystery Gets Murkier
• Hitmen Dressed Up in COVID PPE to Murder Politician in Haiti
• 644 Percent Increase in Haitians Illegally Crossing US Border
• Ex-ICE official: 'We're pretty much screwed' by Biden's border policy
• TX Judge Sides With Authoritarian DOJ, Temporarily Blocks Abbott's Executive Order That Bans Ground Transport of Illegals; Issues Restraining Order
• Mexico sues US gun-makers over flow of weapons across border
• Poll: Majority of Hispanic Voters in California Want to Recall Gavin Newsom
• Ohio race highlighted the deepening rift within the Democratic Party: Nina Turner slammed for claiming she 'didn't lose this race,' 'evil money manipulated' election
• Election cheating surges to top US issue, most want photo ID
• Arizona Republican State Legislators Push Back Against Defiant Maricopa County's Refusal to Cooperate with Subpoenas
• DOJ officials rejected colleague's request to intervene in Georgia election: Emails
• Lawyers sanctioned for 'conspiracy theory' election fraud lawsuit
• Justice official accused Trump of using DOJ to push election fraud claims in draft resignation letter
• Jen Psaki said Biden would not try to influence the DOJ like Trump did, in a cutting response to a Fox News question
• Vindman Reveals in Memoir That He Was the Whistleblower in Trump Sham Impeachment - After He Testified Under Oath That He Wasn't the Whisteblower
• Trump Lawyers Ask Judge to Block Release of Tax Returns
• Biden thinks pressuring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire could backfire, report says
• Virginia Group Looks to Recall Radical Soros-Backed Prosecutors
• Microsoft, Facebook and everyone else are building the metaverse. Will you want to live there?
• More Than 1,000 Earthquakes Rocked Yellowstone National Park in July: USGS
• Strong earthquake swarm at underwater volcano near Mayotte
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Yilan, Taiwan
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Vanuatu region
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the Nicobar Islands, India region
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Hasaki, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Yilan, Taiwan
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Nevados De Chillan volcano in Chile erupts to 15,000ft
• Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands erupts to 10,000ft
• Brewing tropical system could impact Japan during final weekend of Toyko Summer Olympics
• Hurricane season to be busier than 1st thought, forecasters say
• Floods are getting worse, and the number of people exposed is 10 times higher than previously thought, study finds
• 16 killed by lightning on way to wedding party in Bangladesh
• Brutal heatwave scorches southern Europe as continent's summer of extreme weather rages on
• Record Wildfires and Heat Sweep Across Greece, Threatening Historic Sites
• Wildfires reach outskirts of Athens, seriously damage or destroy more than 100 homes, Greece
• 'We've got this under control': Firefighters continue to work Big Island's largest fire for fifth day
• California's largest wildfire just exploded, fanned by high winds, heat
• In drought-plagued northern Mexico, tens of thousands of cows are starving to death
• California Imposes Emergency Ban on Pumping Water from Delta Watershed
• 'Massive melting event' strikes Greenland after record heat wave
• Cicadas invade the Olympics in place of cheering crowds
• New York Dems Draw Up Articles Of Impeachment For Governor Cuomo
• Facebook executive helped Cuomo smear sex-harassment accuser: AG report
• Cuomo's Signature On Document Attesting He Took Sexual Harassment Training Course Was Fabricated, Aide Admits
• 3 Disney World employees and registered nurse among group arrested in child sex sting
• A 9-Year-Old's Mysterious Death Has Prompted Outrage Over Rape In India
• Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Making Animal Torture Porn
• 'American Horror Story': Memos show NIH paid university to deliver fetuses intact, remove organs
• Editor-In-Chief Of Germany's Top Newspaper Apologizes For Fear-Driven COVID Coverage
• Coronavirus: Every Chinese Province Sounds Alarm Against 'Unnecessary Travel'
• Fauci says he fears a COVID variant worse than Delta could be coming
• Delta infections among vaccinated likely contagious; Lambda variant shows vaccine resistance in lab
• Delta Seen to Push Herd Immunity Threshold Above 80%
• Covid-19 cases among US children and teens jumped 84% in a week, pediatrician group says
• WHO urges COVID vaccine makers to keep prices down
• WHO Calls for Halt on Third Covid 'Booster Shots', Points to Global Vaccine Inequality
• WHO calls for halt to COVID booster doses until poorer countries can vaccinate
• US rejects call by WHO to stop giving COVID booster shots
• Fully Vaccinated Still at Considerable Risk of Getting COVID, Giant UK Study Shows
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb says full approval of Covid vaccines unlikely to persuade hesitant Americans
• Steve McCann: Why I Refuse to Be Vaccinated
• Despite Deadly Results the FDA will Fast Track Pfizer COVID Vaccine Approval by Early Sept. - Will Allow States and Businesses to Begin their Forced Vaccinations
• Defense Secretary Austin expected to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for active duty troops
• Fauci: Biden Admin 'Going to Need Local Mandates' on COVID-19 Vaccines
• Former Biden Coronavirus Adviser: NYC's Vaccine's Mandate Will Likely Be 'Copied Around the Country'
• Gov. Murphy rips protesters objecting to mandatory vaccinations. 'You are the ultimate knuckleheads.'
• French President Macron Says Anti-Vax Protesters Have 'Lost Their Minds'
• Arkansas' Republican Governor Admits Mistake on Mask Mandates as Cases Soar: 'I Wish That Had Not Become Law'
• Mask industry wants federal bailout - CDC's reversal for vaccinated people to "mask up" against Delta variant, came the same month the Biden administration sought to buy 127 million masks
• Sen. Rand Paul: Mask mandates and lockdowns from petty tyrants? No, not again. Choose freedom. Resist. They can't arrest us all. They can't keep all your kids home from school.
• Boston Mayor Kim Janey compares vaccine passports to slave papers, birtherism
• Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates Split Corporate America
• 'WalkOutWednesday' to Protest Forced Vaccinations at Jobs, Schools
• Unvaccinated Americans not changing their behavior, report finds
• Former Obama Official Demands 'a No-Fly List for Unvaccinated Adults'
• U.S. developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated
• Report: Biden Planning to Give Johnson & Johnson Vaccine to Border Crossers
• White House to DeSantis, Abbott: Handle Delta spike or 'get out of the way and let people do the right thing'
• DeSantis Slams Biden over COVID overreach: 'Why don't you do your job?'
• DeSantis to Biden: 'I don't want to hear blip about COVID from you' until you do your job and secure border
• CNN's Cuomo Opens Show by Ignoring Brother, Criticizing FL and TX and Saying Vaxed Have Had Rights 'Infringed Upon' by Unvaxed
• UK Govt Prepares to Vaccinate 16 and 17-Year-Olds Without Need for Parental Consent
• Obama Downsizes Big 60th Birthday Bash After COVID Backlash
• 'For $1/Day'... Double-Blind Ivermectin Study Reveals COVID Patients Recover More Quickly, Are Less Infectious
• Michigan Representatives Ask Justice Department to Explain Why It Dropped Probe Into Nursing Home Deaths
• Commentary: The CDC is Re-Writing the Constitution
• John Kennedy on evictions moratorium: For many in Washington, the 'Constitution is just a nuisance'
• Patrick Buchanan: America's 'Great Leap Forward' Into Socialism
• Biden admits he is proudly and deliberately breaking the law over eviction moratorium
• CDC announces new eviction ban, despite Supreme Court threat
• Conservatives, GOP oppose Biden's eviction-ban extension, hint at court challenge
• White House defends legality of new 'targeted' eviction moratorium that could cover 90% of renters
• Average salary falls as lower-paying industries continue pandemic recovery
• U.S. Treasury to auction off notes, bonds to keep government from debt ceiling
• Robinhood surges as much as 81%, gets halted for volatility