Assange 'secretly fathered two children' in Ecuadorean

embassy

5 hours ago

"Stella Morris says three-year-old Gabriel and one-year-old Max keep in touch with their father via video calls

Julian Assange secretly fathered two children while living inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London, his partner has revealed.

Stella Morris says she has been in a relationship with the Wikileaks founder since 2015 and has been raising their two young sons on her own.

She spoke out amid fears over the spread of Covid-19 in Belmarsh Prison.

He has been held there since being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy a year ago.

The 48-year-old Australian is now seeking bail amid concerns over his health.

Ms Morris, a South African-born lawyer, told The Mail on Sunday she was revealing their union for the first time because his "life is on the brink" and she she does not believe he would "survive infection with coronavirus"."

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Trump likes virus briefings. Some advisers worry he likes

them too much

by Steve Holland 3 hrs ago

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cooped up in the White House, President Donald Trump sees the coronavirus briefings as his main outlet of the day, a reminder for Americans that he is in charge of managing the greatest crisis of a lifetime. Plus, the ratings are good.

Mike Pence, Donald Trump are posing for a picture: President Donald Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force hold a press briefing in Washington© Reuters/YURI GRIPAS President Donald Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force hold a press briefing in Washington

Some advisers, however, would prefer a less-is-more approach. They have quietly recommended he not spend so much time at the briefings to avoid being distracted from the challenge at hand and bickering with reporters.

"It's been suggested a few times, but he thinks it's just great, and all these ratings," said a source familiar with the situation.

After an initial bump, polls show approval ratings for Trump's handling of the pandemic have leveled off, a departure from the usual surge of support Americans typically show their president during a national crisis, such as the high ratings George W. Bush received after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

In a further blow, Trump is down against his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, in most recent national election polls, even though Biden has been reduced to appearing on video from a room in his home, unable to hold campaign events because of the virus."

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OPEC+ strikes last-minute deal to cut almost 10 mn barrels

a day of oil production

12 Apr, 2020 17:55 / Updated 30 minutes ago

"OPEC+ strikes last-minute deal to cut almost 10 mn barrels a day of oil production

After four days of marathon talks, major global oil producers have finally inked an agreement to slash oil output by 9.7 million barrels per day (BPD), in a bid to boost the energy market amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil-producing states outside of the cartel reached an agreement on Sunday evening to cut their output starting May 1. Kuwait's Oil Minister Khaled Al-Fadhel broke the news on Twitter. "

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https://www.rt.com/business/485616-opec-historic-oil-agreement/

POTUS just twatted this

Donald Trump’s Barack Obama Theory Drove His

Transformation Into A Conservative, Neuroscientist Says

April 12, 2020

"In an op-ed for Raw Story released on Easter Sunday, cognitive neuroscientist Bobby Azarian touched on Donald Trump‘s rhetoric and the dangers it poses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Azarian also claimed that the development of such rhetoric is linked to the president’s debunked theory on Barack Obama‘s birth certificate, which he believes drove him to the political right.

According to Azarian, Trump is only a Republican because it presented him with an opportunity to benefit himself."

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https://www.inquisitr.com/5993983/trump-obama-birth-certificate-conservative/

More Than 1 In 3 Americans Consider Selling Blood As

Lockdowns Continue

Sun, 04/12/2020 - 14:15

"With 17 million Americans out of work in under three weeks, consumer sentiment crashing the fastest on record, and the economy sliding into a depression, households are starting to crack.

The evidence of the "working poor" crushed by the economic downturn is starting to be realized with huge runs on food bank systems across the country. On Thursday alone, the San Antonio Food Bank, located in San Antonio, Texas, aided about 10,000 households with food.

To confirm our thoughts that the evolution of the virus crisis has morphed into a financial crisis, now a social crisis. We turn to a recently published study via the career advice site Zety.com has confirmed what we've been saying for years: Households don't have the financial cushion to weather an economic storm.

The study polled about 1,000 working Americans last month, asking them about their financial well-being.

In the first series of questions, respondents were asked about how long their savings could bridge them if they lost their jobs. Shockingly, 36% answered 0-1 month, 24% answered 1-3 months, and so forth. That means at least 60% of respondents had only enough savings for less than three months, and judging by today's lockdowns, we could extrapolate those numbers and conclude that many people might not survive the economic downturn currently underway, despite government UBI checks."

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https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/more-1-3-americans-consider-selling-blood-lockdowns-continue