Undercover Videos Show Antifa Members’ Combat Training: Watchdog
A series of surreptitiously recorded videos show Antifa members training for combat, including sessions at an anarchist center known as “The Base,” according to a watchdog group. The videos were recorded by people who infiltrated different groups and shared footage with the watchdog, Project Veritas. Footage published Friday shows people said to be Antifa members learning intense hand-to-hand combat moves in an undisclosed year. “You’re trying to basically cut off both, both arteries,” a man identified as a fight instructor tells attendees in one video that Project Veritas says is from “The Base.” Another purported Antifa fight instructor tells attendees that he wants to “reframe the idea self-defense as not simply, you’re being acted upon by an aggressor. But it’s kind of a decision you make to fight back.” People…
U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a bill to increase semiconductor production on American soil. The move is to secure national security and counter threats from China.
Beijing鈥檚 schools are putting their plan to reopen on hold after new virus cases crop up. The patients have no ties to Wuhan and have not left the city in the last two weeks, raising questions about the source.
The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong took a violent turn when a pro-Beijing supporter pulled out a knife. Our on-site reporter was attacked.
Twitter announced it has deleted over 170,000 fake accounts in a network backed by the Chinese regime. This is the second purge in less than a year.
And congressional Republicans unveiled what they call the “toughest sanctions ever proposed” against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and other U.S. adversaries. They argued, “Congress must adapt to a new strategy … to push back against the CCP.”
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Officer Charged in George Floyd Death Eligible for Pension Over $1 Million: Group
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd, could receive more than $1 million in pension benefits over several decades even after he is convicted, the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association said. The group told news outlets on Friday that Chauvin, who joined the police force in 2001, would be eligible for pension benefits after he turns 50 years old. He was fired from his job as public outrage grew after a viral video showed him with his knee on Floyd’s neck for more than 8 minutes. Three other officers involved in the incident were fired and faced felony charges. “Neither our Board nor our staff have the discretion to increase, decrease, deny or revoke benefits,” a Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association spokeswoman…