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A report suggests that the pathogen leaked from a lab in China s Wuhan, potentially Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The role of China in sinking the world into an unprecedented crisis is making the headlines once again. In a recent development, the debate over biological warfare has emerged after Chinese documents allegedly revealed that Chinese military scientists discussed weaponizing SARS coronavirus in 2015.
According to Chinese virologist Dr. Le-Meng Yan, the coronavirus was discovered after a lot of investment by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and was intentionally released from a lab as a bio-weapon. Yan, a former postdoctoral fellow at Hong Kong University, fled to the United States in April of last year. She claimed in a paper published in September of last year that coronavirus was created by China in a research lab. When people realize the virus came from a lab, China’s goal, according to Yan, is to deny the allegations and us
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Coronavirus COVID-19 medical test vaccine research and development concept. Scientist in laboratory study and analyze scientific sample of Coronavirus antibody to produce drug treatment for COVID-19.
The role of China in plunging the world into a crisis is again hitting the headlines. In a recent development, the debate over biological warfare has ensued after Chinese documents have reportedly revealed that Chinese military scientists had discussed the weaponisation of SARS coronavirus, way back in 2015. Accessed by US state department, the documents include the writings of Chinese public health officials along with Chinese military scientists and find the mention of an ominous ‘a third world war to be fought with biological weapons’.
The coup that wasn’t: Why Donald Trump failed to steal the White House
Contrary to many expectations President Trump was unable to launch a coup d’etat in order to remain in power. The January 6, 2021 putsch against the U.S. Capitol demonstrated that violent fascists pose an ongoing threat to the left and to protest movements. However, the opposition of the entire Federal repressive apparatus and the capitalist class in the US, allowed a quick clamp down, even after some initial bungling. Put simply, the rioters are a threat to working people, but not to the state.
Despite presidential tweets and lies, culminating in the bungled assault on Congress, the 2020 presidential elections proceeded, and Joe Biden was sworn in on schedule, flanked by 25,000 National Guard soldiers. Trump’s failures offer important lessons about the stability of the capitalist state in the United States and the centrality of the legal and constitutional order to state functioning in the current period.
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Since President Trump likes alliterative nicknames, maybe the special counsel’s should be Methodical Mueller.
Unveiling the first batch of criminal allegations to come from probes into possible Russian influence in the American political system, Robert S. Mueller III proved Monday that he is not messing around. The former FBI director has played his cards carefully since his appointment in May. He’s clearly turning over every rock to see what crawls out from underneath. Unafraid to play hardball, he’s being strategic in showing his hand.
You surely know the news by now: Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, and his longtime business partner, Rick Gates, were charged in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy to launder money, making false statements and other charges in connection with their work advising a Russia-friendly political party in Ukraine.