The administration claims the crackdown on ANTIFA is an effort to reduce violence and destruction coming in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Federal statute defines domestic terrorism as violence committed to intimidate a specific population, although there is no additional sentencing penalty.  The F.B.I usually works within individual local jurisdiction to intercept, prevent, and charge suspected terrorists.

While the DOJ can technically investigate damage to federal government property and assault on federal officers (which may have happened since protests erupted although there are few reports of federal property damage), there’s no law or authority that can be used currently to make such a declaration. It can only be done with an international organization like Boko Haram or ISIS.

Democrats routinely criticized this fact, since the limitations of the statute also keep suspected right-wing terrorist groups from being prosecuted in this manner.

Additionally, critics will argue that ANTIFA is not a group of individuals, rather a movement with a set of common beliefs loosely affiliated with no leaders or official membership and that proving or an affiliation ANTIFA would be difficult and may present constitutional privacy violations.

According to a new analysis jointly released by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies, the total net worth of more than 600 U.S. billionaires rose from $2,948 trillion to $3.382 trillion since March 18. The report also says that at the start of the pandemic there were 614 billionaires on the Forbes list. Now there are 630, including new member Kanye West.

The biotech company announced in a press release on Monday their ‘interim phase’ of their mRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus showed positive results, causing the Dow to jump 700 points.

While the vaccine showed promise in boosting immunity against COVID-19, as trial patients showed antibodies similar to those who’ve recovered from the virus, many believe the small sample size and need for larger-scale manufacturing leave many health officials and experts weary that such a vaccine would be ready in the near future.

It won’t be clear until more information regarding a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Security and Exchange Commissions is available.

On May 14, the senior senator from North Carolina renounced his chairmanship from the Intelligence Committee after the FBI seized his phone as part of an investigation into financial crimes.

On February 13, Burr sold nearly $1.7 million in stock from 33 different assets shortly before the Dow plunged thousands of points. Burr maintains that he relied on public news reports but suspicions arose when he drastically changed his investment strategy shortly after attending a private coronavirus briefing in late January. After the briefing, which Burr asked be held top-secret, the senator reassured Americans that “the United States today is better prepared than ever before to face emerging public health threats, like the coronavirus.”

Further scrutiny came after it was revealed Burr’s brother sold hundreds of thousands in stocks days after.

The FBI and SEC have not provided any further updates on the investigation.

A common health trend and one portrayed in several highly shared social media posts suggest that consuming an alkaline diet, consisting of low-acid foods with a low pH balance, can combat and even make one immune to the virus.

Setting aside the fact that one cannot change the pH balance of their body based on the food they eat, because COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, it’s not something that pH would have an impact on in the first place.

While it’s true, lowering intake of acidic foods can lead to better digestion and oral health, there’s no evidence that it irradicates or keeps one from being infected with the novel coronavirus.

The FEMA representatives claim that the effort isn’t an organized effort to target states but rather to get equipment and gear to people who need them most. This runs counter to claims of many northeastern governors that they are having to bid on things like ventilators and hospital beds.

While Senator Jensen’s claim is true, it was made to suggest that hospital administrators may be taking advantage of the provisions in the CARES act, where hospitals receive a 20% premium for medicare patients admitted with Coronavirus related conditions. To date, there has been no evidence of fraud or abuse by any hospital system.

This false claim spread on Twitter and Facebook after being packaged in a recent Gateway Pundit article over the weekend. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an extension to the state’s stay-at-home order on April 9th. As a part of the extension, big-box department stores like Costco and Sam’s Club were only allowed to sell essential items.

While the image itself may not be manipulated (no organization has been able to verify it) and the individual may not be able to get it at the particular Costco, it’s also unlikely that they’re able to purchase the plants, shrubbery and other gardening decors.

American Flags can still be bought online and other smaller retailers in the state of Michigan.

The WHO has stated that the only way to definitively confirm one is positive for COVID-19 is through laboratory testing. This breathing exercise is ineffective in determining this and can even be dangerous for those with asthma and other allergies.

This idea gained traction in the early stages of the outbreak when a video circulating online showed a woman vomiting while eating bat soup. The video was debunked as the women not from Wuhan (the suspected providence of the outbreak) nor was she Chinese. Still, many pointed to the cuisine as the reason for the outbreak including Texas Senator John Cornyn just a few weeks ago.

“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats & snakes & dogs & things like that, ” he said. “these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that’s why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu.”

Aside from the fact that MERS and Swine flu originated didn’t originate in China, Cornyn is correct in saying viruses like COVID-19 do originate from animals which are then spread to humans.

However, most experts haven’t been able to isolate the exact region or cause for the transmission.

These diseases are not unique to bats or a specific animal either. Senator Cornyn pointed out Swine Flu, which originated in pigs, a common animal eaten by Americans.