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☆ Executives at ‘fintechs’ made hundreds of millions handing out PPP Covid cash, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Laura Strickler | Laura Strickler Is A Washington-Based Investigative Reporter With The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

The report says Reis is not Black or a veteran. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis$80 billion in fraudIt’s well known that the $800 billion PPP program was plagued by fraud, with some fraud estimates as high as $80 billion. In a text message obtained by the committee, Reis commented on his company’s success, noting it made nearly $1.5 billion in less than six months processing PPP loans. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus CrisisThe report cited a text message in which Kristen Spencer described the anticipated windfall from processing PPP loans. In July 2021, two months after the last PPP loans went out the door, the Spencers bought an $8 million, 10,975-square-foot mansion, according to local property records.

November marks Native American Heritage Month, and the following 10 LGBTQ+ Indigenous trailblazers are bringing important representation to TV, challenging traditional gender expectations at powwows and elevating issues affecting Indigenous people, such as the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via AP fileRep. Sharice Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk nation, became the first LGBTQ Native American elected to Congress and one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress after winning her race for Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District in 2018. Scott, of Aurora, Colorado, who uses she and they pronouns, leverages her platform to highlight issues affecting the queer Indigenous community. “I just want to flood the industry with Indigenous people, Indigenous models, Indigenous stories, and Indigenous designers.”Kali Reis (KO)Kali Reis, who is Seaconke Wampanaak and Cape Verdean, is a trailblazing Indigenous two-spirit athlete who wears many hats. Native American Heritage Month invites non-Native folks in joining us in recognizing our histories and celebrating our communities.

☆ Fact Check-TOGETHER Trial says involvement with FTX began after testing that found ivermectin ineffective
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Amid news surrounding failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, social media users are pointing to FTX having funded the TOGETHER Trial, a research consortium that studied ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment and found it to be ineffective. But FTX did not interact with the research group until after the ivermectin trial was over, a TOGETHER Trial spokesperson told Reuters. An Instagram user shared an image that said, “Holy crap look who funded the trial that said Ivermectin didn’t work” (here). Similar claims surrounding FTX’s involvement with the TOGETHER Trial are viewable (here) and (here). FTX is not named as a contributor to the ivermectin trial because they weren’t involved, according to Mills, who added that the same is true of hydroxychloroquine and the other medications TOGETHER Trial investigated during the pandemic.

Phoenix police said they had arrested Daniel Mota Dos Reis, 36, in connection to a burglary. "We are very thankful that the Phoenix Police Department acted so quickly to arrest a suspect," Hobbs' campaign manager, Nicole DeMont, said in a statement. In recent days, Hobbs' campaign and Republican opponent Kari Lake have traded barbs over the incident. Hobbs' campaign said Lake's harsh rhetoric and embrace of Trump's election falsehoods created the conditions for the burglary to take place. They added that police had recovered the items allegedly stolen by Dos Reis.

☆ Portugalia preia de la 1 ianuarie preşedinţia Consiliului UE, sub semnul consecinţelor post-Brexit
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Preşedinţia germană lasă moştenire un acord pentru planul de recuperare şi buget comunitar pentru perioada 2021-2027, însă sarcina este departe de a fi finalizată. Mii de britanici deţin o a doua reşedinţă în Portugalia şi există o importantă comunitate de imigranţi portughezi în Regatul Unit. Portugalia are relaţii puternice şi cu Brazilia, cu care, în semestrul în care Portugalia a deţinut ultima preşedinţie europeană prin rotaţie, în 2007, a organizat un summit în care s-a decis consolidarea relaţiilor economice şi comerciale. "Deşi este o ţară mică şi la periferia Europei, Portugalia este o fereastră pentru economia globală", susţine Antonio Mendoza. Portugalia nu va uita nici de alte două aspecte care au fost axele Uniunii Europene în ultimii ani, tranziţiile digitală şi ecologică.

Persons: Antonio Costa, dificultăţi, Antonio Mendoza, Mendoza, Augusto Santos Silva . Portughezii, -, Jose Reis, Reis, Pedro Siza Vieira Organizations: UE, Uniunea Europeană, Uniunii Europene, Summit Locations: Ungariei, Poloniei, Portugalia, Lisabona, Europa, Bruxelles, Londra, Regatul Unit, Portugaliei, Coimbra, reşedinţă, Africa lusofonă, Brazilia, Timorul de Est, India, Europei, Mendoza

Ankara trece peste tragedia și probleme cauzate de cutremurul puternic care a produs zeci de morți în Turcia și Grecia – și reia o acțiune care creează tensiuni internaționaleBUCUREȘTI, 1 nov – Sputnik. Astăzi, Turcia a anunțat prelungirea misiunii navei de explorare gazieră în estul Mării Mediterane, în zona pe care o disputată cu Grecia. Grecia, partener în NATO cu Turcia, a protestat vehement și a denunţat în repetate rânduri ”activitatea ilegală” a Ankarei în această zonă. Reamintim că și între Turcia și Franța sunt tensiuni, atât din cauza situației din Libia și Siria, dar și a manifestărilor președintelui Macron, considerate de Erdogan ca ”islamofobe”. Turcia este și într-un litigiu cu Cipru, unde s-a redeschis, după mulți ani, o rană veche – independența zonei turce a republicii insulare.

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