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Aimed at increasing the availability of ventilators and accessories, the FDA has temporarily relaxed its standardsenabling medical device makers to more easily make changes to existing products (e.g. changing suppliers or materials without the normal sign-off process). This includes the use of non-medical device manufacturers which will add substantial capacity.Hospitals and healthcare professionals may use ventilators normally intended for other environments (e.g., masks used when transporting patients in an ambulance). Healthcare personnel will also be able to use ventilators beyond their indicated shelf lives.The FDA is encouraging all ventilator makers, domestic or foreign, to apply for emergency use authorization to allow...

Before the US economy disintegrates into nothingness — Will any so-called expert out there also notice that the WHO Director caused a global coronavirus panic over a basic math error? * * * * * * * * * * The controversial Ethiopian politician and Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, claimed in a press conference in early March that the fatality rate for the coronavirus was many multiples that of the fatality rate of the common flu. This egregiously false premise has led to the greatest economic panic in world history. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/hello-world-before-economy-totally-disintegrates-will-anyone-else-notice-who-director-made-basic-math-error-in-causing-global-coronavirus-panic/

A plan developed by the federal government to combat the coronavirus reportedly projects the pandemic will last 18 months or more and could feature multiple "waves," The New York Times reported. "Shortages of products may occur, impacting health care, emergency services, and other elements of critical infrastructure," the plan warns, according to the Times. "This includes potentially critical shortages of diagnostics, medical supplies (including PPE [personal protective equipment] and pharmaceuticals), and staffing in some locations." https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488156-us-plan-warned-coronavirus-pandemic-would-last-18-months-report?amp

Cities and states across the US have ordered the closure of nonessential businesses. So far, San Francisco and Philadelphia have ordered sweeping closures of nonessential businesses, and the states of Washington, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have also shuttered many nonessential businesses and ordered bars and restaurants to become takeout- or delivery-only operations. But which businesses are considered "essential" and which are considered "nonessential"?  https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-nonessential-business-essential-business-coronavirus-2020-3

ormer White House national security adviser John Bolton was recently spotted wandering the streets of Qatar for reasons unknown, sparking questions about why the mustachioed neocon war hawk was in the Middle East. A video of Bolton reportedly walking on a sidewalk in Doha, Qatar was posted to Twitter on Wednesday. https://rightedition.com/2020/01/16/former-national-security-adviser-john-bolton-caught-on-film-in-qatar/

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s identical twin brother Army Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, a senior ethics lawyer for the NatSec Council is in charge of reviewing book approvals, according to sources who spoke to Breitbart News. Recall, Alexander Vindman, who leaked Trump’s call to the whistleblower because he disagreed with Trump’s foreign policy, showed up to testify in the House hearings against Trump in his uniform. Vindman testified that his twin brother witnessed Trump officials move the transcript of Trump’s call to Zelensky to a top-secret server. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/vindmans-twin-brother-in-charge-of-nscs-process-reviewing-book-approvals/

Referring to it with happy little buzzwords such as “climate justice,” the city of Portland will soon be implementing the first (and hopefully only) “green new deal” carbon tax in the nation, which city “leaders” estimate will suck $60 million out of the economy. The money will allegedly be going toward “creating” “green energy” jobs. They say the tax will only affect The Evil Corporations™ specifically referring to Walmart. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/portland-passes-green-new-deal-carbon-tax-first-of-its-kind/

An Ukrainian Airlines plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed tonight just minutes ago after takeoff from Tehran, Iran! This comes on the same night that Iran fired a dozen missiles at US bases in Iraq. Al Hadath Dubai News reported a missile took down the Ukrainian flight. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/breaking-dubai-news-iranian-missile-took-down-ukrainian-plane-that-exploded-after-takeoff-from-tehran-airport/

In February 2007 the United States military released photographic evidence supporting Administration claims that Iran was providing material assistance and training to the insurgents in Iraq. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/wikileaks-papers-support-bush-claims-of-iran-role-in-iraqi-insurgency/

Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota congresswoman, has said she is the victim of Saudi propaganda after she was accused of being a "Qatari asset" and conduit to Iran during a Florida court case. Kuwaiti-born Canadian businessman Alan Bender testified in the recent trial of Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family who is accused of ordering his American bodyguard to murder two people and of holding an American citizen hostage. His deposition was obtained by Saudi-funded outlet Al Arabiya English, which reported the allegations Monday. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ilhan-omar-a-qatari-asset-who-passed-secrets-to-iran-florida-court-told

Former Miss Iraq Sarah Idan, who recently immigrated to the U.S. and lives in California, is speaking out against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05). “Ilhan Omar does not represent me as a Muslim, does not represent millions of Muslims in the Middle East. You know, like in Arab countries, we call her the Muslim Brotherhood,” Idan said during a recent appearance on “The Sara Carter Show.” “They are extremist Muslims, Sunni Muslims, who are now working together with Iran against all the Arab countries,” she said of the Muslim Brotherhood. “They’re working now with Hezbollah, with Turkey, with all that. You...

A TOP Iranian adviser to President Hassan Rouhani has implied an imminent attack on Trump properties in the US as Iran vows vengeance for the death of General Soleimani. Hasameddin Ashena tweeted a link to a Forbes article listing large Trump estates throughout the US, indicating that his multi-billion dollar estate is in the crosshairs. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10681400/iran-tweets-list-of-trumps-properties-revenge-attacks-us-president/

JERUSALEM — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed President Trump’s decision to target arch Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani as “provocative and disproportionate” and announced the House will soon vote on a resolution to limit Trump’s war powers. Rewind nine years. On October 20, 2011, an excited Pelosi released a statement celebrating the death of Libya’s Moammar Gaddafi during the Obama administration’s U.S.-led NATO operation targeting Gaddafi’s government. Back then, Pelosi did not seek legislation to limit Obama’s war powers during the seven month Libya conflict even though there was no imminent threat against America in that country at the time. https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2020/01/06/klein-nancy-pelosi-celebrated-killing-of-gaddafi-slams-trump-for-eliminating-soleimani/

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), who lead secret impeachment hearings against President Trump, is now calling on Congress to hold public hearings on the U.S.’s decision to launch the deadly airstrike that killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. “I think there should be open hearings on this subject,” Schiff told the Washington Post in an interview published Monday. “The president has put us on a path where we may be at war with Iran. That requires the Congress to fully engage.” https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/06/adam-schiff-demands-public-hearings-on-soleimani-strike/

The Iranian parliament met on Sunday. During their session the members chanted “Death to America!” This is a common occurrence by Iranian lawmakers and religious leaders. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/iranian-parliament-chants-death-to-america/

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s defense in court over her claim that One America News is “really, literally is paid Russian propaganda” is that statements she makes on her show should not be considered facts. Maddow is currently being sued by the right-wing network for $10 million over the claim. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/maddow-argues-statements-on-air-should-not-be-taken-as-fact-in-response-to-oan-lawsuit/

The more you look at Paul Pelosi Jr. the more you see another Hunter Biden. Paul Pelosi Jr. – like Hunter Biden, was given no-show jobs for which he wasn’t qualified in an effort to buy influence with his politician parent. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/revealed-nancy-pelosis-son-paul-pelosi-jr-was-given-lucrative-180000-a-year-position-on-infousa-weeks-after-his-mother-became-speaker-despite-having-no-experience/

Robert Storch, inspector general for the National Security Agency, called for an expansion of his office's subpoena authority to compel telecommunications companies who send records to the government to participate in interviews about ongoing investigations and audits. The NSA has come under fire from members of Congress and civil liberty groups over a June 2018 disclosure by the agency that "technical irregularities" led to the overcollection of hundreds of millions of phone records sent by telecommunications providers in violation of limits imposed by the 2015 USA Freedom Act. https://fcw.com/articles/2018/11/19/nsa-oig-subpoena-power.aspx?m=2

Late Senator John McCain provided disgraced former FBI chief James Comey with five separate reports from Christopher Steele that the FBI didn’t previously possess related to unsubstantiated allegations of collusion between Russia and President Trump’s 2016 campaign, the Justice Department’s recent Inspector General report revealed. There have long been questions about why it was necessary for McCain to pass Steele’s anti-Trump dossier to Comey on December 9, 2016, several weeks after the November 2016 presidential election. By then, Steele had already met numerous times with FBI agents to provide them with his controversial reports. Steele, however, was terminated as an...

RINO Senator Lisa Murkowski (AK) said in an interview with KTUU, which aired Tuesday evening, that she is “disturbed” by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments on coordinating with the White House for the impending impeachment trial. Who is surprised by this? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/awful-sen-murkowski-turns-against-trump-after-bill-kristols-million-dollar-ad-buy-targets-her-to-flip-on-trump/