The Daily Populous

Tuesday September 8th, 2020 evening edition

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(CNN) Bags of mail were dumped in a parking lot in Glendale, California, last week, according to surveillance footage obtained by CNN.

The September 3 video shows a Budget rental vehicle backing into the lot of 7Q Spa Laser & Aesthetics.

A person is seen exiting the vehicle and tossing numerous bags off the back of the truck into the lot.

Minutes later, the person gets back into the vehicle and drives away -- leaving the bags of mail in the lot.

She said upon closer inspection of the bags, she noticed they were filled with hundreds of unopened envelopes and packages from the US Postal Service.

You start thinking, 'OK, something is going on,' because no one has access to all those boxes and packages.".

US Postal Service employees weren't involved in the dumping of bags, Omar Gonzalez, the Western Regional Coordinator for the American Postal Workers Union, told CNN. »

Citing 'Criminal Exposure' in Straw-Donor Scheme and Possible Perjury, House Announces Investigation Into DeJoy

Authored by commondreams.org
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DeJoy, the former head of fundraising for the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, faces "criminal exposure" both if the claims surrounding the alleged straw-donor scheme are true and "also for lying to our committee under oath," said Maloney.

"That's an outrageous claim, sir, and I resent it," said DeJoy, himself a megadonor to Trump's campaign.

"When we got our bonuses, let's just say they were bigger, they exceeded expectations—and that covered the tax and everything else.". »

Astronomers find no signs of alien tech after scanning over 10 million stars

Authored by cnet.com
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If you have "discover an alien civilization" on your 2020 bingo card, you're going to have to wait a little longer to cross it off.

A new large-scale survey of the sky looked into the dark forest of the cosmos, examining over 10 million stars, but failed to turn up any evidence of alien technologies.

Tremblay explains this region is scientifically interesting because a large number of stars have exploded and died, creating ideal conditions for new stars to form. »

Speaker at Far-Right Salem Rally Demands Democrat Leaders Be 'Shot Dead in the Streets'

Authored by newsweek.com
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The speaker then appears to link the gay and trans community to child sex abuse.

"The god's honest truth is the pedophile agenda is being normalized, it is being pushed forward, and I think these Democrat leaders who allowed this to happen need to be shot dead in the streets.".

Elsewhere, at least two people were arrested at the rally after violent clashes between far-right groups and opposing Black Lives Matter demonstrators. »

Disney criticised for filming Mulan in China's Xinjiang province

Authored by bbc.co.uk

The final credits thank a government security agency in Xinjiang province, where about 1m people - mostly Muslim Uighurs - are thought to be detained.

Activist Shawn Zhang also criticised the company, writing "how many thousands of Uighur were put into camps by Turpan Bureau of Public Security when filming Mulan there?".

The production team behind the film also told the Architectural Digest magazine that they spent months in Xinjiang to research filming locations. »