Above Photo: Shutterstock. After half a century studying the issue, here’s lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly. For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy — mostly America’s, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of places like Turkey, China, India, Russia, and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. During this time I have also learned a fair amount about military matters and various weapons systems, because they cost enormous amounts of money that could be […]
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We are now 20 days from the 2020 presidential election, and, thanks in large part to his historical mishandling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 215,000 American lives and counting, President Donald Trump is trailing his Democratic opponent Joe Biden in the polls. One other reason is that the media—in particular the cable-news media—has learned some valuable lessons from the way they covered candidate Trump versus Hillary Clinton in 2016. A new documentary, Enemies of the People, dropping on YouTube this afternoon and airing Thursday at 7:30 p.m. on VICE TV, examines the role the media played in tipping […]
Two Daily Caller journalists, as well as other reporters, sustained injuries from police officers while covering protests in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and were detained for breaking curfew, despite identifying themselves as press. In video footage from the incident, Daily Caller Chief Video Director Richie McGinnis is filming an arrest being made by officers when he is asked to show his press badge, which he does. He is then told to leave the area, an order he complies with. “Don’t let me catch you!” an officer yells as the journalist is walking away. “I’m out,” McGinnis says, making his way to a car […]
Two reporters for The Daily Caller were arrested in Louisville while covering the Black Lives Matter protests spurred by the court ruling in the Breonna Taylor case. Now the conservative outlet has threatened to sue police. Reporters Shelby Talcott and Jorge Ventura were arrested as part of a larger group breaking curfew in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, following the announcement that police officers would not face charges of murder for the March killing of Breonna Taylor. Talcott captured footage of police ordering protesters onto the ground as they detain them. Daily Caller Editor in Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll tweeted that he […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0d/1080448436_0:10:1276:727_1200x675_80_0_0_9bcd1739e2b5e741d068968c75f9f4c2.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009141080448465-video-of-police-officers-detaining-reporter-covering-protests-draws-backlash/ The arrest of KPCC radio and LAist reporter, Josie Huang, comes after two LA County Sheriff deputies were shot on Saturday in what was described by police as an “ambush shooting”. KPCC and LAist reporter Josie Huang, covering the arrest of one of the detainees taken into custody during a protest in Los Angeles, was pinned to the ground by police officers and subsequently arrested. The incident was caught on camera, with the video showing several officers handcuffing Huang, declaring that she had been detained for “interfering with a lawful arrest”, according to […]
In early July, the Walt Disney Company reopened parts of two amusement parks: Disney World near Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The former reopened to house the tightly controlled 13-week experiment known as the NBA Bubble, in which staff, players, coaches, and personnel adhered to strict social distancing guidelines and isolation requirements, paired with regular on-site testing. The latter welcomed back its workers with less grandeur, opening up a sprawling outdoor shopping district called Downtown Disney, with a select staff of several hundred. Though they reopened within days of each other, the two parks worked with wildly different resources. […]
The grandmother of the two year old boy in the viral photograph of Black Lives Matter supporters kneeling on his neck tells the Gateway Pundit that zero national news outlets have reached out to the family. In the photo, a man named Isaiah Jackson is seen kneeling on the neck of his girlfriend’s two year old son as another person holds down the diaper-clad baby’s feet. The photo was captioned with “Blm now mf.” Not even Fox News has bothered to contact them to cover this story and local media is blurring the face of the man and refusing to publish his name […]
Earlier, acting US Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf said that federal law enforcement officers arrested 43 protesters who had been engaging in violence in Portland, Oregon, since Independence Day. Russian TV crew was attacked and beaten by US police officers in Portland on early hours of Wednesday, while covering protests there, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The journalists were filming an attempt by protesters to beseige a court building where federal law enforcers, deployed to the city despite objections by the local authorities, are located. According to the Sputnik correspondent, the US police hit Russian cameraman Viacheslav Arkhipov with a baton […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107983/59/1079835932_52:0:1322:714_1200x675_80_0_0_579a5f4dd6b854997044758423dd5fda.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202007091079835772-monkey-picks-up-on-human-habit-of-wearing-face-mask-impresses-friends-and-social-media—video/ New Delhi (Sputnik): We all know the three monkeys who accompany the old adage “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”, but in 2020, perhaps covering your face with your hands isn’t enough for simians trying to play it safe. In a hilarious video which has emerged on social media, a mischievous monkey was spotted wrapping a cloth around its face as if it were a mask. A group of monkeys were loitering on a sidewalk when one of them discovered a rag lying on the road. Next, the monkey swung it […]
The resentment for America at CNN was on full display during Independence Day weekend, particularly as a CNN pundit referred to the Founding Fathers as just a couple of slave owners. During the network’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s speech at Mt. Rushmore, Leyla Santiago said that “President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore, where he’ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away from Native Americans.” CNN: “President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore, where he’ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away […]
Twitter Targets Accounts Of Outlets Covering Unrest In Bolivia By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. July 1, 2020 Twitter Targets Accounts Of Outlets Covering Unrest In Bolivia2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/boliia-e1593622554774.jpg200px200px Above photo: A coca leaf producer kneels holding a bible with his arms outspread asking police to open the way so a march by supports of Evo Morales may continue to Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov. 16, 2019. Juan Karita | AP. MintPress News, along with a number of independent Bolivian news outlets and journalists covering the unrest there, were all targeted for suspension at the same time. Social media giant Twitter took the step of suspending the […]
Daily Caller reporter Shelby Talcott was accused of being an undercover cop and assaulted by the “peaceful protesters” in DC on Monday evening. In a video of the incident, filmed by her colleague Matthew Miller, Talcott is surrounded by the Black Lives Matter activists and interrogated about who she is and why she was filming. Miller tweeted that she was “surrounded by BLM protesters and assaulted tonight in front of the WH. She is okay and was saved by a cop grabbing her out of the mob. I couldn’t get full altercation because we had to jump in. This is right […]
Chicago: Police Investigation Into Officer Covering Up Name Tag, Badge Number By Jonathan Ballew, The Chicago Reporter. June 6, 2020 Chicago: Police Investigation Into Officer Covering Up Name Tag, Badge Number2020-06-062020-06-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/getty-e1591449498209.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York City police are doing it too. Here NYPD are wearing COVID mourning bands on their badges patrol a protest in Brooklyn. Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Violent clashes between police and protesters have led to a large number of allegations of police misconduct. UPDATE 6/5/20: Mayor Lori Lightfoot says police officers who cover or remove name tag, badge number, should be fired. After one of the most volatile mass protests in […]
According to NewsOne, Calvin James Munerlyn, a 43-year-old married father of nine, was working at a Family Dollar in Flint, Michigan, on Friday. During his shift, he asked a female customer to cover her face with a mask while inside the store. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order says that “everyone must wear a mask in all enclosed public spaces to halt the spread of COVID-19.” Read the rest here. Source link