Joe Biden’s Love Affair With Israel Will Pick Up Where It Left Off By Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada. November 9, 2020 Joe Biden’s Love Affair With Israel Will Pick Up Where It Left Off2020-11-092020-11-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/biden-e1604940618626.jpg200px200px Above photo: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has every reason to expect Joe Biden will deliver for Israel, just as the Obama administration did. US Embassy Jerusalem. With Donald Trump still disputing […]
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Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) helped get Trump impeached, but now there’s a new battle: his SCOTUS pick. She worked within the government’s Internal Affairs department and became one of the impeachment managers in Trump’s case after 27 years as an Orlando police officer. And impeached he was. So on this members-only bonus episode of The New Abnormal, co-host Molly Jong-Fast asks for her thoughts on Trump’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106181/25/1061812545_0:285:5472:3363_1200x675_80_0_0_e534d681831291a4a577cfa719ccb150.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010061080687330-cynical-world-movie-chain-tried-to-flog-staff-surplus-pick-n-mix-sweets-before-closures-announced/ The Cineworld group announced the closure of all its 127 UK sites on Monday after the release of the new James Bond film was postponed until April. But angry staff say they first heard the news via the media. Cineworld tried to sell unwanted stocks pick ‘n’ mix sweets to its staff before laying them off, a staff member […]
“A virtual hearing is virtually no hearing at all,” the New York Senator says, suggesting the decision on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should be postponed, despite Senate already using the practice throughout pandemic. “If it’s not safe for the Senate to meet in session, it’s not safe for the hearings to go forward,” Chuck Schumer said at a Sunday press conference. The Senate has already […]
On Friday night, Bill Maher took a victory lap. For years, the Real Time host has predicted that Donald Trump would refuse to step down from the presidency should he lose re-election—and this past week, Trump publicly announced that he would not commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose. “This week, the president fuckin’ flat-out said it—what I’ve been saying he’s going to […]
President Donald Trump’s hope for a “straightforward and prompt” confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was immediately dashed, as Democrats reacted with a host of arguments for blocking the appointment. Senator Dianne Feinstein said Barrett would push the court further to the right, jeopardizing “many rights and protections that the American people have fought for and deeply cherish,” including abortion. In any case, […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, picked by President Donald Trump for the US Supreme Court, has said a judge’s policy views must play no role in their decisions ahead of what is expected to be a highly-politicized confirmation process. Speaking alongside Trump in the Rose Garden, minutes after he officially tapped her to fill the SCOTUS seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009261080582883-trump-announces-amy-barrett-as-his-supreme-court-nomination-pick/ A vacancy in the US Supreme Court opened following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week at the age of 87. US President Donald Trump has been eager to fill the vacancy before the presidential election, a desire met with criticism by Democrats. US President Donald Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1a/1080582583_0:0:2363:1330_1200x675_80_0_0_2de30e78ccca03b2c1f843d337b26dde.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009261080582479-kamala-harris-chooses-tupac-as-her-best-rapper-alive-pick/ The late Tupac Shakur, an iconic American rapper and songwriter, is considered to be one of the most influential hip-hop artists. In September 1996, the rapper was shot and killed in Las Vegas, but conspiracy theories continue to suggest that he faked his own death. Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, when speaking with CNN commentator Angela Rye […]
President Trump — pictured at a rally in Newport News, Va., on Friday — is set to announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Trump — pictured at a rally in Newport News, Va., on Friday — is set to announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on Saturday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images A […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is seen as a front-runner to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP hide caption toggle caption Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is seen as a front-runner to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via […]
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey wants coordinated global regulation around stablecoins as the payment method picks up steam. Source link
A set of politically charged books was immediately spotted just behind the UK prime minister’s back as he spoke in a rambling manner about the importance of sending schoolchildren back to their classrooms after a lengthy coronavirus lockdown, and the frustrating public exams fiasco. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a roomful of Leicestershire school pupils it is politically acceptable to sing Rule Britannia and ruled that […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis Cornel West has said that Donald Trump is a catastrophe and a gangster, and Joe Biden is a slow disaster. If he were given only two choices, he said, he would regrettably vote for a slow disaster. I wouldn’t vote for a catastrophe or a slow disaster. The third choice is to put those criminals behind bars. They are the very people […]
Five women are said to be at the top of former Obama Vice President Joe Biden’s list of potential vice presidential running mates, according to a report by NBC News citing sources “familiar with the matter.” Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, has taken advantage of the month delay of the party’s Milwaukee convention, now set to start August 17, to announce his pick for […]
Presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden went bike riding Saturday in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware. As Biden rode by a press gaggle, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Biden if he had chosen a running mate. Biden said, “Yeah, I have.” Doocy asked who it was and as Biden pedaled close to Doocy he looked at him and said, “You!” Video: Here is […]
Before the first votes were even cast in the primaries, the dream ticket for many Democrats was Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The fiery senator from California would diversify and energize Biden’s last hurrah, carrying the torch for a new generation. Then came her ill-fated broadside against Biden over busing and a campaign rife with in-fighting before she exited the field with mixed reviews. Yet here […]
What is the sound of one hand clapping? What would happen if I hired two private detectives to follow each other? The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club. The first rule of becoming the president, if you’re a woman, is you absolutely cannot want to be the president. CNBC reported that some “allies” of Joe Biden are “waging a shadow […]
In her very first segment as a primetime host on MSNBC, Joy Reid welcomed former Vice President Joe Biden for a largely conflict-free interview that touched on everything from President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic—“He’s surrendered,” Biden declared—to his own complicated history on criminal justice reform. For her final question, Reid brought up an issue that she has been pressing on her weekend show, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107636/88/1076368874_0:4:1200:679_1200x675_80_0_0_25b4de77adb4e4130dbaab24c2133123.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202007151079888899-google-to-pick-up-77-stake-in-reliances-jio-platforms-for-45-billion—mukesh-ambani/ New Delhi (Sputnik): Backed by a series of global investments in Reliance Industries’ telecom arm, Jio Platforms, India’s wealthiest corporate leader, Mukesh Ambani, now ranks sixth among the world’s top billionaires, ahead of Google co-founder Larry Page and Warren Buffet. Addressing its 43rd Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd Mukesh Ambani said Google […]
With Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by this much, would his vice presidential pick even make a difference? Political strategist James Carville joked that Biden could win even if he chose Sarah I-can-see-Russia-from-my-house Palin as his running mate. On Tuesday’s episode of The New Abnormal by The Daily Beast, Carville tells hosts Molly Jong-Fast and Rick Wilson the simple strategy Biden needs to win. “Attack, […]
What inspired you to create this cocktail? “Being stuck in quarantine has prompted me to cook things I wouldn’t normally make for myself. I’m not typically a big breakfast eater, but since I’m now on a regular schedule of getting up super early I’ve kind of adopted it into part of my daily routine. The best thing I’ve made for breakfast so far has been blueberry […]
Val Demings, a rising star in the radical Democrat party and a member of the House Impeachment panel, is being called on the carpet by a left-wing outlet in Orlando for her record as Orlando Police Chief. Biden’s consideration of Demings has angered the Black Lives Matter mob, as we reported on last week. Amid all of the calls for police reform, which President Donald Trump […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force earlier this week. Tom Williams/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Williams/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force earlier this week. Tom Williams/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., says she is withdrawing her name from […]
According to the AP the Joe Biden Campaign has narrowed his VP search to six contenders. The list is newsworthy for who made the list and who didn’t. Who made the list: Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Senator Liz Warren, compulsive liar Susan Rice, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Kamala Harris and crazed New Mexico Governor Michelle Grisham. TRENDING: JUST IN: Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Votes to […]
Joe Biden’s choice for Vice President is arguably the biggest decision of his campaign—and it could go very, very wrong. And no one knows more about failed veep picks than Steve Schmidt and Philippe Reines, who worked on the McCain/Palin and Clinton/Kaine campaigns. In Episode 12 of The New Abnormal, The Daily Beast’s podcast for a world gone off the rails, Schmidt and Reines tell Molly […]
California Sen. Kamala Harris, left, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are two potential running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, a former vice president himself. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images California Sen. Kamala Harris, left, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are two potential running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, a former vice […]