The Bush/Cheney Administration Was Far Worse Than Trump By Glenn Greenwald, Substack. November 9, 2020 The Bush/Cheney Administration Was Far Worse Than Trump2020-11-092020-11-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/bushcheney-e1604942392138.jpeg200px200px Above photo: President Bush and Former American Vice President Dick Cheney in the Presidential Limousine. Image courtesy George W Bush/National Archives. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images. Fantasies of a Trump-led fascist coup have redounded to the benefit of many… Especially those responsible for abuses far […]
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VT is calling for an investigation of Melania’s application for US residency. We are told it is filled with errors, which we will not characterize as lies though some might. If there are errors, she should be removed from the country but we don’t think her child should be put in a cage. Not to […] Source link
The COVID-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating as the number of global confirmed cases has now surpassed 38 million, with more than one million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University’s latest estimates. British comedian and producer Ricky Gervais remains downbeat about the future of the human race in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, predicting that another deadly virus may finally wipe out the world’s […]
Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black man after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, called 911 twice during the Memorial Day incident, falsely stating in a previously unreported call that he “tried to assault her,” prosecutors revealed Wednesday. Cooper, 41, was charged in July with a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, […]
The UK government has warned that it may need to introduce tougher anti-Covid measures than those already announced, but critics say the current restrictions will cause more harm than good. Robert Jenrick, the UK housing secretary, told Sky News on Tuesday that the government’s decision to introduce new Covid-related restrictions was unavoidable but further action may be needed. “The message that we did deliver to those […]
After Republican Senator John Kennedy declared “racist” one of the worst insults Americans might face during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, social media took up the challenge, deluging the Louisianan with alternatives. Kennedy uttered the offending phrase in defense of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative lawmaker President Donald Trump nominated to the Supreme Court last month to fill the vacancy left by the deceased Ruth Bader […]
The Indian economy nose-dived between April and June this year, with gross domestic product growth contracting 23.9 percent in the quarter that saw a strict lockdown due to the pandemic. In January – March this year, the country witnessed GDP growth of 3.1 percent. Maintaining that the South Asian economic situation is worse than ever, the World Bank on Thursday said India’s gross domestic product (GDP) […]
Conservative ministers have vowed to oppose a proposed law that would give MI5 operatives, police, and other agencies carte blanche to commit crimes in order to stop more serious crimes, arguing it would encourage abuses of power. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) bill expressly greenlights not merely MI5 but 10 other agencies – including HM Revenue and Customs, the Food Standards Agency, police, and the […]
Steve Snowden/Getty One of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s most controversial Game of Thrones choices apparently still doesn’t sit well with George R. R. Martin. Speaking with James Hibberd for a comprehensive oral history of the show, the author said he still doesn’t like the way the duo changed Daenerys Targaryen’s wedding night with Khal Drogo. In the original A Song of Ice and Fire series, […]
Watch FFWN with Barrie Zwicker above. Check out the links to stories we covered. -KB Trump Is Heralding Nazism by Barrie Zwicker, Truth and Shadows …the general public is being reduced to a state where people not only are unable to find out about the truth but also become unable to search for the truth because they are satisfied with deception and trickery that have determined […]
Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Much, Much Worse’ Than Expected September 11, 2020 Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Much, Much Worse’ Than Expected2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/200318-editorial-e1599845825837.jpg200px200px Above photo: Homeless people crowd around a makeshift camp on March 3 in downtown Salem, Ore. Andrew Selsky/AP. In America’s four largest cities, at least half of people say they have experienced the loss of a job or a reduction in wages […]
Dan Forest stood on stage presiding in front of the crowd that had come to see Donald Trump in North Carolina Tuesday, a potential public health nightmare of not enough masks and too many people, and declared: “This looks like freedom.” But before he could even start rattling off all the things he’d do as governor to people who weren’t there to hear him speak, the state’s […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/1e/1080013557_0:452:2834:2047_1200x675_80_0_0_785eb1fde9d8fd4878b5c1fa6517a07f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009031080354723-nord-stream-2-not-linked-to-navalny-but-context-growing-worse-german-politician-says/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is a commercial project, which is not linked to the situation of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, but latest development create an unfavorable context, Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soeder said Thursday. “We support the chancellor’s policy —we urge [Russia] to provide clear answers, on the one hand, and we […]
Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’ By J. Edward Moreno, The Hill. August 23, 2020 Congress: Postal Service Delays ‘Far Worse Than Previously Acknowledged’2020-08-232020-08-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/dejoy1-e1598183992875.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy (2nd R) arrives for a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at the US Capitol […]
Scott Adams, creator of the iconic ‘Dilbert’ cartoon series, was one of the first high-profile figures in America to suggest Trump would win in 2016. He has stuck with Trump for the last four years and has been a vocal critic of the Democrats. In one of his recent podcasts, he offered some thoughts about the 2020 election and Joe Biden. He did not hold back. […]
Kristin Urquiza speaks at the DNC First published Arizona Central, 17 August 2020 Kristin Urquiza, who blistered Gov. Doug Ducey in viral COVID-19 obituary, speaks at Democratic National Convention [ Note: When George H.W. Bush called for a “compassionate conservatism” during his 1988 election campaign, he seemed to be attempting to fill a vacuum in the GOP agenda that had glorified the wealth accumuation of the […]
The precise cause of the US president’s criticism remains unclear, although he is known to have an adversarial relationship with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, who attacked the Trump campaign in his Sunday afternoon program over its alleged birther-style attacks against recently chosen Biden running mate Kamala Harris. President Donald Trump took to Twitter Sunday to attack Fox News’ weekend afternoon content, calling it “worse […]
LONDON (Sputnik) – UK scientists have warned that the second wave of coronavirus could be more than twice the size of the first if no effective testing and contact tracing system is in place before schools reopen in September. “To prevent a second COVID-19 wave, relaxation of physical distancing, including reopening of schools, in the UK must be accompanied by large-scale, population-wide testing of symptomatic individuals […]
The Breakdown Weekly Recap covers growing U.S.-China tensions, worsening job numbers and the next casual $1-$3 trillion in stimulus. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Norway’s Halden Prison is a model for a different way to approach incarceration, says psychiatrist Christine Montross. “The living quarters essentially look like a new and clean youth hostel,” she says. Heiko Junge/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Heiko Junge/AFP via Getty Images Norway’s Halden Prison is a model for a different way to approach incarceration, says psychiatrist Christine Montross. “The living quarters essentially […]
The bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can infect humans and household animals. While the disease is efficiently treated nowadays, in the Middle Ages the infection caused a pandemic known as the Black Death that killed millions of people in Eurasia and Africa. A squirrel has tested positive for bubonic plague in Morrison, Colorado, some 17 miles southwest of Denver, according to the local […]
That Mt. Rushmore speech will go down as one of the sickest, most debased moments in the history of the presidency. First of all, it was officially not a campaign speech, but a presidential speech, meaning that we the taxpayers paid for it. More importantly Donald Trump was delivering this address not as a political candidate but as the servant of the whole people, those who […]
Did Donald Trump by ‘Crazytweet Proclamation’ legalize ‘brandishing?’ How can police ever respond to real threats when Trump endorses pointing guns, menacingly, at members of the public as ‘free speech?’ Guardian: Donald Trump courted controversy on Monday – and perhaps sought to deflect attention from reports about Russia placing bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan – by retweeting news footage of a white couple in St Louis, […]
The New York Times will seemingly disregard sky-high homicide rates in America’s cities if doing so makes President Donald Trump look bad. To much of the media, the only facts that matter are those that hurt Trump. The US president is known for his bombastic declarations, hyperbole, and generous use of superlatives. In his nearly four years in office, that has provided plenty of material for […]
VT has an initial diagnosis, after conferring with real medical specialists. Trump has had either a stroke, most likely, Parkinson’s Disease or has a brain tumor. Insider access has given us a real look at the Trump White House, now a carnival act with Trump the dancing bear His West Point speech had inexorable signs, the shuffle down the ramp and the incident where he uses […]
Under siege for his management of a deadly pandemic, a cratered U.S. economy, and mass protests across the country, top advisers to President Donald Trump are finding solace in one question: How the hell is he not even more unpopular? Though poll after poll shows the president in a historically bad position for an incumbent in an election year, inside the White House and on the […]
This may be one of Speaker Pelosi’s worst mental lapses yet! House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stuttered and malfunctioned for 10 seconds straight during a presser on Thursday. Pelosi read from a letter she sent to President Trump complaining about military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial after violent left-wing terrorists started fires, defaced memorials and destroyed property. “I preface it by saying, as you […]
Deploying Federal Troops In A War At Home Would Make A Bad Situation Worse By Zoltan Grossman, Counterpunch. June 2, 2020 Deploying Federal Troops In A War At Home Would Make A Bad Situation Worse2020-06-022020-06-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/img_1816-scaled-e1591145450374.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Nathaniel St. Clair. As the George Floyd Uprising intensified in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday, President Trump asked Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper for options to deploy federal troops to […]
Gaza America as Israeli trained police do it again, this time in Seattle MINNEAPOLIS—A night after Minneapolis burned, protests on Saturday were mostly calm—until cops and the National Guard moved in with force against those breaking curfew. We start with a bright moment from Seattle. Here, a security guard (with a glock) takes an M4 Carbine from a protester who found it where a Seattle cop […]
The most serious political crisis that Boris Johnson has faced as British prime minister is getting worse. Johnson has become a lightning rod for the fury of the British public—frustrated and restless after nine weeks of lockdown restrictions—after his decision not to sack his top aide who was forced to admit that he traveled hundreds of miles during the pandemic, despite suspecting that both he and […]
US 17:50 GMT 06.05.2020(updated 18:02 GMT 06.05.2020) Get short URL Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202005061079220099-trump-coronavirus-crisis-is-worse-than-pearl-harbor-or-911/ The US president said by next week, he’s going to announce new members of his coronavirus task force whose focus now shifts to medical treatments and to relaxing the restrictions imposed on business and social life amid the ongoing pandemic. Speaking to reporters at the White House, US President Donald […]