Author: Josh Taylor
Christianity Today calls for Trump’s removal, Trump freaks
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 21, 2019Christianity Today released a surprising article calling for Trump’s removal. They struck a fair tone, but ultimately made a clear point: “The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents. That is not only a violation of …
Read MoreUighur historian jailed over book
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 15, 2019A prominent Uighur historian, who has been missing since 2017, has been confirmed jailed in Xinjiang. This comes despite the fact that China has claimed that all the Uighur Muslims and Kazakhs it has imprisoned in concentration camps have “graduated” and are happy. Family members of the detained, however, say that their relatives are still …
Read MoreElon Musk off the hook for calling a guy a pedo
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 7, 2019Elon Muck was found not liable for defaming the British cave explorer he called a pedophile. During the incident, Musk dramatically sent a (useless) submarine to Thailand to save those kids trapped in a cave. When one of the cave divers who helped rescue that trapped Thai soccer team criticized Elon Musk’s tiny submarine plan, Musk …
Read MoreNew charges allege R. Kelly bribed his way to underage marriage with Aaliyah
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 6, 2019R. Kelly married Aaliyah when she was only fifteen––he legally married here. No one knew how he did that, until now. Federal prosecutors have accused him of bribing an Illinois government employee to get Aaliyah a fake ID, which led to the marriage. R. Kelly has already been charged with 11 new felony counts of sexual …
Read MoreIt’s on tape: the president is an international laughing stock
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 5, 2019That 2014 tweet has not aged well. Case in point: There it is, on tape. Major world leaders, including Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, and Justin Trudeau, are laughing at Donald Trump. The President of the United States is literally an international a laughing stock. And then, to get back at Trudeau, Trump called him “two-faced” …
Read MoreMilitary officer speaks of “morale problem” after Trump’s pardons
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 28, 2019A longtime military officer told CNN that there’s a morale problem in the military, a result of Trump’s controversial pardons. The president’s primary job is to be the commander in chief of the American armed forces. That’s literally the most important thing the president does, and unfortunately our commander in chief is not doing a …
Read More12-year-old convicted of anti-government protests in HK
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 23, 2019A 12-year-old boy has become the youngest person arrested and convicted in the anti-government protests wracking Hong Kong. He allegedly spray-painted slogans on a police and metro station. Protests began heating up when students at Hong Kong universities grew more intense, reminiscent of 1960s and 1970s U.S. college protests. armed themselves with javelins and bows and …
Read MoreTrump may have lied to Mueller, majority of Americans want Trump out
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 19, 2019House Democrats are investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller in the course of that investigation. The issue at stake is whether Trump lied about discussing WikiLeaks with Roger Stone. Trump told Mueller he didn’t remember discussing it, but Rick Gates––former campaign chairman––testified that Trump and Stone did talk about it. As the impeachment trial continues, …
Read MoreTrump just pardoned more (alleged) war criminals
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 16, 2019President Trump has pardoned two service men who have been accused of war crimes and restored the rank of another who was acquitted. One of the officers he pardoned was serving jail time. The president’s primary job is to be the commander in chief of the American armed forces. That’s literally the most important thing …
Read MoreHead of Facebook news cofounded website that hosts anti-Warren op-eds
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 13, 2019We all need to pretend that Facebook isn’t a political company, because it is and it has a serious political agenda. Many people are unwilling to admit this.CNET recently said not to buy a Facebook product because the company’s privacy abuses were terrible and it blatantly ignores the havoc its political ads cause. The comments on …
Read MoreVeterans day did not go well for Trump
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 12, 2019President Donald Trump got booed during his veterans day speech in New York. The group of protestors who booed him also chanted, “Lock him up!” President Trump attended a UFC event a little over a week ago, only to be met with boos and jeers. A few cheered, but the majority were not as kind, and …
Read MoreUS exporting white supremacist ideology
Posted by Josh Taylor / November 11, 2019The acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center told an audience that the world sees the United States as an exporter of white supremacist ideology, an unexpected consequence of globalization. The shooting in Christchurch sparked worldwide outrage. One of the perhaps unexpected consequences of that shooting is that critics from around the world blame the …
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