Author: Robert Leonard
No bail for Ghislaine Maxwell
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 29, 2020Ghislaine Maxwell has been denied bail after U.S. prosecutors urged a federal judge to reject a massive bail offer, arguing that she deserves to stay in prison. According to her attorneys, Ghislaine Maxwell is losing weight and her hair as a result of the harsh conditions of her confinement. As a result, she has put …
Read MoreEveryone (but Trump) in Washington increasingly angry at Russian cyber attack
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 21, 2020Incoming President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, says that Biden’s response will go beyond simple sanctions, and might include retaliatory cyber attacks. In some ways, it is stunning that it has taken so long for Washington to take the Russian threat seriously. But in other ways, it makes sense, considering the strange relationship …
Read MoreNew COVID variant poses serious threat in London
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 20, 2020Scientists have warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a new variant of COVID poses a real threat to London, encouraging Johnson to set strict lockdown measures in London. Should the new strain––or any new strain––make it to the United States, the results would be catastrophic. California, for example, continues to break COVID records, and as …
Read MoreGhislaine Maxwell to offer $28.5m bond to get out of jail
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 14, 2020According to her attorneys, Ghislaine Maxwell is losing weight and her hair as a result of the harsh conditions of her confinement. As a result, she has put together a whopping $28.5 million bond, put up partly by her husband––a husband she has only just now publicly admitted having. Maxwell stood trial for her role …
Read MoreTrump administration passed on Pfizer’s offer for more vaccines
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 8, 2020According to a New York Times report, the Trump administration only has 50 million doses of the vaccine, but it had the opportunity to buy more months ago. It’s not a huge surprise, given the administration’s utter disinterest in handling the COVID crisis. The White House, already chock full of coronavirus cases, is hosting nearly …
Read MoreBeijing forcing Uighurs to eat pork
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 6, 2020As part of its “re-eduction” of the Uighur people, Beijing is forcing them to eat pork, a major violation of their religious beliefs. Recently, Columbia professor Leta Hong Fincher has warned China watchers at the Center for International and Strategic Studies conference that the country is embarking on a eugenics program. “What caught my eye was …
Read MoreTrump blames “Democrat” postal service for election loss
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 6, 2020Donald Trump blamed the Post Office for his campaign loss, saying the organization was run by Democrats who were trying to sabotage him. Whistleblowers reveal that the USPS is responsible for tampering with hundreds of thousands of ballots. @OANN This long time Democrat stronghold got rid of massive numbers, especially in swing states, during and …
Read MoreWorld urged to buy Aussie wines to protest China’s 200% tariff on Australian wines
Posted by Robert Leonard / December 1, 2020China’s trade war with Australia has escalated dramatically, with China issuing tariffs of up to 212% on Australian wines. Millions of people around the world are therefore being urged to buy Aussie wines in protest of Chinese economic bullying. The eyes of the world are increasingly turning to China, not only for its economic imperialism, …
Read MoreTrump escalates his war with Twitter, calling it national security threat
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 29, 2020President Trump angrily ranted about Twitter (on Twitter, as usual), implying it was a threat to national security and expressing the desire to change the laws in order to shut it down. It’s unlikely that such a thing would happen, but his threats come as no surprise. Trump’s twitter fan base is shrinking. Followers are …
Read MoreJoe Biden first ever president to get 80m votes
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 25, 2020Talk about a landslide. Joe Biden has become the first president to surpass 80 million votes. That’s partly because this past election saw a turnout of some 66%, breaking a nearly century-old record. Earlier this week, Joe Biden’s lead over Donald Trump surpassed six million votes, with the final ballots still coming in. At that point, …
Read MoreSolomon Islands to ban Facebook for “national unity”
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 25, 2020The government of Solomon Islands has announced a ban of Facebook in the name of national unity. The government is concerned with cyberbullying on the platform. NAACP president Derrick Johnson has called Facebook a “threat to democracy.” He is one of the leaders the ongoing Facebook boycott, and he also said the boycotters won’t quit …
Read MorePope says Chinese government is persecuting Uighurs
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 24, 2020Pope Francis’s new book contained a long-awaited, if too subtle, condemnation of Beijing’s treatment of religious minorities, especially the Uighur people. Two months ago, a group of about two dozen Uighurs took China to the International Criminal court, citing crimes against humanity, torture, and genocide. A Uighur doctor has described horrific things happening as part …
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