China ramps up bellicose rhetoric towards Taiwan
Posted by Robert Leonard / January 29, 2021China, worried that Taiwanese leadership is preparing to declare formal independence, has issued a warning: any such decree means war. The announcement comes just says after Taiwan reported a Chinese incursion into their airspace, including eight bombers and four fighters. China has long considered Taiwan part of its own territory. China is currently in hot …
Read More4,600 Colorado Republicans leave party after Capitol Riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 28, 2021The Republican Party is facing a reckoning following the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. In Colorado, 4,600 of the state’s Republicans have left the party. One member of the party, a former Oklahoma congressmen, has left the party, calling it a “cult.” CNN, meanwhile, is accusing the GOP of being an empty shell of itself and …
Read MoreTed Cruz wants to “move on” from Capitol Riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 28, 2021Ted Cruz, who spent months harping on Hillary Clinton’s emails, wants to “move on” from the Capitol Riots…which he helped instigate. Seven Democratic Senators have filed an ethics complaint against Ted Cruz, calling for an investigation into his role in the Capitol riots. Hopefully they will hold him accountable. Newspapers from Houston, San Antonio, and …
Read MoreSon tips off FBI to father who participated in Capitol riot
Posted by Catherine Reed / January 27, 2021In a scene eerily reminiscent of the Civil War, which famously turned brother against brother and father against son, a young man reported his father, who participated in the Capitol riots, to the FBI. The father threatened the son to keep quiet, but the young man refused. Two Virginia police officers have been suspended after …
Read MoreRepublicans vote en masse to protect Trump
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 27, 2021Although Republicans decried former President Trump for his role in instigating the January 6 riots at the Capitol, they have predictably circled the wagons now that real political consequences are on the horizon. They have voted, en masse, against impeachment proceedings, signaling how they will vote when the trials begin in the Senate. The move …
Read MoreA majority of Americans support Trump’s second impeachment
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 26, 2021A Monmouth University poll revealed that 56% of Americans approve of Donald Trump’s impeachment, three percent more than approved of his first impeachment. Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who voted to impeach Trump during the first impeachment, has said that there can be no national unity without holding Trump accountable. Nancy Pelosi announced her determination to …
Read MoreTwo Virginia police officers suspended over role Jan 6 riots
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 26, 2021Two Virginia police officers have been suspended after being charged with participating in the January 6 Capitol riots. Sergeant Thomas Robertson and Officer Jacob Fracker, officers with Rocky Mount Police Department in Virginia were arrested after photographs appeared of them in the Capitol. Garret Miller of Texas, one of the Capitol rioters, has been charged …
Read MoreAmericans overwhelming approve of Biden’s initial COVID plans
Posted by Annie May / January 25, 2021Nearly 70% of Americans approve of Joe Biden’s COVID plans, polls reveal. That includes 97% of Democrats, 40% of Republicans, and 70% of independents. Biden’s plans, following immediately on the heels of Trump’s “who cares” approach, are undoubtedly even more popular because of the contrast. Ambulances are waiting up to eight hours in COVID-ravaged Los …
Read MoreOn Holocaust Day, Jewish leaders call out Uighur genocide
Posted by Robert Leonard / January 25, 2021The international Jewish community has vowed that no genocide would ever happen again. This year, on the annual memorial of the Holocaust, Jewish leaders have spoken out against the genocide currently underway against the Uighur people. The U.S. State Department has labeled China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, the harshest criticism of Beijing’s actions. …
Read MoreRomney supports Trump’s impeachment (again)
Posted by Annie May / January 24, 2021Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who voted to impeach Trump during the first impeachment, has said that there can be no national unity without holding Trump accountable. Nancy Pelosi announced her determination to cary out the impeachment process. Without justice, she said, there would be no unity: “Just because he’s gone now ― thank god ― …
Read More7 Senators call for investigation into Ted Cruz’s role in Capitol riots
Posted by Annie May / January 24, 2021Seven Democratic Senators have filed an ethics complaint against Ted Cruz, calling for an investigation into his role in the Capitol riots. Newspapers from Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso have all called on Senator Ted Cruz to resign. The El Paso Times editorial board wrote that it knew Cruz wouldn’t resign, but it nevertheless resignation was …
Read MoreLarge group of Chinese warplanes flies into Taiwanese airspace
Posted by Thomas Bush / January 23, 2021Taiwan has reported a Chinese incursion into their airspace, including eight bombers and four fighters. China has long considered Taiwan part of its own territory. China is currently in hot water, internationally. The U.S. State Department has labeled China’s treatment of the Uighur people genocide, the harshest criticism of Beijing’s actions. Boris Johnson has announced …
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