The state’s liberal-leaning Supreme Court ruled 5-2 against Trump’s lawsuit on Tuesday, rebuffing claims that local election officials barred Republican poll-watchers from standing close enough to the vote-counting process to see what was happening. “We conclude the [Philadelphia County Board of Elections] did not act contrary to law… during the …
Read More »3 killed after Syria air defenses repel ‘Israeli aggression’ over Damascus, Tel Aviv says it retaliated
The attack took place in the early hours of Wednesday as the city remained plunged in darkness. “At about 3:11 am this day, the Zionist enemy launched an air aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan on the southern region,” SANA reported, citing a military source. Explosions rang …
Read More »US’ successful ICBM intercept test brings us closer to a nuclear war and proves Moscow’s concerns were well grounded
On Tuesday, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced it conducted a test of an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS John Finn, against what was termed a “threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target” using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor. The test object …
Read More »Twitter and Facebook transformed US politics into a shouting match. Has it saved their monopoly status, or doomed it?
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg must have felt a bit like Dr. Frankenstein as they were pulled between Democrats and Republicans during Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on censorship and election meddling in social media. After all, their platforms created the political “monster” that is 2020’s divided America – …
Read More »Sen. Blumenthal pressures Zuckerberg to BAN Steve Bannon from Facebook over ‘calls for murder,’ gets reminded of Vietnam War lies
Speaking remotely at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, the Connecticut Democrat referred to a Nov. 5 podcast in which Bannon, formerly President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, said he would like to put the heads of Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI director Christopher Wray “on pikes” as a warning for other …
Read More »It’s not misogyny to point out Kamala Harris’ many failings… men and women alike should be fearful if she becomes president
The ‘Manosphere’ – an ecosystem of blogs, message boards and Discord channels populated by unabashed male chauvinists who believe women shouldn’t even be voting, let alone serving in office – is terrified by the prospect of Kamala Harris becoming the US’ first female president. So says Jezebel, at least – …
Read More »American Medical Association declares racism a ‘public health threat,’ prompting both applause & mockery
The new policy rules, adopted on Monday, are aimed at combating racist policies and practices across all US healthcare, according to a press release on the AMA website. “The AMA recognizes that racism negatively impacts and exacerbates health inequities among historically marginalized communities,”said Board Member Dr Willarda V. Edwards during …
Read More »Pentagon announces partial withdrawal from Afghanistan – 2,500 troops to remain
In a press briefing on Tuesday, Miller said the troop withdrawals will take place before January 15, 2021. “I celebrate this day as we continue the president’s consistent progress in completing the mission we began two decades ago,” Miller told reporters, adding that the withdrawal decision was a “collaborative” one …
Read More »Russia isn’t a ‘superpower’ because it doesn’t project ‘military power across the globe’ says former US president Obama
In his new book, ‘A Promised Land’, the two-term president claimed that while Russia has “a nuclear arsenal second only to our own,” the country “wasn’t a superpower anymore,” as it “lacked the vast network of alliances and bases that allowed the United States to project its military power across …
Read More »Apex of culture war: Marxism is trending on Twitter, because of…a left vs right fashion row?
The December issue of the fashion magazine features One Direction’s Harry Styles, the first male to ever get a solo cover in Vogue. Styles “makes his own rules” the cover stated, backing the blurb with a photo of the star wearing a dress. More photos of gender-bending clothing choices came …
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