“The most disturbing thing was that with presidential fanfare of the White House, that is, with all the insignia of power, the American commander-in-chief called for an end to the count because of his purported victory,” Michael Link, head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), told Germany’s Stuttgarter Zeitung …
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“Just check out the media” for proof, Trump said Thursday on Twitter. “We will win! America first!” Trump said the allegations will involve both voter fraud and fraud committed by state election officials. Twitter immediately flagged Trump’s tweet as potentially misleading. Trump’s statement came after media outlets declared Biden the …
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The UK’s terrorist threat level has been raised from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’. This means a terrorist attack is considered highly likely, although there is no specific intelligence of an imminent incident. Home Secretary Priti Patel now wants us “to be alert but not alarmed.” Barely a month goes by without …
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Perhaps I brought it upon myself by moving to the US while being Russian, but it’s cold in the rebooted Cold War. Not a day goes by that I’m not asked continuously to lace all my opinions with a stance on Putin, or even erstwhile Soviet politics. I usually make …
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Two batches of results released by Maricopa County have narrowed the Democratic nominee’s lead in the state to around 69,000 votes. With approximately 275,000 ballots left to be tabulated in the county, Trump could pass Biden if he maintains his current advantage. More results will be announced on Thursday night. …
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Of all the pundits’ takeaways we are left with from the US presidential election, certainly the two daftest have to be that a win for Joe Biden would mean bye-bye to Brexit and simultaneously signals the end of populism as a global political force. To be completely clear, neither of …
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Portland law enforcement officials announced the Guard deployment late on Wednesday evening, after a protest rally grew unruly in the city’s downtown area. The move comes after Governor Kate Brown passed an executive order placing Portland’s public safety under a “Unified Command,” jointly overseen by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, …
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Both Biden and Trump are racing to claw together enough electoral votes to declare victory, but pauses in ballot counting, razor-thin margins, and legal complaints make it unlikely that there will be a clear winner declared two days after Americans headed to the polls. Biden is projected to win both …
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The sports betting site called the 2020 US election for Biden on Thursday morning local time (Wednesday night in the US), announcing the massive “early payout” for users who’d placed money on the Democrat and hinting that there was still more cash to be made. “The market is still open” …
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The self-professed mail carrier – whose voice and identity have been disguised by the conservative muckraking operation – claimed he and his colleagues were “issued a directive” to “collect any ballots we find in mailboxes,” collection boxes, and “outgoing mail in general” on Wednesday and “separate them at the end …
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