The mass media are reporting that the Biden camp has selected former general Lloyd J. Austin III to be the next secretary of defense, assuaging fears among antiwar activists that the position would go to bloodthirsty psychopath Michele Flournoy as commonly predicted. As has become the standard ritual for Biden’s cabinet picks, the mass media are holding …
Read More »‘Will you reinstate bill that break international law?’ UK environment secretary asked amid chaotic Brexit talks. YES, he says
The UK’s bitter divorce from the EU draws closer to a possible no-deal Brexit at the end of the year with both sides digging their heels in. On Monday, the British government is expected to reintroduce in Parliament the controversial Internal Markets Bill, which would be complete with the provisions directly …
Read More »‘Sickening PR stunt’ or clever public outreach? UK Health Secretary Hancock agrees to take Pfizer jab live on TV with Piers Morgan
Hancock appeared on ‘Good Morning Britain’ shortly after the government announced on Wednesday that it had given the green light to the jab, developed in collaboration between US-based Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech. The UK is the first country in the world to approve the vaccine, and hopes to begin administering …
Read More »UK foreign secretary optimistic about Brexit deal, says talks with EU in ‘reasonable position’
“I do think we’re in a reasonable position, there’s a deal to be done,” Raab said on Sky News on Sunday. There’s been more “respect” of London’s stance from Brussels in recent weeks, he added. The sides were able to achieve progress on issues like competition, but fishing rights remained …
Read More »Familiar faces: Biden picks Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry as his climate czar & finds job for ex-CIA deputy Avril Haines
In a statement on Monday, Biden announced the return of the two Obama-era officials to government. Kerry, who oversaw the crafting of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, will now “fight climate change full time,” in a position that will see him sitting on the National Security Council. As well as …
Read More »‘Numbers don’t lie’: Georgia secretary of state delivers bad news to Trump after recount, as state called for Biden
“Like other Republicans. I’m disappointed, our candidate didn’t win Georgia’s electoral votes,” Raffensperger said on Friday. He added that he trusts that the vote count in Georgia is “correct.” “I live by the motto that numbers don’t lie. As secretary of state, I believe that the numbers that we have …
Read More »Georgia state secretary claims Lindsey Graham prodded him to ‘throw out’ mail-in ballots, senator rubbishes ‘ridiculous’ claim
In an interview with the Washington Post on Monday, Raffensperger said that “it sure looked like” Graham wanted him to think of a way to discard mail-in ballots in counties where a high rate of non-matching signatures was reported. “It sure looked like he was wanting to go down that …
Read More »‘All wars MUST END’: Trump’s new acting defense secretary signals withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan
“This is the critical phase in which we transition our efforts from a leadership to supporting role,” Miller said on Friday in a letter to all Department of Defense employees. “We are not a people of perpetual war. It is the antithesis of everything for which we stand and for …
Read More »Arizona secretary of state’s tweet about ‘neo-nazi’ Trump base comes back to haunt her as she’s in charge of certifying VOTES
“@realDonaldTrump has made it abundantly clear he’s more interested in pandering to his neo-nazi base than being @POTUS for all Americans,” Hobbs, a former Democrat senator, tweeted in 2017. Other tweets from the same time period blast Trump as “being on the side of freaking Nazis.” Hobb’s tweets followed Donald …
Read More »Georgia’s secretary of state announces recount ‘by hand’ amid highly contested US presidential election
“With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by hand recount in each county,” Raffensberger, a Republican, announced at a Wednesday press conference. He added that the recount will ensure that there is no question about who won the state’s 16 electoral college votes. Trump’s campaign requested …
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