This week, the New York Post dropped a veritable bombshell smack in the middle of the 2020 presidential battlefield with a story so explosive it should have reverberated from sea to shining sea for many weeks. Instead, the news was duly squashed under the jackboot of Twitter and Facebook. The …
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You could call CNN’s Wolf Blitzer many things. Some of those things may not be hugely complimentary, depending on your opinion of CNN. However, I very much doubt you could really call him a ‘Republican apologist’ with a straight face. Blitzer is notable for having a very good reputation as …
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Four ICBMs of the new variety were carried by 11-axle erector-launcher vehicles, and they may be the new weapon system whose existence was hinted at by the North Korean government in December last year. Screenshot from a KCNA broadcast The projectiles appeared to be a larger version of the Hwasong-15, …
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Behind the protective covering of plexiglass barriers, and with Trump back at the White House playing fact-checker over Twitter in real time, things got testy fast, as Pence and Harris locked horns over the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The ensuing blame game came as no surprise, and …
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The first tweet in question from Simmons came in response to Dutch CyclingTips journalist José Been calling Trump a “vile, horrible man” and informing any of his supporters to unfollow her on the social media platform. “My dear American friends, I hope this horrible presidency ends for you. And for …
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There is nothing particularly new about political advertising. It has been with us for decades. But this year’s US presidential elections will break all records. NBC News estimates that nearly $7 billion dollars will be spent on ads over the 2020 election cycle overall, $1 billion more than in 2016. …
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The ninety or so minutes on Tuesday evening in Cleveland, Ohio just cannot charitably be described as civilized. There was Biden, who addressed Trump only when he wanted to insult him, but otherwise reciting prepared talking points or turning to the camera to talk to the audience directly. There was …
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A huge crowd of protesters gathered near Seattle’s federal courthouse on Stewart St. and it wasn’t long before the protests turned violent, as people began throwing glass bottles and other objects at police officers. The anger splashed out after Kentucky Attorney-General Daniel Cameron’s announcement that the officers involved in the …
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The story that came out of Durham University this week, where I work as a lecturer in sociology, was as depressing as it was predictable. A group of wayward posh fresher lads were looking forward to their university experience and had formed a Whatsapp group called ‘Durham Boys Making All …
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University of Florida students were asked to comment on some of the proposals in Trump’s officially released second-term agenda, in a new video released by Campus Reform, a conservative news site focused on higher education. The catch was that the interviewer introduced those plans as his democratic presidential rival Joe …
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