A “free speech rally” was held at the United Nations Plaza on Saturday. Some demonstrators wore red ‘Make America Great Again’ Trump campaign hats and carried pro-police ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags, as well as US flags. The activists came to decry what they call censorship of conservative views and stories …
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In the end, it is the sheer childishness of the propaganda which amazes me most, not that our rulers lie about other countries – I have always known that. But somehow there was a kernel of truth around which the web of lies was spun, for example about life in …
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While the military is “always looking at threats,” it has yet to uncover evidence for the “bounties” allegation reported by the New York Times in June, David Helvey, the Pentagon’s deputy assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, told the House Oversight Committee during a hearing on Tuesday. “Since those reports …
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Criticizing President Donald Trump for using terms such as “Chinese virus” to refer to the Covid-19-causing pathogen, Democrats insisted his rhetoric has increased “discrimination” against Asian-Americans. Their resolution, sponsored by Rep. Grace Meng (D-New York) all the way back in March, passed on Thursday in a 243-164 vote. “Sadly this …
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The US recognizes “the great progress the Iraqi forces have made,” Marine General Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, said during a visit to Iraq as he announced the relocation of American troops. The drawdown in Iraq was long unticipated and likely to be confirmed soon by Donald …
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It is unclear why our government Putin still find some “liberals”? There all a bunch of “dirigiste” — fans manual (if not rougher “in unisex”) control. Plus Frank grabbers in the state monopoly. From the USSR we have left is the “raw” model laid down by Stalin — all the …
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Summer of protest hysteria in full swing, all waiting for something and rubbing their hands against the background of rallies in Khabarovsk. All (though who did?) expect that little bit more and explode, “Putin’s regime” will collapse and there will come or at least manifest the contours of the …
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A month ago, I had to pay attention to the fact that, according to Rosstat, in Russia in March 2020 cases COVID-19 was not. It has been a month, has just released a fresh official data for the April edition of Rosstat “Socio-economic situation of Russia, January — may 2020”. …
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Three-time world champion in the high jump Russian Maria Laecken winning in February at the Moscow tournament “Russian winter” with the best result of the season in the world, still can not get her prize money for participation in the competition. – The head of wfla Yurchenko complained that all …
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I see that many Russians still can not realize that #BlackLivesMatter is their movement. At the global level, the Russians have even less rights and opportunities than black in America. Of us pumping all the resources, money, our time, our rights — not even our top 1%, how much global …
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