Speaking as part of an interview with a news program broadcast on YouTube on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova explained that the Russian government had issued a protest to Washington over the incident, which took place last spring. The Foreign Ministry had announced the day before that the authorities …
Read More »‘Save our democracy’: Texas Democrats RUN AWAY to Washington in bid to block state voter reform
“My Democratic colleagues and I are leaving the state to break quorum and kill the Texas voter suppression bill,” James Talarico, who represents District 52 in the state House, tweeted on Monday afternoon. “We’re flying to DC to demand Congress pass the For The People Act and save our democracy.” …
Read More »Cuba’s president blames Washington for protests, says US sanctions responsible for shortages and ‘social unrest’
Speaking on Monday, President Miguel Díaz-Canel blasted what he described as US interference in fiery remarks, condemning protests which erupted on the island a day earlier. Appearing alongside his cabinet in a televised national address, he stated that the people of Cuba have the right to defend their system and …
Read More »‘Freedom fireworks’ celebrating Independence Day CANCELED due to Washington curfew
The Nationals’ pre-Independence Day fireworks display is a Washington DC tradition, and was set to take place on Saturday night following a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. However, rain dragged out the game, and the Nationals canceled the display, as it would have fallen foul of the city’s 10pm …
Read More »‘Many US commentators have never BEEN to countries they comment on, see entire world from Washington perspective’ – Stephen Kinzer
I asked the author and journalist Stephen Kinzer how the corporate media came to be so devoid of honest content and discussed the rise of censorship by Big Tech. Kinzer is a Boston Globe columnist and formerly a correspondent for the New York Times. With over two decades of experience …
Read More »The idea that America ‘won’ the Cold War has made Washington believe only supremacy can bring peace. Now, that’s causing problems
Now, recent efforts by Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden to develop stable and predictable relations are being weighed down by long-running questions over how the last major cycle of tensions ended. Who won, who lost, and who is reneging on the deals struck? By failing to address the …
Read More »‘After the Apocalypse’ is a much-needed wake-up call for all those in Washington who have drunk the ‘Build Back Better’ Kool-Aid
Less than ten pages into Andrew Bacevich’s provocative new book, ‘After the Apocalypse’, I was confronted by a re-telling of the now infamous exchange between former Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly and former President Donald Trump. “He’s a killer”, O’Reilly says about Russian President Vladimir Putin. “There are a lot …
Read More »Tehran demands ‘guarantees’ from Washington over nuclear talks due to former president Trump’s ‘arrogance’
Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the former US administration of Donald Trump had demonstrated how the US can turn its back on agreements. The United States once showed during the Trump era that it can arrogantly ignore the interests of …
Read More »Activist Christopher Rufo dismantles Washington Post ‘hit piece’ on his efforts to expose evils of critical race theory
“The Washington Post’s Laura Meckler spent three weeks preparing a hit piece against me,” Ruffo said Sunday on Twitter, adding that the newspaper used five “flat-out lies” to smear him. “This is how the media lies.” The WaPo article, which was published on Saturday, placed Rufo at the center of …
Read More »Joints for jabs? Washington state allows cannabis stores to hand out FREE POT to Covid-19 vaccine recipients
“In an effort to support Covid-19 vaccinations, the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) today announced that it would provide a temporary allowance to state licensed cannabis retailers to provide one joint to adult consumers who receive a vaccination at an in-store vaccination clinic,” the agency said in a Monday press …
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