“I anticipate that we will probably need to revaccinate because we don’t know the longevity of the protection from these vaccines,” Hancock said in response to an MP’s question. “It might need to be every six months, it might need to be every year.” Hancock added that “yes” he did …
Read More »Trump ‘fuels insurrection’ & must be BANNED from social media, says Michelle Obama amid US press chorus calling for censorship
The ex-FLOTUS issued a lengthy statement on Thursday – some 24 hours after a crowd of rowdy Trump supporters forced their way into the US Capitol to protest the results of the 2020 election – blaming the president for the disturbance, which she said “desecrated the center of American government.” …
Read More »Mainstream journalist sets off alarm bells as he calls for ‘cleansing’ of Trump supporters
“Trump will be an ex-president in 13 days. The fact is that getting rid of Trump is the easy part. Cleansing the movement he commands is going to be somethingelse,” Klein tweeted on Thursday, linking to a story claiming the US Capitol breach on Wednesday exposed “threats [that] will outlast” the president. The piece …
Read More »‘Turning point in the battle for control’: Edward Snowden, others warn of consequences to Trump’s Facebook ban
Many are celebrating the announcement by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that President Trump will be banned from posting content on the social media platform, as well as Instagram, for at least the next two weeks following violence at the US Capitol – but others are warning that this moment could …
Read More »Trump White House disavows ‘violent rioters’ at US Capitol, says it’s ‘time to unite’ under Biden
In brief remarks to the White House press corps on Thursday, McEnany said that President Donald Trump and his administration condemned the events of the day before “in the strongest possible terms,” and compared them to the June riots outside the White House, which she also condemned. Democrats have accused …
Read More »Trump denounces ‘heinous attack’ on US Capitol, says he is fully committed to ‘smooth & orderly’ transition (VIDEO)
Trump said the protesters who forced their way into the Capitol this week had “defiled the seat of American democracy,” insisting that all involved will be punished in a video address posted to Twitter on Thursday. “Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the …
Read More »Tesla tycoon Elon Musk declared richest person in the world, edging out Amazon’s Bezos
Musk was officially named the richest person on the planet on Thursday, not-so-narrowly edging out Bezos thanks to a 4.8 percent boost in Tesla’s stock value. The South African-born electric car purveyor’s net worth is now an eye-popping $188.5 billion, while Bezos has “only” $184 billion. The rapid growth of …
Read More »Boeing agrees to pay $2.5bn fine facing ‘fraud conspiracy’ charges over 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people
“The tragic crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 exposed fraudulent and deceptive conduct by employees of one of the world’s leading commercial airplane manufacturers,” Acting Assistant Attorney General David Burns said in a statement on Thursday. Boeing’s employees chose the path of profit over candor by …
Read More »Capitol rioters may be charged with sedition & insurrection, all options ‘on the table’ says Justice Department
Michael Sherwin, acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, said Thursday that the DOJ has already charged 40 cases in the DC Superior Court, and will bring 15 more people up on federal charges later in the day. The charges so far include “unauthorized access and theft of property” …
Read More »I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but how does a bloke in a Chewbacca bikini outwit the nation’s finest and storm the Capitol?
I watched the astonishing breaking news from Washington yesterday like billions all over the world, our mouths agape, as the citadel of Western democracy was breached – Capitol Hill falls to the angry mob – and pondered one question. In a country that spends about 900 billion dollars a year …
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