According to the New York Times, at least 215 Americans died of Covid-19 on January 20 – Biden’s first half-day in the White House – while the Atlantic’s Covid Tracking Project put the number at a much higher 4,409 deaths. Conservatives decided to capitalize on the figures with tongue-in-cheek jeers …
Read More »Biden declares his inauguration day a ‘National Day of Unity,’ calls on Americans to join him in defeating ‘political extremism’
Minutes after settling into the White House on Wednesday, Biden sent out the proclamation which rehashed the key points of his inaugural address, verbatim. In issuing the proclamation, Biden invited Americans to “join together and write the next story of our democracy – an American story, of decency and dignity, …
Read More »In inaugural speech, Biden tells Americans to unite behind ‘truth,’ reject ‘manufactured’ facts & end ‘uncivil war’
“This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the way forward,” Biden said, after being sworn in as the 46th US president shortly after noon on Wednesday. He urged Americans to “start afresh” by listening, seeing, hearing, and respecting one another. Politics doesn’t have to be a …
Read More »79% of Americans think the US is falling apart. That’s no surprise when one half of the country wants to crush the other
A recent Axios-Ipsos poll suggests that 79 percent of Americans believe that the nation is disintegrating. “The question, asked Tuesday and Wednesday, reflects the collision of crises besetting the country — the backdrop of a pandemic, recession, decoupling of red/blue America, and racial injustice and the immediacy of the Capitol …
Read More »‘NO violence’: Trump calls on Americans to ‘calm tempers’ amid political crisis
“In light of reports of more demonstrations, I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind,” the president said in a statement, published Wednesday by Fox News, with him having been banned by all social media platforms. “That is not what I stand …
Read More »Media & Democrats are launching second ‘war on terror’ – against Americans – Glenn Greenwald warns
Greenwald is a lawyer who turned to journalism in 2005 to protest the suppression of Americans’ civil liberties under the Bush-Cheney ‘war on terror’. He ended up playing a key role in publishing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations about the illegal mass spying on Americans. On Friday, however, he sounded …
Read More »It’s Trump… again? Americans confused on who to blame for $2,000 stimulus checks flop – poll
Congress’ inability to agree on the increase of coronavirus stimulus checks has created a lot of confusion within American society, a just-released survey by think tank Data for Progress shows. Some 47 percent of more than 1,000 people polled pinned the blame on the “Republicans in Congress and Senator Mitch …
Read More »Idea of ‘exceptionalism’ encouraged US to quit treaties & makes Americans think they can ignore rules – Russian foreign ministry
Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made the claim on Thursday to YouTube channel ‘Izolenta live.’ “It’s a nuclear power that has gone wild with the idea of its own exceptionalism, withdrawing from lots of documents, treaties, international organizations,” she said. Zakharova also believes that Washington …
Read More »While giving Americans $600, Congress sets aside $600 MILLION to fight Russia & China
The 5,593-page legislation bundled the coronavirus “stimulus” with general 2021 spending. It faced heavy criticism from across the US political spectrum last week, for funding all sorts of pet projects while giving Americans only a $600 individual payment. That’s half of what they got in April, and the only direct …
Read More »US imposes mandatory Covid-19 tests for UK air travelers to protect Americans from mutant strain – CDC
In a statement issued late on Thursday night, the top US health agency said the new policy would come into effect next week. The rule mandates that UK travelers test negative on a PCR or antigen screening no more than three days before leaving, also requiring them to provide “written documentation” of …
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