Of all the hate crime watchdog groups out there, none are more hypersensitive than the anti-Semitism monitors. Disagree with a Jewish politician about tax policy? That’s anti-Semitism. Call another Jewish lawmaker “shifty?” Nice job, Hitler. Make fun of Israel’s heavy-handed policing of Palestinian territories? You’ll soon have the watchdogs breathing down …
Read More »‘2020 election in one clip’: Conservatives jeer as tiny group of protesters heckles MASSIVE crowd at Florida rally of Trump allies
This strange scene was captured by media cameras on Friday, as a large crowd of seniors in the retirement community northwest of Orlando queued up for a rally in the style of former President Donald Trump. Instead of the 45th president, however, the stars of this meeting were young Republican …
Read More »‘Wrong answer’: Big Pharma group up in arms after Biden signals support for profit-threatening patent waiver on Covid vaccines
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (IFPMA) criticized the IP plan in a statement on Wednesday, not long after the Joe Biden administration voiced support for the idea, first floated by the World Trade Organization last October. “The decision of the US administration to support a patent waiver for Covid-19 …
Read More »‘Babes Lounging in Malibu?’ BLM leader’s jail reform group accused of grifting over meeting at posh beachside ranch
The fresh accusation of grifting targeting Cullors, an activist organizer who co-founded the Black Lives Matter network, came this week from the Daily Caller. The right-wing outlet dug through campaign records of a group called Reform LA Jails, which Cullors leads, and found something it considered untoward. A 2019 quarterly …
Read More »IAEA invites Chinese experts to join the technical working group on Japan’s nuclear wastewater disposal, Beijing says
Speaking on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Beijing would continue to urge Japan to engage with the international community before dumping more than a million tons of nuclear wastewater from the defunct Fukushima power plant. “China will fully support the organization’s follow-up work, and Japan should earnestly …
Read More »Ant Group explores options for Jack Ma to exit, as Beijing unsheathes its sword against China’s big tech
The talks between the Chinese state regulator and Ant Group that took place between January and March signaled to the company that Ma’s exit could help draw a line under Beijing’s scrutiny of its business, according to sources familiar with the matter, as cited by Reuters. Earlier this year, officials …
Read More »Republicans furious at Dems’ attempt to ‘pack’ the Supreme Court as group of lawmakers unveil expansion bill
The historic potential shake-up of America’s top federal court has angered Republicans who have accused the Biden administration of “packing” the bench – an effort to eat away at the court’s conservative majority. There have remained nine Supreme Court justices since 1869, with a current 6-3 majority in Republicans’ favor. …
Read More »Soviet victims of Nazis were long ‘forgotten group,’ German president Steinmeier says ahead of Buchenwald liberation anniversary
Buchenwald was one of the longest-operating and largest facilities, where people deemed undesirable by the Nazi government were worked to death or simply killed. The largest group at the concentration camp were Soviet prisoners of war and civilians kidnapped as slaves in Nazi-occupied parts of the Soviet Union, Steinmeier reminded …
Read More »WATCH: As anti-lockdown protests grow, Dutch ‘POLICE FOR FREEDOM’ group holds march against Covid restrictions
The protest took place outside historic Groeneveld Castle, located in the municipality of Baarn. A live feed by RT’s video agency Ruptly showed protesters gathering by the castle and then marching through the forest surrounding it into the town of Baarn. The protest’s location was chosen after Groeneveld Castle opened …
Read More »‘We need a Black woman Justice’: Democrat pressure group urges liberal justice critical of SCOTUS-packing idea to resign
Breyer “has been a distinguished justice, but now is risking the Senate falling into Republican hands before Democrats can confirm Biden’s nominee,” the group tweeted. The call comes on the same day as the White House announced the formation of a presidential commission, tasked to produce an “analysis of the …
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