During the 2020 campaign, Biden pledged to “reverse” Trump’s “failed” Cuba policies. Upon taking office, Biden immediately reversed numerous Trump policies, but he’s played it close to the vest on Cuba – until now. For the 29th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly last month voted overwhelmingly in favor …
Read More »George Galloway: In 50 years in the rough & tumble of British politics, I’ve never been in as poisonous a campaign as this one
The lamestream media have descended on our campaign like a herd of locusts. That means we’re winning. Since the Mail on Sunday reported all strategists agree that I am “eating the Labour vote alive,” the horror of the establishment at the possibility of my actually winning the Batley and Spen …
Read More »The increasingly arbitrary nature of Covid-19 restrictions shows that politics has trumped science
How many people are choosing to take a Covid-19 vaccine for the reason for which it was brought into existence – that is, to lessen the chance that one has to deal with a more serious form of illness if one catches the virus? Because that particular message doesn’t seem …
Read More »‘Living memorial’ or ‘identity politics’? Congress passes bill making Juneteenth federal holiday to mark the end of slavery
Lawmakers voted 415-14 to pass the bill on Wednesday, making the 19th of June “Juneteenth National Independence Day,” the twelfth federal holiday and the first created since Martin Luther King Day was established in 1983. While President Joe Biden has given no indication he would veto the measure, it still …
Read More »‘So much for no politics in football’: Ukrainian tennis ace slams UEFA over shirt saga with Russia by showing slogans on his shoes
The ill-fated top had been trumpeted by the Ukraine team ahead of the start of the tournament on Friday, causing a considerable stir this week after being revealed at short notice with slogans including “glory to Ukraine, glory to heroes” in its fabric. Also containing a potentially inflammatory map of the …
Read More »‘Health is beyond politics’: WHO’s top official in Europe ‘optimistic’ about Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine emergency authorization
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which distributes the Sputnik V vaccine, filed for the jab’s accelerated registration at the World Health Organization (WHO) in late October 2020. Over seven months and several other greenlighted vaccines later, it has yet to receive the verdict from the international health body. The …
Read More »Bogus story of Iranian interference in Scottish politics shows Western media to be the true election meddler
On May 3, The Times published a bombshell front-page report alleging that Tehran was “almost certainly” attempting to interfere in the impending Scottish parliament elections, “encouraging Scottish separatism,” in order to “attack the constitutional integrity” of the UK. The source of this shocking claim was a preview of a report …
Read More »Russia needs liberals in politics, but failure of Navalny movement shows futility of street protests & reliance on foreign backers
Russian liberals should now establish a responsible presence in the political system. This demands replacing revolutionary politics and foreign sponsors with the development of accountable political platforms providing solutions to complex problems. Revolutionary Russia Russia’s turbulent history has largely been defined by revolutionary change. The past millennium has been siloed …
Read More »Johnson urged by veterans of Northern Ireland politics to address unrest there before situation ‘falls over’
An open letter signed by four former Northern secretaries, the North’s ex-police chief and also a former archbishop, called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “step up” and “take an interest” in the region before unrest among loyalists, those in the province that align with Britain, spirals out of control. …
Read More »Texans would rather have a celeb grenade like McConaughey as gov than the same old politics – and that’s alright, alright, alright
In a poll released Sunday by The Dallas Morning News and University of Texas at Tyler, 45% of registered Texan voters wouldn’t mind the guy most well known for saying, “alright, alright, alright” as their next governor. Republican Governor Greg Abbott, on the other hand, received only 33% support in …
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