Earlier this month, Rachel Levine was confirmed as assistant secretary of health at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Five years ago, Levine declared that “With very few exceptions, my being transgender is not an issue.” I would say the same is true in the UK. Equalities legislation protects us …
Read More »‘Trumpification of Big Tech’: Amazon fires back at Elizabeth Warren suggesting they should be broken up
“One of the most powerful politicians in the United States just said she’s going to break up an American company so that they can’t criticize her anymore,” Amazon tweeted in response to an “extraordinary” tweet in which Warren suggested breaking up “Big Tech” so they can’t “heckle senators.” The tiff …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: The entire world should be laughing at America for pretending to care about Muslims in China
The current representative of the US empire finally held his first full press conference yesterday, an embarrassing and undignified affair which saw a gaggle of obsequious imperial stenographers gather round to make believe that important policy decisions about the operation of the most powerful government in the world are actually …
Read More »Biden’s long-awaited press conference hints America should get ready for President Kamala Harris sooner rather than later
Biden was almost 15 minutes late to his own very first “formal press conference” since taking office. He dodged questions, spouted platitudes and talking points, went off on tangents at times while getting angry and uttering what may have sounded like threats at others. No doubt some of that could …
Read More »George Galloway: There should be no police violence in Scotland, whether RT is filming it or not
“Hostile foreign media – most obviously RT – are apt to provide live coverage of sensitive events (e.g. protests) and to amplify grievances of any disaffected group,” reads the document. The Times of London, in its coverage of the story, notes that “RT employs prominent figures in Western countries – …
Read More »EU should impose counter-sanctions on US officials who target European firms, former French envoy to Washington says
Pierre Vimont, a career French diplomat who served as envoy to the US from 2007-2010, said in an interview that extraterritorial sanctions have become “a privileged weapon of American diplomacy” and that Europe should adopt a new “preventative” approach to dealing with the tactic. According to Vimont, there is increasing …
Read More »Biden thinks he’s a tough-talking cowboy in a Western, so he should solve his differences with Putin by drawing guns at high noon
US President Biden’s response to a journalist asking if he thought Russian President Putin was “a killer” was, “Uh-huh. I do.” Rather than elaborate, Biden allowed himself to be hand-led straight into talk of “the price [Putin] is gonna pay.” How convenient. Does Biden think that he’s living in a Western? …
Read More »Facebook exec says Zuckerberg is TOO POWERFUL and Facebook should be BROKEN UP, in undercover interview
“No king in the history of the world has been the ruler of two billion people, but Mark Zuckerberg is,” Thomas told a Project Veritas reporter, in an interview published by Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe on Monday. Thomas claimed that Facebook is “doing a lot of damage in the …
Read More »‘Capitol rioter’ reportedly told colleagues Nazis ‘should have finished the job,’ sported ‘Hitler mustache’ at Navy base (PHOTO)
Hale-Cusanelli was arrested on January 15 as part of an ever-expanding investigation into the Capitol riot, which is on course to become the largest investigation in the history of the country. The man, who worked as a security contractor at Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle in New Jersey at the …
Read More »Pelosi says Cuomo should ‘look inside his heart’ when asked whether he should resign over scandals
“I think we should see the results of the investigation,” Pelosi told ABC’s This Week when asked about the New York governor on Sunday. “Hopefully, this result will be soon.” Cuomo has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple women, including former aides. The latest allegation found him accused of …
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