Touting the Biden administration’s supposed return toward “a foreign policy centered on democracy, human rights, and equality,” the newly-appointed diplomat tore into the council over its efforts to hold Israel accountable for its ongoing violations of international law. “We recognize that the Human Rights Council is a flawed body, in …
Read More »Washington joins crusade against free speech, backs Ukrainian crackdown on opposition media as EU & Zelensky’s dad voice concerns
In a statement issued on Twitter Wednesday, the American embassy in Kiev wrote that it “supports efforts yesterday to counter Russia’s malign influence.” It described the shuttering of broadcasters as “in line with [Ukrainian law], in defense of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.” “We must all work together to prevent …
Read More »Washington could put US tech in danger by going after Huawei, Professor Wolff tells Boom Bust
The ‘phase one’ trade deal “was a temporary stopgap measure to get across a period of time; that time has gone, and a new regime is in power in the United States,” says Professor Richard Wolff. He tells Boom Bust that “Everything now depends on what initiatives the Biden administration …
Read More »National Guard to remain in Washington, DC until MARCH to provide security for impeachment trial – report
According to an anonymously sourced Politico report on Sunday, a contingency force of 7,000 National Guard troops will stay in DC until Trump’s trial begins in February, after which 5,000 will stay put until the trial concludes, likely in the middle of March. Politico’s sources said the deployment was necessary …
Read More »‘Hypocrisy is a tool of US diplomacy’: Russia slams Washington’s claim about ‘suppressing’ Navalny protests
The mission’s press spokesperson, Rebecca Ross, made the claims on Twitter on Saturday, adding that the police response to opposition demonstrations was part of a “concerted campaign to suppress free speech [and] peaceful assembly.” In a post on the VK social network, the ministry said that diplomats had “checked what …
Read More »Democracy Dies in Darkness: Washington Post backtracks after it’s caught burying Kamala Harris’ cringeworthy joke from old article
“We should have kept both versions of the story on the Post’s site…rather than redirecting to the updated one,” communications VP Kris Coratti admitted in a statement to Reason on Friday after the libertarian outlet caught WaPo memory-holing the cringe-inducing joke between Harris and her sister Maya, originally published in …
Read More »The American Empire has fallen, though Washington may not know it yet
Don’t take my word for it, though. “If the post-American era has a start date, it is almost certainly today,” argued none other than the head of the Council on Foreign Relations – the foremost think tank advocating for the Empire in Washington – after Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol …
Read More »Deep state players are taking advantage of the political chaos in Washington to put United States on a war footing with Iran
Talk about bad timing. On the very day that an estimated one million pro-Trump supporters were assembling in Washington, DC to protest the Electoral College count in favor of Joe Biden, the US media screamed ‘fire’ in a crowded capital. Despite acknowledging that the threat was “not credible,” CBS News …
Read More »Democracy ‘must be respected’! France, UK & NATO condemn chaos in Washington, call for ‘peaceful transfer of power’
“Shocking scenes in Washington, DC. The outcome of this democratic election must be respected,” Stoltenberg tweeted on Wednesday, as videos of protesters breaching the chambers of Congress and disrupting the joint session that was supposed to certify the 2020 election for Biden traveled around the world. “Disgraceful scenes in US …
Read More »‘Exceptional service’: Washington Post journalists get $2,021 bonuses after insisting Americans don’t need Covid-19 relief checks
The Washington Post, owned by the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, ignited a storm of controversy last week when its editorial board – considered the voice of the newspaper – argued against bumping up the Congressionally authorized $600 relief checks to $2,000. Though President Trump and Democrats on Capitol Hill …
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