The publicly-funded media organisation has defended its decision to, so far, spend £1,121,652 on legal bills as part of its commitment to being a “truly inclusive employer” due to the complex nature of equal opportunity cases, arguing they required qualified professionals to manage them and address the concerns raised. “While …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: The next two years will be the Democratic Party at its most transparent
Ending US participation in the Yemen genocide could and should have begun on day one. In These Times reported the following back in November (emphasis added): “One thing Biden can do, starting on day one, is end U.S. involvement in the Yemen war – involvement that he helped initiate. By executive order, Biden could get the Pentagon …
Read More »Get ready for four years of vomit-inducing media fawning as our ‘brave’ journalists transform into PR agents for President Biden
The return of a clapped-out career politician to the White House has the mainstream media squealing with delight. Their liberal bias hasn’t exactly been a secret these last four years (“fiery but mostly peaceful” Black Lives Matter protests vs. the “extremist insurrection” on Capitol Hill being the latest example), but …
Read More »Wayne Dupree: The US media has become a disgrace over the past 4 years. They don’t report news – they manipulate it
The day after President Trump was elected, I predicted to a friend how he would be one of our most influential presidents so far in history. Not because of a war, not because he was the best at what he did. Simply because he was himself and our media hates …
Read More »The campaign to reverse Brexit’s begun already? Oh stop, please, 70 years of interminable wrangling over Europe has been enough…
Poor Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III, he tried his best to get his family out of the mafia but they just wouldn’t let him go. Same, it seems, so far in this very young year, with Britain and the EU. The ink isn’t even dry on the ‘divorce’ …
Read More »Joe Rogan vs. Spotify, reporters reliving ‘Trump Years,’ Twitter casting movies: 2021 predictions for mainstream media & Hollywood
If you think Joe Biden entering the White House and a Covid-19 vaccine will return the world to some vague sense of normalcy in 2021, you haven’t been paying attention. Cultural divides have only grown sharper in 2020, partly fueled by a heated and contested presidential election and virtue-signaling stemming …
Read More »Now that, after years of painstaking negotiations and political turmoil, Brexit’s really a done deal, here’s what happens next
The path from that referendum to actually withdrawing from the EU has not been smooth, including the resignation of not one but two Tory prime ministers, plus years of negotiations with Brussels about the ongoing relationship of the 27-member bloc and the UK. Despite multiple missed deadlines and proclamations by …
Read More »Infamous St Petersburg historian who shot & dismembered young lover gets over 12 years in jail
The chilling murder story, which made headlines in Russia last November, began with rescuers getting a call about an elderly man falling into the Moyka River in the historic center of St Petersburg. The person was retrieved from the freezing waters and rushed to hospital suffering from shock and hypothermia. …
Read More »Israel to hold fourth election in 2 years as parliament fails to meet budget deadline
With lawmakers unable to meet a December 23 deadline to pass a two-year budget plan, the Speaker of the Knesset, Yariv Levin, announced the dissolution of parliament late on Tuesday night, setting the stage for yet another national election. While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously agreed to pass the budget …
Read More »Russia has international sports ban halved to two years but will still miss next two Olympics
Russia was handed a four-year ban in December 2019 after allegations that falsified lab data was sent to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) investigators by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Russia had appealed the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, and while the court reduced the …
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