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Aug 10 2022
Analysis
Americans Rarely See the True Face of Israel’s Bombing of Gaza
When a ceasefire on Sunday night ended a three-day Israeli offensive in the Gaza strip, over 350 Palestinians were wounded and 46 were dead, including 16 children, according to Palestinian officials. Media coverage in the U.S. was mainly led by photographs of smoke-filled skies or Gazans walking amid piles of rubble. While the photos were accurate and recent, the safety of selecting these
The Intercept
Aug 10 2022
Opinion
Americans Deserve an Explanation on FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search
The United States is a land of propositions. One of those propositions is that no man — not even the president — is above the law. Another proposition is that those who temporarily wield power must not use it to harass or disadvantage their political opponents. Occasionally, these propositions can come into tension. Monday night’s FBI search of Mar-a-Lago provides us with one of those
National Review (News)
Jun 28 2022
News
Google Employees Can Apply To Move To States With Abortion Access
As Americans grapple with the repercussions of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion-rights case, tech giant Google told U.S.-based employees they can apply for relocation “without justification.”
Fiona Cicconi, Google’s chief people officer, sent an email to staff Friday addressing the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
HuffPost
Jul 08 2022
Analysis
Twitter will sue Elon Musk for calling off his $44 billion takeover
Elon Musk regrets his agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. And now, he’s officially trying to get out of the deal.
In a letter to Twitter (pdf) on July 8, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk’s lawyers said that Musk is terminating the takeover agreement with Twitter because, they allege, Twitter made “false and misleading” statements about its user data
Quartz
Jul 26 2022
News
‘Nancy, I’ll go with you’: Trump allies back Pelosi’s proposed Taiwan visit
Plans for Nancy Pelosi, the US House speaker, to visit Taiwan have prompted opposition from China and the American military but support from Republicans in Washington, including former members of the Trump administration.
Trump’s second secretary of defense, Mark Esper, told CNN: “I think if the speaker wants to go, she should go.”
Mike Pompeo, Trump’s second secretary of state,
The Guardian
Feb 24 2022
News
Biden Unveils Sanctions on Russian Banks, Stops Short of Cutting Country Off from Global Financial System
President Biden announced new sanctions on Russian banks in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, but declined to make good on his threat to sanction Vladimir Putin directly or to cut Russia off from the international banking system entirely.
“We’ve now sanctioned Russian banks that together hold around $1 trillion in assets,” Biden told reporters at the White House. Biden
National Review (News)
Mar 03 2022
News
Former Top Trump Official Argues Biden’s Russia Sanctions Are ‘Half Measures,’ Contain Loopholes
President Joe Biden’s sanctions against Russia are half measures that don’t go nearly as far as sanctions the U.S. has used in the past against Iran and other adversaries, former Trump administration Treasury official Marshall Billingslea stated Wednesday.
Billingslea served under former President Donald Trump as assistant secretary of the Treasury for terrorist financing, and argued
The Daily Caller
Jul 26 2022
News
Respect for Marriage Act
“The U.S. House of Representatives [last] Tuesday passed a bill protecting gay marriage rights… The bill, which passed the Democratic-controlled chamber by a vote of 267-157 with support from 47 Republicans, establishes federal protections for gay marriage and prohibits anyone from denying the validity of a marriage based on the race or sex of the couple…
“Under the House bill, states
The Flip Side
Jun 10 2022
News
Wall St suffers biggest weekly loss since January after hot CPI data
U.S. stocks posted their biggest weekly percentage declines since January and ended sharply lower on the day Friday as a steeper-than-expected rise in U.S. consumer prices in May fueled fears of more aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.
Tech and growth stocks, whose valuations rely more heavily on future cash flows, led the decline. Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O), Amazon.com
Reuters
Feb 22 2022
News
Blinken says meeting with Lavrov is off after Russia moves on Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will no longer meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva this week, he announced Tuesday, in the latest sign that diplomatic avenues with Russia over Ukraine are quickly closing.
"Now that we see the invasion is beginning and Russia has made clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy, it does not make sense to go forward with that
CNN Digital