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Jul 29 2019
News
Dan Coats: US intelligence chief leaves Trump administration
The US director of national intelligence, Dan Coats, has become the latest high-profile figure to leave the Trump administration.
President Donald Trump tweeted Mr Coats would step down in mid-August and that he would nominate the Texan congressman John Ratcliffe to replace him.
He said Mr Ratcliffe would lead and "inspire greatness for the country" he loved.
Mr Coats and
BBC NewsJan 13 2021
Opinion
How MAGA Extremism Ends
For the past four years, Donald Trump has been playing two roles: one as president, and the other as the rallying point for a coalition of theocrats, internet fantasists, white supremacists, and various other authoritarians who are in no way committed to peaceful transitions of power. Wednesday’s insurrection at the United States Capitol made Trump’s latter role all too clear.
Before he
The AtlanticDec 23 2019
News
Connecticut Man Charged With Threatening To Kill Black People Over College Student Murder
A Connecticut man took to the web to threaten to kill Black people in Harlem in retaliation for the murder of white Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors.
Trevor Spring, 31, of Stonington was charged Friday (December 20) with second-degree threatening, according to Connecticut State Police.
Spring has reportedly confessed to posting the threat on Reddit under the name
BETMar 21 2021
News
'We Will Not Go Back': Vigils Honoring Atlanta Victims Draw Mourners Across U.S.
From Sacramento to Salt Lake City to Philadelphia, thousands gathered this weekend at vigils across the country with signs, candles, portraits and flowers grieving the eight victims of Tuesday's shootings in Atlanta and crying out against anti-Asian racism.
In Atlanta, hundreds attended a rally and march Saturday afternoon, some holding signs reading "Stop Asian Hate" and "Racism Is A
NPR (Online News)Jun 02 2020
News
Robert L. Johnson, Founder Of BET And The RLJ Companies, Issues Statement And Proposal For Full Black American Reparations
Is $14 trillion too much to ask for the atonement of 200 plus years of brutal slavery, de facto and de jure government-sponsored social and economic discrimination and the permanent emotional trauma inflicted upon black Americans by being forced to believe in a hypocritical and unfulfilled pledge that “all men are created equal”? This is an existential question that this nation has failed to
Chicago DefenderJun 10 2021
News
Pelosi, Leading Democrats Thank Ilhan Omar For ‘Clarification’ Of Statement That Appeared To Equate US, Israel With Hamas, Taliban
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other leading Democrats issued a statement Thursday afternoon thanking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for a statement she issued Thursday morning “clarifying” a tweet Omar posted equating the United States and Israel to the terrorist regimes, Hamas and the Taliban — sidestepping calls to address Omar’s shocking language.
In the tweet, Omar suggested
The Daily WireOct 13 2020
Analysis
The Irony at the Heart of the Amy Coney Barrett Fight
Judge Amy Coney Barrett sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a fuchsia dress and pearls, listening quietly as Republican senators depicted her as the ideal modern feminist. “How do you and your husband manage two, full-time professional careers and, at the same time, take care of your large family?” Senator John Cornyn of Texas wanted to know. “I’ll bet there are many young women
The AtlanticJun 05 2024
Headline Roundup
WSJ Report Suggests Biden's Memory, Performance are Slipping
The Wall Street Journal (Center bias) published a report citing multiple sources who've raised concerns about President Joe Biden's memory and performance in meetings.
The Details: Among the examples in the report was a January meeting about aid for Ukraine, in which Biden "read from notes to make obvious points, paused for extended periods and sometimes closed his eyes for so long that
New York Post (News) Axios Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 17 2021
Opinion
The Decline of Congress
Congress has a public approval rating of 22%, which makes us wonder what the 22% are watching. It can’t be C-SPAN. If they paid attention to this week’s spectacle involving Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, the 22% are likely to join the other 78%.
Mr. Gosar, a Republican, illustrates the decline of Congress in profile. He tweeted an anime video of the Congressman attacking a character with the
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)Jan 22 2021
News
Democrats race toward Trump's second impeachment trial
House Democrats will deliver an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, triggering the start of a second trial in the coming days.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer first announced the move on Friday morning, effectively rejecting a request from Senate Republicans to delay the start of the proceedings for two weeks so that Trump can formulate
Politico