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United States intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to pay bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan. … Mr. Trump defended himself by denying the Times report that he had been briefed on the intelligence, expanding on a… Read more.
In other words, there’s no need for BLM protesters to turn into lynch mobs, especially just to exact vigilante justice on Confederate monuments. It is self-evident that President Trump is fighting yet another losing battle. For reasons that can make sense only to the white racists he panders to, he’s trying to protect and preserve… Read more.
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Calls to boycott Facebook are becoming pandemic among businesses worldwide. Numerous businesses are pausing their advertising campaigns on Facebook (FB) – and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook – to boycott the company’s policies around what content it moderates and how. The campaign, called ‘Stop Hate for Profit,’ and organized by the NAACP, Color for… Read more.
Missed opportunities, misappropriations, and miscreants feature prominently in the story of post-colonial Africa. And this journal is replete with commentaries bemoaning it all. But the following quote pretty well sums up my abiding dismay: I just hope the damning irony is not lost on any proud African that, 50 years after decolonization, hundreds of Africans (men, women,… Read more.
I know, given all that has already been told, another tell-all about Donald Trump probably teases as much as the prospect of watching white paint dry. That’s why I’m only commenting to urge you to boycott one, and give the other a special look because of the author’s unique relationship to him. John Bolton Truth… Read more.
It’s the daily subjugation of women in all its discriminatory, violent, and deadly manifestations. Commenting on the rising number of women and children who have been killed since the start of the month, Latifa Jacobs, of One Billion Rising SA, said: ‘In South Africa, we are more at risk of being raped and killed than… Read more.
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this… Read more.
President Trump has had many humiliating weeks. But this one might just take the cake; and it’s not even over yet. First, came reports that his niece has written a family exposé that promises to make Mommie Dearest look like a lullaby. The book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s… Read more.
__________ Christian Coleman of Team USA blew away the field (in 9.76) to win his first title in the men’s 100m. Unfortunately, no matter how many more he wins, his career will be forever tarnished by this doping scandal: Sprinter Christian Coleman cannot be the face of athletics following the controversy over his missed drugs… Read more.
