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China has moved to tame [the legislative council], one of Hong Kong’s few remaining avenues for dissent and democratic ideals, as it effectively expelled four elected opposition lawmakers from office, prompting vows to resign from their allies. … The council … stood as a symbol of the ‘one country, two systems’ legal framework that was… Read more.
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As election results for the US Senate stand, Republicans have 50 seats, Democrats 46, and Independents (who invariably vote with Democrats), 2. This is why Democrats are banking on winning the two runoff elections in Georgia. Control of the Senate is likely to come down to the Jan. 5 Georgia runoff, when voters could be… Read more.
President Trump’s re-election campaign featured too many farcical and cynical moments to count. But perhaps none epitomized them more than the flyby rallies he held in covid hot spots. Because there we saw crowds variously cheering and baying as he regaled them with brazen lies and hollow threats. What took the cake, though, was Trump… Read more.
No doubt you’ve seen everyone in the media bending over backwards to avoid describing Kamala Harris as a Black woman. Here, for example, is the banner headline no less a media authority than The New York Times ran on Friday, hailing her historic election: Kamala Harris Makes History as First Woman and Woman of Color… Read more.
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You probably thought the 2020 US presidential election would never end. But it has. Joe Biden is (effectively) the President-elect of the United States. Unfortunately, I fear his victory will be pyrrhic. And the legal challenges now underway will be the least of it. After all, the Republican members of Trump’s cult performed so well… Read more.
But (too much of) America will still be Trump country — with all the political strife and civil unrest that portends. As of this writing, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in the race for 270 Electoral College votes 238 to 213. But outstanding mail-in ballots in “uncalled states” favor Biden – based not on speculation… Read more.
I picked the Biden-Harris ticket way back in January 2019 – when nobody thought Joe had a prayer, and Harris was just an exotic wonder. Therefore, I feel obliged to go on the record now, especially given that the ghost of 2016 suddenly all pundits hedging their bets. But I say to you, America: Fool… Read more.
The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appearing in seven of the spy thrillers. … His acting career spanned seven decades and he won an Oscar in 1988 for his role in The Untouchables. Sir Sean’s other [non-Bond]… Read more.
