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Israel ‘not a racist’ state, US House resolution proclaims
Post Date: 2023-07-19 20:59:50 by Charles_Byrd
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The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution proclaiming that Israel is “not a racist or apartheid state”, in a message directed at progressive critics. The measure passed in a 412-to-nine vote on Tuesday, hours after Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with President Joe Biden at the White House. One lawmaker voted “present”. Click for Full Text!
US Expected to Announce New $1.3 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine
Post Date: 2023-07-19 20:57:46 by Charles_Byrd
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The Biden administration is expected to announce a new $1.3 billion weapons package for Ukraine in the coming days, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing two unnamed US officials. The funds will be provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows the US to purchase weapons for Ukraine as opposed to shipping them directly from US military stockpiles, which is the main way the US has been arming Kyiv. Click for Full Text!
Why the Hate for ‘Sound of Freedom’?
Post Date: 2023-07-19 20:56:12 by Charles_Byrd
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Disney poured some $295 million into Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but the company will apparently scrape to make a profit off the fifth and poorest-performing film of the franchise. Meanwhile, in an unexpected turn of events, the low-budget action flick Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel (who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ), overtook Indiana Jones in the box-office stakes on the day of Sound of Freedom’s release. Click for Full Text!
The Media’s Response to the Affirmative Action Ruling
Post Date: 2023-07-19 20:53:52 by Charles_Byrd
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The Supreme Court has ruled that race-based affirmative action is unconstitutional. As could be expected, the caterwauling from the mainstream media was immediate and voluminous. At MSNBC, I found a stellar example of what promises to be a mother lode of dishonest and uninformed commentary on the topic. On her show The Reid Out, Joy Reid started her segment on the case by visually feigning being in fear for her very life as she talked lugubriously of the “bitter fruit” these “conservative justices have forced down our throats.” Click for Full Text!
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - Major Israel Booster
Post Date: 2023-07-19 20:00:12 by Charles_Byrd
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In an interview with Schmuley Boteach this week, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. addressed the absurd claim being thrown around that Kennedy is antisemitic because he discussed a differing susceptibility to coronavirus generally for people of several different ethnicities, including ashkenazi. Welcome to the club, Kennedy. Antisemitism allegations are routinely launched against political commentators, candidates, and office holders, including Donald Trump , who are perceived as threatening the DC gravy train, Indeed, people looking for a politician who is a threat to the expanding power of the US government at the expense of liberty and peace, may look to the ...
NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability
Post Date: 2023-07-18 19:34:30 by Charles_Byrd
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At his speech during the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Biden called the U.S. and Europe “anchors for global security” when in reality there are no anchors during this increasingly dangerous and polarized time of never-ending war in Europe. Our NATO allies are not, as Biden would suggest, anchors in a turbulent sea of demons but rather catalysts stirring the cauldron of war on behalf of U.S. empire. The instability of the NATO alliance was evident in the controversy over the key issue of Ukraine membership. Biden and his administration tried to work both sides of the street. On the one hand, Biden insisted that “Ukraine’s future lies at NATO.” But then the ...
Trump Says He’s a Target of Special Counsel’s January 6 Probe
Post Date: 2023-07-18 19:32:29 by Charles_Byrd
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Former president Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received notice from special counsel Jack Smith that he is a target in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Click for Full Text!
Ukraine: The Empire Strikes Back
Post Date: 2023-07-18 19:30:28 by Charles_Byrd
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Amidst the dross that clutters the New York Times op-ed page on most days, glimmers of enlightenment occasionally appear. A recent guest column by Grey Anderson and Thomas Meaney offers a case in point. “NATO Isn’t What It Says It Is,” declares the headline. Contrary to the claims of its architects and defenders, Anderson and Meaney argue persuasively that the central purpose of the alliance from its founding was not to deter aggression from the East and certainly not to promote democracy, but to “bind Western Europe to a far vaster project of a U.S.- led world order.” In return for Cold War-era security guarantees, America’s European allies offered deference ...
Troubling ‘Rescues’ of West African Children by International Justice Mission
Post Date: 2023-07-18 19:19:42 by Charles_Byrd
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A report by the Africa Eye section of the BBC claims to have discovered two documented cases where children were “traumatically and unjustly removed” from their homes and their relatives were wrongly prosecuted as child traffickers. Click for Full Text!
Blinken Says Ukraine Would Be ‘Defenseless’ Without Cluster Bombs
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:19:35 by Charles_Byrd
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday defended the Biden administration’s decision to arm Ukraine with widely-banned cluster munitions, which have a devastating impact on civilians. The US is providing Ukraine with cluster munitions in the form of 155mm artillery shells. Blinken said without the cluster bombs, Ukraine would be “defenseless” because the US and NATO are running out of regular ammunition. Click for Full Text!
White House Says Ukraine Joining NATO Means War With Russia
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:17:47 by Charles_Byrd
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The White House said Tuesday that NATO membership for Ukraine isn’t going to happen anytime soon since it would mean war with Russia. “Of course, they are at war right now. So, NATO membership in the immediate future isn’t likely because that would put NATO at war with Russia,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN. Click for Full Text!
Report: Biden Administration Debating Sending ATACMs to Ukraine
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:16:17 by Charles_Byrd
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The Biden administration is quietly debating whether or not to provide Ukraine with Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), which have a range of up to 190 miles, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of June that the administration was moving closer to providing Ukraine with ATACMS, which would mark a significant escalation of US military aid. But so far, no decision has been made, and some US officials don’t think the Pentagon has enough ATACMS to spare for Ukraine. Click for Full Text!
Russia’s Spy Chief Says He Spoke With CIA Director About Ukraine
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:15:14 by Charles_Byrd
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Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), confirmed on Wednesday that he spoke with CIA Director William Burns after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived rebellion. US media outlets reported at the end of June that Burns phoned Naryshkin to assure that the US was not involved in Prigozhin’s mutiny. But Naryshkin said the two spy chiefs mostly discussed Ukraine. Click for Full Text!
British Defense Minister Says Ukraine Needs to Show More Gratitude
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:14:02 by Charles_Byrd
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British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday that Ukraine needs to show more gratitude for the support it receives from the West when asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism of NATO’s communiqué. “Whether we like it or not, people want to see a bit of gratitude,” Wallace told reporters. A day earlier, Zelensky wrote on Twitter that it was “absurd” that Ukraine was not given an invitation to join NATO or a timeline on when membership might happen. Click for Full Text!
Germany’s Rheinmetall to Open Tank Factory in Ukraine
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:12:55 by Charles_Byrd
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Rheinmetall, Germany’s leading arms maker, will open a plant to manufacture tanks and other armored vehicles in Ukraine within the next 12 weeks as the West is looking to boost Ukraine’s weapons industry. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger told CNN that the company will also train Ukrainians how to use and maintain the tanks they manufacture at the plant. He said Ukrainians need to learn how to “help themselves” and cannot rely on Europeans and Americans for maintenance. Click for Full Text!
G7 Countries Vow Long-Term Military Support for Ukraine
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:11:10 by Charles_Byrd
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President Biden and other Group of Seven leaders on Wednesday pledged long-term support for Ukraine and announced that they would each negotiate a bilateral security deal with Kyiv. “Today we are launching negotiations with Ukraine to formalize — through bilateral security commitments and arrangements aligned with this multilateral framework, in accordance with our respective legal and constitutional requirements — our enduring support to Ukraine,” the G7 said in a joint statement. Click for Full Text!
Turkey, Hungary Expected to Ratify Sweden’s NATO Bid This Fall
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:09:52 by Charles_Byrd
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Hungary has said it will approve Sweden’s NATO bid now that Turkey has dropped its objection, but both the Hungarian and Turkish parliaments will not take up the issue until the fall. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country’s parliament will approve Sweden’s NATO bid when it comes back in session in October. Click for Full Text!
Lavrov Says Russia Will View F-16s in Ukraine as Nuclear Threat
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:08:03 by Charles_Byrd
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia will view US-made F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine as a nuclear threat because they are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. “We have informed the nuclear powers, the United States, Britain and France, that Russia cannot ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons. No amount of assurances will help here,” Lavrov said. Click for Full Text!
Biden Order Activates 3,000 Reservists for Europe Deployments
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:04:04 by Charles_Byrd
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President Biden on Thursday signed an executive order allowing the Pentagon to mobilize 3,000 reservists for deployments in Europe, where the US military has significantly increased its presence since Russia invaded Ukraine. Since February 2022, the US has deployed over 20,000 additional troops to Europe, bringing US troop levels on the continent to over 100,000 for the first time since 2005. The US has beefed up its presence in Eastern Europe and currently has over 10,000 troops in Poland, which has become a hub for weapons bound for Ukraine. Click for Full Text!
Report: US Almost Scaled Back NATO Commitment for Ukraine Over Zelensky Tweet
Post Date: 2023-07-17 19:01:30 by Charles_Byrd
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The Washington Post reported Thursday that US officials at the NATO summit in Vilnius were so angry over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism that they almost scaled back the commitment made to Ukraine in NATO’s communiqué. As the alliance was working on the wording of its communiqué on Tuesday, Zelensky took to Twitter to air his grievances about Ukraine not getting a formal invitation to join NATO, calling it “unprecedented and absurd.” Click for Full Text!
Iowa Governor Signs Heartbeat Bill Into Law
Post Date: 2023-07-17 18:58:52 by Charles_Byrd
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For the second time in five years, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a “heartbeat” bill into law. After calling the state’s General Assembly back into special session to consider the issue, the legislative branch passed the bill overwhelmingly last week and Reynolds signed it into law on Friday. Click for Full Text!
House Votes Down Amendment to Block Cluster Bomb Shipments to Ukraine
Post Date: 2023-07-17 18:56:25 by Charles_Byrd
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The House on Thursday night voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would have prohibited the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. The amendment was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and failed in a vote of 147-276. The amendment received support from 98 Republicans and 49 Democrats. Click for Full Text!
Biden Announces $39 Billion in Student Loan Forgiveness
Post Date: 2023-07-17 18:54:46 by Charles_Byrd
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The Biden administration announced Friday they will automatically discharge $39 billion in Federal student loans for 804,000 borrowers in the coming weeks as the Department of Education (DOE) implements fixes to address “historical failures” in the loan program. According to the DOE press release, the fixes implemented by the administration will ensure all borrowers have an accurate count of the number of monthly payments that qualify toward forgiveness under income- driven repayment (IDR) plans. Eligible borrowers will receive the student loan debt forgiveness if “they have accumulated the equivalent of either 20 or 25 years of qualifying months.” Click for Full Text!
World Economic Forum: Urban Cities of Tomorrow
Post Date: 2023-07-17 18:52:38 by Charles_Byrd
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In the US, control over the ports is relegated to blue state governments and include: New York City, LA, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, Savannah, Oakland and Charleston. The destruction of major port cities such as LA, San Francisco, and NYC is the means of ultimately razing these cities to the ground in order to rebuild the WEF “Cities of Tomorrow”. The global economies built by western governments are collapsing at hyper- speed. The inability to sustain the over-burden of debt has long passed. Do you renovate or do you rebuild. When looking at a dilapidated house – this is often in the mindset of a house-flipper. The obvious decision comes down to cost and the value of ...
Roll Over, Hammurabi: Federal Regulations Are Hidden behind Paywalls
Post Date: 2023-07-17 18:50:19 by Charles_Byrd
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It seems self-evident that a country’s laws and regulations must be freely accessible to the public. As long ago as 1750 b.c., the Babylonian king Hammurabi put his code of laws on a pillar for all to see. Ever since, the public availability of law has been a crucial part of governance. Hammurabi boasted that any subject involved in a dispute could read the laws and learn “what is just.” Click for Full Text!
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