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- CNN’s latest massive White House scoop? Portraits of Bill Clinton & George W. Bush ‘moved to a less prominent room’
The mainstream media may finally have found its Trump card to ensure the ouster of Orange Man from the White House: the official portraits of two recent presidents have been moved from the Grand Foyer to a rarely used dining room. - Staying grounded or crashing and burning? The airline industry is facing the worst crisis in its historyAirports are deserted, planes are mothballed, and the money’s running out. Stuck between state aid and limbo, the Covid-19 epidemic is destroying an already reeling industry.
- As lockdown loosens, more black men are stabbed in London. But Black Lives Matter has nothing to sayDespite a huge public profile and ongoing media attention, BLM fails to identify a role for itself in combating the appalling number of deaths of young black males in London from incidents of knife crime. What’s its purpose then?
- Turkey will be the death of NATO – its recent clash with fellow member France off the coast of Libya is an early symptomWhen two countries who are supposed to be military allies fall out and almost get themselves into a shooting match, you know there’s going to be trouble ahead. The problem for NATO is, this time, it may prove terminal.
- George Galloway: The UK govt’s ‘almost certainty’ of Russian interference is a dead cat for the media’s Pavlov’s dogsThe UK government says it’s “almost certain” Russia interfered in British elections. Another step down the “highly likely” path of blaming foreigners for its woes, it shows No. 10’s desperation at losing control of the narrative.
- Setting Pompeo loose on the concept of ‘human rights’ is a warning the US is about to violate a lot more of themUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled what he calls a “moral foreign policy,” attempting to limit other nations’ power to declare unalienable human rights. The aim, as usual, is legitimizing the American empire’s abuses.
- A curriculum of indoctrination: How left-wing teaching unions are holding parents & children to ransomThe refusal of radical union leaders to reopen schools this fall unless their demands are met is not about Covid-19 – it’s a political act aimed at getting Joe Biden elected in November.
- Terry Crews is right: Supremacist ideology, black or white, will always lead to miseryActor Terry Crews came under fire for an egalitarian message stating that black supremacy will not end well for society. And he’s correct, because history has shown that the idea of racial superiority never ends well.
- Britain must get Shamima Begum back to London and give this wilful traitor an honest trialWhy is the UK more concerned about Shamima Begum’s citizenship than bringing her to justice? It is essential she faces a jury in a British court, so the public can fully understand why traiterous behaviour is unacceptable.
- The murder of a female soldier has shown just how bad sexual violence is in the US military. As a soldier who was raped, I knowAllegations of systemic sexual abuse are spreading through the US military as service members speak up following the death of Vanessa Guillen. I was violently assaulted, and it’s damn time the military faces scrutiny.
- CNN’s latest massive White House scoop? Portraits of Bill Clinton & George W. Bush ‘moved to a less prominent room’The mainstream media may finally have found its Trump card to ensure the ouster of Orange Man from the White House: the official portraits of two recent presidents have been moved from the Grand Foyer to a rarely used dining room.
- Staying grounded or crashing and burning? The airline industry is facing the worst crisis in its historyAirports are deserted, planes are mothballed, and the money’s running out. Stuck between state aid and limbo, the Covid-19 epidemic is destroying an already reeling industry.
- As lockdown loosens, more black men are stabbed in London. But Black Lives Matter has nothing to sayDespite a huge public profile and ongoing media attention, BLM fails to identify a role for itself in combating the appalling number of deaths of young black males in London from incidents of knife crime. What’s its purpose then?
- Setting Pompeo loose on the concept of ‘human rights’ is a warning the US is about to violate a lot more of themUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled what he calls a “moral foreign policy,” attempting to limit other nations’ power to declare unalienable human rights. The aim, as usual, is legitimizing the American empire’s abuses.
- Turkey will be the death of NATO – its recent clash with fellow member France off the coast of Libya is an early symptomWhen two countries who are supposed to be military allies fall out and almost get themselves into a shooting match, you know there’s going to be trouble ahead. The problem for NATO is, this time, it may prove terminal.
- Terry Crews is right: Supremacist ideology, black or white, will always lead to miseryActor Terry Crews came under fire for an egalitarian message stating that black supremacy will not end well for society. And he’s correct, because history has shown that the idea of racial superiority never ends well.
- George Galloway: The UK govt’s ‘almost certainty’ of Russian interference is a dead cat for the media’s Pavlov’s dogsThe UK government says it’s “almost certain” Russia interfered in British elections. Another step down the “highly likely” path of blaming foreigners for its woes, it shows No. 10’s desperation at losing control of the narrative.
- A curriculum of indoctrination: How left-wing teaching unions are holding parents & children to ransomThe refusal of radical union leaders to reopen schools this fall unless their demands are met is not about Covid-19 – it’s a political act aimed at getting Joe Biden elected in November.
- The Russians are coming, again! Poorly understood cybercrimes play perfectly into political agendasForeign hackers are determined as ever to steal technology, meddle in elections and skew foreign policy, but fear not! The CIA has apparently been authorized to deliver preemptive cyber-strikes based on partisan mythmaking.
- Wetin dey*, BBC? Andrew Neil's popular and relevant show gets the axe, but news in PIDGIN is indispensable?The taxpayer-funded BBC over-reaches by competing with local language news services, as it pleads poverty in the UK. The broadcaster should stop acting like a commercial outfit and fulfil its brief to serve the British people.
- Britain must get Shamima Begum back to London and give this wilful traitor an honest trialWhy is the UK more concerned about Shamima Begum’s citizenship than bringing her to justice? It is essential she faces a jury in a British court, so the public can fully understand why traiterous behaviour is unacceptable.
- Staying quiet has served Biden well so far, but when he finally comes out of his basement it’s Trump who will most likely benefitJoe Biden has forged a healthy lead in the US election polls without having to do or say too much thanks to lockdown. But will he survive head-to-head debates and scrutiny of his spending plans with his lead intact?
- The murder of a female soldier has shown just how bad sexual violence is in the US military. As a soldier who was raped, I knowAllegations of systemic sexual abuse are spreading through the US military as service members speak up following the death of Vanessa Guillen. I was violently assaulted, and it’s damn time the military faces scrutiny.
- Time, work & Christianity are ‘white people’ things? US GOVERNMENT-FUNDED museum now promoting crackpot ‘anti-racism’ theoriesNuclear family, rational thinking and planning for the future are just some of the ‘white’ things whose very existence offends people of color, according to a US government-run museum in Washington. It only gets worse from there.
- When there are guns and knives in UK schools, how can ANYONE argue against having police on site to keep kids safe?In an effort to reduce the influence of gang culture and rid UK schools of weapons, some have decided to post police on site. But political activists who choose victimhood over safety say this is a bad idea.
- Not publicizing black & brown mugshots is not fixing the racial problem with the justice system – it's hiding itNews outlets and even police departments are ending the publication of jail booking photos, claiming they foster stereotypes because minorities are more often arrested. But hiding inequities in the system doesn’t fix them.
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