Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he endorsed Beijing’s now-infamous archipelago of prison camps for minority Uighurs, John Bolton writes … More
Category: USA
Bolton: Trump sought Xi’s help with re-election
Trump tried to get China’s Xi Jinping to help him secure re-election, ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton’s new book says. … More
Police Unions are the key obstacle to real reform
A growing chorus of voices has been identifying police unions as the key obstacle in the way of meaningful police … More
The Colin Kaepernick false narratives
Given our support for the return of Colin Kaepernick to the NFL, a sports league that has wrongfully denied him … More
Proud to be an American? Not so much anymore.
America is the best. That’s been, for many years, the default position of politicians of both parties. No matter what … More
Qualified Immunity – “Get Out of Jail Free”
A 1982 Supreme Court rule on qualified immunity says police cannot be held legally responsible for violating someone’s civil rights … More
That is “Apartheid” – Israel and the USA
Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the time is ripe for his country to permanently seize Palestinian territory by annexing swathes of the West … More
US sanctions the ICC to stop the rule of law
Trump has imposed sanctions on court officials who are investigating whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. The executive … More
“drifted away” from the Constitution
You join the most elite club in the US military when you pin on your fourth star; there were, as … More
“He didn’t give me an opportunity to even speak”
It’s been two weeks since George Floyd was killed while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers, sparking demonstrations calling for widespread policing … More
60 minutes of mayhem: thank you, Trump
When Trump first raised the idea Monday morning of emerging from the 13-foot gate that surrounds the White House, aides … More
99% of police killings do not result in a crime
The protests that have risen up in many cities in the United States over the past week were sparked by the killing … More
Trump to ‘sign executive order about social media’
Trump will sign an executive order on social media firms on Thursday, the White House has said. It comes after … More
the massive scale of coronavirus in the US
In a matter of months, the coronavirus crisis has exploded into a pandemic of historic proportions. Like a wave, the … More
38.6 Million Have Filed For Unemployment
The United States is still losing jobs at an alarming pace two months after the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Another … More
Plan To Reroute Aid To Private School Students
Congressional Democrats have accused U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of trying to reroute hundreds of millions of dollars in coronavirus … More
The Treaty on Open Skies – “we will pull out”
The Trump administration will give official notice of the U.S.’s intent to exit the Open Skies treaty, officials announced Thursday. … More
government-mandated privacy invasions to come
Months after claiming that the FBI needed Apple’s assistance to unlock a suspected terrorist’s iPhones, Attorney General Bill Barr announced on Monday … More
“faithless electors” — rogue Electoral College
Imagine that, when the votes are finally counted in the 2020 election, former Vice President Joe Biden squeezes out a … More
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent (8 Stat. 218) was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great … More
