Mitch McConnell

Impeachment: Round One. Kangaroos Win.

Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 01/22/2020 - 15:55
Reading Time: 6 minutesNixon-era commerce secretary and Watergate figure Maurice Stans never knew it, but he provided the Republican senators now trying President Donald Trump with what we might call an operating principle: “I don’t want to know, and you don’t want to know.&
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https://whowhatwhy.org/2020/01/22/impeachment-round-one-kangaroos-win/

New York Times doubles down with anti-BDS hit jobs

Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 08/02/2019 - 18:02
Newspaper of record is still a gatekeeper on Palestinian freedom and equal rights.
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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/new-york-times-doubles-down-anti-bds-hit-jobs

The Lack of Accountability in US Politics Is Beyond Shameful

Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/01/2018 - 06:29
One of the biggest problems in the US — yet the one that is talked about the least — is that there is a complete lack of accountability for politicians who are screwing up the country. The issue isn’t necessarily criminal accountability — although it would be nice to see people go to jail for things like leading the country into war under false pretenses, authorizing torture, lining their own pockets, destroying the environment, or deregulating the financial sector to the point of allowing a few greedy individuals to bring the world economy to its knees.
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https://whowhatwhy.org/2018/07/01/the-lack-of-accountability-in-us-politics-is-beyond-shameful/

Trump decides not to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 06/01/2017 - 17:40
New president reaffirms moribund “peace process” of his predecessors &; for now.
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https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-brown/trump-decides-not-move-us-embassy-jerusalem