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By ‘force and fraud’: Is this the end of the US democracy doctrine?
Jan 20, 2021 12:49“The storming of the US Capitol has global repercussions, not least among them is the weakening of the self-serving definition of democracy, especially when it comes to justifying war”, says Ramzy Baroud, a US-Palestinian journalist.
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Heart of int’l terrorism in fear of infighting among local terrorists
Jan 20, 2021 12:41According to reports, over 25,000 uniformed American terrorists, much more than the number of CENTCOM terrorists in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf region combined, have turned Washington, especially the area around the Capitol Hill and the White House, into a military barracks for inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Attack on Capitol affirms Trumpism will live on after Trump leaves White House
Jan 15, 2021 16:52It is about a new political formation called Trumpism, with its mix of white supremacy, voter suppression, market fundamentalism and authoritarianism. Trumpism will have an afterlife long after Trump leaves the White House.
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No, not 'totally appropriate': Poll shows 63% in US blame Trump for insurrection
Jan 15, 2021 16:46According to a new national survey conducted by Vox and Data for Progress, 63% of likely voters—including 81% of Democrats, 67% of Independents, and just 32% of Republicans—believe Trump is either "very much" or "somewhat" to blame for the right-wing invasion of the Capitol Building, which led to the deaths of six people.
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While railing against Trump coup, Biden appoints chief Ukraine coup-plotter Victoria Nuland
Jan 14, 2021 06:02Victoria Nuland was the driving force behind the 2014 insurrection that overthrew the Ukrainian government of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine and is now set to serve as Biden’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
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Trump can be indicted under Federal, State and DC laws for his role in Jan. 6
Jan 13, 2021 07:00The legal evidence is damning: Donald Trump should be held criminally liable for “seditious conspiracy” and “inciting insurrection” for his role in stoking the events of January 6, when an angry mob of Trump loyalists, incited by the president himself, stormed the Capitol building to stop the congressional counting of votes for Joe Biden in the Electoral College.
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‘This is not who we are’ is a great American myth
Jan 11, 2021 12:25On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 – a day the world will not soon forget – hundreds of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump besieged the US Capitol in a serious attempt to overturn the results of the controversial election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president.
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Two-faced US trade policy erodes Atlantic alliance
Jan 08, 2021 06:49European distrust of American motives was behind the EU leaders’ recent signing of a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China over the urgent objections of the Donald Trump administration and Joe Biden’s transition team.
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Trump protesters warned not to carry guns as Washington DC calls up National Guard
Jan 06, 2021 11:12The US capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by Donald Trump supporters in the lead-up to the congressional vote affirming Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump’s supporters are planning to rally on Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud.
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Unbelievably cruel: Sanders slams Trump's intransigence as millions lose unemployment lifeline
Dec 30, 2020 16:15While the US president golfed, Americans suffered. "People are losing their extended unemployment benefits," said the senator from Vermont. "They're going to be evicted from their apartments because the eviction moratorium is ending."