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    Newly elected GOP ‘Freedom Force’ unites to fight socialism and the ‘Squad’
    Dec28

    Newly elected GOP ‘Freedom Force’ unites to fight socialism and the ‘Squad’

    Four incoming Republican members of Congress with personal experiences with communist or socialist countries are teaming up to form a “Freedom Force” to stand up to the radical left, and they want more members of the freshman class of lawmakers to join them. Reps.-elect Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), Maria...

    Rights group: 13 detained during rallies in Belarus
    Dec27

    Rights group: 13 detained during rallies in Belarus

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A human rights group said that 13 people were detained in Belarus on Sunday during the traditional weekend protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, who won his sixth term in office in a disputed election. Local media reported that groups of people took part in small rallies scattered around Minsk, the capital, and in...

    These two 2020 Wall Street Journal op-eds by Trump insiders were borderline treasonous in retrospect
    Dec27

    These two 2020 Wall Street Journal op-eds by Trump insiders were borderline treasonous in retrospect

    Every editorial page has misfires over the course of a year, but the Wall Street Journal really set itself apart this year as not only publishing its usual reality adjacent pieces, but actually managing to gaslight Americans in advance on two of the biggest betrayals of the year. Sure, there was conservative columnist Peggy Noonan spouting off...

    Belarus Is ‘Waiting for Biden’
    Dec27

    Belarus Is ‘Waiting for Biden’

    Protest movements aren’t designed to last forever. And when they do reach their inevitable conclusion, they tend to follow one of two familiar sequences: In one scenario, a protest triggers the resignation of an opposed leader, the reversal of an unpopular policy, or other concessions (think of the successful recent revolutions in Algeria...

    Paul Manafort’s pardon shows that Mueller’s investigation wasn’t a ‘hoax’ — but a ‘scandal’ Trump tried to ‘thwart’: journalist
    Dec25

    Paul Manafort’s pardon shows that Mueller’s investigation wasn’t a ‘hoax’ — but a ‘scandal’ Trump tried to ‘thwart’: journalist

    President Donald Trump’s most recent batch of pardons, announced on Wednesday, December 23, ranges from his 2016 campaign manager, Paul Manafort, to Charles Kushner (father of White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner). During the Russia investigation, Trump repeatedly dismissed former special counsel Robert Mueller’s work as a...

    Manafort Gets His Reward for Saving Trump from Mueller
    Dec25

    Manafort Gets His Reward for Saving Trump from Mueller

    REUTERS at The Daily Beast. …read more Source:: The Daily...

    The Latest: China will suspend flights to and from the UK
    Dec24

    The Latest: China will suspend flights to and from the UK

    BEIJING — China will suspend flights to and from the UK, joining a growing list of countries who have instituted travel bans, in light of a new variant of the coronavirus, its Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. It did not offer details on when flights would stop. On Tuesday, the Chinese Visa Application Service Centre in London said it will...

    The Triumph of Kleptocracy
    Dec24

    The Triumph of Kleptocracy

    Paul Manafort came of age in New Britain, Connecticut. His father, the garrulous mayor of that decaying factory town, taught him how to cobble together an electoral coalition, passing down the tricks of the trade that became the basis for the son’s lucrative career as a political consultant. But as the local hardware manufacturers fled to...

    Trump just pardoned Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner
    Dec24

    Trump just pardoned Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner

    On Wednesday night, the White House released a new round of names of 26 people who President Donald Trump has given presidential pardons, in addition to three people who received commutations on their sentences for crimes. Most notable of the people receiving pardons were former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort, Trump ally Roger Stone, and...

    Trump pardons former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted of multiple felonies and described as a ‘grave counterintelligence threat’
    Dec24

    Trump pardons former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted of multiple felonies and described as a ‘grave counterintelligence threat’

    Paul Manafort. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File President Donald Trump has pardoned his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Manafort was convicted of eight counts of tax and bank fraud as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 US election. He also later pleaded guilty to one...