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    Joe Biden pledges Hunter Biden’s business deals won’t create conflicts of interest
    Dec04

    Joe Biden pledges Hunter Biden’s business deals won’t create conflicts of interest

    Presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden that when he’s in the White House his son, Hunter Biden, and the rest of his family will not have any conflicts of interest. Hunter Biden has been the center of a storm of alleged nepotism and sweetheart deals in China and Ukraine while his … …read more Source:: The Washington...

    UN rights chief laments worsening situation in Belarus
    Dec04

    UN rights chief laments worsening situation in Belarus

    GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights chief lamented a deteriorating situation in Belarus and said Friday that reported beatings of protesters by security forces may in some cases amount to torture. Michelle Bachelet, the high commissioner for human rights, told the U.N. Human Rights Council there has been no improvement since a...

    Is Dwight Eisenhower’s ghost haunting Joe Biden’s foreign policy team?
    Dec04

    Is Dwight Eisenhower’s ghost haunting Joe Biden’s foreign policy team?

    In his first words as President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken said, “We have to proceed with equal measures of humility and confidence.” Many around the world will welcome this promise of humility from the new administration, and Americans should too.Biden’s foreign policy team will also...

    Trump is reportedly considering preemptively pardoning as many as 20 associates before leaving office
    Dec04

    Trump is reportedly considering preemptively pardoning as many as 20 associates before leaving office

    President Trump. Erin Schaff – Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump is considering preemptively pardoning as many as 20 close associates before he leaves office in January, Politico reported on Thursday. They include his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as well as his three eldest children, as The New York Times previously reported....

    Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Leaves Behind Destruction—and Opportunity—for Joe Biden
    Dec04

    Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Leaves Behind Destruction—and Opportunity—for Joe Biden

    Even before the President-elect finally began getting the daily briefing from U.S. intelligence services on Nov. 30, Joe Biden would start his day at his home outside Wilmington, Del., with a two-page rundown on the world. The document was prepared by his own foreign policy and intelligence experts, who several times a week also provide a focused...

    Popular Los Angeles lifestyle boutique goes viral for mercilessly mocking Democrats, leftist celebrities over hypocrisy and more
    Dec04

    Popular Los Angeles lifestyle boutique goes viral for mercilessly mocking Democrats, leftist celebrities over hypocrisy and more

    Los Angeles’ premier “lifestyle boutique,” Kitson, is going viral for blasting Democratic lawmakers and leftist celebrities with a massive display across their storefront. What are the details? One of the L.A.-based stores hung a variety of posters in their front windows depicting their “People of the Year,” which...

    A Ukrainian Village Reels Amid COVID-19 Onslaught
    Dec03

    A Ukrainian Village Reels Amid COVID-19 Onslaught

    Many residents of the village of Nekhaivka in northern Ukraine’s Chernihiv region show COVID-19 symptoms but some say they can’t get tested or treated. Their local doctor has died, apparently from the disease, leaving only a paramedic and two nurses in the local clinic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    The neoliberal roots of US bad behavior: Eisenhower’s ghost haunts Biden’s foreign policy team
    Dec02

    The neoliberal roots of US bad behavior: Eisenhower’s ghost haunts Biden’s foreign policy team

    In his first words as President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said, “we have to proceed with equal measures of humility and confidence.” Many around the world will welcome this promise of humility from the new administration, and Americans should too.Biden’s foreign policy team will also...

    These psychological mechanisms explain why facts won’t change anyone’s mind
    Dec02

    These psychological mechanisms explain why facts won’t change anyone’s mind

    Jay Maddock, Texas A&M University A rumor started circulating back in 2008 that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. At the time, I was serving as chair of the Hawaii Board of Health. The director and deputy director of health, both appointed by a Republican governor, inspected Obama’s birth certificate in the state records...

    Trump reportedly discussed possibly pardoning his 3 eldest children, Jared Kushner, and personal attorney Rudy Giuliani with advisors
    Dec02

    Trump reportedly discussed possibly pardoning his 3 eldest children, Jared Kushner, and personal attorney Rudy Giuliani with advisors

    Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Briefing Room of the White House on September 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images President Donald Trump discussed with advisors preemptive pardons for his three eldest children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and...