Posts Tagged ‘stokes’

Joe Biden Stokes Fear on ‘Voting Rights’ in Selma, Still No Visit to East Palestine

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden used the searing memories of Selma’s “Bloody Sunday” to recommit to a cornerstone of democracy, lionizing a seminal moment from the civil rights movement at a time when he has been unable to push enhanced voting protections through Congress and a conservative Supreme Court has undermined a landmark […]

Biden Repeatedly Stokes Fears of ‘Violent, Extremist’ MAGA Republicans, a ‘Threat’ to America

The president focused intently on raising fears of his political opponents, using the word “violence” five different times to paint the Republican Party as dangerous and “extremist.”

How The US Government Stokes Racial Tensions In Cuba

Above Photo: Cubans attend a pro-government demonstration in a show of support for the Cuban revolution, in Havana, July 17, 2021. Ismael Francisco / AP. And Around The World. In Washington’s Eyes, The Point Of Funding Black, Indigenous, LGBT Or Other Minority Groups In Enemy Countries Is Not Simply To Promote Tensions There; It Is […]

Christie steps out of Trump’s shadow — and stokes 2024 buzz

Now, the two-term former governor is moving on after Trump’s 2020 loss. Christie — whose forthcoming book is titled “Republican Rescue: Saving the Party From Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden” — said he would also speak Thursday about “where we have to go as a party if we’re going […]

Australian Billionaire Kerry Stokes to Step Down as Chair of Seven Group

Australian media mogul Kerry Stokes has announced that he will step down as chairman of investment firm Seven Group Holdings after its annual general meeting in November. The diversified holdings group, which has investments in industrial services, oil and gas, and media, will be helmed by the Seven Group director and former Coca-Cola Amatil boss, Terry […]

Rioters battle police in Belfast as Brexit stokes tensions in Northern Ireland

BELFAST, United Kingdom — Rioters waged a running battle with police in Belfast on Thursday night, tossing gasoline bombs, setting fires and dodging jets from water cannon, as a week of unrest showed no sign of letting up. Hundreds of boys and young men gathered from early evening in a western neighborhood in the Northern […]

Boxing Legend Marvin Hagler’s Death Stokes Unfounded COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracies

In the wake of Marvin Hagler’s passing last week, anti-vaxxers have been spreading misinformation linking the boxing legend’s death to the COVID-19 vaccine. Much of the speculation was fueled by a March 14 Instagram post from Hagler’s former rival, Thomas Hearns, who claimed that Hagler was hospitalized due to “after-effects” of the coronavirus vaccine. His […]

Republican convention defends police, stokes fears amid fresh US unrest

BALTIMORE (AP) — Republicans aggressively defended law enforcement on the third night of their convention, as the US faced renewed tensions following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Wisconsin, that sparked protests in a state that could decide the fall election. Vice President Mike Pence, the evening’s featured speaker, seized on […]

Trump Stokes Korea Crisis As Cover for Trade War with China

Finian CunninghamStrategic-Culture It is commonly perceived that US President Donald Trump is using trade leverage with China in order to pressure Beijing to get tougher on North Korea over the latter’s nuclear weapons program. But what if we run that in reverse? It could be argued that Trump is using the Korea crisis to pursue […]

New Kushner-Russia Story Stokes Concern of West Wing Leakers

New Kushner-Russia Story Stokes Concern of West Wing Leakers Lifezette May 28, 2017 Another Washington Post anonymously sourced hit job dropped on the Trump White House this one about Jared Kushner asking the Russian ambassador for a secret channel. It landed just in time to greet the president upon his return from his first international […]

Who is right in Syria?

By Lawrence Davidson Here is the situation in Syria as I see it: Russia is taking a long-range view and wants stability in post-Islamic State (IS) Syria. France and the United States are taking the short-range view and really have no achievable plans for Syria’s future stability. Turkey appears to have given little thought to […]

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