ROOT Nov 16, 2016 Illustration by Bill Bragg Illustration: Bill Bragg ‘Did she win?” My bleary-eyed nine-year-old had fallen asleep on our couch the previous night, as the polls closed in Florida. When she sat across the breakfast table from me, I had to break the news that, while her […]
By Neil J. Young | October 31, 2016 Since a leaked 2005 Access Hollywood audiotape revealed Donald Trump bragging about how he sexually assaulted women—something he dismissed as “locker room banter”—more than a dozen women have come forward to allege he attacked them in the past. In response, former supporters […]
By Max Perry Mueller | October 10, 20 Hours after Donald Trump’s infamous tape was released, Republicans were calling on Mike Pence to replace his running mate atop the ticket. […]
By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 16,2016 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN—The US embassy in Amman said on Wednesday the investigation into the killing of three US instructors in a shootout at an airbase is ongoing and has not yet reached any conclusions. “Investigators are considering all potential motives and reasons for […]
John Paul Brammer Donald Trump’s daily scandals have had the effect of making other Republicans seem tame by comparison, and his running mate is no different ‘Standing at Trump’s side, Pence is the cool head, a man who reminds us of what Republican presidential candidates used to look like.’ Photograph: […]
Hillary Clinton and Micheline Calmy-Rey. Sebastien Bozon/AFP Published: 14 Nov 2016 The Swiss foreign ministry is in the spotlight for donating nearly 500,000 francs to the Clinton Foundation in 2011, when Switzerland and the US were locked in a dispute over tax evasion. The donation, revealed by the Schweiz am […]
Source: The Daily Sabah ISTANBUL Keith Ellison, a US Muslim lawmaker on Monday formally announced his bid to lead the battered Democratic Party, vowing to take it in a more […]
Nov 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Carl Bildt Angry American voters who feel slighted by the Washington establishment have had their say. A stunned world must now come to terms with what the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States means for global stability in the […]
Zach Cartwright | November 14, 2016 Noam Chomsky, one of the most prominent voices among the American left, says America is in for a dangerous four years under a Trump administration. In an interview with TruthOut’s C.J. Polychroniou, Chomsky said even if Trump was in the White House just […]
Reuters International NOV 14, 2016 – Members of the Taliban gather at the site of the execution of three men accused of murdering a couple during a robbery in Ghazni province, Afghanistan April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo (reuters_tickers) By Ahmad Sultan and Omar Fahmy KABUL/CAIRO (Reuters) – From Afghanistan […]
Reuters International NOV 13, 2016 – swissinfo.ch Refugee advocates hold a banner during a protest in central Sydney, Australia, October 5, 2016 calling for the closure of the Australian detention centres in Nauru and Manus Island. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo (reuters_tickers) SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has reached a resettlement deal with […]
Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says Trump’s anti-Muslim talk was likely campaign rhetoric CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2016 Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, leader of the world’s Ahmadiyya Muslims, says he thinks Donald Trump’s anti-Islam rhetoric was simply a campaign tactic. (Kate Adach/CBC) Related Stories ‘It’s very scary’: Election […]
Source: Calgary Herald and YouTube MICHAEL LUMSDEN, POSTMEDIA A world-renowned Muslim cleric is dismissing the campaign rhetoric of Donald Trump, a day after the real estate mogul was elected as the next […]
by Roisin O’Connor in newsUPVOTE ‘Grab ’em by the pussy’ should have been the line that ended Donald Trump’s bid for US presidency. But it didn’t: the Republican who said Mexicans were rapists; threatened to deport all undocumented immigrants but bring the “good” ones back legally; build a giant wall; […]
by Narjas Zatat in news Following the news that Donald Trump has been elected as president of the United States, here’s a reminder that Michael Moore predicted this would happen… Despite several polls putting Hillary Clinton as much as 14 points ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump, some people […]
It is easy to say that the Arabs are appalled that an Islamophobe has won the White House. But did they think Obama or any of his predecessors – Democrat or Republican – had any special concern for Islam? Of course not Robert Fisk @indyvoices Donald Trump has been talking […]
Democrats Pramila Jayapal, Kamala Harris, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi win seats NEWLEY PURNELL Nov 9, 2016 7:16 pm IST Wall Street Journal 4 COMMENTS Several Democratic Indian-origin candidates have clinched victory in U.S. elections, as Republican candidate Donald Trump swept to power in the presidential poll. Indian-born Democrat Pramila Jayapal, who […]
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-protests-20161109-story.html day after Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, campaign divisions appeared to widen as many thousands of demonstrators — some with signs with messages declaring “NOT MY PRESIDENT” — flooded streets across the country to protest his surprise triumph. From New England to heartland cities like Kansas City and […]
Source: Telegraph UK The Donald Trump win devastated many who wanted America to elect its first female president. However, some have already cast aside their previous female candidate, Hillary Clinton, […]
Naftali Bennett, an Israeli minister, said: “The era of a Palestinian state is over.” 9 NOVEMBER 2016 • 2:30PM Donald Trump’s election victory means the Palestinian people will never have a state of their own, a Right-wing Israeli government minister has said as he hailed the demise of a “two-state […]