What Would Happen If Trump Refused to Leave Office?
Source: The Atlantic A peaceful transfer of power is necessary for American democracy to survive. By Barbara McQuade; Former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan If Donald Trump […]
Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Removal of USAID Official as Biden Calls Trump Appointees ‘Islamophobic’
A participant holds a campaign sign for former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, during the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus at the Islamic and Education Center Ezan mosque […]
From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump’s phone calls alarm US officials
Source: CNN In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign heads of state, President Donald Trump was so consistently unprepared for discussion of serious issues, so often outplayed in […]
Why did Iran issue an arrest warrant for Donald Trump? Perhaps to shine a light on American hypocrisy
The US often uses international agencies like Interpol to its advantage while flouting rules when it’s convenient Negar MortazaviWashington DC @NegarMortazavi 10 hours ago Reuters Iranian judiciary has issued an arrest […]
Russia offered bounty to kill UK soldiers
Moscow accused of trying to give money to the Taliban as part of its campaign to destabilise America and its allies Jamie Doward Sat 27 Jun 2020 Vladimir Putin watches […]
Forget our ‘special relationship’ with the US – we need to play a dirtier game to keep a hold of democracy
If liberal nations of the world want to salvage what’s left of their enterprise, they can’t just stand aside and allow authoritarian regimes to manipulate the US colossus. They must […]
Trump Suspends Visas Allowing Hundreds of Thousands of Foreigners to Work in the U.S.
The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has issued a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times By Michael […]
India will be major winner in America-China Cold War
Source: Arab News By Dr. John C. Hulsman is the president and managing partner of John C. Hulsman Enterprises, a prominent global political risk consulting firm. He is also senior […]
I asked people who know John Bolton about the claims in his book. This is what they told me
‘I’d love to see a case end up in the Supreme Court’ Andrew FeinbergWashington DC @AndrewFeinberg 9 hours ago Show a reasonably politically aware American (or occasional cable news viewer) a […]
When I moved from India to the US, I believed in the American dream. Now I realize how terrifyingly similar both countries are
Source: Independent I became an American groupie because the India of my youth was bedevilled by poverty and protest. Living in the US for the past two decades — and […]
A picture worth a thousand words: Why we need secularism in every country of the world
‘He wears the armor of God’: evangelicals hail Trump’s church photo op Source: The Guardian The president’s appeal to his base amid protests was derided by some Christians. Others saw […]
Trump is a caricature of a Middle East despot – with the Bible in one hand and the military in the other. This is his message to the world
The implication is clear – the moral authority of the American democracy is crumbling. Many have taken note Ahmed Aboudouh @AAboudouh 18 ho The unleashing of angry protest across the […]
‘Zionist’ Biden in His Own Words: ‘My Name is Joe Biden, and Everybody Knows I Love Israel’
By Ramzy Baroud A brief examination of Biden’s record on Palestine and Israel in recent years. “I am a Zionist. You don’t have to be a Jew to be a […]
Biden Opposes “Israel” ‘Annexing’ West Bank as Potentially ‘Choking off Any Hope of Peace
News Room May 20, 2020 On 28 January President Donald Trump formally unveiled his plan for Middle East peace, authored by a team led by his son-in-law and senior […]
Where Biden would break from Trump on Israel
Biden has made no secret of his opposition to the Trump peace plan. By HERB KEINON MAY 7, 2020 – THE JERUSALEM POST One of the cardinal tenets of American […]
How to make sure Trump or anyone like him never, ever returns to power
Defanging the most toxic elements of the Trumpian right would benefit the world as well as the United States. But it’s up to his opponents to devise strategies to […]
The world has loved, hated and envied the US. Now, for the first time, we pity it
Fintan O’Toole: Donald Trump has destroyed the country he promised to make great again Source: The Irish Times Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very […]
India cannot afford PPE – so how can it afford billion-dollar arms deals?
Such massive weapons procurements are excessive at the best of times, yet downright egregious now, writes Vivashwan Singh @vivashwansingh 15 hours ago India” class=”body-link” data-vars-item-name=”BL-9487851-/topic/India” data-vars-event-id=”c6″>India’s handling of coronavirus has […]
Top economist: US coronavirus response is like ‘third world’ country
Source: The Guardian Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression Donald Trump’s botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like […]
Benny Gantz’s betrayal of his voters marks the ultimate end of the two-state solution
Mike Pompeo’s brief statement said it all: ‘As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis ultimately make those decisions, so that’s an Israeli decision’ Robert Fisk @indyvoices 17 […]