The US Appoints First Venezuela Ambassador in a Decade
The two nations had not exchanged ambassadors since 2010 when relations began to fray under late President Hugo Chávez.
Day: November 21, 2020
Biden vowed to protect free speech, but will he reverse Pompeo’s anti-BDS moves?
Biden vowed to protect free speech, but will he reverse Pompeo’s anti-BDS moves?
The Democratic platform, a non-binding document that set the party’s priorities for the next four years, also promised that Democrats would protect free speech.
“We oppose any effort to unfairly single out and delegitimize Israel, including at the United Nations or through the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement, while protecting the constitutional right of our citizens to free speech,” said the document, which was approved with Biden’s support in July.
Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back
Picking workers’ pockets: the face mask tax is back
This 20 percent sales tax, originally suspended back in May, is being slapped back on from 1 November at a time when everyone is being ordered to wear masks in shops and on public transport.
Team Trump Leaders, Including Campaign Manager Bill Stepien, Have No Faith in Rudy
Kyle Rittenhouse’s Attorney Thanks Ricky Schroder for Helping Pay $2M Bond
Chris Hedges on the task ahead: Will Biden surrender to plutocrats and paralysis?
Chris Hedges on the task ahead: Will Biden surrender to plutocrats and paralysis?
The Biden administration will also have to take the first steps to remedy the social, cultural, institutional, political problems that made Trump’s neofascist movement possible, and nearly won Trump a second term. Of course, Biden’s most immediate problem is the coronavirus pandemic and the human and economic destruction it has caused.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 