Corruption, pollution, poverty, water shortages, and a climate of fear. Is this what democracy looks like?
Twenty Years Later, an Update From Iraq: ‘There Is No Future Here for My Children.’
Tag: Barack Obama
[2015] SECRET RECORD REVEALED IN AUSTRIAN COURT – YANUKOVICH PRESSURED INTO UNION WITH EU BY NULAND THREAT TO IMPRISON FIRTASH
A Vienna, Austria, court has ruled that Victoria Nuland (right), the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, attempted to pressure the President of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovich (left), into accepting Ukrainian association with the European Union (EU) by threatening Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash with arrest, extradition to the US, and imprisonment on allegations of bribery several years ago in India.
October 30, 2013 – Ukraine president Yanukovich is pressured to join the EU by Victoria Nuland threat to extradite and imprison Dmitry Firtash (archived)
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Mexican drug cartels pay Americans to smuggle weapons across the border, intelligence documents show
Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling a vast arsenal of even military-grade weapons out of the U.S. with the help of American citizens, a CBS Reports investigation has found.
Mexican drug cartels pay Americans to smuggle weapons across the border, intelligence documents show
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Maybe Branding U.S. Wars D or R Wasn’t Such A Good Idea
There is considerable anti-war sentiment among voters worldwide — which explains why candidates run on peace promises (Obama, Zelensky, Trump). There is also considerable pro-war sentiment among corporations who build weapons of mass destruction, and the think-tanks they fund to support them.
Maybe Branding U.S. Wars D or R Wasn’t Such A Good Idea
Obama Wants to Help Libya…LOL!
Irony: Vivek Ramaswamy flip-flops on TikTok
The 38-year-old called the social media app “digital fentanyl” days ago. Now he’s on the platform.
Vivek Ramaswamy flip-flops on TikTok
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Ramaswamy: Teens Would Choose TikTok Over Voting Rights
Vivek Ramaswamy would ban anyone under 16 from having social media accounts and believes members of Gen Z would choose TikTok over voting rights if forced to decide.
The 26th Amendment: “Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote”
Presidential centers issue rare call to maintain civil discourse, protect democracy

Foundations representing nearly every former president from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama released a joint letter on Thursday calling on Americans to engage in civil political discourse, and to remember that tolerance and respect are key to peaceful coexistence.
Presidential centers issue rare call to maintain civil discourse, protect democracy
Florida’s DeSantis puts billboards in Illinois to recruit officers
Florida is putting billboards in Illinois’ “Greater Chicago area” to recruit law enforcement officers from the state, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday.
Florida’s DeSantis puts billboards in Illinois to recruit officers
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No, new Illinois law will not let people in US illegally become cops, deputies
The law says noncitizens applying for those jobs must be legally allowed to possess guns. People living in the U.S. illegally don’t qualify because federal law bars them from owning guns, according to experts and lawmakers.
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People living in the country illegally may not legally obtain firearms, a federal appeals court ruled in 2012, and both experts and lawmakers say that makes them ineligible for law enforcement positions.
“Anyone who is saying that an illegal alien can become a police officer or sheriff’s deputy is either, one, misinformed, or two, giving you a baldfaced lie,” said state Rep. John Cabello, a Republican co-sponsor of the law and a Rockford police officer.
Illinois will allow some non-citizens to be police. But only those authorized to work and own a gun
Putin Doesn’t Think US Foreign Policy Will Change If Trump Is Re-Elected (And He’s Probably Right)
Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday that he wouldn’t expect any meaningful changes in US policy toward Russia if former president Donald Trump secures re-election next year.
Putin Doesn’t Think US Foreign Policy Will Change If Trump Is Re-Elected (And He’s Probably Right)
New Biden Campaign Ad About Ukraine Is Laughably Clueless About American Priorities
Joe Biden is out with a new campaign ad concentrating on Ukraine.
New Biden Campaign Ad About Ukraine Is Laughably Clueless About American Priorities
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