At the beginning of 2023, the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Havana, Benjamin Ziff, said in an interview with The Associated Press that “it was difficult to go back” in normalizing relation with Cuba.
US Subversion Attempts Against Cuba During 2023
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If Jesus Was Born Today, Would He Be Under Rubble?
As U.S. leaders celebrate Christmas with their families, Palestinians will be mourning the loss of their loved ones.
If Jesus Was Born Today, Would He Be Under Rubble?
Testimony of Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs: UN Security Council Session on Sustaining Peace through Common Development
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(1) We may recall that the UN Charter article 2(4) prohibits not only the use of force but also the threat thereof.
Argentinians protest against IMF-imposed austerity measures
Argentinians have taken to the streets of the capital, Buenos Aires, to protest against austerity measures imposed by the government following a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Argentinians protest against IMF-imposed austerity measures
AP ‘conveniently’ leaves out the IMF deal! It’s almost as if they want Javier Milei to win (of course, they do)!
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Welfare Queens and Welfare Fraud
The Rise and Reign of the Welfare Queen
Researcher links government assistance program to much earlier origins of welfare stereotypes
How Bill Clinton’s Welfare Reform Changed America
But based on several studies of TANF and its beneficiaries, “it barely reaches even the poorest Americans, and has all but ceased doing the work of lifting people out of poverty,” according to the Atlantic. “‘Welfare reform’ didn’t fix welfare so much as destroy it, and if similar changes were applied to Medicaid and food stamps, they would likely do the same.”
Americans believe benefits fraud is common for SNAP
Experts say that deliberate SNAP fraud is uncommon because of the rigorous application process and multi-step eligibility review. In 2016, the Congressional Research Service determined that for every 10,000 households participating in SNAP, about 14 contained a recipient who was investigated and determined to have committed fraud.
Who Is Really Responsible for Welfare Fraud?
In other words, don’t take a single example or casual observation of welfare fraud and claim it represents the tens of millions of poor who receive welfare benefits.
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While welfare fraud committed by the poor appears to be low, the federal government has long recognized businesses being the true criminals.
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While these are some of the better known examples of large scale welfare fraud, they are not the only ones. The above cases alone represent over $25 Billion in welfare fraud recovery. The criminals having the greatest impact committing welfare fraud against the government are not the poor, but the privately owned businesses that take advantage of them.
Brett Favre Is The Welfare Queen Republicans Warned Us About
Updates:
Biggest Perpetrators of Welfare Fraud Are Private Companies, Not ‘Welfare Queens’
Evil offer to Taliban
Over the last few weeks, a flurry of diplomatic efforts in the West Asia region brought the Taliban to the fore. Last week, the Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, traveled to neighboring Pakistan at the head of a large delegation. During the visit, many security issues were discussed, with the situation in Afghanistan seeming to be one of them. This is evident from the fact that Hassan Kazemi Qomi, Iran’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan, accompanied the foreign minister during the three-day visit.
Evil offer to Taliban
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Taliban, US hold first official talks since Afghanistan takeover
Taliban Prepare Suicide Bombers in Water Dispute With Iran
Taliban rejects Iran claim leaders of ISIL sent to Afghanistan
MoA: Much Ado About Nothing
A bunch of current headlines are scary:
Much Ado About Nothing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: What We’re Being Told About The Ukraine War Is Not True
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke to FNC’s Tucker Carlson this week about the war in Ukraine and the misplaced priorities of the U.S. government.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: What We’re Being Told About The Ukraine War Is Not True
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America’s Remarkable Unwillingness to Support Its Veterans
Andrea Mazzarino explores how so many of the American military personnel dispatched to fight it and the rest of the disastrous Global War on Terror have suffered until this very day, while this country largely turned its back, leaving them in the lurch.
America’s Remarkable Unwillingness to Support Its Veterans
The Tragic Reality of Rachel Corrie’s Death
Twenty years ago on March 16, the world got a tragic glimpse into what the state of Israel was going to become. Given the green light in the Oval Office by President George W. Bush, then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon – “a man of peace,” Bush said at the time – started the now-inevitable march to apartheid and the murderous treatment of the Palestinians against whom the main battle would be waged.
The Tragic Reality of Rachel Corrie’s Death
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Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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