Myanmar’s junta curbs political parties meeting with foreigners
Issued on: 13/08/2022 – 10:00 Bangkok (AFP) – Myanmar’s ruling junta has decided to restrict political parties from meeting with foreigners or international organizations ahead of elections expected next year. The Southeast Asian nation has been plunged into turmoil and its economy is in tatters since the February 2021 coup that toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The military alleged widespread electoral fraud during the November 2020 polls that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party won in a landslide, although international observers said the elections were largely free and fair. The junta-constituted Union Election Commission on…
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Republicans are rallying around Trump after FBI raid. This is good news for Biden.
WASHINGTON – The Republican Party’s rally after the FBI raid surrounding former President Donald Trump could inadvertently give another politician a boost: President Joe Biden. Biden would not dare touch the politics of a criminal investigation, according to White House officials and party operatives. But at a time when most Democrats want a different candidate in 2024, Trump’s elevation of the GOP plays into the hands of the current president. The more Democrats see Trump, the more they see Biden as their best bet in 2024, Democratic lawmakers and operatives from across the party’s ideological spectrum said. One added that…
Read More »In occupied Crimea, 11 journalists were subjected to political persecution
Eleven journalists in Russian-occupied Crimea are being politically persecuted by Russian-imposed “authorities”, a watchdog says. The KrymSOS The NGO has issued the relevant report, citing its analyst Eugene Yaroshenko, as seen by Ukrinform. “Here comes another wave of attacks that usually take place every six months. As a rule, Crimean Tatars are accused of participating in a terrorist organization. Journalists and citizen activists often become victims of searches and arrests. Currently, 11 Crimean citizen journalists are being persecuted by the occupation authorities,” said Yaroshenko. It should be noted that on August 11, eight raids were carried out in the temporarily…
Read More »A LOOK BACK | Dem Secretary of State primary hopeful takes one for party, sweeps field | news
Sixty years ago this week: In a surprise move, Denver City Councilman Joe Ciancio Jr. announced he was withdrawing from the Democratic primary for Secretary of State, leaving Deputy Secretary of State FJ Serafini unopposed before the election generals Ciancio told reporters that he had withdrawn his candidacy “for the benefit of the Democratic Party, which will now have a candidate who will not have to use his campaign funds in a primary. If things continue as they are, I will present myself for re-election to the city council”. With $1,600 already spent on his primary campaign, Ciancio said he…
Read More »As right-wing rhetoric increases, so do threats and violence
Despite that threat, a day later, when the right-wing media outlet Breitbart News published the warrant underlying the Mar-a-Lago search, it did not redact the names of the FBI agents in the document. Almost immediately afterward, posts on a pro-Trump chat board referred to them as “traitors.” According to the FBI, there are now about 2,700 domestic terrorism investigations open, a number that has doubled since spring 2020, and that does not include smaller but still serious incidents that do not rise to the level of a federal investigation. Last year, threats against members of Congress hit a record high…
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Americans have increasingly negative views of the other political party
The Trump era has been intensely polarized in a country that was already seeing its social fabric stretched. A a big Pew poll this week shows how bad it has gotten. (Pew interviewed 6,174 Americans. For context: most good national polls only interview about 1,000 people.) The survey’s biggest finding? Democrats and Republicans agree: They really don’t like Republicans and Democrats. Since 2016, a growing number of people in each party simply don’t like people in the other party. They increasingly see people with different political views as closed-minded, dishonest, unintelligent and even immoral. Among Democrats, 63% see Republicans as…
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Americans have increasingly negative views of the other political party
The Trump era has been intensely polarized in a country that was already seeing its social fabric stretched. A a big Pew poll this week shows how bad it has gotten. (Pew interviewed 6,174 Americans. For context: most good national polls only interview about 1,000 people.) The survey’s biggest finding? Democrats and Republicans agree: They really don’t like Republicans and Democrats. Since 2016, a growing number of people in each party simply don’t like people in the other party. They increasingly see people with different political views as closed-minded, dishonest, unintelligent and even immoral. Among Democrats, 63% see Republicans as…
Read More »Political animals! These stars are proud supporters of the Republican Party
Several celebrities have shared their political views with the world, with some in the US proudly supporting the Republican Party and, in some cases, controversial former President Donald Trump. Here are 10 such stars! Vote Republican! Updated 2 hours ago Several celebrities have shared their political views with the world, with some in the US proudly supporting the Republican Party and, in some cases, controversial former President Donald Trump. Here are 10 such stars! Melissa Joan Hart Updated 2 hours ago The “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” star is a proud supporter of the Republic and is happy to be open…
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