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There has always been a performative aspect to American politics. Politicians say or do things to attract attention, rather than to contribute to governance. But it has become widespread in recent years. Former President Donald Trump epitomizes the bombastic approach, saying anything to anger his supporters, even to the point of violence, and get the attention of the media, no matter how out of touch with reality they are. Unfortunately, however, Trump is not alone. Politicians of all ideological stripes now see attention-grabbing verbiage as an end in itself, making statements and issuing promises with little or no basis in…

Listen and subscribe: apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever you listen Sign up for our weekly newsletter of the best NYC podcasts. New Yorker staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos examine former President Donald Trump’s indictment in Miami on thirty-seven federal charges, including obstruction of justice and willful withholding of security material national In a speech at his New Jersey golf club, the former president called the charges “false and fabricated” and the prosecution “election interference” and “political persecution.” With few exceptions, congressional Republicans defended him and attacked the Justice Department and the FBI; perhaps…

CNN — A boat carrying 120 people has caught fire off the Philippine island of Bohol, the country’s coast guard said Sunday. Videos shared by the Philippine Coast Guard show flames rising from the back of the MV Esperanza Star, with billows of black smoke. The coast guard said it has deployed its own vessels to fight the fire and rescue passengers. “The Philippine Coast Guard is conducting firefighting and rescue operations in response to a maritime incident involving a passenger cargo ship, MV Esperanza Star, which caught fire in waters near Panglao, Bohol, on June 18,” the organization wrote…

PELLA, Iowa (AP) – Kathleen Evenhouse took a break from her work in the corner of a small-town Iowa coffee shop to hit the federal criminal prosecution of Donald Trump as obviously political, work of a US Department of Justice she says she is awash in hypocrisy. “I think we’re playing a game as a country,” the 72-year-old Pella author said in an interview, expressing a sentiment widely shared among conservatives since the former president. was loaded. “I think that hurts any sense of justice or any sense of: Should I even bother voting? Why should I listen to the…

GEORGE – The Grant County Sheriff’s Office has issued an alert that an active shooter has been arrested at The Gorge Amphitheater in East George. No details about the shoot are available yet. The Columbia Basin Herald is working with the GCSO and will provide more information by updating this story as details become available. UPDATE: 9:44 PM – GCSO Public Information Officer is on scene gathering additional information. We are receiving unconfirmed reports that two people have died, one is seriously injured and another victim has been shot but suffered less serious injuries. [ad_2] Source link

Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has arrived in Beijing on his first visit to China in nearly five years. Blinken’s two-day trip comes amid frosty bilateral ties and after the discovery of an alleged spy balloon over the United States in February prompted him to delay a trip that had been planned for the same month. With the world’s two largest economies clashing on a range of issues from trade to technology to regional security, both China and the United States have expressed cautious hopes for improved communication, though they have played down expectations of a significant advance….

The ruling junta in Mali is celebration of a constitutional referendum as part of a transition to civilian rule, but experts and political opponents say the real goal is consolidating its power in the increasingly violent and unstable Sahel region, which runs through Mali and several other countries. The junta, which came to power in a coup in August 2020, has pledged to stabilize the country where violent insurgent Islamist groups compete and each other for control. Instead, violence by Islamists and the junta, backed by the Russian mercenary group Wagner, has increased exponentially, with civilians bearing the brunt of…