In March 1992, in a speech at that year’s AIPAC conference, then-Senator Joe Biden slammed then-President George H.W. Bush for pressuring Israel. Biden opposed steps by the Bush administration to condition loan guarantees to Israel on halting settlement construction in Yehudah and Shomron and holding peace talks with the Palestinians, even co-sponsoring a bill to […]
Social media users have hailed Leslie Stahl for calling out Jim Jordan’s “lies” about the 2020 election during a ‘60 Minutes’ episode. X users have pointed out how Jordan looked “speechless” upon being fact-checked by Stahl.The Congressman suggested that tech companies should not remove most of what they think is misinformation. “I think you let the American people respect the American people, their common sense, to figure out what’s accurate, what isn’t,” Jordan said.“What about this idea that...
Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in a fake contest marks the latest phase in a transition from authoritarianism to outright autocracyOne of the curiosities of the Soviet Union was the serious weight its leaders attached to holding elections. In a dictatorship, why bother? Academic studies concluded that ensuring a 99% vote share for the only candidate on the ballot was a useful tool for civic mobilisation, and a way of isolating and intimidating anyone who aspired to a real democratic...
The defense minister received 96.2 million votes in his third run for the nation’s top office.
Sixteen years ago this weekend, Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was in real trouble, after ABC publicized excerpts of sermons delivered by Obama’s longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The video showed Wright, in the pulpit, rationalizing the 9/11 attacks as justified (“America’s chickens are coming home to roost!”) and blasting America as the “U.S. of K.K.K.A.” Obama, who had built his campaign around the idea of unity, had attended Wright’s church for two decades, so...
Sixteen years ago this weekend, Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign was in real trouble, after ABC publicized excerpts of sermons delivered by Obama’s longtime pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The video showed Wright, in the pulpit, rationalizing the 9/11 attacks as justified (“America’s chickens are coming home to roost!”) and blasting America as the “U.S. of K.K.K.A.” Obama, who had built his campaign around the idea of unity, had attended Wright’s church for two decades, so...
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There's a stigma in the state that New Mexico is often shows up at the bottom of a lot of national lists; but now, a new ranking from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests the Land of Enchantment is the best in the country at running elections.
Here are today’s 5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 1. With some calling the election a scam and illegitimate, Vladmir Putin won Russia’s Presidential election in a landslide, running unopposed since his
All the reactions to Ken Buck's stunning exit.
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) slammed the claims that he's resigning from Congress to hinder Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) chances of claiming his 4th Congressional District seat. Buck initially announced last year that he would not be running for reelection. He announced his early retirement from Congress on Tuesday, triggering a special election to fill his
Sir Keir Starmer believes Nike should recall England’s official Euro 2024 kit. The Labour leader slammed the Football Association and their kit manufacturer for changing the “unifying” St George’s flag on the shirts and ripping off fans on prices. “I’m a big football fan, I go to England games - men and women - the flag is used by everybody,” Sir Keir said, appearing on the first episode of The Sun’s weekly politics show, Never Mind the Ballots. “It unifies, it doesn’t need to be changed. We...