Politics - Part 31

They Always Wanted Trump
New Hampshire was a lost cause, and her team knew it. So instead of watching Clinton deliver a speech, members of her senior team huddled around a television in the room that served as a home base for campaign chairman John Podesta, manager Robby Mook, ch ...[Read more]
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Jeremy Corbyn says Britain has not fought a just war since 1945
Britain has not fought in a just conflict since the Second World War, Jeremy Corbyn has said. During a speech at Chatham House in London, the Labour leader was asked about British deployment of troops to areas of conflict since the end of the Second Worl ...[Read more]
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The Panama Chronicles: How America’s enemies were targeted
“The problem with Panama Papers is that the initial release targeted the enemies of the United States,” Bradley Birkenfeld, an American banker and whistleblower, said. “This is the way the CIA operates – they operate in a scheme in which they try ...[Read more]
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Jeremy Corbyn Says Labour Would Pardon And Apologise To Suffragettes
Jeremy Corbyn has announced Labour would grant an official apology and pardon for the suffragettes if it wins the next election. On the centenary of some women over 30 achieving the right to vote, the government is facing calls to overturn the convictions ...[Read more]
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There’s still little evidence that Russia’s 2016 social media efforts did much of anything
What we actually know about the Russian activity on Facebook and Twitter: It was often modest, heavily dissociated from the campaign itself and minute in the context of election social media efforts. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released ...[Read more]
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How Corbyn has inspired young Italians to launch their own Momentum
A new movement has sprung up in Italy called “Potere al Popolo” (Power to the People), taking inspiration from the new left in Europe, in particular Momentum and the transformation of Labour under Jeremy Corbyn. Founded last month at a meeting in Rome ...[Read more]
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Green Party Candidates Arrested, Shackled to Chairs For 8 Hours After Trying to Enter Hofstra Debate
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and vice-presidential candidate Cheri Honkala were arrested Tuesday as they attempted to enter the grounds of the presidential debate site at Hofstra University. Like other third-party candidates, Stein was bloc ...[Read more]
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Liberals Channel McCarthyism As Russia Investigation Targets Jill Stein
Russian collusion clown show has taken another wild turn. The Senate Intelligence Committee wants the Jill Stein presidential campaign to turn over documents to see if the Green Party candidate was indeed an agent of Russia. Buzzfeed reported on this yest ...[Read more]
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Trump had fewer deportations than Obama’s first year
Despite President Trump's tough-on-immigration rhetoric, there were around 177,000 fewer deportations this year than in 2009, Obama's first year in office. That number is lower than any year during Obama's presidency, according to Immigration and Customs ...[Read more]
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Alex Salmond RT show to be probed by Ofcom
THE broadcasting watchdog has launched an investigation into Alex Salmond’s TV show. Ofcom is examining whether the former First Minister’s debut on a Kremlin propaganda channel breached guidelines on accuracy and “materially misled” viewers. The ...[Read more]
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Special Counsel Investigating Trump Campaign Has Deep Ties to the Deep State
Former FBI agent and 9/11 whistleblower Coleen Rowley says former FBI head Robert Mueller, now appointed to investigate the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, participated in covering up the pre 9/11 role of the U.S. intelligence agencies and the Bush Admin ...[Read more]
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