Weekend Review: Arsonist Kills 34 in Japan
A 41-year-old man from Tokyo set a Japan’s anime studio on fire on Thursday, killing 34 employees and leaving ten in critical condition. The attack was the worst mass killing in Japan in almost 18 years. The suspect allegedly has mental health concerns not specified by police and he believed that the studio had plagiarized […]
Week in Review: Trump Tells Congresswomen of Color to “Go Back” to the “Places from Which They Came”
Pres. Trump tweeted yesterday to tell “Progressive Democratic congresswomen” of color to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Trump was likely referring to Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar, though he did not use their names. Three of them were born […]
Week in Review: Alleged Billionaire Child Molester Epstein Arrested
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday and accused of sex trafficking minors. Epstein allegedly used a scheme in which he offered young girls cash for “massages” and then sexually assaulted them once they were in one of his residences. Multiple law enforcement sources allege an indictment will be unsealed in court this week and […]
Weekend Review: G20 Summit Held in Japan
The 2019 G20 Summit took place in Osaka, Japan this weekend where world leaders met to discuss global concerns. Pres. Donald Trump used the G20 summit to defend removing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement and to claim ‘we have the cleanest air we’ve ever had’ while denouncing alternative energy methods. “When the wind […]
2020 Election: the first democratic debates
Democratic primary candidates took the stage Wednesday and Thursday for two nights of debate which will help determine who secures the nomination for the 2020 election and who will inevitably run against current Pres. Donald Trump. The differences between two seeming front-runners — Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders — were made evident in their […]
Weekend Review: More Escalations Between US and Iran
US Pres. Donald Trump announced “major” sanctions on Iran after reportedly approving a cyber strike which was meant to fully or partially disable Iranian military command centers. The Washington Post reported that the strike was carried out on Thursday but had been planned for long before that. Trump has denied calling “back” a separate military […]
Trump’s Imminent War With Iran
When two oil tankers were damaged by explosions in the Gulf of Oman last week, US Pres. Donald Trump and his administration were quick to blame Iran for launching an attack on private citizens — an allegation which Iran just as quickly denied. The Pentagon has since released images of the damage while the White […]
Weekend Review: US/Mexico Reach Deal to Avoid Tariffs
Pres. Donald Trump announced that he will suspend tariffs on Mexico after Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Mexican government agreed to help stifle the flow of migration from Central America to the US. The threatened tariffs were anticipated to disrupt the economies of both countries, but Trump recently made good on similar intimidation […]
Weekend Review: 12 Dead in Another Mass Shooting
The epidemy of gun violence in the US continues as a disgruntled city employee opened fire in a Virginia Beach municipal building, killing 12 people before being shot dead by police. The suspect has been identified as a public utility worker who was in the city job for 15 years. He also served in the […]
Weekend Review: UK Theresa May Bows Out
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced her resignation as Conservative leader, effective June 7. May tearfully shared her “deep regret” that she was not able to secure a deal for Brexit, in spite of her repeated efforts to do so. She shared that she was “the second female prime minister, but certainly not the […]