White Supremacist Iowa Rep Stephen King Defeated in Primary, and Other Election Results
Tuesday’s Republican primary in Iowa marked the end of Stephen King’s nine-term career in Congress representing Iowa’s 4th district. The incumbent was defeated by challenger Randy Feenstra by a decisive margin of nearly 10 points. The loss comes after Republican leadership stripped King of his committee assignments last year following remarks defending white supremacy. “White […]
Protests Continue Across The US
Protests and riots continue to rage across the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Floyd was a black man in Minneapolis who was arrested for a non-violent crime and was unarmed. One of the four officers involved has been charged in his death. Protests began over Memorial Day weekend and […]
Weekend Review: Floyd Death Shines Spotlight on Police Brutality in the U.S.
The spotlight is back on police brutality in the US following the death of unarmed black man George Floyd. Last Monday, employees at a Cup Foods store in Minneapolis, Minnesota called authorities to report a counterfeit $20 bill. Police arrived on the scene and the employees reportedly directed them to George Floyd, who was sitting […]
Trump Lashes Out at Twitter With Executive Order on Social Media
On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order aiming to remove some protections online platforms currently have under the Communications Decency Act. The legality of the order is contested but, if upheld, it would make it easier for users to bring civil lawsuits against companies for censorship based on political views. The executive order comes […]
Protests Erupt in Minneapolis After Police Killing of George Floyd
Protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis on Tuesday in protest of the police killing of George Floyd on Monday. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died during an arrest for forgery on the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue South. A video that went viral on social media shows a police offer kneeling on Floyd’s neck […]
COVID-19 Endangering Vaccination Efforts, Japan Begins Reopening
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a report detailing how the global spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) has hampered immunization efforts across the world. From the memo: Since March 2020, routine childhood immunization services have been disrupted on a global scale that may be unprecedented since the inception of expanded programs on immunization (EPI) […]
Trump Lashes Out at WHO to Distract from His Own Pandemic Failings
On May 18, President Trump sent a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) blasting their efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The factually inaccurate letter came after the first day of the WHO summit and issued an ultimatum to the organization – capitulate to Trump’s demands, or the United States would permanently […]
Weekend Review: Rwanda’s Most-Wanted War Criminal Captured in Paris
International war criminal, Félicien Kabuga, was arrested by French officials in Paris on Saturday morning after living for decades as a fugitive. He was wanted worldwide for his part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a slaughter which brought about the deaths of approximately 800,000 people over a little more than three months. The genocide began […]
Everything We Know About Tara Reade’s Case Against Biden
On March 26, former Biden Staffer Tara Reade came forward with explosive allegations against the Vice President on left-wing podcast, The Katie Halper Show. Reade had previously come forward in support of Lucy Flores, who accused Biden of touching and kissing her inappropriately during a 2014 campaign rally. Biden has a history of touching women […]
With the US Economy in Shambles, 18 States Begin Process of Reopening
On Friday, over a third of the nation began the process of reopening shuttered economies. The May 1 reopenings may be coming too early, experts say, putting both lives and the economy at further risk. States Lift Stay at Home Orders The eighteen states that started the process of reopening last week are: Alaska, Idaho, […]