Archives for فبراير 2021

Andrew Yang Got it Wrong: Palestinian Boycott of Israel is Not Racist, It is Anti-Racist

Andrew Yang’s pro-Israel logic is not only unfounded, but confused as well.

بواسطة Ramzy Baroud
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Claims made by Democratic New York City mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang, in a recent op-ed in the Jewish weekly, The Forward point to the prevailing ignorance that continues to dominate the US discourse on Palestine and Israel. Yang, a former Democratic Presidential candidate, is vying for the Jewish vote in New York City. According to the

Dems Deride MTG for Supporting Conspiracies While Claiming Russia Was Behind Capitol Riots  

While Democrats may find some political capital in ridiculing QAnon, they have their own history of making outlandish claims. 

بواسطة Alan Macleod
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The House of Representatives has stripped new Georgia official Marjorie Taylor Greene from two committees over her history of promoting conspiracy theories. Congress took the highly unusual step today in voting 230 to 199 in favor of removing her from the education and budget committees, limiting her abilities and powers. In response, the

Janet Yellen’s Conflict of Interest Augurs Retail Investment Regulation

As the GameStop market swings continue to squeeze the brains of Redditors who don’t know whether to sell or hold, Wall Street’s big fish are counting on Janet Yellen to set their rules for the new retail investment game

بواسطة Raul Diego
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Robinhood Markets, Inc. was reportedly forced to re-impose trading restrictions on GameStop shares after the stock price began to soar again on news it had lifted the initial restraints on GME as a result of the now-infamous short squeeze play by the WallStreetBets community of Redditors. The minute-by-minute saga continues to play out on social

Head of Strategic Command: US Must Prepare for “Very Real Possibility” of Nuclear War With China

In an era when international cooperation in the face of pandemics and climate change is essential, the world appears to be racing towards a new Cold War, and unfortunately, few except the military top brass are talking about it.

بواسطة Alan Macleod
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Writing in the U.S. Naval Institute Journal, Admiral Charles A. Richard warned that the military must “consider the possibility of great power competition, crisis, or direct armed conflict with a nuclear-capable peer” and update and modernize its approach to its two principal adversaries. “There is a real possibility that a regional crisis with

Ecuador: US-Backed Gov’t Scrambles to Privatize the Central Bank Before Elections

An emergency law dubbed the Humanitarian Support Organic Law would “lockdown” Ecuador’s central bank, siphon it from the public sector, and place its financial sovereignty at the whims of private interests under the guise of saving the country from de-dollarization.

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This article was written and researched for MintPress by a talented new collective of journalists that call themselves Ecuador On Q. You can find more of their work on Twitter at @Ecuador_On_Q, or visit them on Patreon. With just days until Ecuador’s February 7 presidential election and four months remaining on President Lenin Moreno’s mandate,

Atlantic Council Pens Anonymously Authored Expose Calling for Regime Change in China

The report outlines a plan for the United States to pursue a China without Xi Jinping, with a weakened Communist Party, and operating in a region dominated by the US and its allies.

بواسطة Alan Macleod
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Influential D.C. think tank the Atlantic Council has printed a 26,000-word report laying out its strategy for combating China. Published anonymously, the report states that “the single most important challenge facing the United States” in the twenty-first century is China’s growth to rival their own power. To do so, the report states that the