Archive for May 2026
A Casual Comment Gets a Deeper Dive
I realize there’s a “Day” for just about everything, just as the Catholics have a stunning collection of patron saints. But fact-checking? Now there’s a party. For those wishing to celebrate IFCD, it’s on April 2. You’ve got plenty of time for venue-shopping and caterer-hiring. Anyway, in my post about the filing deadline, I offhandedly remarked on the difficulty of…Read More
Bolivian president consolidates power as protests continue to grow
[ad_1] After several weeks of protests, Bolivia’s right-wing President Rodrigo Paz told the press that the serious social crisis the country has been facing for nearly a month “is reaching a breaking point.” “The country needs order, and this is reaching a breaking point … Time is running out. We call for dialogue,” said Paz, under mounting pressure from social…Read More
US Army drills in Venezuela met with protests
[ad_1] On May 23 in Caracas, Venezuela, an evacuation drill was conducted at the US Embassy. The exercise involved two helicopters carrying US military personnel, as well as ambulances, firefighters, and other security teams. The aircraft were tasked with “transporting troops, equipment, and supplies from ships and land bases for combat assaults and support,” according to the US Navy’s Naval…Read More
Trump’s brutality is showing inside and outside Newark’s Delaney Hall
[ad_1] The pavement outside the Delaney immigrant detention center in Newark, N.J., has become the front line of the resistance against the brutality and cruelty of the Trump regime. What’s happening there deserves more coverage than it’s getting from our major news organizations. National news outlets should be on the ground, filing daily reports, while their colleagues use the events…Read More
Netanyahu Says Israeli Military to Take Over 70 Percent of Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he had directed the Israeli military to take over 70 percent of the Gaza strip. In comments at a conference hosted by a “pre-military” academy in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu said that his “directive is to move to… take [Gaza] step by step… first of all…Read More
I Won’t Back Down
[ad_1] MAGA has tried taking ownership of this week’s tune. Team Trump insists on playing it at rallies despite disapproval from the Petty estate and producer/co-writer Jeff Lynne. It landed at #3 on my Cease & Desist Top Ten List of songs artists don’t want associated with the Insult Comedian. It’s time to take this song back from the MAGA…Read More
Song of the Day 5/28: Sonny Rollins, “Moritat”
Jazz giant Sonny Rollins died Monday at age 95, nearly 70 years after the release of an LP that gave him a lasting sobriquet, “Saxophone Colossus.” He was 26 but already had been recording since graduating from an East Harlem high school a decade earlier, first as a sideman for the likes of J.J. Johnson […] Source link delawareliberal.netRead More
Paxton's Sweetheart Plea Deal With Pedophile Looms Over Texas Senate Race
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has only been an official GOP Senate nominee for a few days, and he’s already dealing with fallout from a controversial offer that his office made to a pedophile.During an interview with CBS News, Democratic candidate James Talarico was asked to respond to a childish nickname that Paxton has used to describe him, “Talafreako.” “If…Read More
U.S. Congress Quietly Moves to Integrate U.S. and Israeli Militaries
[ad_1] In the first step towards shifting aid further into the shadows, the House’s 2027 NDAA would all but fuse the two countries’ armed forces together. [ad_2] Source link rootsaction.org The House’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) aims to significantly integrate the armed forces of two countries, marking a substantial shift in military aid dynamics. This proposed fusion suggests…Read More
RepresentUs Adds Rusty Rueff to Board of Directors
[ad_1] The post RepresentUs Adds Rusty Rueff to Board of Directors appeared first on RepresentUs. [ad_2] represent.us Source link RepresentUs has announced the appointment of Rusty Rueff to its Board of Directors. Rueff, a seasoned executive with extensive experience in technology and media, aims to contribute to the organization’s mission of combating political corruption and promoting democracy. His background in…Read More