Joe Biden Meets With the Pope As Tensions With Catholics Bubble Up Back Home

The two men exchanged gifts. President Joe Biden pressed into Pope Francis’s palm a command coin bearing the insignia of his deceased son Beau’s military unit. Pope Francis handed Biden a signed declaration of peace. They sat and talked for 90 minutes in the Pope’s library in the Vatican. But underlying the warm greetings Friday…Continue Reading

Criminal Contempt Is the Appropriate Solution for Dealing With Steve Bannon

The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. Bannon earned that distinction when he refused to comply with a congressional subpoena to provide testimony to a select committee investigating the events surrounding the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Congress has no authority to prosecute anyone for anything.…Continue Reading

As the U.K. Prepares to Host COP26, Its Own Budget Falls Short on Green Initiatives

Next week the eyes of the world will be firmly set on the U.K. as it hosts the first U.N. climate summit in two years, as the world emerges from Covid-19. Ahead of the summit, on Oct. 27, Britain’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, delivered a long awaited national budget. This was the final opportunity for…Continue Reading

What to Know About Julian Assange’s Extradition Appeal

This week lawyers for the U.S. government began a legal challenge to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the U.K. to face charges of violating the Espionage Act. Assange is wanted in the U.S. on 18 criminal charges after WikiLeaks published thousands of secret U.S. military and diplomatic documents concerning the Afghanistan and Iraq wars…Continue Reading

The FDA Just Authorized Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Kids Age 5 to 11

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses—just a third of the amount given to teens and adults—for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be eligible for vaccinations as early as…Continue Reading

Establishment Media Parrot Barack Obama on Loudoun County Sexual Assault

The establishment media are parroting former President Barack Obama’s comments on the controversy surrounding Virginia’s embattled Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), which he dismissed as “fake outrage” and “trumped-up culture wars.” “We don’t have time to be wasted on these phony trumped-up culture wars, this fake outrage, the right-wing media’s pedals to juice their ratings,”…Continue Reading

Terry McAuliffe Mocked over Viral Picture of ‘Youngkin Supporters’ with Tiki Torches

Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe (D) is experiencing a wave of mockery on social media over a viral photo showing five individuals claiming to be supporters of his Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin, holding tiki torches outside of a campaign bus — an obvious nod to Charlottesville and white supremacy — as many surmise it is nothing…Continue Reading

Biden’s $450K Reparations for Border Crossers Exceeds Payments to 9/11 Victims, American Military Families

A plan is being circulated by President Joe Biden’s administration to provide border crossers, subjected to former President Trump’s “Zero Tolerance” policy, with $450,000 reparations-style payouts that would exceed payments provided to American victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and American families of United States service members who die in combat. This week,…Continue Reading

Greek PM voices concern over West’s stance towards Turkey

Neighbours and NATO allies Greece and Turkey are at odds over a series of issues, including territorial disputes and Cyprus.The Greek prime minister has said he is concerned that Western powers’ response towards Turkish actions is encouraging it to behave in an unacceptable manner. Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s comments came on Friday after a meeting with outgoing…Continue Reading