Small businesses worry Trump’s next regime will be corrupt, controlled by crooks and the little guy is guaranteed losses

Small businesses worry Trump’s next regime will be corrupt, controlled by crooks and the little guy is guaranteed losses

Take Trump’s promised tariff war. Under the new round of tariffs, economists warned, only the biggest businesses – those with the connections to flatter Trump and the resources to hire lobbyists – will be the big winners.

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Accused of ‘political gimmicks’ Canadian PM Trudeau considers resignation that’d leave Liberals in disarray

Accused of ‘political gimmicks’ Canadian PM Trudeau considers resignation that’d leave Liberals in disarray

Justin Trudeau took over as Liberal leader in 2013 when the party was in deep trouble and had been reduced to third place in the House of Commons for the first time. If he does resign, it would likely spur fresh calls for a quick election to put in place a stable government able to deal with the administration of President-elect Donald Trump for the next four years.

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As president, Jimmy Carter once regretted ‘our country ignored Africa’ and went on to become first US leader visit the continent

As president, Jimmy Carter once regretted ‘our country ignored Africa’ and went on to become first US leader visit the continent

Cold War tensions drew Carter’s attention to the continent as the US and Soviet Union competed for influence. But Carter also drew on the missionary traditions of his Baptist faith and the racial injustice he witnessed in his homeland in the US South.

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Terrorism in Uganda is real and expanding but indifferent President Museveni thinks heavily armed police will address the evil

Terrorism in Uganda is real and expanding but indifferent President Museveni thinks heavily armed police will address the evil

People don’t just become violent – either as terrorists or trouble shooters in all spheres of life. They only explode in out to pour their anger and frustrations out. Frequently the anger and frustrations result in mental collapse.

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Independence of American media queried again after cartoon critical of media owners kowtowing to Trump is spiked

Independence of American media queried again after cartoon critical of media owners kowtowing to Trump is spiked

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists issued a statement on Saturday accusing the Post of “political cowardice” and asking other cartoonists to post Telnaes’ sketch with the hashtag #StandWithAnn in a show of solidarity.

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Trump’s pick for education, Linda McMahon, lied about having bachelor’s degree in education

Trump’s pick for education, Linda McMahon, lied about having bachelor’s degree in education

While most of Trump’s appointments are drawn from more recent additions to his orbit, his relationship with McMahon spans decades. In the late 1980s, Trump hosted two consecutive WrestleManias in his Atlantic City hotel. From there, the relationship blossomed not only between McMahon and Trump, but also with Vince McMahon, Linda’s husband and controversial WWE co-founder.

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Domestic terrorism data suggests US military service is the strongest predictor of carrying out extremist violence

Domestic terrorism data suggests US military service is the strongest predictor of carrying out extremist violence

From 1990 through 2023, 730 individuals with US military backgrounds committed criminal acts that were motivated by their political, economic, social or religious goals, according to data from the new START report. From 1990 to 2022, successful violent plots that included perpetrators with a connection to the US military resulted in 314 deaths and 1,978 injuries – a significant number of which came from the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

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US president-elect to be sentenced in hush money case, faces no penalties or jail term

US president-elect to be sentenced in hush money case, faces no penalties or jail term

President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case in which he was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, but is unlikely to face jail time or other penalties, a judge said on Friday. Justice Juan Merchan’s ruling means Trump will...

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After Ghana told African diaspora ‘Come home’, 524 are now citizens, more Black Americans queuing up

After Ghana told African diaspora ‘Come home’, 524 are now citizens, more Black Americans queuing up

Between 10 to 15 million people were forcibly taken from Africa to the Americas during the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the majority from West and Central Africa. Ghana, then a British colony known as the Gold Coast, was a main point of departure.

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US surgeon general’s for cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks likely to shift towards more aggressive tobacco-style regulation

US surgeon general’s for cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks likely to shift towards more aggressive tobacco-style regulation

President-elect Donald Trump, whose brother died from alcoholism and who does not drink himself, has long warned about the risks of drinking. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, has been open about his past struggles with heroin and alcohol and says that he attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

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