Henry Kissinger, top US diplomat who died aged 100, was in many respects stuck at age 14
As national security adviser, Henry Kissinger played a key role in prolonging the US wars in Southeast Asia, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of American troops and hundreds of thousands of Cambodians, Laotians, and Vietnamese. During his tenure, the United States dropped nine billion pounds of munitions on Indochina.
War in Gaza prompts President Biden to remove restrictions on Israel’s access to US weapons stockpile
Created in the 1980s to supply the US in case of a regional war, the War Reserve Stockpile Allies-Israel, or WRSA-I, is the largest node in a network of what are effectively foreign US weapons caches. Highly regulated for security, the stockpiles are governed by a set of strict requirements.
Drug maker Pfizer sued in Texas for ‘false’ and ‘deceptive’ marketing of Covid vaccines
Dr Naomi Wolf, whose organization Daily Clout has performed detailed analyses of the Pfizer documents, told Steve Bannon that Pfizer’s own documents show they knew, “within two months of rollout, that the vaccine did not work … and that the third most common side effect was Covid-19.”
Republicans in a fix: GOP 2024 nomination rules vague on what happens if Trump is convicted
One contingency section of longstanding party rules would allow the RNC to free a state from the rules prior to the convention if “compliance is impossible” and “the Republican National Committee determines that granting such waiver is in the best interests of the Republican Party.”
Republicans plan vote to authorise Biden impeachment as White House queries legitimacy
Republicans have been struggling to show progress in the nearly year-long probe of the president and business deals by members of his family, including his son, Hunter Biden. They have presented no evidence to prove that the president, in his current or previous office, abused his role or accepted bribes.
America’s paragon of foreign policy Henry Kissinger, who believed ‘power is the ultimate aphrodisiac’ dies at 100
A Jew who fled Nazi Germany with his family in his teens, Kissinger in his later years cultivated the reputation of respected statesman, giving speeches, offering advice to Republicans and Democrats alike and managing a global consulting business. He turned up in President Donald Trump’s White House on multiple occasions. But Nixon-era documents and tapes, as they trickled out over the years, brought revelations – many in Kissinger’s own words – that sometimes cast him in a harsh light.
How Big Pharma compromised US health and media industries and now ‘stating that Covid shots are risky earns you domestic terrorist tag’
Indeed, factually stating that the Covid-19 shots have serious side-effects and are killing people now earns you the label of “domestic terrorist” in the United States simply because such statements might make someone else think twice about getting the jab and getting everyone injected is a top “national security” concern....
Women file 3,700 sex abuse claims against celebrities, politicians under US’ Adult Survivors Act
The list of the accused contained many familiar names from past #MeToo scandals and a few new ones. A huge number of claims were also made by former prisoners over alleged assaults in jails and prisons.
Screen Actors Guild: Provision that okays AI digital replicas and synthetic performers promotes redundancy in film industry
Leaders of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America, in contrast, overwhelmingly agreed to have their members accept the agreements they hammered out with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Third parties look to reap from looming Biden vs Trump rematch in US 2024 presidential election
Stein, a physician and environmental activist, announced this month that she will make her third bid for the presidency in 2024, reversing course from her earlier decision to remain on the sidelines next year and support Cornel West, a scholar and progressive activist with a loyal following on the left. West announced last month that he no longer was running under the Green Party banner, but as an independent.
