Author: Press Room
Putting the Ass in Assassination A few nights ago, there was a third attempt on the life of President Donald Trump. Well, at least that’s what was reported. Even more so than on the first two occasions, there was an unmistakable theatrical aspect to it. Bad theater. Ed Wood style theater. Think Reefer Madness. Think nuclear activated dinosaurs crushing big cities. There are many reasons to doubt this dubious story. Why did UFC president Dana White describe a gunman in the building as “fucking awesome?” How about that hot Israeli influencer who shared a generous selfie of her protruding breasts…
It is in the power of the British government to save itself by giving its own voters what they clearly want, President Donald Trump reminded. Britain’s governing Labour Party is reeling from a brutal national election last week and has knives out for its flailing leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but if it could only drop its ideological attachment to mass migration and breakneck decarbonisation it could survive, President Donald Trump said. Speaking aboard Air Force One as he returned from his China trip, the President again called on Britain to turn its back on self-harm and fix some of…
Jerome Powell is not quite done running the Federal Reserve yet. The Federal Reserve Board voted on Friday to designate Jerome Powell as chair pro tempore until Kevin Warsh is sworn in as the new chair. The move was announced in a terse press release: “This temporary action to name the incumbent as chair pro tempore is consistent with past practice during similar transitions between chairs.” The press release did not explain what statutory authority the Board was relying on. Nor did it address the fact that the claim of consistency with precedent is, in critical respects, unsupported by the…
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” President Donald Trump said that China’s Xi Jinping “probably” can influence Iran, “but, look, he’s not coming in with guns, he’s not coming in with rifles, they’re not coming in shooting.” And Xi “hasn’t done anything hostile.” Trump said that China’s support of Iran came up in the talks, and “when you say support, they’re not fighting a war with us or anything. He said he’s not going to give them military equipment. That’s a big statement. … But, at the same time, he said they buy…
Residents say settlement expansion and military operations are forcing more communities from their homes Palestinians mark 78 years since the Nakba on Friday – one of the largest refugee crises in modern history – as expanding Israeli settlements and military operations are again forcing communities from their homes, RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij reports.The Nakba, or ‘catastrophe’, was triggered by the mass displacement of Palestinians during the creation of Israel in 1948. A 1947 UN partition plan, adopted with backing from the Soviet Union, called for the creation of separate Jewish and Arab states, but only Israel was established.The Israeli-Palestinian conflict,…
Grammy-winning music producer and singer Jack Antonoff blasted what he called “Godless whores” who create art with artificial intelligence (AI). “By all means, drive right off that cliff,” the Bleachers frontman and frequent collaborator with Taylor Swift declared. In a Wednesday Instagram post, Antonoff offered his “many thoughts” as his band gets closer to the release of their new album, Everyone for Ten Minutes. Among his sentiments, the musician took a moment to slam the “godless whores” who use AI, asserting that the creation of art is an “ancient ritual,” and “without the process” of actual work, music production is “nothingness.”…
The international pan-Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir celebrated reports of adherence to hardline Qur’anic principles being socially enforced by students in Danish high schools. Although Denmark has adopted stricter immigration policies than many of its counterparts in Europe, it has apparently not escaped radical cultural changes as a result of the influx of Muslim migrants to the country in recent decades. A bombshell report this month from Copenhagen’s Berlingske, which gained access to documents and administrators from three high schools in the capital region, found that the formation of “parallel societies in the education sector” in which groups of predominantly Muslim students are enforcing behavioural…
The United States has reportedly been looking into indicting 94-year-old Cuban dictator Raúl Castro, brother of Fidel, in connection to the downing of planes 30 years ago. The indictment would need to be approved by a grand jury and will focus on Cuba shooting down planes operated by the humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue in 1996, per CBS News. The plan comes as the U.S. heaps pressure on the Cuban government. The Trump administration has threatened heavy tariffs on any country that exports oil to Cuba, leading to energy shortages as oil shipments are largely cut off. President Trump has pressed for…
A jury awarded compensation over the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines disaster linked to a software design flaw A federal jury in Chicago has ordered Boeing to pay $49.5 million to the family of a woman who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash involving the ill-fated 737 MAX airliner. The aircraft went down shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, 2019, killing all 157 passengers and crew on board.Several months earlier, another Boeing 737 MAX operated by Lion Air crashed in Indonesia, killing all 189 people aboard. The two disasters prompted a 20-month worldwide grounding of the aircraft. Boeing later…
The glitteriest night of the year in Eurasia and Australia will soon be upon us: the Eurovision Song Contest, a now 70-year-old music extravaganza beloved around the world for its shameless embrace of feather boas, sequins, pyrotechnics, and all brands of kitsch. The Eurovision Song Contest is the world’s largest international music competition, this year featuring 35 countries sending entries in nearly every genre of Western music – from heavy metal to opera and sugary ballads to aggressive techno. The winner is decided by a combination of public viewer votes and national juries made up of professional musical artists. While…