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Hong Kong activists grapple with affinity for Trump after Capitol attack Quartz 20/01/2021 © Provided by Quartz Ms. So, a Hong Konger in her 40s, is vehemently opposed to the Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarian rule. Fearing Beijing’s increasingly harsh approach to the city, she refinanced her Hong Kong apartment, converted the Hong Kong dollars to foreign currency, and emigrated to Prague earlier this year, joining a growing wave of Hong Kong emigrés. She is also a supporter of US...

January 20, 2021 Ms. So, a Hong Konger in her 40s, is vehemently opposed to the Chinese Communist Party’s authoritarian rule. Fearing Beijing’s increasingly harsh approach to the city, she refinanced her Hong Kong apartment, converted the Hong Kong dollars to foreign currency, and emigrated to Prague earlier this year, joining a growing wave of Hong Kong emigrés. She is also a supporter of US president Donald Trump. Or, as she put it, between him and Joe Biden, she is “picking the lesser...

People fleeing Beijing's oppression get no help from Trump.

Copy Link California state Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, speaks during a news conference to announce new legislation to address recent deadly police shootings on April 3, 2018 in Sacramento, California.  (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, is poised to assume the management of Californias elections at a crucial juncture as the state continues a yearslong shift in the way voters cast their ballots. In an interview with KQED, the nominee for Calif...

Share this: Voters exit Avenal High School in Kings County on November 3, 2020. Photo by Clara Mokri for CalMatters In summary Despite election reforms designed to improve turnout in 2020, the gap between white and diverse voters remained significant.  Lea este artículo en español. Raymiro Gomez-Galiano knocked on more than a thousand doors in Santa Clarita for the March primary, urging Latinos and other infrequent voters to turn out. Just 17, the teen couldn’t even vote yet. “I made su...

3 months ago in National, Trending schristian FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks in San Francisco. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the states next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) Photo: Associated Press By KAT...

Ted Cruz and Hong Kong’s Democrats The Senator blocks a bill opening America’s door to victims of China. Sen. Ted Cruz in November. Photo: bill clark/pool/Shutterstock By Dec. 24, 2020 6:37 pm ET Rafael Cruz, the father of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, came to the U.S. from Cuba in 1957 on a four-year student visa. He had sided with Fidel Castro against the Batista dictatorship, for which he was jailed and beaten. But he later soured on Castro and was...

California first: A Latino U.S. senator to replace Harris FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla speaks in San Francisco. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the states next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a ne...

California governor taps Secretary of State Alex Padilla to replace Kamala Harris in US Senate Published December 22, 2020 FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, as the states next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (AP Photo/Rich Pedr...

Sacramento, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday to be a United States senator, a pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the state’s history. A video released by Mr. Newsom’s office showed Mr. Padilla becoming emotional after Mr. Newsom, a close friend, offered him the job. Mr. Padilla reflected on the hard work of his parents, who came to the U.S. from Mexico and worked as a cook and a housekeeper. “It’s a hell of...