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Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 3:43 pm The US is again illegally bombing nations on the other side of the planet which it has invaded and occupied and branded this murderous aggression as "defensive". "At President Bidens direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region," reads a statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby. "The targets were selected because these fac...

Final Call News by Naba’a Muhammad and Michael Z. Muhammad The Justice Dept. has finally admitted that the leading threat to the United States is angry and armed White people. A new focus on “domestic terror” was recently announced along with a million-dollar budget and law enforcement connections at the state and local levels. But is this a coming assault on Whiteness as a threat to America’s existence or expanded government that will again target Blacks and other voices of...

English Analysis on Honduras and 4 other countries about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 10 Jun 2021 by MPI

On Tuesday morning, a new Senate report revealed even more of what is increasingly obvious: The January 6 Capitol insurrection was both surprisingly predictable and yet widely ignored by the people who had the power to stop it."The U.S. Capitol Police had specific intelligence that supporters of Pre...

Conspiracy theory says people in Italy used military satellites to make US voting machines switch votes for Biden

Republicans Warn That Opposing Racism Is A ‘Communist’ Plot Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) claimed on Tuesday that advocating for dismantling systemic racism is propaganda in service to the Communist Party of China. On Tuesday afternoon, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wrote, "On the anniversary of George Floyds murder, we reflect on the fact that dismantling systemic racism is also a national security priority. The fight for racial justice at home and abroad is fo...

Any bipartisan January 6 commission is probably doomed Vox.com 2 hrs ago Andrew Prokop © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell at the US Capitol on May 18. Days after the chaotic storming of the Capitol on January 6, some Republican members of Congress had an idea. What the country needed, Reps. John Katko (R-NY), Rodney Davis (R-IL), and others decided, was a bipartisan commission, akin to the one established after 9/11, to sort through the fact...

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Days after the chaotic storming of the Capitol on January 6, some Republican members of Congress had an idea. What the country needed, Reps. John Katko (R-NY), Rodney Davis (R-IL), and others decided, was a bipartisan commission, akin to the one established after 9/11, to sort through the facts and determine just how such a terrible breach of government security happened. Now, though, the chances for such a commission are imperiled. A bill to establish it passed the H...

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta I guess that answers the question posed by Friday’s post. Lefties have been hammering Manchin for believing that Republicans will compromise under the right circumstances and thus eliminating the filibuster isn’t necessary. That belief is now being tested with infrastructure talks suddenly hanging by a thread and a filibuster of the House’s January 6 commission bill looming. (Police reform still stands a fair chance of happening.) Manchin sounded almost distra...

This piece was originally published on Just Security, an online forum for analysis of U.S. national security law and policy. In a bipartisan vote last week, the House passed legislation to create an independent national commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A 9/11-style commission is the best option for uncovering the truth about the attacks and its multiple causes, and for recommending ways to protect us in the future. But opposition from Republican leadership...