After four days and 15 votes, in an impasse that had not been seen for 164 years, the United States House of Representatives finally elected, early this Saturday (7), its new president. California Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy, 57, will lead the House for the next two years. His management should …
Read More »Mike Pence. Former Trump Vice President Refuses to Testify About Capitol Invasion
In interviews with the US stations CBS and CNN, with a view to promoting a new book, the former vice president of the Trump Administration referred to the ongoing inquiry as a partisan, maintaining that congressmen “do not have the right” to force him to testify🇧🇷 These words constitute …
Read More »Ideological crusade killed Twitter – 11/13/2022 – Mathias Alencastro
It is emblematic that Twitter, a fundamental platform of political life in the era of populist rights, collapsed in the month in which both Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump suffered major defeats. In two weeks, the singular Elon Musk provoked a wave of layoffs in the areas of security and …
Read More »US sees election deniers defeat in midterms – 11/13/2022 – World
Republican candidates who echoed false allegations about election fraud that propelled Joe Biden to the US presidency two years ago have been defeated in state contests for secretary of state — the figure responsible, among other things, for organizing presidential elections locally. The most recent defeat came in Nevada, where …
Read More »USA: Trump spurred long-lasting distortions – 11/12/2022 – Charles M. Blow
One of the most serious claims contained in President Joe Biden’s speech last week about protecting democracy may well have gone unnoticed by many who have heard or read about it. In the speech, Biden noted, “What is remarkable about American democracy is this: just enough of us, on just …
Read More »USA: Trump spurred long-lasting distortions – 11/12/2022 – Charles M. Blow
One of the most serious claims contained in President Joe Biden’s speech last week about protecting democracy may well have gone unnoticed by many who have heard or read about it. In the speech, Biden noted, “What is remarkable about American democracy is this: just enough of us, on just …
Read More »Steve Bannon, Trump ally, gets 4 months in prison – 10/21/2022 – World
The US court sentenced Steve Bannon, a former Donald Trump strategist and organizer of the global far-right, to 4 months in prison and a fine of US$ 6,500 for contempt of Congress. The sentence refers to the charges for which Bannon, 68, an influential figure also in the close circle …
Read More »After the climate that never existed, it is necessary to paint a price – 10/19/2022 – Lúcia Guimarães
Rapper Kanye West will face a $250 million defamation lawsuit filed by the family of George Floyd, who was murdered by a Minnesota police officer in June 2020. The black man’s death by suffocation, documented on video, sparked the protests. that spread in the USA and in other countries, under …
Read More »After the climate that never existed, it is necessary to paint a price – 10/19/2022 – Lúcia Guimarães
Rapper Kanye West will face a $250 million defamation lawsuit filed by the family of George Floyd, who was murdered by a Minnesota police officer in June 2020. The black man’s death by suffocation, documented on video, sparked the protests. that spread in the USA and in other countries, under …
Read More »USA: Liz Cheney falls and the Chamber will lose Trump opponent – 08/16/2022 – World
At a rally in May of this year in the western state of Wyoming, former President Donald Trump recommended to his supporters: “You’re going to say to Liz Cheney, ‘Liz, you’re fired, get out of here,'” echoing the catchphrase that made him famous as the host of the American version …
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