As per the Washington Post report, the agents have been asked to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the house of Jared and Ivanka in Washington’s Kalorama neighbourhood. Following this, the Secret Service detail assigned to Ivanka and Jared had to spend several months finding a bathroom for using while they were on the job, added the Washington Post. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, Jared Kushner instruct US Secret Service agents not to use their toilet? Here’s what happened
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Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
“The government completed its unprecedented slaughter of 13 human beings tonight by killing Dustin Higgs, a Black man who never killed anyone, on Martin Luther King’s birthday,” Nolan said. “There was no reason to kill him, particularly during the pandemic and when he, himself, was sick with Covid that he contracted because of these irresponsible, super-spreader executions.” … [Read more...] about Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
Final blow: On U.S. policy reversal on Cuba
The Trump administration’s decision to redesignate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, taken in its last days, appears to be a blatantly politicised move, bereft of any strategic or moral reasoning. In the announcement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited Cuba’s hosting of 10 Colombian rebels, a few American fugitives and its backing for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as evidence for its “support for acts of international terrorism”. The designation now puts the Caribbean country with Iran, North Korea and Syria, and would trigger fresh sanctions, making it more difficult for Cuba to do business. Havana has stated that returning the Colombian rebels would complicate the peace process in which it is a mediator. With regard to Venezuela, Cuba is following a foreign policy which it thinks serves its best interests, dealing with the country’s government, irrespective of Washington’s opinion. Not even the harshest critics of the … [Read more...] about Final blow: On U.S. policy reversal on Cuba
Different perceptions of insurrection in US and HK
Here is a short thought experiment: What if Washington were to be subject, not just to this one horrendous day of rioting at the Capitol, but to more than six months of violent political upheaval from one end of the city to the other? Imagine rioting that would constantly trash the fine Washington subway system and wreck a series of its excellent universities, etc. If one day's horrific intimidation is an insurrection then how to describe Hong Kong's ferocious 2019 reality systematically transplanted to the US capital: a new Civil War, perhaps? … [Read more...] about Different perceptions of insurrection in US and HK
U.S. HHS Secretary Azar resigns as states perplexed by federal vaccine rollout plan
The administration stopped stockpiling second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the end of last year, said the reports, citing state and federal officials briefed on vaccine distribution. Shipping of the last reserve doses of the Moderna vaccine supply began over the weekend. … [Read more...] about U.S. HHS Secretary Azar resigns as states perplexed by federal vaccine rollout plan