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Kamala Harris Is Done Explaining Racism

The senator and vice-presidential prospect has a message for her white friends who are surprised about police brutality.

Donald Trump authorises sanctions against International Criminal Court

Moving to make USA an international gangster state and pariah nation.

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US President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to further punish officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), authorising economic sanctions against them as well as the expansion of visa restrictions on the officials and their families.The president also declared a national emergency with respect to the “threat” he says the ICC poses, a move that lays legal groundwork to impose future sanctions.The efforts come amid Trump administration anger over the ICC’s efforts to look into alleged war…

Trump would ‘not even consider’ renaming bases with Confederate links – Counting on Racism to save himself

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President contradicts defense secretary who said he was open to discussing new names for military bases named after Confederates

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would “not even consider” renaming US military bases that are named after Confederate military leaders, even though the Pentagon has indicated it is open to the idea.

The statement from the US president came amid widespread anti-racism protests that have convulsed the country and were triggered by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month.

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Instant View: Fed sees GDP falling 6.5% in 2020, keeps rates at zero

#BUNKERBOYTRUMP twitter feed is going to be popping.

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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled years of extraordinary support for an economy facing a torturous slog back from the coronavirus pandemic, with policymakers projecting a 6.5% decline in gross domestic product this year and a 9.3% unemployment rate at year’s end.

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Chile’s women’s minister, Pinochet’s great-niece, resigns following backlash

Finally a good decision.

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Macarena Santelices oversaw a string of controversial decisions, prompting #WeDoNotHaveAMinister to trend

Chile’s women and gender minister, a great-niece of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet, has resigned after just a month following a furious backlash to her appointment and a string of misssteps in office.

Macarena Santelices stood down on Tuesday, tweeting: “The day it is understood that women’s rights are not political – that they belong to all and for all – we can move forward.”

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Trump orders fleet of icebreakers and new bases in push for polar resources

ROTFLMAO – some looney #BUNKERBOYTRUMP strategist thinks he/she can reinvent 1960’s missile gap with icebreaker gap! LOL. Try drinking straight with no ice – folks –

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  • President orders plan for Arctic and Antarctic in 60 days
  • Military experts sceptical of ‘icebreaker gap’ with Russia

Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a fleet of icebreakers and bases to pursue US interests in the Arctic and Antarctic by the end of the decade in a signal that his administration is going to take a more aggressive approach to the contest with Russia and China for polar resources.

Related: Ice-free Arctic summers now very likely even with climate action

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