Day: January 13, 2021

Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ US Capitol riot

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media captionWatch the moment President Trump was impeached for second time The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection” at last week’s Capitol riot. Ten Republicans sided with Democrats to impeach the president by 232-197. He is the first president in US history to be impeached twice, or charged with crimes by Congress. Mr Trump, a Republican, will now face a trial in the Senate, where if convicted he could face being barred from ever holding office again. But Mr Trump will not have…

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The riot at the U.S. Capitol and bogus claims of election fraud have led former allies of President Trump to distance themselves : worldnews

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Have seen multiple times just today from our right wing populists: “it was BLM”, it was election fraud and other such nonsense. But, overall they are quiet, there just is not as that much chatter than usual in the right wing topics. Todays biggest news about right wing here was that they launched a site where to report teachers who are badmouthing the right wing populists, ie: gathering names of undesirables.. again. They have been also quite silent about that, so far at least. It does not have very good…

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President Trump becomes first president to be impeached twice

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The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach President Trump over his role in the storming of Congress last week. Mr Trump – who has rejected any responsibility for the violence – is the first president in US history to be impeached twice. He told supporters at a rally in Washington DC to “fight like hell” against the result of November’s election. But in a new statement Mr Trump has called for no violence in the coming days. A trial will begin in the Senate to determine the president’s…

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Capitol riots: Did Trump’s words at rally incite violence?

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image copyrightGetty Images Donald Trump has been impeached for inciting a mob to attack the US Capitol. So what did the president say prior to the violence? Thousands gathered at a “Save America” rally organised to challenge the election result and they listened as Mr Trump spoke to them near the White House. In a 70-minute address, he exhorted them to march on Congress where politicians had met to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s win. The attack began moments after he took the applause. Those words have now played a central…

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US bans all cotton and tomato products from Xinjiang over slave labor : worldnews

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There is definitely no slave labor in the US and it is certainly not legalized in the US constitution. No way would the US ever project their own crimes onto other countries without proof to manufacture consent. according to a report by the Center for Global Policy published last month. I see this article left out Adrian Zenz’s name in the report and only names the totally independent US think tank instead. Source link

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro sabotaged anti-COVID-19 efforts, says Human Rights Watch : worldnews

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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 73%. (I’m a bot) 3 Min Read.BRASILIA – Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has tried to sabotage efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in his country and pursued policies that undermine the rights of Brazilians, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court, Congress and other institutions, have stepped up to protect Brazilians and blocked some of Bolsonaro’s most damaging policies, the rights group said in the Brazil chapter of its annual world report. “Bolsonaro is one…

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