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To Account for the Wall: Why States Are Suing Trump
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WASHINGTON - February 21, 2019 A coalition of sixteen US states has filed a lawsuit against Trump's administration over his declaration of a national emergency to unlock funds for the US-Mexico border wall. The Congress refused to finance the Trump project, so he resorted to a state of emergency. Congress later granted him $1.375 billion for the barrier construction--less than a quarter of the $5.7 billion he requested. Trump's declaration, under the National Emergencies Act, aims to allow him to take some $6.1 billion from Title 10 funding for the armed forces. This wo...
China vs. America Are Confucian China and the Christian West Destined to Clash?
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WASHINGTON, DC – February 20, 2019 Today, the US and China are vying for global leadership. The US sees booming China as the main problem of its own security. China considers many US actions to be aggressive. However, these two largest world economies continue their mutual cooperation as usual. Why can't they just “divorce” - break ties with each other or destroy one another? Do these two giants share enough core values to manage a peaceful balancing of power, and can they avert the dreaded Thucydides Trap? The ongoing trade war is just one front of an expanding all-ou...
From Venezuela With Love: The New RED Scare
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Donald Trump visited a famous university in Miami and spoke about a so-called “Socialist/Communist conspiracy” from Venezuela. According to Trump, there is a socialist plot to take over the hemisphere. Marcelo Sanchez, USA Really correspondent in Miami reports.
A Cardinal Sin: Catholic Church at Stake in Sexual Abuse Summit
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WASHINGTON - February 18, 2019 Pope Francis has admitted what the world has long known: Catholic clergy have repeatedly sexually harassed nuns in their parishes. According to the Vatican head, the abuse still occurs. The Papal Confederation on the topic of combating sexual harassment will be held in Rome from February 21 to 24. The Church is a powerful organization seeking to preserve autonomy from the rest of the world. One of the strategies for achieving this goal is the non-proliferation of information about "internal Church affairs." However, as a result, even the mo...
Contrary to Claims, Planned Parenthood Is All About Abortion
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WASHINGTON - February 18, 2019 While some may accuse the media of unreliable information, Planned Parenthood is no longer hiding the fact that their main task is not women’s health but rather to respect their rights if they want an abortion. It’s not a propaganda campaign--this is what Buzzfeed previously wrote and later rewrote as untrue. The president of PP denied the report, saying the journalists were confused. Now the President of the country's largest abortion provider has had to come to terms with the ugly truth of Planned Parenthood: Providing abortion to women...
America's Big Retail Crisis Greatly Accelerating in Early 2019
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WASHINGTON - February 15, 2019 Official statistics show that retail trade in the US is below the norm by 30% of total sales. Although this has been happening for years, the numbers escalated dramatically in early 2019. The Commerce Department announced a 1.2% decline on Thursday, the largest since September 2009, when the economy came out of recession. Other data shows December online internet sales (non-store retailers) tumbled 3.9% -- the biggest drop ever. Overall, online trading accounts for less than 10% of the industry. According to businessmen of small productio...
Globalism: How It Works and Who Benefits From It
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WASHINGTON - February 14, 2019 Andy Warhol admired the fact that the US President, a movie star and a homeless man on the street all drink Coca-Cola. One and the same soda is now drunk on six continents, the same Snickers bars are sold on the stands at the cash register of supermarkets, and McDonald's has restaurants in 118 of 197 existing countries. By 2020, Chinese cinemas will bring Hollywood more money than American, the whole world knows Leonardo DiCaprio’s face, and the President came into politics straight from a popular reality show. Feminists appear even in Musl...
US National Debt Exceeds $ 22 Trillion: How Trump Is Different From Obama
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WASHINGTON, DC – February 13, 2019 The US national debt has exceeded $22 trillion for the first time, just 11 months after it hit $21 trillion. Thus, since Donald Trump assumed the presidency, the national debt has grown by $2 trillion. The acceleration was particularly noticeable last year, when Trump cut taxes by $1.5 trillion, and Congress took measures to increase spending on domestic and military programs. The Congressional Budget Office predicts a deficit of $897 billion this year, which is 15% more than last year. And from 2022, the figure will exceed $1 trillio...
Why People Decide to Participate in State Politics
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WASHINGTON - February 12, 2019 When the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle called people "political animals," he meant they have an ethical sense — the idea of good and evil, justice and injustice and the ability to live in society and act together. It would seem that almost all people are included in politics according to the Aristotelian concept. However, this is not so, if we mean political practices. As belief is dead without action, interest in politics without political action makes society a passive object of governance. Most people in the modern world are satis...