At least 14 killed in attack on Burkina Faso church
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – At least 14 people were shot dead in an attack on a church in eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday morning, the government said. The identity of the gunmen was not immediately clear and further details on the attack had yet to emerge. Burkinabe armed forces were caring for the wounded and searching…
Palmerston, the Foreign Office cat, returns to work after six months off for stress
Palmerston, the Foreign Office cat, has returned to work after six months recovering from stress caused by civil servants constantly picking him up and overfeeding him. Those working in the department have been warned not to touch the cat unless approached, and to stop feeding him treats. In July, the cat was taken to the…
GOP Candidate Who Called For Rep. Omar to Be Hanged Is Banned From Twitter
Click here to read the full article. Republican candidate, Danielle Stella, who is vying to unseat Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has been permanently suspended from Twitter after threatening Omar’s life on the platform over a debunked conspiracy theory. On Tuesday, Stella spread a false story about the freshman congresswoman’s involvement in passing along classified information regarding Iran. One…
‘Morning Joe’ Rails Against Republicans ‘Repeating Putin Talking Points’
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” started the week by picking up where NBC’s “Meet the Press” left off on Sunday: Hammering GOP Sen. John Kennedy — and by extension, some of his Republican colleagues — for “repeating Putin talking points,” specifically by reiterating claims of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. On Sunday, Kennedy accused former Ukrainian…
Exasperated Chuck Todd Tells GOP Senator He’s ‘Selling’ Putin’s Argument
Click here to read the full article. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd did his best to hold Senator John Kennedy (R-La.) accountable for muddying up the waters when it comes to the facts about Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections. After Kennedy classified Fiona Hill’s impeachment testimony that Russia alone was…
‘Are you worried you’ve been duped?’: Republican senator confronted for sharing Russian propaganda live on TV
A Republican senator accused of “peddling Russian propaganda on national television” insisted he was not worried that he’d been duped by Vladimir Putin. Speaking to NBC’s Chuck Todd on Sunday morning, GOP politician John Kennedy insisted that both Ukraine and Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential election, and that Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko…
Why Joe Biden might be taking it easy on Pete Buttigieg
The most famous unspoken Democratic presidential candidate alliance is probably the one between Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). But there might be one brewing between former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, as well — at least on Biden’s end. Biden and Buttigieg aren’t old friends like Warren and…
Is Pete Buttigieg the Real 2020 Threat to Donald Trump?
Rising Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is attracting older white Americans through his polite demeanor, catered plans such as his “Gray New Deal,” and a deluge of television ads. The 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, mayor found unexpected success with baby boomers as he struggles to build support among black voters and young voters, enabling him to keep…
Chick-fil-A faces rightwing backlash after cutting ties to Christian groups
Leading US conservatives have turned on the fast-food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A after the company decided to cut its ties to two Christian groups that have long opposed same-sex marriage. To compound rightwingers’ fury, it has also emerged via tax filings that Chick-fil-A donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights advocacy organization,…
Prosecutors say Russia let MH17 suspect leave the country
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia deliberately allowed a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to leave the country, Dutch prosecutors said Monday, calling it a breach of a European extradition treaty. Prosecutors announced that Volodymyr Tsemakh is considered a suspect in the shooting down of the passenger plane and deaths…