Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2020 Fifteen minutes after President Donald Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017, outgoing Obama national security adviser Susan Rice penned the Cover Your Ass (CYA) memo to herself which essentially documented the scandal Trump refers to as “Obamagate,” analysts say. The now declassified memo details a Jan. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, Pretoria To witness South Africa’s descent into chaos is like experiencing a powerless, slow-motion dream sequence. There is a widespread consensus that President Cyril Ramaphosa has lost support inside and outside the governing African National Congress (ANC), and the ANC has become so distrusted that it […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Saying that vote-by-mail plans are subject to “massive fraud,” President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to withhold federal funds to Michigan and Nevada if they expand vote-by-mail in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Mail-in ballots are very dangerous. There is tremendous fraud involved and tremendous illegality,” the president said. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Continued enforced lockdowns are a bigger threat to Americans’ physical and mental health than the coronavirus, physicians said on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday. “I just feel that’s there’s a very big disconnect between what the average American thinks is going on and what’s actually going on,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler After years of consistent economic expansion and growth throughout much of the world, the global economy is facing tectonic shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic. For developed states such as the United States and Western Europe, the “unseen enemy” of the virus has shattered economic forecasts and international commerce; […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has vowed there will be “uniformity on both sides” when it comes to intelligence briefings to 2020 presidential candidates. Such was not the case in the 2016 election, Washington Times reporter Rowan Scarborough noted on May 19. “In 2016, with […]
FPI / May 21, 2020 Commentary by Jason Orestes The destruction China has exported to the U.S. and the world continues to grow. Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump are exploring ramifications that include an intentional default on Chinese debt. Frankly, this is a somewhat tepid punishment. China owns some $1.1 trillion of American treasuries, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Republicans swept to victory in Staunton, Virginia’s city council election on Tuesday as voters tossed out three Democratic incumbents in a usually reliable Democratic stronghold in the state’s Shenandoah Valley. Republican candidates Mark Robertson, Amy Darby, and Steve Claffey all joined incumbent Andrea Oakes in a four-seat GOP sweep, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2020 Planned Parenthood affiliates applied for and received $80 million in loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Now, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and some members of Congress are calling on the abortion provider to return the funds, saying it violated the coronavirus relief program. “The money needs to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 20, 2020 PBS affiliates which receive millions of dollars in funding from U.S. taxpayers have aired a pro-communist China documentary produced in conjunction with a Chinese propaganda outlet, a report said. The documentary, titled, “Voices from the Frontline: China’s War on Poverty,” was produced in conjunction with CGTN, a Chinese-government controlled […]
