Tensions are high in the country, with the former leader’s supporters gathering outside his house vowing to “take over” if he is arrested. Since being ousted from power, he’s been a vocal critic of the government, touring the country delivering fiery speeches calling for a n[...]
Archive for August 21st, 2022
August 21st, 2022 - 11:33 pm § in Foreign Affairs
Supporters threaten violence if former leader is arrested
August 21st, 2022 - 11:07 pm § in China, Environment
China’s rivers are drying up, too
In China, the Yangtze River’s water levels “have been falling rapidly due to a drought and a heatwave in China’s southwestern region,” CNN says (read story here). “Rainfall in the Yangtze basin has been around 45% lower than normal,” CNN said. “As many as 66[...]
August 21st, 2022 - 10:27 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Misfit arrested for threatening rightwing group
The FBI arrested a Texas man for making “credible threats” on social media “to carry out a mass attack” against a conservative gathering in Florida in July, ABC News reported on Sunday, August 21, 2022 (read story here). Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez, 19, of San Antonio, [...]
August 21st, 2022 - 7:43 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Charter school student written up for wearing “jihab”
An 8th grade girl attending a charter school in Malden, Massachusetts, was handed a “School Uniform Compliance Form” by a teacher for wearing a Muslim headscarf. The teacher at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School (photo below) misspelled “hijab” as “jihab,” NBC News rep[...]
August 21st, 2022 - 5:30 pm § in Politics
Kansas abortion foes got their recount and here’s what it shows
In the first ballot-box test of abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Kansas electorate kept abortion legal in their state, by a vote of 543,855 (59%) to 378,466 (41%), see details here. Anti-abortion activists requested a recount, raising $50,000 online, with another $[...]
Are “In God We Trust” posters in schools really a problem?
“Civil rights advocates are ringing alarm bells about officials distributing ‘In God We Trust’ posters in Texas schools after a state law took effect requiring public campuses to display any donated items bearing that phrase,” the Guardian reported on Sunday, August 21, 2022 [...]
Most GOP voters still think Trump should be above the law
An NBC News poll conducted Aug. 12-16, 2022, asked if the investigations of Trump should continue. The results were: All voters, 57% yes; Democrats, 92% yes; Independents, 67% yes; Republicans, 21% yes. Read story here, see detailed poll results here. The poll shows about three-fourths of American[...]