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Rush Limbaugh in his senior year book from Central High School in Cape Girardeau, 1969 Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host who called himself the ‘doctor of democracy’, died on Wednesday morning after a 12-month battle with lung cancer and an extraordinary career that won him the affections of US presidents and millions of Americans. … Read more
This week’s military coup in Myanmar is not just another episode of repression and regression in a remote Asian country that is now disappearing once more behind a bamboo curtain. Terrifyingly, it is the latest symptom of a growing global trend away from democracy. For decades, Myanmar’s most famous daughter, the steely Aung San Suu … Read more
HSBC accused of abetting China’s attack on democracy: Protesters see Hong Kong accounts frozen By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 HSBC has been accused of ‘aiding and abetting one of the biggest crackdowns on democracy in the world’ over its treatment … Read more
China has threatened a ‘counterstrike’ against Australia after Canberra condemned Beijing’s mass arrest of 55 politicians and activists in Hong Kong. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao, who has a fake image of an Australian soldier holding a bloody knife to a child’s throat pinned to the top of his Twitter account, said anyone who gets … Read more
Shocking images today revealed the trail of destruction inside the US Capitol after hundreds of Donald Trump’s mob ransacked the seat of American democracy to demand Joe Biden’s election be overturned. Lecterns piled like trash, windows smashed, statues of heroes vandilized, dossiers strewn across office floors and telephones ripped from the walls lay among the … Read more
The mood music emanating from the Brexit talks has turned cheerier. Let’s hope the tune continues to be upbeat in the few days remaining to clinch a deal. For No Deal won’t just have serious, negative consequences for Britain and the European Union. It would be a setback for the West and democracies everywhere. The … Read more
Hong Kong democracy protester Joshua Wong is jailed for 13 months for leading last year’s anti-government demonstrations By Chris Jewers For Mailonline Published: 07:48 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 08:08 GMT, 2 December 2020 Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, was jailed on Wednesday for a total of 13 … Read more
Jodie Foster keeps vouching for democracy as she wears a VOTE face mask while taking out the trash By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 02:48 GMT, 13 November 2020 | Updated: 02:48 GMT, 13 November 2020 She’s a two-time Academy-Award winning actress with an illustrious Hollywood career spanning over 50 years. But Jodie Foster wasn’t … Read more
Bill Russo, a deputy campaign communications director for Biden, lashed out at Facebook on Monday A top aide to President-elect Joe Biden has accused Facebook of ‘shredding the fabric of our democracy’ in the latest signal that the Democratic administration may be tougher on Big Tech than Republican President Donald Trump has been. Bill Russo, a … Read more
When two senior police officers were confused last week about the current lockdown rules, I was not surprised. The different regulations and tiers across the country are bewildering and, what’s more, they are changing from area to area, day by day. And if senior police officers are unclear, the public must be, too. Of course, … Read more