Month: February 2020

Maher: Democrats' Shutdown Position Should Be 'You Don't Deal with Terrorists' | Breitbart

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued Democrats should take the position that President Trump is holding the country hostage with the government shutdown and “you don’t deal with terrorists.” Maher said, “I just hope that the Democrats don’t cave. I — because obviously, people are hurting like we didn’t realize,…

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Jacob Rees-Mogg calls Juncker a ‘pound shop Bismarck’

Jacob Rees-Mogg | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Jacob Rees-Mogg calls Juncker a ‘pound shop Bismarck’ Conservative MP says European Commission president is ‘arrogant and bullying.’ By Paul Dallison 8/30/17, 1:04 PM CET Updated 8/31/17, 7:12 AM CET Jean-Claude Juncker was dubbed “arrogant and bullying” and a “pound shop Bismarck” by a leading Brexiteer angry at the European…

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MEPs to debate Martin Selmayr’s appointment

Martin Selmayr works at his desk in the Berlaymont | European Commission audiovisual MEPs to debate Martin Selmayr’s appointment His ‘flash promotion’ to the Commission’s top civil service role has come under increasing scrutiny. By Maïa de La Baume 3/7/18, 5:58 PM CET Updated 3/8/18, 8:23 AM CET The European Parliament will debate Martin Selmayr’s…

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Europe’s Mr. China

Who is Luigi Gambardella? The answer to that question depends on whom you ask, so I start by asking the man himself. This much I know already: He is Italian, aged 52, pug-faced with light amber eyes, and is regarded by many in Brussels as the town’s most visible lobbyist. Once the powerful telecommunications industry’s…

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George Takei: Trump's White House McDonald's Dinner 'National Trauma'

Star Trek star and liberal activist George Takei declared Tuesday that President Trump’s McDonald’s dinner with the Clemson football players represented America’s “national trauma.” “The White House dinner for the Clemson Tigers summed up our national trauma perfectly: An isolated, self-proclaimed billionaire, ever stingy when paying the tab, forces real heroes to listen to him drone…

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Food fight looms over Liam Fox’s trade mission to US

Click:lion dance costume costumes Trade Secretary Liam Fox speaks at the Conservative Party Spring Forum in Cardiff, Wales | Geoff Caddick/EPA Food fight looms over Liam Fox’s trade mission to US The UK seeks post-Brexit ties with Washington but importing GM food and chlorine-rinsed chickens will be highly contentious. By Charlie Cooper and Adam Behsudi…

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Michael Moore Calls for Federal Workers Strike: 'Don't Go to Work Without Pay'

Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore urged federal workers on Thursday to stop attending work in protest over the ongoing government shutdown that has left 800,000 people either furloughed or working without pay. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday, Moore explained that there is an “easy way” to end the ongoing government shutdown, as Congress…

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