In his book Modern Times, historian Paul Johnson describes the 1960s and early 1970s as “America’s suicide attempt.” So far, the 2020s have some Republicans gazing into the abyss once again. But if you’re starting to feel immortal longings, step back from that ledge, my friend. Democrats would love nothing better than to see the GOP give in to self-slaughter. Led by Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and their progressive allies in the media, Democrats are attempting a bloodless purge, demonizing, canceling, and punishing Donald Trump and the 75 million Republicans who voted for him. They’ve abused the impeachment process for the second time in two years. They’re trying to fire or disbar citizens and legislators for exercising their First Amendment rights. They’ve censored online speech in ways that would make Chairman Xi blush. Meanwhile, Joe Biden is still muttering like a madman about “bringing the country together.” Don’t they let him watch television anymore? Doesn’t he realize that no one is listening to him, least of all his Democratic colleagues and their tech overlords? Unfortunately, Republicans are having trouble mounting a united defense because they’re too busy fighting each other. In fact, Trumpsters and progressives both want to destroy the
GRENOBLE (AFP) - At least 14 members of a group of British tourists staying at a resort in the French Alps have tested positive for Covid-19, local officials said on Friday (Jan 22), despite showing negative results upon their arrival in the country. Further tests are now being carried out to see if the tourists are infected with the faster-spreading mutation of the virus believed to have originated in England, which has caused concern across Europe. The regional ARS health authority told AFP that all 26 members of the group had undergone tests and 14 were so far positive, with other results still to come in. They have been in quarantine in their accommodation in the resort of Vallorcine, near the French Alpine hub of Chamonix, with police making sure their isolation is being respected. No one has been hospitalised so far, the local prefecture added. A substantial effort of contract-tracing is also under way to prevent the spread of the cluster. So far just 1 to 2 per cent of coronavirus cases in France are believed to have been caused by the fast-spreading variant, but officials fear it could drastically
SHANGHAI: Twitter has locked the account of China's US embassy for a tweet that defended China's policies in the Xinjiang region, which the US social media platform said violated the firm's policy against "dehumanization".The Chinese Embassy account, @ChineseEmbinUS, posted a tweet this month that said that Uighur women were no longer "baby making machines," citing a study reported by state-backed newspaper China Daily.The tweet was removed by Twitter and replaced by a label stating that it was no longer available. Although Twitter hides tweets that violate its policies, it requires account owners to manually delete such posts. The Chinese embassy's account has not posted any new tweets since January 9.Twitter's suspension of the embassy's account came a day after the Trump administration, in its final hours, accused China of committing genocide in Xinjiang, a finding endorsed by the incoming Biden administration.The Biden administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Twitter's move."We've taken action on the Tweet you referenced for violating our policy against dehumanization, where it states: We prohibit the dehumanization of a group of people based on their religion, caste, age, disability, serious disease, national origin, race, or ethnicity," a Twitter spokesperson said on Thursday.The
