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North America | United States | Politics

Hillary loved fake news — until she lost

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Hillary Clinton believed (and bathed in) all the fake news that CNN and other liberal news outlets churned out 24/7, in anticipation of her inevitable victory. That’s why it was so hard for the old girl to face her supporters on election night and admit defeat. Why? Because she was utterly stunned by her loss. So, it would seem rather odd that Hillary’s now whining about fake news, and blaming it for her colossal humiliation. “The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year — it’s now clear the so-called fake news can
North America | United States | Politics

Disingenuous: Hillary Reemerges, Slams “Dangerous Epidemic” Of Fake News

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Having disappeared from the public scene for almost a month (with the occasional backwood spotting thrown in for dramatic effect), today Hillary Clinton reemerged from a self-imposed social quarantine, and in a exquisitely choreographed Podesta special, addressed the nation from Capitol Hill. What was first and foremost on the mind of person who the "impartial" media declared had a 90% chance of being America's next president: was it some intense introspection; perhaps it was some idea of how to reform and fix the imploding Democratic party; or maybe it was her finally accepting responsibility
North America | United States | Politics

A Week Late – Madeleine Albright: My Undiplomatic Moment

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I HAVE spent much of my career as a diplomat. It is an occupation in which words and context matter a great deal. So one might assume I know better than to tell a large number of women to go to hell. But last Saturday, in the excitement of a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, that is essentially what I did, when I delivered a line I have uttered a thousand times to applause, nodding heads and laughter: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” It is a phrase I first used almost 25 years ago, when I was the United States ambassador to the
North America | United States | Politics

Ridiculous: Gloria Steinem: Young women back Sanders so they can meet ‘boys’

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Feminist icon -- and Hillary Clinton supporter -- Gloria Steinem says young women are supporting Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders because "the boys are with Bernie." Steinem made the comment Friday night in response to a question from comedian and "Real Time" host Bill Maher when asked why the former secretary of state isn't doing better with young women. Steinem said that young women will get more radical as they age, because women lose power as they get older. "They're going to get more activist as they get older," Steinem said. "And when you're young, you're thinking, 'Where are the boy
North America | United States | Corruption

Former Congressional Candidate Admits Sending Death Threats To Herself

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A former Congressional candidate admitted to CBS13 that she sent herself fake death threats in the mail. Karen Davis is now facing federal charges for lying to investigators about two death threat letters she said she received during her failed 2014 campaign. “You know, everybody makes mistakes. I did,” she said. The first letter included the line, “A close up to your head or to your husband will be final. You make the decision not to run for Congress.” A second letter read, “If you don’t quit very soon, you won’t be warned. You won’t see it coming. Your family will
Middle East | Israel | Politics

Merkel: Critical of any Comparison between Israel’s Policies Toward the Palestinians and the Nazis’.

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Iran’s ongoing hostility toward Israel and its frequent calls for the destruction of the Jewish state are “unacceptable,” and Tehran must change its stance, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday. In an interview published Saturday on the English website of Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, Merkel said Germany will keep repeating this message “loudly and clearly” until the Iranian regime understands. The chancellor also acknowledged — and lamented — the poor image that Israel has in Germany, and was fiercely critical of any comp
North America | Canada | Politics

Liberal candidate says Facebook posts questioning 9/11 were her ‘truth’ at the time

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A Liberal candidate who expressed skepticism about the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. in her social media posts said it was her "truth" at the time and she has since moved on. Maria Manna, the Liberal candidate in the British Columbia riding of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, has posted comments on her Facebook page questioning the official account of the events that transpired on Sept. 11, 2001, including two posts on the anniversary of the biggest attack on U.S. soil. "So today we remember the tragedy of 911. Today we will talk about who did it and why. Today most people will continue to be
North America | United States | Politics

Hillary Clinton: ‘Another conspiracy theory’

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A seemingly frustrated Hillary Clinton strove on Sunday to link the latest flap over her personal email server with the string of scandals and attacks Republicans raised against her in the 1990s. “During the ’90s, I was subjected to the same kind of barrage,” the former first lady said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” noting that New York voters elected her a senator despite the attacks. “When I ran for the Senate, they overlooked all of that,” the former secretary of state and front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination continued. “I was elected senator after goi
North America | United States | Politics

Hillary Clinton tries warmth as US voters go cold

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Hillary Clinton hinted this week that she would treat voters to more heart and humour, in her latest effort to reboot a White House campaign under threat from a self-declared grumpy Vermont socialist and a grieving vice-president who has yet to decide whether to enter the race. On cue, she delivered both by dancing to “Watch Me” by the rapper Silentó during an animated appearance on Ellen DeGeneres’s talk show, drawing praise from her husband Bill Clinton, who took to Twitter to applaud her dance moves. While the appearance showed a lighter side of Mrs Clinton that often gets lost in
Europe | U.K. | Media

Sexist coverage of Liz Kendall and female politicians is insidious and demeaning

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How much do you reckon Jeremy Corbyn weighs? How does he measure up if you compare his looks to Prince William’s? How stylish would you say Andy Burnham is? And, if you had to guess, what kind of product would you say he uses in his hair? The answers to these questions do nothing to help us decide who would make a better leader of the Labour party. But they do influence how voters perceive candidates. The Mail on Sunday’s profile of leadership candidate Liz Kendall describes her as a “slinky brunette” and a “power-dressing Blairite” with a “lithe figure” who “remains Ne
South Asia | India | Culture

Maharashtra dithers on plea to lift curb on women in Haji Ali dargah

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The Maharashtra government has washed its hands of a public interest litigation petition against the restrictions on women entering the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Haji Ali Dargah here. “The State has not filed a reply so far, and it does not want to file [one],” a Division Bench of Justices V.M. Kanade and B.P. Colabawalla said at the hearing on Friday. Referring to a letter of Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan, former Minister for Minority Development, the Bench said: “From the tenor of the letter, it is clear that the State government wants to sit on the fence… .” The petition, file
North America | United States | Politics

Clinton plans to cash in with women donors

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Hillary Clinton chose to downplay her gender in her 2008 presidential bid, instead waiting until her concession speech to address the glass ceiling she sought to break. But this time, the Clinton campaign is not only embracing the historic nature of her candidacy, it’s attempting to cash in on the prospect of the first female president by creating and harnessing a network of women donors and supporters. The campaign itself has a women’s coalition outreach director, and plans for a donor program that strategically targets women to write big checks. Then there are the unofficial fundra
Europe | Germany | Corruption

Germany’s Merkel calls for global emissions trading system

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS), the bloc's flagship policy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, to become a global system. Thousands of power plants, factories and airlines in Europe have to surrender an allowance for every tonne of heat-trapping gas emitted. However, a surplus of allowances has depressed their price on the ETS and has made it cheaper to burn coal than to switch to greener fuels. "This instrument would of course be particularly effective if we could introduce it beyond Europe because then we'd have the s
North America | United States | Politics

Speechless: Austin City Employees Given Training On How To ‘Deal With’ Women: Expect More Questions, More Emotions, More Talking

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For the first time in the city’s history, the Austin city government is now female-dominated, with seven women and four men occupying its 11 top spots. Apparently, the City Manager’s office took this to mean that city employees would need special training in what to expect now that women are in charge. So two “experts” — a (male) politician from a small Florida city whose “expertise” consists of the fact that his city also had a women-dominated government, and a (female) business development consultant — were brought in to tell Austin’s city employees what to expect from

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