Month: December 2019

Taiwan charges ex-officer, father with spying for China

Taiwanese prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former lieutenant colonel and his father with spying for China in the latest allegations of espionage on the island. The men are accused of threatening national security by sharing information and recruiting others in exchange for gifts, the Tainan district prosecutor’s office said. The younger man, identified by local…

By HearthstoneYarns December 4, 2019 0

Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got into a nasty fight over free public college. It's part of a larger battle between progressive and centrist Democrats.

  Mayor Pete Buttigieg recently introduced his plan to make college more affordable and took a swipe at his 2020 competitors who want public college to be tuition-free for all.  The South Bend mayor thinks that tuition-free public college would wastefully and unfairly subsidize education for the rich.  While more moderate Democrats argue universal tuition-free…

By HearthstoneYarns December 4, 2019 0

'Why are you parroting Russian propaganda?': Hillary Clinton slams Sen. Kennedy for Ukraine claim

WASHINGTON –  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned Sen. John Kennedy on Monday for “parroting Russian propaganda” after the Louisiana Republican said he believed “both Russia and Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election.”  “Sen. Kennedy, why are you parroting Russian propaganda that U.S. intelligence officials tell us are designed to divide our country?” Clinton asked in…

By HearthstoneYarns December 4, 2019 0

The GOP Is the Russian Propaganda Party Now

During her testimony before Congress last month, former top White House Russia adviser Fiona Hill threw a shocking assertion at Republicans: “Some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps Ukraine did,” she said. “This is a fictional…

By HearthstoneYarns December 4, 2019 0

DC Law Professor Preemptively Condemns House Judiciary Impeachment Hearings Featuring Anti-Trump Academics as Continuance of Unconstitutional Attainder

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Washington, DC law professor Victor Williams today praised the White House decision not to participate in this week’s spasm the House’s unconstitutional, unfair “impeachment inquiry” being waged against President Trump.  Professor Williams fully agreed with White House Counsel Pat Cipollone’s 5-page damnation of the House process as violating “all past…

By HearthstoneYarns December 4, 2019 0