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James defends controversial cash cow, a tax geared to beef up rentals
Finance Minister Carole James was unable to provide rental numbers, but the NDP’s controversial speculation and vacancy tax is expected to swell the provincial treasury by $185 million a year, or more than half a billion dollars over the three-year fiscal plan. Don Craig VICTORIA — With the NDP approaching the second anniversary of its […]
How this election campaign compares with previous ones – Channel 4 News
This election has been unlike any other, dominated as it has been by targeted online messaging and at times, a loose relationship with the truth. It has been hard for those of us reporting the campaign to get anywhere near interviewing some political leaders. It wasn’t ever thus. Party Leaders used to be constantly on […]
DOJ IG Michael Horowitz Appears to Admit Political Motives Might Have Played a Role in FISA Abuse
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz appeared to admit Wednesday that political bias was a possible factor in the abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) process to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Horowitz concluded in his report that political bias did not play a role in the FBI’s […]
Johnson criticised for reaction to sick boy on hospital floor – Channel 4 News
With just three days to go, Boris Johnson embarked on a tour of marginal seats hoping that his pro-Brexit message will bring over former Labour supporters who voted to leave the EU. But instead, it was a photo of a sick four-year-old boy having to sleep on the floor of a Leeds hospital that dominated […]
Donald Trump Edges Out Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg in Arizona
A newly-released poll shows President Donald Trump is in a virtual statistical tie with 2020 Democrat White House contenders former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Arizona. The OH Predictive Insights survey released on Monday shows President Trump at 46 percent and Biden with 44 percent in a mock general […]
President Trump ‘abused his power to improperly to put his thumb on the scale for the election’: Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Rep. Gaetz, called the “evolving standard for impeachment” from Dems dizzying. December 8, 2019, 2:35 PM 5 min read President Donald Trump hits every button on high crimes and misdemeanors, abusing his presidential power in a way similar to President Richard Nixon, said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., on ABC’s “This Week.” “In the case of […]
Expert, working groups created in Azerbaijan’s CEC for early parliamentary elections (UPDATE)
Details added (first version posted at 14:51) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 7 Trend: Expert and working groups have been created in Azerbaijan for the early parliamentary elections in the country, Trend reports. The issue was discussed on Dec. 7 during Azerbaijan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) meeting. First, the meeting considered the creation of an expert group […]
Biden: An All-White Debate Stage Wouldn’t Be ‘Representative’ of the Party
While speaking to reporters on Friday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stated that a potentially all-white debate stage would not be “representative of the Democratic Party.” Biden said, “Obviously, it’s not representative of the Democratic Party. If you take a look at my staff, my staff is representative of the Democratic […]
White House Rips Impeachment Witness for Mocking Barron Trump
First Lady Melania Trump criticized a Democrat impeachment witness for making fun of her teenage son Barron Trump’s name during the impeachment hearing. “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. Pamela Karlan, you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering, and using a child to […]