What was on display in that 1987 plagiarizing episode, and what is on display now with the avalanche of allegations revolving around son Hunter’s activities in Ukraine and China, and one gaffe after another on the campaign trail, is a repeated carelessness.
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is concerned the United States is regressing to a pre-September 11th state of mind.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper met with Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani today in Munich. In hopes that the talks will lead to U.S. troop withdrawal, a senior U.S. official said that in fact, “the United States and Afghanistan have reached a truce agreement that will take effect ‘very soon” reported the Associated Press. Additionally, the official said the agreement “for a seven-day ‘reduction of violence’ to be followed by the start of all-Afghan peace talks within 10 days is ‘very specific’ and covers the entire country including Afghan forces.” The Associated Press reports that
Michael Bloomberg’s 2020 campaign has had a few bad days. With the release of an audio recording of Bloomberg saying, “We put all the cops in minority neighborhoods,” because “that’s where all the crime is,” have many questioning whether he should continue to seek the Democratic party’s nomination for president. To make matters worse, it now appears that the Bloomberg campaign is holding a “Mike for Black America” event in Houston, TX. The event is planned to take place at the Buffalo Soldier National Museum. The event advertisement states, “Please join Mike Bloomberg and some of the nation’s most inspiring
