Friday Nightcap
What the Democrats don’t like about Trump is actually what they don’t like about themselves. Check out Jason’s breakdown of today’s political environment.
USA Politics
Latest Countries to Withdraw UNRWA Funding
Following accusations of senior management engaging in “misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority, for personal gain, to suppress legitimate dissent and to otherwise achieve their person objectives” in a leaked internal report, the Netherlands and Switzerland have followed Trump in withdrawing funding for Palestinian refugees. “In a
Faces of the Day
[…] In a rare and dramatic move, the United States has imposed sanctions against the top diplomat of a foreign country. “This is obviously a highly unusual action,” a senior administration official acknowledged when discussing the U.S. move against Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. The executive order accuses
Thursday Nightcap
Trump Builds Wall Made of Mexico: Ends U.S. Asylum for Pass-Through Migrants President Trump effectively ends asylum for migrants traveling through Mexico to get to the U.S.. These pass-though migrants must, instead, now seek asylum in the first safe country they enter. In effect, Trump builds
Trump Ends Obama Moratorium on Executions
The Trump administration ends President Obama’s moratorium on federal death penalty executions, despite concerns about racial disparities on death row. While the move changes the method of lethal injection to reduce pain — following the Texas model — the risk of executing an innocent person remains. What’s the role of
Back to the Moon: Trump Appointee Fires NASA Veteran to Speed Lunar Mission
If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz President Trump wants NASA to get Americans back to the moon in five years. To heighten the urgency, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine — a Trump political appointee — fires William Gerstenmaier, a well-respected
Snopes Are a Bad Joke
It’s obvious now that Trump’s election broke the legacy media. From the moment Rachel Maddow began sniffling live on air, the legacy media’s fig leaf of impartiality was ripped away like a waxing strip. But many of the new media have fared little better, especially on the
Beautiful Baltimore: Just Ignore the Rats
In a classic vaudeville routine immortalised by Abbott and Costello in Niagara Falls, a deranged derelict tells the story of how “every time I hear the word Poko Moko, I just want to kill!” The routine runs on the gag of people repeatedly accidentally saying “Poko Moko”, and triggering the
Trump / Sanders Media Double Standard
Media Outraged Over Trump’s Tweets, Ignores Bernie Sanders Similar Statements. Over the past week we have been embroiled in another Donald Trump Tweet story pertaining to Elijah Cummings district in Baltimore and we know the media loves running wall to wall press about Trump’s tweets. Interestingly, however, Bernie
A Day in the Life of ICE
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My Own Experience Behind Bars
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I Love Ilhan Omar
We should love Golriz Ghahraman for the same reason that Watson loves Ilhan Omar. Her unpopularity with voters will help sink the Green party vote. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Busing: Another Liberal Idea That Harmed Black America
During the first round of Democratic presidential debates, Kamala “Look at me, I’m brown” Harris savaged Joe Biden for his 1970s opposition to busing – the leftist policy by which students from predominantly black areas were forced to take long bus rides to schools in white areas. The grand leftist
Mother versus Father
By George You know, the more I watch Trump the “politician”, the more I understand why socialists are freaking out. Also, it clarifies for me why Ardern is so popular here. Politics is not about economies, intelligence or ideology, it’s about charisma and leadership. Their message is either “left”
Leftist Media Think They Exposed Trump but Still Get played for Fools
Vox’s Ezra Klein Basically Confirms Trump Is Playing “4D Chess” After MAJOR Media Manipulation. In an article for the Vox, Ezra Klein writes that Trump’s tweets are meant to force the Democrats to prop up Ocasio-Cortez and the other far left Democrats in order to make all
Trump Vows to Fight Censorship of Conservatives on Social Media
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