Northern Ireland: Creationist Christian Edwin Poots elected new leader of Democratic Unionist party

Creationist Christian Edwin Poots elected new leader of the Democratic Unionist party Poots is a ‘young earth creationist’ who believes the Earth is only 6,000 years old Stormont agriculture minister beat MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson by 19 votes to 17 Said party would ‘be the authentic voice of unionism under my leadership’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent … Read more

Northern Ireland: Creationist Christian Edwin Poots elected new leader of Democratic Unionist party

Creationist Christian Edwin Poots elected new leader of the Democratic Unionist party By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:48 BST, 14 May 2021 | Updated: 17:02 BST, 14 May 2021 Edwin Poots has been elected as the new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, it was announced today. The Stormont agriculture minister, who is … Read more

Democratic impeachment managers say they were RIGHT not to call any witnesses

Democratic impeachment managers argued they were right not to call any witnesses after a Senate vote permitted them to do so during Saturday’s trial, which ended up with former President Donald Trump’s acquittal.  ‘We could have had 500 witnesses and it would have not have overcome the kinds of arguments being made by Mitch McConnell … Read more

Democratic impeachment managers set to have their bid to call witnesses refused by the Senate

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will run at least into next week as the Senate gave both sides 16 hours each to make their cases. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell announced a deal on the Senate floor Monday afternoon on how the trial will proceed. The two leaders noted … Read more

Democratic impeachment managers set to have their bid to call witnesses refused by the Senate

Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial will run at least into next week as the Senate gave both sides 16 hours each to make their cases. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell announced a deal on the Senate floor Monday afternoon on how the trial will proceed. The two leaders noted … Read more

President Joe Biden says China’s Xi Jinping doesn’t have a democratic ‘bone in his body’

President Joe Biden signaled he is looking to reset U.S.-China policy from the Trump administration, saying the two nations can avoid a conflict, even as he said Chinese President Xi Jinping as lacking a democratic ‘bone in his body.’ Biden said he didn’t mean the line as criticism – but he leveled as his administration … Read more

President Joe Biden says China’s Xi Jinping doesn’t have a democratic ‘bone in his body’

President Joe Biden signaled he is looking to reset U.S.-China policy from the Trump administration, saying the two nations can avoid a conflict, even as he said Chinese President Xi Jinping as lacking a democratic ‘bone in his body.’ Biden said he didn’t mean the line as criticism – but he leveled as his administration … Read more

Covid lockdowns have seen democratic freedoms decline across the globe

Coronavirus lockdowns have stripped the world of democratic freedoms, with 2020 returning the worst scores in the 15-year history of an annual democracy index. The United Kingdom slipped two places, while France and Portugal joined the US in the ‘flawed democracies’ categories compiled in the Economist’s Democracy Index. Norway, Iceland and Sweden were unchanged at … Read more

Covid lockdowns have seen democratic freedoms decline across the globe

Coronavirus lockdowns have stripped the world of democratic freedoms, with 2020 returning the worst scores in the 15-year history of an annual democracy index. The United Kingdom slipped two places, while France and Portugal joined the US in the ‘flawed democracies’ categories compiled in the Economist’s Democracy Index. Norway, Iceland and Sweden were unchanged at … Read more

Antifa rioters smash windows at Oregon Democratic Party headquarters in Portland

Federal police deployed tear gas in an attempt to disperse protesters who threw rocks and eggs at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon, late on Wednesday night, according to authorities. A crowd of up to 200 people gathered outside the building in the South Waterfront section of the city, where Federal Protective … Read more