Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Don Lemon: Reality Smacked Trump in the Face


CNN's Don Lemon responds to President Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

‘Uneasy, Lonely, Awkward’: Australian Reporter Says Trump Has No Capacity to Lead World | July 9, 2017


In a scathing review of Donald Trump’s performance at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Australian journalist Chris Uhlmann says the US president managed to ‘isolate his nation, confuse and alienate his allies and to diminish America’. Speaking on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Insiders program, Uhlmann does not hold back his criticism of Trump, stating ‘we’ve also learned he has no desire and no capacity to lead the world’. He goes on to say Trump has diminished America and the world would miss it when it was gone

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron Addresses the UN General Assembly


Michael Avenatti: Brett Kavanaugh Accuser Client May Pursue Criminal Case | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC


Michael Avenatti, attorney for a person he describes as a "witness and victim" of Brett Kavanaugh, talks with Rachel Maddow about his client presenting her allegations to the public in the next 48 hours and the need for an FBI investigation of Kavanaugh accusations.

Michael Avenatti Says He’s Representing Key Witness | The Last Word | MSNBC


Attorney Michael Avenatti says he has been hired by a woman with information relevant to the Kavanaugh nomination who is both a witness and a victim and needs to be heard by the Judiciary Committee. He says he also represents other corroborating witnesses. Lawrence discusses what this means for Kavanaugh with Lisa Graves, Jill Wine-Banks, and John Heilemann.

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Will Michael Bloomberg Challenge Trump in 2020?


Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to CNN's Fareed Zakaria about where he and President Donald Trump differ and whether he will challenge Trump in 2020.

Beards Are Back | Euromaxx


You can see men with beards on the catwalk, in fashion magazines or on the streets. Three day beards are all the rage and we find out why men about town are not shaving regularly any more.

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Churchill - United States of Europe


It is official! The iconic Sir Winston Churchill called for the creation of a ‘United States of Europe’ in his famous 1946 Zurich speech and Presided the first European Federal Congress at the Hague in 1948. He was one of the key fathers of a united Europe and set in motion ideas and events which would develop and grow to become the European Union.

NYT: Rod Rosenstein Discussed Secretly Taping Trump


In the days after FBI Director James Comey's May 2017 firing, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a "wire" to record conversations with President Donald Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, The New York Times reported.

Poland Is Pushing the EU into Crisis


Poland’s far-right party is subverting democracy, and setting the country on a collision course with the EU.

Lord Adonis: Can and Should Brexit Be Stopped?


Andrew Adonis contends that, as the UK enters the end-game of Brexit, a false choice has been offered to British voters and to their politicians: a catastrophic ‘no deal’ Brexit or Prime Minister May’s likely ‘blind Brexit’ which takes Britain out of the EU and into a transition period with no guarantees about any future relationship with its closest neighbours and partners.

He makes the case that such an outcome is profoundly undemocratic and antithetical to the interests and aspirations of the British people, explaining why, therefore, that he believes Brexit must be stopped and how this can happen.


Lawrence: Republicans Have No Intention Of Fair Hearing For Ford | The Last Word | MSNBC


Trump has started questioning Dr. Ford's accusation against Brett Kavanaugh and Mitch McConnell told an audience that he has the votes to confirm Kavanaugh. Lawrence says that indicates Republicans do not plan to treat Dr. Ford's hearing fairly.

Cuomo: Trump Doubled Down on Dumb


CNN's Chris Cuomo criticizes President Donald Trump for his response to the sexual assault allegations made against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Murati: "No Deal Means Something That Brits Haven't Really Understood"


"A no deal means something that people haven’t really understood, the general public and in business too" says Klisman Murati from PANGAEA WIRE as Angela Merkel reveals that the EU will not compromise on integrity of single market.

Macron Says May's Chequers Brexit Blueprint 'Not Acceptable'


Thursday, September 20, 2018

EU Rejects Theresa May’s ‘Chequers’ Brexit Plan


A summit that started with warm mood music ended up with Theresa May and Britain out in the cold. EU leaders didn't budge an inch and Mrs May is headed home clutching a Chequers plan in tatters, already savaged by her MP's - and now rejected by Europe. All hope now rests on reaching a deal by the next summit in October.

#democracynow : Top US News & World Headlines — September 20, 2018


Austria Restricts Immigration and Hampers Integration


Avenatti: Stormy Daniels' Book Shows She Is Telling the Truth


Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti says his client's new tell-all book is a way for Daniels to tell her side of her alleged affair with President Trump.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

EU Leaders React to May’s Brexit Deal


Theresa May's having dinner tonight at the Felsenreitschule, an old theatre in Salzburg well known from the closing scenes in 'The Sound of Music'.

She's got a ten-minute slot to make her Brexit pitch and convince the EU leaders present to back her Chequers plan. But the path seems far from clear, with the European Council President, Donald Tusk, warning the UK's proposals will need to be reworked. So how will the EU's major players go about solving a problem like Theresa?