Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a peace deal in Washington aimed at ending decades of devastating conflict between the two neighbours, and potentially granting the US lucrative mineral access. The deal demands the “disengagement, disarmament and conditional integration” of armed groups fighting in eastern DR Congo. Further details are scant and...
Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu & Brandon Drenon BBC News Reporting fromWashington DC Getty Images Across Washington, large rainbow flags are flying next to the stars and stripes as the city plays host to World Pride, a global celebration of LGBTQ culture and identity. But getting the world to come has proved challenging this year. Some international...
Yesterday, I wrote a post called “Anatomy of an Anti-Israel Hoax.” It took me about 5 minutes of thinking to conclude that the claims that Israel opened fire on Gazans seeking aid from Israel and the United States at an aid distribution site were not accurate. The claim made no sense on its face; the...
Shakira has cancelled her upcoming concert in Washington DC after “complications” with the stage at her previous show in Boston – an event that was also called off. The Colombian pop star had been due to perform on Saturday as part of WorldPride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ festivals in the world. In a statement...
Jonathan Capehart is a columnist for the Washington Post and also hosts a Sunday show on MSNBC. Capehart has a new book out titled “Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man’s Search for Home” which includes an explanation of his decision to quit the Post’s editorial board in 2023. According to Capehart, it...
Max Matza & Nadine Yousif BBC News Watch: Jeanine Pirro lays out charges against DC shooting suspect The suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staff members outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC has been charged with first-degree murder, as well as murder of foreign officials and related firearm charges. Wednesday night’s attack...
André Rhoden-Paul BBC News Watch: BBC at the scene of shooting outside Jewish museum A couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy have been shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC. Police say the victims, who have been named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed by a man who shouted...
Two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead outside a Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC by a man who police say shouted “free, free Palestine” after the attack. The victims, a young couple, were shot while leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, DC police said, adding that the incident appears targeted. The shooting...
Once more into the cheap fakes breach, dear friends! Last week I wrote a post titled “NY Post: We Were Right About ‘Cheap Fakes’ and the Washington Post Was Wrong.” The NY Post had taken a moment to look back on criticism of its decision to highlight this video of Biden posted by the RNC....
Washington State voters overwhelmingly approved an Initiative colloquially known as the Parents Bill of Rights in 2024. Hundreds of thousands of signatures were collected, and the legislature passed a statute giving parents rights to review school curricula and the records of their children held by the school. Unsurprisingly, the legislature rubber-stamped the popular measure during...
The NY Post Editorial Board took a moment today to look back at the whole “cheap fakes” phenomenon promoted by most of the media in 2024. In light of the new book by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, which confirms Biden was struggling with age-related decline in 2024, the NY Post takes a victory lap....
It was just over a week ago that a group of pro-Hamas extremists at the University of Washington occupied the brand new Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in order to protest the school’s connection to Boeing. I wrote about it when it happened and there was lots of video of what was happening outside the building including...
For old times’ sake, let’s do a quick flashback to only a year ago, when stalwart local independent Seattle journalist Jonathan Choe was documenting the goings-on at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus. The Hamasholes, much as they were on campuses across the country, had set up little tents and were camping out on university...
As its cardinals gather for their conclave today at the Vatican, the Catholic Church and other faiths find itself under assault — not just in China and North Korea, but in the state of Washington. Despite impassioned opposition, Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law stripping members of the clergy of their ability to...
A group of pro-Palestinian extremists occupied an engineering building on the campus of the University of Washington last night. They targeted the building because it was partly funded by a donation from Boeing. The occupation of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building began shortly before the building closed at 5 p.m. Monday, according to Victor Balta, a...