Feb 27, 2017 – Not the flag of the communist state, with the hammer and wheatsheaf in the center, but the plain tricolor of a free Hungary, the communist … Crashing through the gates, the freedom fighters flooded in to arrest the warders or kill those servants of the communist state who … of the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of Hungary were reestablishing their grip on the nation.…

Feb 24, 2017 – Previously, she was deputy director of the Washington office of the International Crisis Group, creating and implementing its Washington … for Secretaries of State Albright and Christopher, and member of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff. … , the former Soviet Union and the Balkans.…

Mar 15, 2017 – Democrats protested the move, saying it would tie the hands of future legislatures if the state needs to raise revenue to deal with … Democrats did the tax and spend thing in North Carolina, unchecked, for several decades and drove the state to the near-bottom of the … a lack of genuine interest in the well-being of the state by the voters.…

Mar 12, 2017 – McCain said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he had “no reason to believe” Trump’s allegation, which the President has not supported … “All he has to do is pick up the phone, call the director of the CIA, director of national intelligence and say, ‘OK, what happened … It was just Trump popping off the way he does. Here’s the video of McCain. [Disclaimer]…

Mar 7, 2017 – Immediately after leaving office at the beginning of December, he was appointed as “interim executive director of the Mervyn Dymally … The answer, of course, is yes, and the Legislature should make that a requirement. … A few months later, Hall was the principal co-author of legislation the union wanted to pass in regarding farmworker overtime.…

Mar 6, 2017 – Rhodes once complained that the press didn’t sit on the story about Iran capturing 10 American sailors until after Obama’s State of … the Union because the news was a real bummer. … My word I never, why the very thought, the vapors! With Lewis we got two rogues for the price of one furious fit of retching.…

Mar 24, 2017 – Resume consideration of the Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Montenegro. 5:30 pm – Second Annual Ambassador … The General in charge of the Yemen raid that resulted in the death of Navy SEAL William Ryan Owens. 2:00 pm – House Hearing.  … To consider the Nomination of R. Alexander Acosta, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor.…

Mar 23, 2017 – Denis Vorenenkov was a member of the Russian parliamentary body known as the Duma. … According to a translation by Reuters, he said Voronenkov’s murder was “an act of state terrorism on the part of Russia, which he was … Yanukovych has been accused of ordering the use of violence to suppress the protests.…

Mar 20, 2017 – of the Soviet Union. … We will meet the return of Russian belligerence with the same resolve that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. … The end result was that at the behest of the Trump campaign, the platform committee took out of first paragraph of Denman’s amendment…

Mar 20, 2017 – In the light of the guidelines provided by the European Council, the Union shall negotiate and conclude an agreement with that State … That agreement shall be negotiated in accordance with Article 218(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. … It shall be concluded on behalf of the Union by the Council, acting by a qualified majority, after obtaining the consent of the European…

Mar 29, 2017 – For the first time in the history of the European Communities and the European Union, a member has served notice that it is quitting … May’s letter officially notified Tusk and the European Union of the UK’s intent to withdraw from the European Union, invoking Article … 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon to force the rest of the EU to negotiate a settlement.…

Mar 27, 2017 – The EPA is one of a handful of agencies in which current and former employees have boasted about becoming part a Resistance to the … and any form of considering a “deep state” brands one a conspiracy theorist. … regarding employees using the encryption app, Signal, and the agency’s efforts to retrieve those records were “part of one or more…

Mar 27, 2017 – The defeat of the bill was glorious, and the members of the Freedom Caucus who opposed it are heroes. … The reason fans of the free market are angry is not because TrumpCare failed — but because of the statements by Paul Ryan and Donald … The VA is just the tip of the iceberg.…

Apr 12, 2017 – the integrity of his bull. … The addition of the girl changes the impression and the meaning of the bull. … He, along with the former director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Norman Siegal, plan to challenge the placement of the “Fearless…

Apr 10, 2017 – the former oilman would meet Putin on what is his first trip to Russia as secretary of state. … It has the GDP of Canada. … I would expect more of this in the future.…

Apr 10, 2017 – it the first state to experiment with this level of social justice. … This is very much a union of Cuomo and Senator Bernie Sanders, the admitted Socialist, who called the program a “revolutionary idea … The state has about $7.5 billion to invest in this project, but if 80 percent of the population of New York qualify for it now, and…

Apr 9, 2017 – of the Union (@CNNSotu) April 8, 2017 and Sec. of State Rex Tillerson says he will work with allies and others on the issue … On the other hand, Secretary of State Tillerson says that first, we have to get rid of ISIS, destroy ISIS, Assad can wait. … of the Assad regime.…

Apr 7, 2017 – The first part of the story is pretty straightforward. … “The two sides noted the urgency of the threat of North Korea’s weapons program, reaffirmed their commitment to a denuclearized Korean … , minefields, and barbed wire of the DMZ.…

May 10, 2018 – The Fraternal Order of Police took the high road and made no statements in anticipation of the bodycam video being released clearly … The statement is signed by Edward Lugo, who became president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 20 in October 2017 and who also … , to the history of the police union.…

May 9, 2018 – Many of us are now aware of the mascara-wearing, woman-abusing, recently-ex-Attorney General of New York – Eric Schneiderman. … “The cover of the WCV mailer features a scenic picture of Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, B.C…. … “Under this remarkable arrangement, the state agreed to perform a “scope of work” for the nonprofit that includes “activities and deliverables…

May 9, 2018 – But the U.S.? We got the pleasure of being blackmailed. … In the short term, we’ll have to contend with the Obama team’s wringing of hands (former Secretary of State John Kerry’s appeals to … Iran to save the deal prior to Trump’s announcement was the first sign of panic).…

May 7, 2018 – for the end of the month. … The European Union joins the U.S. in calling for a suspension of the election, and the latter is still considering a ban on imports … “Today, we call on the Organization of American State members to suspend Venezuela from the Organization of American States,” the vice…

May 7, 2018 – On Friday, I posted on the efforts by former Secretary of State John Kerry to work some kind of a deal with the Iranians and others … team, while on the federal payroll, and at the behest of the president-elect–because of some perceived violation of the Logan Act … This is how the Obama’s State Department defined the deal: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not a treaty or an executive…

May 4, 2018 – Logan Act is one of the most peculiar laws on the books. … “The act only applies to conduct that is designed to ‘defeat the measures of the United States’ or influence the conduct of foreign … law of the land.…

May 3, 2018 – The Seattle metro area is bracketed by a major mountain range to the east and large body of water to the west, with lots of wetlands … The leaders of the city need to focus on that along with transit and the homeless. … Amazon is pausing the unprecedented spree of headquarters construction that transformed the city of Seattle over the past decade, suspending…