The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is responsible for aiding the Palestinian refugee population and is especially vital to the people of Gaza — now suffering an Israeli imposed famine — has suddenly been defunded by Western nations. The move to withdraw funding comes as an immediate response to Israel’s allegation that […]
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18 Republicans Help Democrats Kill Amendment Defunding Pentagon-Sponsored Pride Month Celebrations
Eighteen House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in killing an amendment to the 2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Act that would have barred taxpayer dollars from funding Pentagon-sponsored “Pride Month” celebrations. Source Views: 0
Texas Rep. says heâd consider defunding the FDA if Biden admin dismisses abortion pill ruling
(NaturalNews) (Natural News) The Biden administration and Danco Laboratories, a distributor of the abortion medication mifepristone, has asked the Supreme Court to block an order threatening access to the dangerous pills, and a member of the House Appropriations Committee has suggested defunding the FDA as one way of dealing with the … [Read More…] Source […]
Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks
Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play. Source Views: 0
The urgent climate case for defunding the Pentagon
Is it finally time to defund war? Source Views: 0
Natalie Portman Supported Defunding the Police, Now Benefiting from Baltimore PD Protection After Criminals Threaten Her Apple TV Series Set
Hollywood star Natalie Portman publicly supported defunding the police back in 2020, encouraging politicians to deprive police departments of taxpayer dollars. Now the Oscar-winning actress is benefiting from Baltimore police protection after drug dealers threatened gun violence on the set of her new Apple TV+ series. Views: 0
Study: Defunding Police Leads To Increased Funding Of Police
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A national study on defunding the police has just concluded, and it has a surprising result: The defunding of police tends to lead to a massive increase in funding for police. “It was an astonishing result,” said social scientist Candace Wells, “but every time a city defunded police, that was soon followed by a […]
Hypocritical Saruman Calls For Defunding The Riders Of Rohan While Spawning Own Army Of Uruk-Hai Under Orthanc
Hypocritical Saruman Calls For Defunding The Riders Of Rohan While Spawning Own Army Of Uruk-Hai Under Orthanc GAP OF ROHAN—Many are calling for the resignation of Saruman. The sorcerer’s hypocrisy was put on full display after he called for the defunding of the police, all while he himself was busy spawning his own army of […]
Video: Psaki Doubles Down On Ludicrous GOP Defunding Police Claim
A protest outside Wi Spa in Los Angeles over an incident where a transgender exposed their genitalia to girls in a female area is set to take place on Saturday, but the demonstration will also face a counter-protest by LGBT activists. As we highlighted on Monday, a video that went viral on Twitter shows an […]
WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki Blames Republicans For Defunding Police
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has actually argued that the defund the police movement is being driven by Republicans not the Democrats. Psaki suggested said that the lack of support on the right for Biden’s massive Covid relief bill equated to wanting to defund law enforcement, in an exchange with Fox News reporter Peter […]
“Absolutely Shameless”: WH Press Secretary Blames REPUBLICANS For Defunding Police
A new report claims that President Trump blamed Jared Kushner for pandering to “the blacks,” who Trump thought were never going to vote for him anyway because “they all fucking hate me.” The claim is made by Michael C. Bender, senior White House reporter for the Wall Street Journal, in his new book Frankly, We […]
The Truth About Defunding Police
“Defunding” the police has often turned out to be an accounting trick, but community control of police – a righteous demand – must also ensure that all government functions address human needs. “The armed forces of Russia, Germany, France, the U.K. and Japan all receive less money than American police departments.” One year ago, thousands of people […]
U.S cities reverse ‘defunding’ police department amid rising crime
In June 2020, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a $1 billion cut to the law enforcement budget. After a year, in April 2021, de Blasio reversed course and said the city would spend $92 million to create a new police precinct that was canceled last summer. In Baltimore, Mayor Brandon Scott, a fellow Democrat, […]
Biden Campaign Co-Chair Cedric Richmond: ‘Defunding the Police Is a Title That Hurts Democrats’
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), the co-chairman of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, acknowledged some of the branding associated with the so-called progressive wing of the Democratic Party did not help their cause on Election Day. Richmond said his party’s association with the “defund the police” slogan hurt it in […]
Kamala Harris, Who Supports Defunding The Police, Is Seen Being Protected By Dozens Of Cops
During her recent trip to Miami, Florida, Democrat vice presidential hopeful Kamala Harris, who says she supports defunding the poice, was protected by at least two dozen officers. There was a heavy police presence guarding the venue where Harris spoke, with some officers coming from as far as Homestead, about 30 miles from Miami to […]
Al Sharpton: Defunding Police Is For ‘Latte Liberals’ ln The Hamptons, ‘Proper Policing Is Needed’
MSNBC’s Al Sharpton has made it clear that he is not in support of defunding the police. Sharpton said that defunding the NYPD is something ‘a latte liberal’ living in the Hamptons may support, but “people living on the ground need proper policing.” RT reports: On the same episode of ‘Morning Joe’ where co-anchor Willie […]
At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is A Step Too Radical
Above photo: If Americans resist the idea of defunding police, they’re following the lead of outlets like the Washington Post (7/21/20). NOTE: There is an honest critique of defunding the police on the Left as a non-solution that does not address the inherent racism in policing or lead to democratic community control over police that would shift the […]
Trump and the GOP’s Israel Policy Is About Defunding Democrats
Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Israel last week revived warnings by foreign policy experts over the Trump administration’s controversial announcement that it will break with past policy and relocate the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. “It’s still mysterious just how Mr. Trump believes he has advanced the cause of peace, or fortified America’s standing in […]
Iranians hold fresh protests over Sheikh Nimr’s execution
Iranians have held fresh rallies across the country, including the capital Tehran, to condemn Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Thousands of people marched through Tehran following the Friday Prayers amid tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the past week. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the United States, […]