Author: Mike Brest
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Trump claims protesters are ‘organized groups’ that ‘have nothing to do with George Floyd’
President Trump alleged that the protesters that have taken to the streets in dozens of cities across the country are “organized groups” and have no connection to those mourning the death of George Floyd. Protests have raged across the country for the last four nights in response to the death of Floyd, a black man…
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‘Sad and despicable’: Biden aide slams Bloomberg for leaked audio of stop-and-frisk praise
A top adviser to Joe Biden’s campaign rebuked Michael Bloomberg for newly surfaced audio in which he strongly advocated support for “stop-and-frisk” policies. Symone Sanders was asked on Tuesday to react to a 2015 speech the former New York City mayor gave at the Aspen Institute in which he acknowledged that the policy disproportionately affected…
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Trump surprises troops in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving
President Trump surprised American troops in Afghanistan on Thanksgiving after leaving his Florida residence overnight. He visited Bagram air base on Thursday, delivering Thanksgiving greetings to U.S. troops deployed there in America’s longest-running war. This is Trump’s second visit to a combat zone. He previously visited troops in Iraq the day after Christmas in 2018.…