Category: january 2021

This video answers the questions: Is Donald Trump guilty of the charges contained in the articles of impeachment (2021)? Did he actually incite an insurrection? Is there “mens rea” (guilty mind) in this case?

New reports show Trump has been isolating himself in his final days in office, neglecting his duties and lashing out at formerly close allies. MSNBC’s Ari Melber is joined by “The Art of the Deal” co-founder Tony Schwartz to discuss Trump’s mindset as he leaves office and to reflect on his presidency, Schwartz asserting “it was always a race for Trump between whether he would destroy us or destroy himself first.” (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 01/14/2021.

During an interview with Reuters, Trudeau also said that he was looking forward to president-elect Joe Biden bringing “a re-engaged United States in global circles” amid shifting global power struggles and pressing challenges facing the environment and free trade systems. “We’re seeing a world that is changing rapidly. The rise of a much more assertive and sometimes problematic China, the shifts in poles of power around the world, the rise and strengthening of Asia as an economic focal point. These are things that are needing to be responded to,” Trudeau said. Over the last four years, Trump often clashed with traditional allies on trade. He imposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel and paralyzed the World Trade Organization’s role as global arbiter on trade by blocking appointments to its appeals panel.

2020 was one of the hottest years ever, coming at the end of the warmest decade ever recorded. That’s the finding of scientists from five leading agencies around the world.

Syria’s civil war has uprooted millions of people. Some 5.6 million fled abroad while even more ended up in refugee camps within the country. In northern Syria, many are now struggling through a harsh winter, and even trying to stay warm is taking a toll on their health.

In the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol building, Donald Trump’s second impeachment and Joe Biden’s upcoming inauguration, eyes are on the U.S. capital. As the end of Trump’s term comes a close, Toronto Star Washington Bureau Chief Edward Keenan sat down with his predecessor Daniel Dale, now a reporter at CNN, to discuss the current state of U.S. politics and just what it’s been like to cover Trump for the last six years. In a wide-ranging interview, they discuss the storming of the Capitol, the second impeachment, how Dale began his fact checking journey, the parallels of covering Rob Ford in Toronto, the most dangerous lies Trump has told and what’s next for the incoming Biden administration.

Lisa Montgomery – the only female inmate on federal death row in the US – has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a last-minute stay of execution was lifted by the US Supreme Court. The case attracted attention because her lawyers argued she was mentally ill and suffered serious abuse as a child. The 52-year-old strangled a pregnant woman before cutting out and kidnapping her baby in Missouri in 2004. Her victim, 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett, bled to death. Montgomery is the first female federal inmate to be put to death by the US government in 67 years.

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