Elections

To Survive, Britain’s Conservatives Must ‘Get Rid of the Green Crap’

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By James Delingpole – Re-Blogged From Breitbart

Besides the Brexit Party, one of the big winners of the European Parliament elections — in Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK — were the Greens.

There’s a lesson buried in this story — but it’s not what you might think. And it’s definitely, definitely the opposite of the conclusion being drawn by the Conservative Party.

In the Conservative mindset, green issues are one of those politically neutral, morally and socially positive causes you can embrace without betraying your principles or alienating your base.

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Aussie Election Blamestorm Continues: “Voters Feared Climate Policy More Than Climate Change”

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By Eric Worrall- Re-Blogged From WUWT

The Australian Government ABC confirming my view that climate activism is a virtue signalling hobby for comfortable urban elitists.

Election 2019: What happened to the climate change vote we heard about?

By Matt Mcdonald

It was supposed to be the big issue of the 2019 Australian federal election: climate change.

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In the survey more than 60 per cent of Australians agreed with the sentiment that “Global warming is a serious and pressing problem. We should begin taking steps now even if this involves significant cost”.

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Venezuela’s Guaido Says Troops Join Him to Oust Maduro

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By Angus Berwick and Vivian Sequera et al – Re-Blogged From IJR

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had begun the “final phase” of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro’s “usurpation.”

A Reuters journalist later saw security forces firing tear gas at Guaido and around 70 mostly young armed men in military uniform outside the La Carlota air force base in Caracas. Hundreds of civilians also joined the group.

But around two hours after Guaido tweeted his announcement, there was no sign of any other military activity, and the government dismissed any suggestion of an insurrection.

Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

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Yellow Vest Protesters Clash With Police in Paris

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By Associated Press – Re-Blogged From CBS

French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Large plumes of smoke rose above the rioting on Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees Avenue, and a mother and her child were just barely saved from a building blaze.

French police tried to contain the demonstrators with limited success.

One perilous fire targeted a bank on the ground floor of a seven-story residential building. As firetrucks rushed over, a mother and her child were rescued as the fire threatened to engulf their floor, the city’s fire service told The Associated Press. Eleven people in the building, including two firefighters, sustained light injuries, as other residents were evacuated to safety.

17 States Ask SCOTUS to Allow Citizenship Question on 2020 Census

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By Lionel Parrot – Re-Blogged From Liberty Headlines

‘The Department’s decision to include a census question in the 2020 Census will improve … ability to comply’ with voting rights laws…

Coalition Asking SCOTUS to Allow Citizenship Question on 2020 Census

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(Lionel Parrott, Liberty Headlines) Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky says he’ll be part of an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Bevin, a Republican who is up for re-election this year, made the announcement through a press release.

The Trump administration wants to add a question about U.S. citizenship to the census, restoring a practice that was abandoned in 1960.

 

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US Pulling Last Diplomats from Venezuela Amid Power Crisis

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By The Associated Press – Re-Blogged From Newsmax

The U.S. said late Monday that it is pulling its last remaining diplomats from Venezuela, saying their continued presence at the country’s embassy in Caracas had become a “constraint” on U.S. policy as the Trump administration aggressively looks to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

The announcement came from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a tweet shortly before midnight comes as Venezuela struggles to restore electricity following four days of blackouts around the country.

The U.S. has led an international effort to replace Maduro with opposition leader Juan Guaido, who vows to hold a new presidential election. Guaido is backed by some 50 countries, while Maduro maintains support from countries such as China, Russia and Cuba.

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