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By Citizen News HK

  Hong Kong’s Kim Jong-un impersonator, publicly known as Howard X, published a Facebook post on January 19 revealing that police raided his apartment in October and arrested him for possession of a firearm without a license. Howard X added that police hasn’t pressed charges, and that he was released on bail under the condition he reports to the police station every six weeks. Along with his Facebook post, the comedian shared a photo of his most recent police appearance, to which he took a toy rocket: Press Release – Kim Jong Un impersonator arrested by Hong Kong Police Click here for full...

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Members of Parliament from the Lango sub region under their umbrella organisation the Lango Parliamentary Group have endorsed Jacob Oulanya for the speaker’s job saying it’s time for Rebecca Kadaga to move on

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Members of Parliament from the Lango sub region under their umbrella organisation the Lango Parliamentary Group have endorsed Jacob Oulanya for the speaker’s job saying it’s time for Rebecca Kadaga to move on

  Speaking to the press from Kabira Country Club, the group led by Kampala minister Betty Amongi also recommended that the speaker be appointed to the vice president’s  role in respect of what she calls the unwritten tradition of parliament  Amongi, flanked by 14 other mps, says out of the 32 mps from the Lango sub region, 21 have agreed to cast the dice with oulanya ,contrary to the 2016 scenario where the group sent a delegation of three led by Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal to convince Oulanyah to make way , the group says its Oulanya’s moment to...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Was a Moderator of a Facebook Group Featuring Death Threats and Racist Meme

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Was a Moderator of a Facebook Group Featuring Death Threats and Racist Meme

s Before she was elected to the House of Representatives as a member from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Trumpy, QAnon-friendly, conspiracy-toting, gun-lovin’, mass-shooting-denying, assassination-promoting lightning-rod Republican, was a top official of the Family America Project, a right-wing outfit. In that capacity, she served as one of a handful of moderators of the group’s Facebook page, which has provided a forum for death threats against Democrats, bigoted attacks on the Obamas and others, and assorted conspiracy theories. The group has also championed the John Birch Society, a far-right conspiracist outfit that claimed throughout the Cold War that globalist and communist treason...

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Does Hong Kong Even Need the NBA?

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Does Hong Kong Even Need the NBA?

Last Friday night, Daryl Morey, the general manager of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, tweeted an image with the seemingly innocuous text: “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” Within the hour, he was forced to delete the tweet, his account under siege by angry replies from Chinese nationalists. By Saturday, the Rockets had been effectively erased from mainland Chinese media coverage. In response, the league clarified that it did not defend Morey’s tweet; the Rockets’ owner issued a forceful statement of neutrality; and star guard James Harden stated simply, “We apologize. We love China,” the rhetorical equivalent of his signature,...

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Impeachment Is Heading to the Supreme Court

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Impeachment Is Heading to the Supreme Court

Trump’s Lawyers Will Be Happy. Congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump are in a stand-off over impeachment, with Democrats requesting documents and interviews from the executive branch and the administration defying those requests by citing executive privilege and declaring Congress’ investigations invalid. It’s a constitutional clash with one all-but-inevitable end point: The Supreme Court.  In order to conduct an impeachment inquiry and come to a decision about whether Trump has committed offenses unbefitting of his office, Congress needs to consider evidence. In an inquiry focused on Ukraine, it would need testimony from individuals involved in diplomacy there and others at the...

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