Opposition leader Helen Zille and billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe are making bold runs for political office that augur well for South Africa’s democracy, writes @justicemalala (via @opinion) https://t.co/54GLygr8DL ...

here. Fidel Castro. Yeah, Fidel.The devil himself. I was the only Spanish television newscaster who was able to interview him in 65 years. He did not give any interview to anyone who spoke Spanish [music] and he did to me.>> How do you describe your upbringing and your career before politics. >> I was born in Miami 1961. I'm the daughter of political refugees who had to come to the United States.for us the best country on earth and gave us the opportunity to live here and to prosper here. So in 1983 I was a ...

That is what we are living under now in the United States of America, according to Donald Trump's hometown newspaper. That is the single most important fact of life in America, and it is the force that must be overcome if the United States of America is to have a future as a democracy. The United States Constitution, which is the first law of the land was written by men and only men who believed it would then be entrusted forever to men and only men just like them.They saw themselves, despite many of them b ...

unpopular here at home, he's also rattling allies abroad. At the Munich Security Conference, Germany's Chancellor warned the U .S. cannot go it alone, noting NATO membership benefits the U .S.as well as Europe. A short time ago at the conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U .S. wants to preserve its alliance EXPECTED TO TAKE A CHANCE WITH EUROPE.IN A TIME OF HEADLINES HERALDING THE END OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC ERA, LET IT Let it be known and clear to all that this is neither our goal nor our wish ...

Today, Donald Trump's prosecutors, who have found nothing to pursue in the Epstein files, tried and failed to get indictments against six Democratic members of Congress for saying this. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders.No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution. We know this is hard. And that it's a difficult time to be a public servant.But whether you're serving in the CIA, the Army, our Navy, the Air Force, your vigil ...

Without election integrity, we do not live in a democracyEric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh):🚨 BREAKING: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) REJECTS passing the SAVE America Act to require voter ID and citizenship nationwideShe represents a Trump+13 state. TRUMP+13. And she CAN’T EVEN support voter ID.DEMOCRAT IN DISGUISE!“Once again, I do not support these efforts.” https://t.co/Z1egfd6Dbz ...

Not even kiddingBarack Obama (@BarackObama):I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @ObamaFoundation's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look: https://t.co/6HToVZ835M https://t.co/nSTK84q9T1 ...

Good evening from New York. I'm Chris Hayes. As you know, iis already 2026.We're in the midterm election year, nine months away from Election Day, nine MONTHS TODAY, AND DONALD TRUMP AND MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION ARE ALREADY MAKING MOVES TO TRY TO ILLEGITIMATELY TAKE CONTROL OF THE AMERICAN ELECTION SYSTEM. NOW, TRUMP DOESN'T WANT REPUBLICANS TO LOSE THE HOUSE AND THE Senate. One big reason in particular, I think, that he keeps making very clear.You got to win the midterms because if we don't win the mi ...

Maryland Governor Westmore and Jocelyn A. Pena Melnick, the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. Thank you to you both for joining us.Governor Simone, first to you, your reaction to the passing of this vote. And then what is your plan to get this through the state Senate. I know they are having a caucus meeting tomorrow where there will be robust conversation.Obviously, Speaker, the speaker, the leader in the state Senate and it has some reservations that he has been clear about. And it is up to him. ...

This week, an unprecedented raid unfolded in Georgia when the FBI carried out a search warrant Wednesday at an election center in Fulton County seeking 2020 in-person and absentee balance, tabulator tapes and voter rolls. And while agents loaded up boxes with these materials, photographs showed Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence. In other words, the United States top spy leader was on the scene speaking on the phone.Her unexplained presence and this escalation in the Trump administration's ...