Tag: Elections

Categories Middle East

More Deeds Than Words: Change of Tactics Benefited Netanyahu But Will it Help Him in March Polls?

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With less than a week left until Israel goes to the polls for a third time in less than a year, the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is stepping up his election campaign, firing left, right and centre in an attempt to obtain the 61 seats needed to be able to form a government. … Read More >More Deeds Than Words: Change of Tactics Benefited Netanyahu But Will it Help Him in March Polls?

Categories EU

‘Chaotic Demoralized Union’: Merkel’s CDU laments ‘bitter day’ after losing big in Hamburg state election

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Leadership chaos and the recent scandal in Thuringia – where the CDU sided with the tabooed AfD – led voters to punish the chancellor’s party in Germany’s second-largest city, its top-tier members and opponents believe. … Read More >‘Chaotic Demoralized Union’: Merkel’s CDU laments ‘bitter day’ after losing big in Hamburg state election

Categories Op-ed

Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

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Establishment Democrats have now used the claims of ‘Russian meddling’ to go after their own progressive wing as well as President Donald Trump. The bogus accusation seems to be nothing more than cover for their own wrongdoing. … Read More >Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

Categories Middle East

Foreign media ‘didn’t miss the slightest opportunity’ to keep people from voting in nationwide election – Iran’s supreme leader

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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took aim at foreign media outlets, claiming they did their utmost to “discourage” Iranians from voting this Friday in the parliamentary election. … Read More >Foreign media ‘didn’t miss the slightest opportunity’ to keep people from voting in nationwide election – Iran’s supreme leader

Categories Middle East

US sanctions on Iranian election watchdog signify ‘failure, frustration & defeat’ of pressure policy – Tehran

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The latest anti-Iranian US sanctions have targeted the country’s candidate-vetting body ahead of a parliamentary election. Tehran called the move a sign of desperation that highlights the failure of Washington’s approach to Iran. … Read More >US sanctions on Iranian election watchdog signify ‘failure, frustration & defeat’ of pressure policy – Tehran

Categories USA

Bloomberg Buying ‘Democracy’ as US Sanctions Venezuela ‘Dictatorship’

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On this episode of “By Any Means Necessary” hosts Jacquie Luqman and Sean Blackmon are joined by Joel Segal, National Director of Justice Action Mobilization Network, to talk about why Bernie Sanders’ electoral successes are being overshadowed by Bloomberg purchasing his way into the Democratic nomination race, whether Bloomberg is capable of energizing voter turnout for people of color, and if not, whether his billions will be enough to compensate for perceptions that he’s out-of-touch and buddies with Trump. … Read More >Bloomberg Buying ‘Democracy’ as US Sanctions Venezuela ‘Dictatorship’

Categories EU

Merkel’s would-be successor Kramp-Karrenbauer steps down as CDU head amid coalition mayhem

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Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany’s Defense Minister and Angela Merkel’s protégé, is resigning as leader of the Chancellor’s CDU party and will not seek to compete for the country’s top job in the next election. … Read More >Merkel’s would-be successor Kramp-Karrenbauer steps down as CDU head amid coalition mayhem

Categories Latin America

New Bolivian Authorities Finish Arrests of All of Morales-Era Election Officials – Reports

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The interim Bolivian authorities detained on Friday Lidia Iriarte, the only member of the Morales-era Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) who had stayed free in the wake of the October election fraud allegations, media reported. … Read More >New Bolivian Authorities Finish Arrests of All of Morales-Era Election Officials – Reports