The Daily Populous

Wednesday October 28th, 2020 evening edition

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President Donald Trump may have ordered more attacks in Yemen than all previous US presidents combined, according to a report from the monitoring group Airwars.

While campaigning against "forever wars," Trump has loosened rules of engagement in the global war on terror, dramatically escalating airstrikes and ground raids in Yemen and elsewhere.

The attack, intended to take out a suspected group of al-Qaeda militants, began with a botched landing and ended with a Navy Seal dead.

US strikes in Yemen have dropped off since then, to less than 40 in 2019 to less than 20 thus far this year.

Does that mean, then, that President Trump is backing up his rhetoric against "forever wars" with measurable actions?.

At the same time, the US government, under Trump, is being less transparent about who and what is bombing.

As with the global war on terror, those sales have only increased since the US experienced regime change. »

'We. Will. Vote. Her. Out.': Maine Progressives Not Fooled Even a Little Bit by Susan Collins' Cynical Vote on Barrett

Authored by commondreams.org
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Collins made that vote despite the fact that Barrett had never before served as a judge, tried a case to verdict, or argued an appeal in court.

While Collins has long branded herself as pro-choice, she voted for Barrett even though she has very publicly espoused anti-choice views.

Follayttar and other progressives argued that Collins' vote against Barrett on Monday night was one the Senate Republicans could afford, since every other member of the party supported sending Barrett to the Supreme Court. »

LeBron James to produce documentary on 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Authored by cbsnews.com

LeBron James and his production company are teaming up with CNN Films to produce an upcoming documentary on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Most widely known as the Tulsa massacre, the race riot bled from an isolated scuffle outside of Tulsa city jail and into the majority Black neighborhood of Greenwood.

Black smoke billows from fires during the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in the Greenwood District, Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, June 1921. »