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Thanks to these triumphs, countless promises made and promises kept, and a parade of late-campaign rallies with at least 25,000 people each, Trump scored 74.2 million votes, the most for an incumbent president seeking reelection. He boosted his Black vote from 8% in 2016 to 12% last year — the most for a Republican since 1960. Among Black men, his numbers rose from 13 to 19%, and from 4 to 9% among Black women. His share of Hispanic votes rose from 29 to 32%.   … [Read more...] about Deroy Murdock: Trump really did Make America Great Again — here’s how

GAZA/RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Beset by political infighting, split between three territories and distrustful of their institutions, many Palestinians are skeptical that their first national elections in 15 years will bring change - or even happen at all. … [Read more...] about Distrust, Division and Doubt Cloud Palestinian Election Call

But elsewhere, immunization drives have barely gotten off the ground. Many experts are predicting another year of loss and hardship in places like Iran, India, Mexico and Brazil, which together account for about a quarter of the world’s COVID-19 deaths. … [Read more...] about India starts ‘world’s biggest’ COVID-19 vaccination drive

Nevertheless, the CCP has placed the People’s Liberation Army — another ironic term for a military force that was little more than a large gang before Mao Zedong took power — on a war footing. The PLA Air Force escalated its violations of Taiwanese airspace since spring 2020, while the PLA Navy has staged amphibious assault exercises meant to simulate an attack on Taiwan and transited an aircraft carrier strike group along the island’s east coast. The Chinese military is probing for weaknesses, testing how the Taiwanese Air Force and Navy will respond to incursions and incorporating these data into its assault plans. This is particularly important. The CCP wishes to avoid a drawn-out conflict that will disrupt its economy, draw in the U.S. and its allies, and potentially trigger an encircling Eurasian coalition including Japan, Australia, India, Vietnam, and the European powers. A carefully planned first-strike is therefore essential to its objectives. … [Read more...] about Biden should expand contact between US and Taiwanese officials

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez'Almost Heaven, West Virginia' — Joe Manchin and a 50-50 Senate New York AG sues NYPD over excessive force at Black Lives Matter protests Pressley's chief of staff said her office's panic buttons 'had been torn out' before Capitol riot MORE (D-N.Y.) said that she had felt endangered, even at a supposedly secure extraction point in the Capitol complex, for fear that Republicans would give up her location to the mob.  … [Read more...] about Belfast’s Troubles echo in today’s Washington