China starts drills around Taiwan after US Speaker meeting
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China starts drills around Taiwan after US Speaker meeting

ByNews Polite

China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the US House of Representatives, as the island’s defense ministry said it would respond calmly. The drills, announced the day after Tsai returned from the United…

Let’s get organized on guns and ‘deal with mass shootings beforehand,’ ex-NYPD commish
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Let’s get organized on guns and ‘deal with mass shootings beforehand,’ ex-NYPD commish

ByNews Polite

Let’s get organized on guns Howard Safir, NYC’s 1996 to 2000 police commissioner: “Our system lists 350 million guns in the USA. The major cause of death for children. We need to deal with mass shootings BEFOREHAND.” “Red flags exist. Nashville’s shooter had a history of mental issues. Yet each…

Kevin McCarthy kicks Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off intel panel
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Kevin McCarthy kicks Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell off intel panel

ByNews Polite

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell will no longer be members of the House Intelligence Committee, rejecting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ weekend appeal for their reappointment to the prestigious panel.  The move had been long-anticipated, as McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to remove Schiff…

Kevin McCarthy needs to show the same backbone as Zelensky and rally GOP support for Ukraine
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Kevin McCarthy needs to show the same backbone as Zelensky and rally GOP support for Ukraine

ByNews Polite

“This struggle will define in what world our children and grandchildren will live, and then their children and grandchildren,” Ukraine’s heroic Volodymyr Zelensky told Congress on Wednesday. “Your money is not charity, it’s an investment.” Bravo: Ukraine’s president sharply defined the moral imperative behind US financial and material support for…

Kevin McCarthy reveals why he skipped Nancy Pelosi’s retirement speech
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Kevin McCarthy reveals why he skipped Nancy Pelosi’s retirement speech

ByNews Polite

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters Thursday that he skipped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) leadership retirement speech because he “had meetings.”  McCarthy, who is in line to replace Pelosi as House speaker, wasn’t the only Republican to miss the address. The Republican side of the lower chamber…