________
________
________
from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Belarus opposition leader to ask Merkel about upping pressure on Lukashenko
Belarus opposition leader to ask Merkel about upping pressure on Lukashenko
The Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will meet Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday, as the standoff in Belarus increasingly takes on a geopolitical dimension, becoming one more bone of contention between Russia and the west. Tikhanovskaya said she will ask the German chancellor about “her potential participation as a mediator” in talks between protest leaders and the government of the embattled autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, who has been backed by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and has flatly refused to participate in negotiations. “We will discuss ways to put pressure on Belarus, because Belarusians think that only with pressure can we force the authorities into dialogue with the people,” said Tikhanovskaya in a Skype interview from her office in Vilnius. ... “The Belarusian people already consider Lukashenko to be illegitimate,” she said. “When we say negotiations with the government, we are talking about people lower down; some people should take responsibility and start these negotiations to find a way out of the crisis.”
________
from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
________
________
An application for a name change has been filed with the Plan Commission, a hearing is scheduled, Councilwomen Karen Stratton and Betsy Wilkerson are pushing the measure forward, and a plan to allow the Spokane Tribe to select and propose a new name is coming together. Barring unforeseen obstacles, Wright’s name will come off that road sometime next year, to be replaced by a name that does not honor a man who conducted a genocidal campaign against the people who lived here first.
________
from The Wall Street Journal
Moderator Chris Wallace asked President Trump during last week’s debate why he “directed federal agencies to end racial-sensitivity training that addresses white privilege or critical race theory.” Mr. Trump answered: “I ended it because it’s racist.” Participants “were asked to do things that were absolutely insane,” he explained. “They were teaching people to hate our country.” “Nobody’s doing that,” Joe Biden replied. He’s wrong. My reporting on critical race theory in the federal government was the impetus for the president’s executive order, so I can say with confidence that these training sessions had nothing to do with developing “racial sensitivity.” As I document in detailed reports for City Journal and the New York Post, critical race theory training sessions in public agencies have pushed a deeply ideological agenda that includes reducing people to a racial essence, segregating them, and judging them by their group identity rather than individual character, behavior and merit. Trump is right. Training sessions for government employees amounted to political indoctrination.
________
from The Western Journal
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, Media/News Company in Phoenix, Arizona
RIGHT BIAS, MIXED, Media/News Company in Phoenix, Arizona
The proponents of “gender theory” believe that gender is socially constructed; unseen forces within our society have conditioned men to adopt masculine traits and women to adopt feminine ones. If our society were truly free, then the labels of “male” and “female” would not be assigned at birth. According to gender theory, children and adults would choose which gender they are of their own free will. While “sex” continues to refer to the biological reality of whether one is male or female, “gender” has been redefined as a person’s chosen masculine or feminine identity.
________
