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tschram

  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Mayor Weir has successfully promoted the right priorities for Independence

Tip O’Neill, the speaker of the House of Representatives during Ronald Reagan’s administration, famously said, “All politics is local,” It’s hard to argue that point. We see it in action today with a hotly contested primary race. I think it’s important to remember that Tip, a staunch Democrat, and Reagan, a Republican, found ways to work together for the greater good. This, despite their many substantive differences. In local politics, such an approach is just as critical to our mutual success.

U.S. must step up to its responsibilities

We don’t think of ourselves as a rogue nation here in the United States. That label we generally reserve for nations that defy international law and violate humanitarian values. Yet, for the last year, it could be argued that in the eyes of the world, we are a rogue nation.

Russia, US square off at council over Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS – Russia accused the West on Monday of “whipping up tensions” over Ukraine and said the U.S. had brought “pure Nazis” to power in Kyiv as the U.N. Security Council held a stormy and bellicose debate on Moscow’s troop buildup near its southern neighbor.

DA seeks protection in Trump inquiry

ATLANTA – The prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election victory is asking the FBI for security help after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him.

Johnson apologizes over ‘partygate’

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized Monday for lockdown-flouting parties in Downing Street – but insisted that he and his government can be trusted. Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons that he would make changes to the way the government is run in the wake of the “partygate” scandal.

Historically Black schools face threats

At least a half-dozen historically Black universities in five states and the District of Columbia were responding to bomb threats Monday, with many of them locking down their campuses for a time. In warnings to students, school officials say some of the threats were directed at academic buildings.

US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Monday sanctioned top members of Myanmar’s judiciary and one of its main revenue-producing ports over rights abuses since last year’s coup. The sanctions on the attorney general, supreme court chief justice and others coincided with the one-year anniversary of the coup. The penalties freeze assets that those targeted may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar Americans from doing business with them and are to be complemented by similar measures from Britain and Canada.

Chicago synagogue, businesses vandalized over weekend

CHICAGO – A synagogue and an affiliated Jewish school in Chicago were vandalized over the weekend with swastika images and antisemitic graffiti, officials said. The incidents occurred Sunday at the FREE Synagogue and Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School. Vandalism also occurred at a synagogue in Lincolnwood, WMAQ-TV reported. A Jewish group, the Concerned Citizens League, said windows were broken Saturday at a Chicago bakery and a kosher food store. Police in Chicago were investigating the incidents.