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Added on the 15/10/2020 18:12:53 - Copyright : Wochit
Democrat Rep. Brendan Boyle of Philadelphia let loose on Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas following the deadly riots on Capitol Hill. Business Insider reports Boyle told Cruz to stop playing politics after the deadly riots on Capitol Hill. Boyle issued a profanity-filled tweet at Cruz after Cruz accused Democrats of attempting to make political hay out of the melee. How many more 20-yr old staffers do you want to be terrorized and hiding in our offices? Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) Cruz and others have been criticized for objecting to a congressional procedure to count the 2020 presidential race's Electoral College votes.
Once William Barr stated the DOJ had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the general election, he fell from President Donald Trump's grace. According to Business Insider, Trump is itching to fire Attorney General Barr and reportedly held a meeting to discuss firing him. However, a source says Barr 'cannot be intimidated' by Trump and thinks the president's attacks are a 'deposed king ranting.' Trump has called a 'big disappointment' in a retweet of a message that suggested Barr should be fired immediately. The source says the public feud between Barr and Trump is like a 'cold war,' and that Barr is 'not someone who takes bullying and turns the other cheek.'
French papers react with resignation to the 9pm curfew announced by the government. As protests over police brutality continue in Nigeria, an op-ed in the Daily Trust argues that the Nigerian police force is a vestige of colonial rule that must be fully reformed. In the US, Facebook and Twitter are under scrutiny for anti-conservative bias after the companies limited access to a disputed New York Post story about Joe Biden's son. And a public service announcement featuring an elderly woman holding up her middle finger gets pulled in Berlin, but only after making its point!
Ron Desantis, the controversial US governor behind Florida's so-called 'Don't Say Gay' law, is set to launch his presidential campaign in a streamed conversation with Elon Musk
Police are blocking streets in the city centre of Belfast, around the hotel where the US president Joe Biden is thought to stay during his visit. Biden arrived in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, saying his priority was to "keep the peace" 25 years after the Good Friday agreement ended decades of sectarian violence over British rule.