President Donald Trump may have put the Barack Obama birther conspiracy lie behind him, but Hawaii voters haven’t forgotten. For years, Trump promoted the damaging fake story that the former president wasn’t born in Hawaii — but in Africa. So when Trump landed in Honolulu Friday as he set off on his Asia tour, Trump was greeted […]
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Sec. Of State Tillerson Says Trump Doesn’t Speak For America
WASHINGTON ― In an awkward interview, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested that the president of the United States doesn’t necessarily speak for the nation in expressing American values. On “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace noted that the United Nations had condemned President Donald Trump for not unequivocally condemning racism and asked Tillerson if […]
Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya
More than 100 gay men have been detained and at least three have been killed by authorities in Chechnya, according to a Russian newspaper cited Saturday in The New York Times. The disturbing report from Novaya Gazeta, which cites government and police sources, follows a week of rumors about gay men mysteriously disappearing off the […]
Trump Says Anti-Semitism Has To Stop After Uptick In Threats
President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned anti-Semitism in his strongest terms so far after criticism that he failed to respond specifically to recent threats at Jewish community centers. “I will tell you that anti-Semitism is horrible, and it’s going to stop and it has to stop,” Trump told MSNBC in an exclusive interview, saying he […]