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Trump says UK’s likely next leader Andy Burnham is ‘extremely liberal’ | Donald Trump

Trump says UK’s likely next leader Andy Burnham is ‘extremely liberal’ | Donald Trump

Published by Sam Flores

NewsFeed US President Donald Trump has made his first comment on the UK’s likely next leader describing Andy Burnham as ‘extremely liberal’. He also declared that Britain is ‘dying’ and urged greater oil drilling in the North Sea. The comments came after Keir Starmer announced plans to step down, with Burnham the only candidate to succeed him. Published On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

“The Impact was Devastating”: Chicago’s Cross-Burning Was Set By Liberal, Anti-Trump Protester

“The Impact was Devastating”: Chicago’s Cross-Burning Was Set By Liberal, Anti-Trump Protester

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Jonathan Turley, After the Southern Poverty Law Center scandal of actually funding and encouraging racist protests, it appears that at least one individual has created his own orchestrated racist incident. In Chicago (where Jussie Smollett committed his infamous racist hoax), a burning cross was denounced by Mayor Brandon Johnson as a sign of the racism in society. Johnson, however, refused to address the fact that the cross burning was actually the work of an anti-Trump liberal student. University of Illinois senior Merlin Lu said it was never intended as a racist symbol, but the question is whether it could still be charged as a hate crime. In posting a reward for the culprit soon after the incident, Rev. Michael Pfleger declared that “this bold rise of racism must be condemned by every race, faith community, and Chicagoan as was done with the swastika and treated as a hate crime.” It turns out that this was not evidence of the rise of racism but another possible hoax. Lu bizarrely claimed that he was unaware that a burning …

Are the Liberal Arts Still Important?

Are the Liberal Arts Still Important?

Published by Sam Flores

Published: Jun 6, 2026written by Tim Lake, MA Philosophy, Science, and Religion (In-Progress), MA Jazz Performance Summary A Liberal Arts education develops core transferable skills like critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving, valued by modern employers. Graduates often earn more over their careers than those with professional degrees, showing a strong long-term return on investment. It cultivates broad, interdisciplinary knowledge, helping graduates connect ideas, innovate, and see the bigger picture beyond narrow specializations. Rooted in Antiquity, its goal is to foster civic virtue and prepare citizens for active participation in a democratic society. Show more   Despite its long and storied history, Liberal Arts education has fallen out of favor in recent years. Many people now see it as out of touch and irrelevant in the modern world and the era of specialization. However, the Liberal Arts arguably still has something to offer both students and society today. This article examines the importance of the Liberal Arts education in the 21st century and how it can benefit both students and wider society.   What Is a Liberal Arts Education? Philosophy Presenting the Seven …

Exit Polls Suggest Landslide Win by South Korea’s Ruling Liberal Party in Local Elections

Exit Polls Suggest Landslide Win by South Korea’s Ruling Liberal Party in Local Elections

Published by Sam Flores

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Exit polls suggested that South Korea’s ruling liberal party was projected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s mayoral and other local elections, a result that if confirmed would give President Lee Jae Myung a firmer political mandate to advance his agenda. A victory by Lee’s Democratic Party had been widely expected because its main rival, the conservative People Power Party, remains in disarray after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office and sentenced to life in prison over his martial law debacle in late 2024. The joint exit polls by South Korea’s three major TV stations — KBS, MBC and SBS — showed the Democratic Party was forecast to win at least 11 of the 16 mayoral and provincial gubernatorial posts up for grabs in Wednesday’s elections. The polls suggested the PPP had a clear lead in only one race, while the other four races were too close to call. “The conservatives’ support base has been fractured and weakened in the wake of Yoon’s impeachment, while the liberals’ …

Occupational Choice, Liberal Freedom, and Social Necessity

Occupational Choice, Liberal Freedom, and Social Necessity

Published by Jenni Sidey

Occupational choice is for many an existential and deeply personal matter. An avowed goal of liberal societies has always been to permit citizens to make a choice about occupation freely, according to their talents, but also according to their personal inclinations, values, and preferences—unconstrained by the state, the family, or another authority. Distinct from many socialist countries, liberal states do not postulate a duty to be socially productive, and they refrain from fostering a robust, detailed view of the common good. Occupational choice, according to a liberal understanding, can only be steered indirectly by incentives and market mechanisms. Originally intended as a freedom from authorities, the liberal freedom of occupational choice has started to produce structures that are increasingly disrespectful to people with a particular type of motivational psychology. Willingly stepping up for work that we all need but that is especially risky or burdensome gets increasingly difficult to rationalize in the highly individualized and economically complex societies of today. When stepping up for such tasks, people need to take their personal preferences to be …

Poland’s right-wing topples Kraków’s liberal mayor in fresh blow to Tusk – POLITICO

Poland’s right-wing topples Kraków’s liberal mayor in fresh blow to Tusk – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

Nearly 30 percent of eligible voters took part in Sunday’s referendum, which had a 26.98 percent validity threshold. Of those who voted, 97.93 percent backed removing the mayor, while just under 2.1 percent opposed it. In a post on X, Miszalski accepted the results, emphasizing “local democracy is precisely about residents having the final say.” “Not everything was achieved as I had intended,” he added. “I also know that some decisions, and the emotions surrounding them, caused many residents to lose trust in me.” The referendum results represent a major victory for PiS and Confederation, who are casting the recall in Kraków as the first in a broader campaign to challenge liberal urban governments. Tusk’s Civic Coalition party controls the capital city Warsaw and the majority of regional capitals, and by taking aim at the local administrations, Poland’s right-wing sees a way of challenging the prime minister’s rule at the national level. In a rare post on X, PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński hailed the results in Kraków, which he said were “only the beginning.” “This government is destroying …

Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86.

Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86.

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON — Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms to the financial system in a generation, has died. He was 86. Frank died late Tuesday, according to Jim Segel, Frank’s former campaign manager and close friend. After representing broad swaths of Boston’s suburbs in Congress for 32 years, Frank and his husband moved to Ogunquit, Maine. He entered hospice there in April with congestive heart failure and is survived by his husband, Jim Ready, and sisters, the longtime Democratic strategist Ann Lewis and Doris Breay, along with brother David Frank. A self-described “left-handed gay Jew,” Frank was known for his acerbic wit, combative style and focus on marginalized communities. He represented the party’s left wing while keeping close with Democratic leaders who sometimes frustrated progressives. He is best known as a pioneer for LGBT rights. After decades of grappling with his sexuality, he publicly came out as gay in 1987, the first member of Congress to do so voluntarily. With his 2012 …

The Liberal Media Is Finally Noticing Democrats Are Willing To Shred The Rule Of Law

The Liberal Media Is Finally Noticing Democrats Are Willing To Shred The Rule Of Law

Published by Jenni Sidey

Democrats have anointed themselves the defenders of democracy and protectors of the rule of law. For years, the liberal media has been more than willing to help push that narrative. But after the state Supreme Court struck down the Virginia gerrymander, the reaction from Democrats was so extreme that even their usual defenders couldn’t ignore how bad it looked. On Sunday, the New York Times reported that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Virginia Democrats held a conference call the day after the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the party had violated the state constitution by passing its gerrymandered map, nullifying the new map before it could be implemented. According to the report, lawmakers spent the call “venting anger at their defeat,” with the atmosphere described as “desperation and fury,” and Democrats floated the idea of lowering the mandatory retirement age of the court so they could replace all the justices and restart the process of passing their gerrymandered map. Even some of the liberal media’s old guard felt uncomfortable that such an idea was …