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Donald Trump formally anointed himself head of the Republican Party at Sunday's Conservative Political Action Conference. The Grand Old Party, founded in 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin, is now dead. What's left is a dwindling number of elected officials who have stood up to Trump but are now being purged. Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 's popularity has dropped 29 points among Kentucky Republicans since he broke with Trump. In its place is the Trump Party, whose major goal is to advance Trump's Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Its agenda is to exact vengeance on Republicans who didn't or won't support the lie or who voted to impeach or convict Trump for inciting the violence that the lie generated, and to keep attention on his grievances. As the Trump Party takes over the GOP, anti-Trump Republicans are abandoning the party in droves, thereby weakening it for general elections while simultaneously strengthening Trump's hand inside it. It's great … [Read more...] about Trump’s Takeover of the GOP is Great for Biden — But Disastrous for America | Opinion

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Tuesday that voting during the upcoming Senate elections on March 3 would be held as “per past practice”. The ECP, in a  statement, shared minutes of its meeting that took place after the Supreme Court’s opinion on the presidential reference seeking the Senate polls through an open ballot. Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja chaired an ECP meeting on Tuesday, while the commission's members Justice (retd) Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi, Justice (retd) lrshad Qasir, Shah Muhammad Jatoi, and Nisar Ahmed Durrani attended it. The ECP decided that due to time constraints, the Senate election scheduled for March 3 will be conducted as provided in the Constitution and law as per past practice. “The commission deliberated on the order/opinion of the Supreme Court passed today in Presidential Reference No. 1/2020 and decided to implement it in letter and spirit,” ECP's statement read. It added that the commission is taking … [Read more...] about ‘Past practice’ to be followed in Senate elections, says ECP

MANILA, Philippines — Two lawmakers from the Bayan Muna party-list on Friday joined the calls to fire Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. after he threatened to sue INQUIRER.net reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas with the Anti-Terror Act for her report on Aetas who filed a petition before the Supreme Court. “Parlade has been emboldened so much by being forgiven for his repeated blunders that he has no qualms in accusing anyone and everyone of being a terrorist. It must stop,” Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said in a statement. “The general is obviously too consumed by his anti-opposition hysteria that everyone who dares to talk is branded as an enemy,” he added. This comes as Parlade, also the spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Insurgency (NTF-ELCAC), slammed Torres-Tupas for her report “Tortured Aetas seek SC help against anti-terror law.” In a Facebook post, Parlade questioned whether the … [Read more...] about Bayan Muna solons join calls to axe Parlade for tirades vs INQUIRER.net journo

INQUIRER.net continues to recognize the role our valiant men and women in the armed forces play in protecting our country. But we condemn the threat of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. to sue our reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas for her report on the petition filed at the Supreme Court entitled “Tortured Aetas seek SC help against anti-terror law.” In the Facebook post of Parlade on Feb. 3, 2021, he accused our reporter as a propagandist. INQUIRER.net takes vigorous exception to the apparent red-tagging of our reporter and expresses alarm over Parlade’s attempt to sow fear, stifle dissent and curtail her right to make truthful and objective reports. We unequivocally support our reporter and uphold her integrity. … [Read more...] about INQUIRER.net stands by its journo

MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan has called for the relief of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. for his recent remarks against an INQUIRER.net reporter. Pangilinan said on Thursday Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzna must also “show Parlade the door” after the latter’s tirades against reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas, over her story on Aetas who supposedly endured torture from the military, and who filed a petition before the Supreme Court (SC). According to the senator, Parlade must suffer the same fate as AFP deputy chief of staff for intelligence Maj. Gen. Alex Luna, who was relieved after blunders on list of supposed former University of the Philippines (UP) students who joined the communist armed movement. “Enough of this unprofessionalism and lack of discipline with such baseless, erroneous public statements. Like AFP Intel Chief Luna, Lorenzana should show Parlade the door,” Pangilinan said … [Read more...] about Pangilinan wants Parlade fired after remarks vs INQUIRER.net reporter