Lou Dobbs Leaves Legacy of Defending America’s Working Class Against Wall Street, Open Borders, Donor Class
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Lou Dobbs Leaves Legacy of Defending America’s Working Class Against Wall Street, Open Borders, Donor Class

Politics tamfitronics Populist television host Lou Dobbs, who once considered a run for the presidency, has died at the age of 78. His legacy of defending America’s working and middle class from Wall Street, open borders, and the donor class is more evident than ever in today’s politics.Dobbs was known for his TV segments that waged war against free traders — the class of economists and politicians who defended opening the United States economy to rapid globalization that ultimately cost millions of American jobs across working- and middle-class communities in the heartland.“This administration, its trade policies, I mean my contempt for their level of concern and care for the American people and for the good of this country in passing these idiotic … it’s just disgusting,” Dobbs said of President George W. Bush’s (R)...
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What role do politics and business play in the Olympics?
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What role do politics and business play in the Olympics?

Politics tamfitronics Russia is banned from taking part in the Summer Games but Israel is allowed to compete.The Summer Olympic Games – the world’s biggest sporting event – opens in Paris next week.Russia is banned for its war in Ukraine, but Israel is allowed to compete despite its war on Gaza.How big a role do politics and business play in the Games?Presenter: Feel AbughaidaGuests:Philip Barker – Editor of the Journal of Olympic HistoryElaine Cobbe – Journalist, board member of Reporters Without BordersDavid Goldblatt – Sports writer, broadcaster and journalist
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Security Strengthened Around Edo Deputy Governor, Marvellous Omobayo, After Gunmen Attack on Shaibu
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Security Strengthened Around Edo Deputy Governor, Marvellous Omobayo, After Gunmen Attack on Shaibu

Politics tamfitronics Following a deadly attack on the convoy of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC governorship candidate, and reinstated Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, security has been beefed up around the premises of Deputy Governor Marvellous Omobayo.POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the attack, which occurred on Airport Road on Thursday, left one police officer dead and three others injured.The convoy came under fire from gunmen in a vehicle at the airport exit gate, prompting a retaliatory response from the security details attached to Okpebholo and Shaibu.It is understood that Okpebholo was hospitalized in an undisclosed hospital in Benin City, while Shaibu’s whereabouts remained unknown.The Edo State Government has accused Shaibu of perpetrating violence and destruction, alleging that his thugs have attacked innocent citizens in an attempt to enforce his reinstatement. Commissioner for Communication and Orientation Chris Nehikhare...
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BREAKING: Edo APC Guber Candidate, Okpebholo, Admitted to Hospital After Gunmen Attack
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BREAKING: Edo APC Guber Candidate, Okpebholo, Admitted to Hospital After Gunmen Attack

Politics tamfitronics Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State, is currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital following an attack on his convoy by suspected political thugs in Benin City. The attack, which occurred on Thursday afternoon, left one policeman dead and two others injured.According to a statement released by Godswill Inegbe, Legislative Aide to Okpebholo in charge of Media & Communication, the attack was carried out by members of the Edo State Security Network and Edo state government-sponsored thugs allegedly led by Francis Inegbeniki. The statement revealed that three mobile policemen attached to Okpebholo’s security detail were injured in the attack, with one later confirmed dead.POLITICS NIGERIA earlier reported that armed thugs opened fire on the convoy of Okpebholo and Phillip Shaibu, the former Deputy Governor of...
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