Monday, June 18, 2018

Reading archive 2018-06-18

Lowest number of criminal offences since 1992: Official police statistics on crime and politically motivated offences for 2017 presented -

Trump tells ridiculous lie about German crime to argue against taking in asylum-seekers The president likely got the idea for his tweet from his favorite show, "Fox & Friends." - "Crime in Germany is not way up. Official figures from last month show that the national crime rate fell 5 percent since last year in Germany, dropping to the lowest levels since 1992. The number of crimes committed by non-German individuals fell 23 percent. The one area of crime which saw a 2.5 percent increase was antisemitic attacks — with 94 percent of them committed by far-right German nationals."

Monday, June 11, 2018

Reading archive 2018-06-11

Trump Upends Global Trade Order Built by U.S. - "Among the developed nations that make up the Group of 7 that met in a resort town near Quebec City this weekend, the United States has tariffs that are slightly higher, on average, across all its imported products than Canada or Japan and exactly equivalent to the four European nations in the G-7.
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At a news conference on Saturday, Mr. Trump said his ultimate goal was eliminating all trade duties and subsidies. But in his short tenure in office, he has scrapped potential agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Japan and Canada and a sweeping trade pact with Europe that would have slashed the tariffs he is now criticizing."

A Senior White House Official Defines the Trump Doctrine: ‘We’re America, Bitch’: The president believes that the United States owes nothing to anyone—especially its allies.

“SAVE OUR TIPS,” THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST D.C.’S MINIMUM WAGE HIKE, IS RUN BY A TRUMP CONSULTANT