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*'Case Was Riddled With Racial Injustice At Time When Prejudice, Bigotry Were Woven Throughout Every Aspect Of American Society' *Emotion As Smith –Walker’s Now 72-year-old Son –And Victim’s Son, Joseph Parker, Hug Each Other Nearly 70 years after a Texas Black man was executed in a case that prosecutors now say was based on false evidence and was riddled with racial bias, officials have declared that he was innocent of the killing of a white woman in Dallas. Tommy Lee Walker, 19, was executed in the electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker.…

*US Troops Initially Told Us President, First Lady Assassinated, She Reveals *Inside Ruling Cabal Shortly After President's Capture *Recording Reveals Rodriguez's Comments Days After Maduro's Capture *No Way Of Verifying If She's Lying, Political Analyst Says The Communications Minister holds a phone up to a microphone before a gathering of regime-friendly influencers. On speakerphone is Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, who claims that when US forces captured the dictator Nicolás Maduro, she and other members of his cabinet were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply with Washington’s demands – “or they would kill us." Rodríguez, the former Vice-President…

Before the US military snatched Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this month, Delcy Rodríguez and her powerful brother pledged to cooperate with the Trump administration once the strongman was gone, four sources involved at high levels with the discussions told the Guardian UK. Rodríguez, who was sworn in on 5 January as acting President to replace Maduro, and her brother Jorge, the Head of the National Assembly, secretly assured US and Qatari officials through intermediaries ahead of time that they would welcome Maduro’s departure, according to the sources. The communications between US officials from Delcy Rodríguez, who was then Maduro’s…

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One as he flew back to the US, President Donald Trump was asked about the possibility of US military intervention in the Islamic Republic of Iran amid widespread reports of protesters being killed. “We’re watching Iran,” the US President said. “You know we have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens.” “We have a big force going toward Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen. But we’re watching them very closely,” he added. Minutes later he also…

The US President’s plane, Air Force One, has been forced to abort its flight to Switzerland and turn back after what officials described as a “minor electrical issue." Donald Trump boarded another aircraft, an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used for domestic trips to smaller airports, and continued his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos shortly after midnight. The delegation also includes the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, the White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, the Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller, and the National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett. White House Press…

Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acknowledged for the first time that thousands of people were killed during the protests that rocked Iran over the last two weeks. In a speech on Thursday, Khamenei said that thousands of people had been killed, “some in an inhuman, savage manner," and blamed the US for the death toll. The supreme leader railed against US President Donald Trump, whom he called a “criminal” for his support of the demonstrations, and called for strict punishment of protesters. Khamenei said: “By God’s grace, the Iranian nation must break the back of the seditionists just…

The CIA chief whose agents reputedly played a key role in abducting then-serving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has flown to Caracas, the country's capital, to meet his (Maduro's) successor, acting President Delcy Rodriguez, as the sidelined opposition leader, María Corina Machado, vowed she would become the country’s first elected female President. Machado’s comments were broadcast today, a day after she handed her Nobel Peace prize medal to Donald Trump in recognition of what she called a principled and decisive move against Maduro, whom US special forces snatched on 3 January,to face narco-terrorism and other criminal charges in New York. The…

*I'm Reliably Told They Won't Execute, Trump Says *2571 Reportedly Killed In Two-Week Protests Donald Trump said he has been assured the killing of Iranian protesters has been halted, while adding he will “watch it and see” about threatened US military action. The President said at the White House on Wednesday that “very important sources on the other side” had also now assured him that Iranian executions would not go ahead, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported. “They’ve said the killing has stopped and the executions won’t take place,” Trump said. "There were supposed to be a lot of executions today (Wednesday)…

The US Senate has voted against a war powers resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without giving Congress advance notice. Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who joined three other Republicans to advance the resolution alongside Democrats last week, flipped after they said they received assurances from the Trump administration. Earlier in the day, Young released a statement saying he “received assurances that there are no American troops in Venezuela” after speaking with secretary of state Marco Rubio, and that if Trump were to pursue “major military…

Donald Trump is “unafraid to use military force on Iran” the White House said on Monday as the Iranian regime faced widespread unrest across the country. Speaking to Fox News, the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said that although diplomacy remained Trump’s “first option”, he was “unafraid to use the lethal force and might of the United States military if and when he deems that necessary." “Airstrikes would be one of the many, many options that are on the table for the Commander-in-Chief,” Leavitt continued, adding: “He’s made it quite clear he certainly doesn’t want to see people being…