Trump’s First 100 Days: Meaner, More Mendacious, More Unstable

Photograph Source: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies – Public Domain While the mainstream media was copiously tracing the physical and mental decline of President Joe Biden during the presidential campaign of 2024, Donald Trump’s decline was largely ignored or downplayed.  The media seemed obliged to track Biden’s every move and stumble.  Conversely, the media…

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The soldier selling Africa false hope, By Umar Farouk Bala

Captain Ibrahim Traoré What Traoré is selling is not a radical reimagining of governance. It is an age-old authoritarian tactic: discredit democracy, invoke national pride, and suppress dissent — all while consolidating power… Since assuming power through a 2022 coup, Traoré has suspended political parties, cracked down on the press, and muzzled civil society organisations….

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