Gambia president plans massive overhaul, but keeps secret police

Gambian President Adama Barrow said Saturday that every aspect of his tiny west African state would need an overhaul after ex-leader Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule, but that its dread secret police would remain.

Barrow faces an uphill task after taking over from Jammeh, who left behind a dysfunctional  economy and allegedly emptied state coffers ahead of his departure.

Rights group blame the notorious National Intelligence Agency (NIA) under his longtime control for forced disappearances and torture.

Gambia president plans massive overhaul, but keeps secret police

hmmmm

Mikhail Gorbachev says ‘it looks like the world is preparing for war’ 

Mikhail Gorbachev has urged Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump to strongly denounce nuclear war in the face of the “militarisation of politics and the new arms race”. The 85-year-old, who was the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union and its Communist Party, said he believed it looked “as if the world is preparing for war”.

Mikhail Gorbachev says ‘it looks like the world is preparing for war’ | The Independent

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Americans Respond To Trump’s Plans For Country With #NoBanNoWall 

“During the Holocaust, fear of the vulnerable killed many in my family. I refuse to let this happen again.#NoBanNoWall”

Americans Respond To Trump’s Plans For Country With #NoBanNoWall | The Huffington Post

Yawn, where the F’ where all you assholes in October and on Election Day 2016? Ya didn’t think this issue was such a big deal then, did ya….

F’ing self-absorbed idiots.

Trump to Slash the EPA’s Workforce and Budget

Trump wants to slash the EPA’s workforce and budget, official says.

Myron Ebell said in an interview with The Associated Press that Trump is likely to seek significant reductions to the agency’s workforce — currently about 15,000 employees nationwide. Ebell, who left the transition team last week, declined to discuss specific numbers of EPA staff that could be targeted for pink slips.

Trump to Slash the EPA’s Workforce and Budget: Official | Time.com

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Donald Trump is going to publish a list of crimes committed by immigrants. Hitler did the same 

Trump has ordered his new administration to publish a weekly list of the crimes committed by immigrants. As he signed the order, Trump read out the names of the US citizens murdered by illegal immigrants. The order, however, doesn’t specify if this relates to just illegal immigrants, or all immigrants living in the US legally.  

Donald Trump is going to publish a list of crimes committed by immigrants. Hitler did the same | indy100

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