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Kendi also insists that everyone, and every policy, is either "racist" or "antiracist." In his worldview, there are no neutral parties, even babies. He argues that if a government were truly antiracist, and not just "not racist," it would set up a 'Department of Antiracism,' whose unelected officers would have the power to monitor and punish politicians they deem racist.

Kendi declares that "Capitalism is essentially racist," and "racism is essentially capitalist." Under the current economic system, he insists that black people will "never" be equal to white people.

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"It seems that the Turkish leaders are ready to continue to consistently ignore the global value of the heritage of conquered Byzantium, which they do not understand, and to openly demonstrate a contemptuous indifference to Christian cultural values", Balashov said, adding that Ankara's approach does not contribute to peace and mutual respect between followers of different religions.

The archpriest also said that although Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's promised to maintain free access to Hagia Sophia's Christian relics, mosaics and frescoes are constantly covered. Balashov added that women have limited access to the site of the former church, and main cultural relics are not visible to them.

He suggested that the same fate awaits the Chora Church, where many valuable Byzantine-era mosaics and frescoes are being kept. The archpriest added that Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has fully lost influence "at home".

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"All the data we have, including WFP forecast that the number of people experiencing malnutrition will grow by 80 percent by the end of the year, ... points to a real disaster," David Beasley, Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), said.

We are risking a famine of biblical proportions.

The rapid increase in the number of people who can't feed themselves will be just an immediate outcome of the pandemic, which caused a disruption of food growth and logistics worldwide. More long-term damage is bound to materialize in the years to come.

"Obviously social tensions will grow, migration will increase, conflicts will escalate and hunger will likely affect those who didn't experience it before," the official told the Russian news agency TASS.

Bannon made an appearance at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, August 20, 2020. He plead not guilty to fraud and money laundering and has been freed on a bond of $5M and ordered to remain in the US pending trial.

During a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister at the White House this morning, Trump remarked:

"I feel very badly. I haven't been dealing with him for a very long period of time. Haven't been dealing with him at all. Don't know anything about the project at all. It's a very sad thing by Mr. Bannon. I don't like that project. I thought it was being done for showboating reasons. It was something I very much thought was inappropriate to be doing," said POTUS, referring to the Build The Wall crowdfunding campaign.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany released a statement on the indictment as well,

"As everyone knows, President Trump has no involvement in this project and felt it was only being done in order to showboat, and perhaps raise funds ... The Trump Administration has already built over 300 miles of Border Wall, thanks to the great work of our Army Corps of Engineers, and will have almost 500 miles completed by the end of the year. Our southern border is more secure than it has ever been. President Trump has not been involved with Steve Bannon since the campaign and the early part of the Administration, and he does not know the people involved with this project."

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President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon leaves federal court, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall.

"I am not going to back down. This is a political hit job. Everybody knows I love a fight," Bannon said on an episode of his show War Room. "I was called 'honey badger' for many years. You know, 'Honey badger doesn't give.' So, I'm in this for the long haul. I'm in this for the fight."

"What he said yesterday was absolutely correct," Bannon said of his former boss [Donald Trump]. "Building the wall is a function of government. But look how much trouble President Trump has had."

Upon exiting a Manhattan courthouse on Thursday, Bannon declared his arrest a baseless political ploy designed to halt the construction of the wall — a theme he returned to on his Friday broadcast.

"This is to stop and intimidate people that have President Trump's back on building the wall. We are never going to stop pushing the wall. This stuff is complete nonsense. I am not going to back down one inch."

The former top White House adviser also made light of the chaotic scene on Thursday that occurred as he left the courthouse and was swarmed by the media. "How did I miss turning to the TV cameras and going to the print cameras? Donald Trump would never make that mistake," Bannon said.