Neil Campbell
Neil lives in Canada and writes about society and politics.
Japan’s Shimdazu Corporation Begins Sale of Coronavirus Surface Test Kits
Japan’s Shimdazu Corporation began the sale of test kits for the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus on Monday, according to Kyodo News. The company boasts these testing kits are a first of their kind in the world,...
Senate Acquits Donald Trump Amid Evidentiary Controversies in Impeachment
Closing arguments in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial completed Saturday, Feb. 13. Attorneys for both the House and the former president were to be given two hours each to complete their presentations. However, the day...
Trump’s Defense Establish Legal Framework for Impeachment, Reveal House Selectively Edited Speech
Attorneys for Donald Trump had the opportunity to present their defense to the Senate today. Under the rules of the impeachment trial, both sides are given two days or 16 hours to complete their presentations....
Democrats Argue Racism, White Supremacy in 3rd Day of Trump Impeachment Trial
House Democrats completed their case to impeach Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Building break in on Thursday, Feb. 11. Although managers finished their presentation more than three hours ahead of...
Impeachment Trial: Democrats Make Appeal to ‘Insurrection’ Narrative
The House of Representatives presented its opening arguments in former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Democrats presented a litany of first-hand video evidence of the Jan. 6 breach of the...
Senate Votes to Proceed with Trump Impeachment in Clear Win for Democrats
Day one of the historic second Trump impeachment trial began in the United States Senate on Tuesday. The first day revolved around a procedural motion to determine whether the Senate had jurisdiction to try the...
Wall Street Behemoths Ate Reddit’s Gamestop Lunch
According to Wall Street behemoth JPMorgan, the fairytale spun by pundits about Reddit’s WallStreetBets organizing to “squeeze” badly positioned hedge fund short sellers of video game retailer Gamestop (NYSE: GME) in what has been affectionately...
Supreme Court Eases Newsome’s Ban on Religious Gatherings
The Supreme Court ruled California cannot impose some pandemic restrictions on religious gatherings in churches and mosques in a 6-3 decision on Friday. The Justices held that the State may not ban indoor worship, but...
Bank of America Scanned Banking Records, Turned Over Data to Feds After Capitol Break-in
If you heard a story about a bank proactively searching customer transactions for the purposes of reporting personal data to authorities under the guise of looking for “domestic terrorism,” you might assume the reports were...
Telus International Facing Review by US Regulators Over Parent Company’s China Dealings
Canadian telecom giant Telus (TSX: T) is being probed by the United States government over its connections to Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-controlled enterprises as part of a review of newly-public subsidiary Telus International (NYSE: TIXT)...
Robinhood Alternative Webull Hides its China Roots
The last two weeks of trading sessions brought stock trading the kind of pop culture attention it hasn’t seen in a long time, when floundering brick-and-mortar video game retailer Gamestop (NYSE: GME) ballooned more than...
De Facto ‘Sixth Eye’: Japan Provides Intel on China, Indo-Pacific Assistance Spanning 2 Administrations
In December, Japanese diplomats provided the United States and Britain with intelligence showing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang Province, said a source close to U.S.-Japan relations who wished to...