Politics

For all intents and purposes, Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination yesterday with a resounding double-digit win over Bernie Sanders in New York’s primary. From here on, the upcoming Democratic contests will have the air of a coronation procession for Clinton, and a death march for Sanders. The septuagenarian may continue to gripe about superdelegates, but his 280,000-vote loss in New York was a reminder that not everyone was feeling the Bern.

China has successfully tested it’s newest and longest range intercontinental ballistic missile amid heightened tensions with the US over the South China Sea. The missile is capable of striking the United States in around 30 minutes, either through a polar trajectory or over the Pacific. RT reports: The launch of China’s Dongfeng-41 (East Wind, DF-41) missile was registered by the US satellite tracking system in real time, the Washington Free Beacon reports, although the location of the launch was not immediately revealed.

China’s Response to the Neocon Warmongers

https://www.rt.com/news/340359-china-test-ballistic-missile/

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Syrian Election Result Puts The Lie To Washington’s Claim That Syrians Desire Regime Change

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44505.htm

In the USA the Democratic Party Rigs New York Primary for Hilary Win

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160419/clinton-hill/confusion-affidavits-frustrate-some-voters-at-polls

http://gothamist.com/2016/04/18/voter_registration_lawsuit.php

Putting much of the recent doubts about his slowing momentum to the side, Donald Trump roared to a major victory in New York last night, collecting over 60% of the vote which will see him come away with a huge haul of delegates that moves him closer to the GOP presidential nomination.