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Harapan's blame game continues
COMMENT | The recent Kimanis by-election loss has brought out the usual excuses from Pakatan Harapan.
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When Hadi Awang compares G25 to a terrorist group
Who is a danger to Malaysian society - someone like Hadi Awang or G25?
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Race-based leadership is the same as racial supremacy
COMMENT | Claiming 'ketuanan Melayu' is not the same as 'kepimpinan Melayu' is what they want non-Malays to believe.
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Who in Harapan dares impose a retirement date on Mahathir?
COMMENT | You cannot really blame the old maverick for not wanting to relinquish power.
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How a shyster trolled the cabinet and exposed Harapan's hypocrisy
COMMENT | It appears a far-right person has more influence over a public school than the principal, parents and even the police.
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Mahathir's continuing contempt for disenfranchised Malaysians
COMMENT | There are poor people who abuse the system for their benefit, but the majority are just trying to get by.
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Does UniMAP advocate supporting corrupt politicians?
COMMENT | Dong Zong would never be caught sanctioning questions like what UniMAP did on Zakir Naik.
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Maszlee's resignation: Harapan doesn't want to rock the indoctrination ministry
COMMENT | The reality is that what national schools do, after years of failed policy, is create friction between the various races.
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The non-Malay hate in the mufti of Perlis’ speech
COMMENT | Asri’s narrative is not based on any objective assessment of Harapan’s policies, only on the emotional strategies of his religious supremacy.
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Reality trumps hypocrisy, when it comes to the CAA
COMMENT | Why all this talk of moderation and religious pluralism?
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My pick of top news of 2019
COMMENT | Let's take a dive into three narratives and two reports that headlined the year.
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Top five newsmakers of 2019
COMMENT | Five newsmakers attempted to change the system instead of rejuvenating a decaying one.
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Chinese Organisations Congress - a bad idea in rotten times
COMMENT | The idea is to get minority communities worked up and miss the real issue at hand.
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The problem with Tian Chua not calling Anwar the '8th PM'
COMMENT | Come out of the closet and make the case that Azmin is a better candidate for the top job.
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Altantuya murder: The cover-up is as heinous as the crime
COMMENT | The cover-up emboldens politicians to use the state security apparatus in any manner they see fit, and further destroys trust in public institutions.
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DAP's chickens coming home to roost
COMMENT | The warring with the MCA and snuggling up to sympathetic Muslim power structures are impeding the DAP.
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Does Islamic test for new police recruits include Zakir Naik lectures?
COMMENT | At first glance, Muslim recruits taking an Islamic test and non-Muslims taking a moral test seems logical.
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Harapan's feebleness enabling Umno's relevance
COMMENT | Umno finds support in Malays burdened by the failure of Harapan's policies.
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While New Malaysia burns, PKR squabbles
COMMENT | Azmin and gang are doing a better job of destabilizing Harapan then anything anyone else has done or will do.
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What in God’s name is a hyper-liberal?
COMMENT | 'I suppose to Mat Sabu, it is perfectly acceptable to be an 'ethno-nationalist'...'
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Harapan and the deep Islamic state
COMMENT | Politicians are using the idea of a “deep state” as a justification for inaction or inefficiency.
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New Malaysia: If you build it, people will come
COMMENT | Harapan partisans are not pissed off by manufactured outrages, but by the backtracking and supine nature of Harapan parties.
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Nazi-salute, Chin Peng’s ashes, reap what you sow
COMMENT | The complex non-Malay narrative is simplified for political purposes.
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Were Harapan supporters promised the impossible?
COMMENT | 'I have no idea if Malaysians would appreciate being reminded that the election manifesto is worthless.'
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PKR should expel Azmin Ali
COMMENT | The longer he remains in PKR, the more trouble he will cause.
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Harapan is too pusillanimous to sack Mahathir
COMMENT | Cowardice sold as pragmatism is what the Harapan government is all about.
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Better Harapan fails as one-term reformist government
COMMENT | This rather than being a one-term neo-BN government.
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Finally, Anwar comes out swinging
COMMENT | The PKR president is demonstrating that he has the cajones to take on political operatives.
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It's either a win for Papagomo or Perak MB
COMMENT | A vote for Bersatu and a vote for MCA is more or less the same thing.
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Harapan is mainlining apathy into its base
COMMENT | Keep in mind that it took the citizens of this country decades to remove the BN regime.