Summer 2016 review (United States and United Kingdom)

Résumé du document

There was a mass shooting in Orlando that turned out to be a terrorist attack. It was an attack on gay community/LGBT community, in a nightclub by the group ISIS. The terrorist was working on his own / he was a lone wolf terrorist. He said he committed the terrorist attack on behalf to ISIS, he pledges allegiance to ISIS.

He was an American-born citizen, it means that the US was confronted to a specific form of terrorism (a scarier one), which is homegrown / domestic terrorism.

It was the second time that the US was hit by domestic terrorism => San Bernardino shooting.

They decided to pay (a) tribute to the victims of Orlando by hanging rainbow flags.
9/11 (terrorist attacks) was a mark stone.

Extraits

[...] The Supreme Court has acknowledged that it was unequal and it has set a precedent. The Supreme Court (higher ranking judicial body in the US) is composed of 9 people: those people are called Justices; they are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. They are justices to life. There are liberal and conservative Justices that have different interpretations of the Constitution. The Senate is controlled by the Republican Party (be careful not to say Conservative Party because it does not exist in the US). [...]

[...] The PM in UK is not voted by the people but appointed by the Monarch. Elections législatives = General Elections General Elections in the US refers to the Presidential Elections). UKIP: Independence Party. The leader is Nigel Farage. It is a political party that fought into leaving the EU: it is a Eurosceptic/anti- EU/far-right political party. In 2014 UKIP sent the most British MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) in the European elections is mark stone for the strong influence of UKIP on the Britain people (same year in France with the FN). [...]

[...] The Tea Party is not a political party but a political movement that has been influential on American politics and on the Republican Party (strong influence in 2010 and 2014, it has moved the GOP on the right side). It fights for a conservative program and against the federal government. GOP = Republican Party (Grand Old Party). Democratic ticket: Hilary Clinton and Tim Kaine. Clinton was the former Secretary of State The main opponents in primaries were Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio for the Republican side and regarding the Democratic side: Bernie Sanders he has been very influential on the platform Clinton has drafted (he has moved Clinton on the left side). [...]

[...] The Congress is formed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Republican Party controls the Senate (since 2014) and the House of Representatives (since 2010). The 2nd Amendment says that everyone has the right to carry a gun gun ownership. The UK BREXIT: the UK decided to leave the European Union. A Brexit referendum was organised on the 23rd of June 2016: people had to choose between remain or leave the EU. In texts: leavers or brexiteers refer to the people who wanted to leave the EU / the people of the remain camp are called remainers. [...]

[...] Summer 2016 review (United States and United Kingdom) The US There was a mass shooting in Orlando that turned out to be a terrorist attack. It was an attack on gay community/LGBT community, in a nightclub by the group ISIS. The terrorist was working on his own / he was a lone wolf terrorist. He said he committed the terrorist attack on behalf to ISIS, he pledges allegiance to ISIS. He was an American-born citizen, it means that the US was confronted to a specific form of terrorism scarier one), which is homegrown / domestic terrorism. [...]