Politics
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Joe
@Joe -
almost 5 years ago
The Donald Trump era requires a new theory of conspiracy theories
The Donald Trump era requires a new theory of conspiracy theories – Alternet.orgRichard Nixon may have had his enemies list, but no president has ever publicly embraced conspiracy theories quite like Donald Trump. From claiming that Barack Obama was not born in the United...continued
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Pablo
@Pablo -
over 1 year ago
Jim Clyburn’s Long Quest For Black Political Power
The South Carolina congressman's influence in Democratic politics is as far-reaching as it is unsung.
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Meggie
@Meggie -
almost 5 years ago
Not one 2020 candidate has a website that is accessible to the blind
2020 candidates: none of them have accessible websites for disabled peopleThe growing list of presidential candidates has something in common beyond their Oval Office aspirations: None of them think disabled people should be able to access their websites.On Tuesday, a day...continued
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Alvah
@Alvah -
over 4 years ago
Trump works to avoid evangelical defections in 2020 - POLITICO
Trump touts gains for evangelicals as he works to avoid defectionsThe first of several "Evangelicals for Trump" events planned over the next 11 months was part of a larger effort to broaden the president's support among religious voters in the wake of an attention-grabbin...continued
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Pablo
@Pablo -
almost 5 years ago
Money Laundering Scandals Bring Court Charges and Record Job Cuts to Euro Banks
Money Laundering Scandals Bring Court Charges and Record Job Cuts to Euro BanksThe international financial establishment is known to express concern about the risks of money laundering when the crypto space is mentioned. A string of scandals indicates, however, that tradi...continued
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Cyril
@Cyril -
almost 5 years ago
Turkey's Democratic Hope: Istanbul Mayor Poses Existential Threat to Erdogan
In Istanbul's New Mayor, Erdogan Faces a New ThreatNo matter where Ekrem Imamoglu goes these days, his fans await him: Women with headscarves who want to touch him, teenagers asking for a selfie. That's the case in Istanbul, where Imamoglu was elected mayor last Sunday by...continued
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
almost 5 years ago
Trump murdered the Iran Deal — and Europe isn’t too happy about it
Trump murdered the Iran Deal — and Europe isn’t too happy about it – Alternet.orgEurope did not want Trump and the United States to walk out of the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).JCPOA was the deal negotiated with great effort by Iran and the P5+1 (C...continued
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Angus
@Angus -
almost 5 years ago
10 video games that should be turned into TV shows
10 Video Games That Should Be Turned Into TV ShowsVideo game TV adaptations are all the rage right now. Netflix is currently developing The Witcher with Henry Cavill in the starring role, and Showtime is working on a Halo adaptation. StudioMDHR and Netflix just announced ...continued
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Patrick
@Patrick -
almost 5 years ago
Transcript: Rep. Liz Cheney on "Face the Nation"
Transcript: Rep. Liz Cheney on "Face the Nation," July 21, 2019The following is a transcript of the interview with Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming that aired Sunday, July 21, 2019, on "Face the Nation."MARGARET BRENNAN: Joining us now is the number three Republican ...continued
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Pablo
@Pablo -
over 2 years ago
Politics Updates: A Deeply Divided House Returns
The House returns to Washington on Monday to try to win passage of a measure needed to protect a $3.5 trillion social policy bill from a filibuster, but fractures in the party are starting to show.
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
almost 5 years ago
Emmanuel Macron, Part Deux
Emmanuel Macron, Part Deux – Foreign PolicyThere might not be second acts in American lives, as F. Scott Fitzgerald observed, but Emmanuel Macron is betting that maxim doesn’t apply to France. Since April, there has been much ballyhoo over the second act of the French pre...continued
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Devin
@Devin -
almost 5 years ago
Here Are The Five 2020 Races That Could Determine Control Of The Senate
Here Are The Five 2020 Races That Could Determine Control Of The SenateWhile most of the focus during the 2020 election cycle will be on the presidential election, the battle for control of the U.S. Senate will be of equal and perhaps even greater importance. Without a ma...continued
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Elian
@Elian -
almost 5 years ago
Who's in Trump's Cabinet? A full list of the president's top advisers
Who's in Trump's Cabinet? A full list of the president's top advisersPresident Trump’s Cabinet is made up of department heads and advisers he’s hand-picked – and they all have vastly different backgrounds.But his Cabinet, which includes the heads of 15 executive departmen...continued
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Monserrat
@Monserrat -
almost 5 years ago
Let’s not get personal
Let’s not get personal“He’s morally unfit to be President.” “The environment is a moral issue.” “We should consume only those commodities produced by the highest moral standards.” We hear this kind of moralizing all the time, but these are not political positions, let alo...continued
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Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 2 years ago
Biden to visit Ida-hit residents in New York and New Jersey – US politics live
President to tour neighborhoods affected by last week’s huge stormClimate change making hurricanes more frequent and strongerSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 2.36pm BST During his trip to New Jer…
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Geovany
@Geovany -
almost 5 years ago
Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign and policies, explained
Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign and policies, explainedA narrow loss in a 2018 Texas Senate race made Beto O’Rourke a political star. He decided to try to ride that stardom all the way to the White House as a fresh face who combines charisma and an outsider per...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
almost 5 years ago
When judges draw Congressional districts, they often favor their own party
When judges draw Congressional districts, they often favor their own partyIn the United States, Congressional boundaries are drawn at the state level, either by the courts, independent commissions, or by the state legislatures themselves. While judge-drawn district lines ...continued
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Marlon
@Marlon -
almost 5 years ago
W(hy)TF are Japan and South Korea in a trade war? – TechCrunch
W(hy)TF are Japan and South Korea in a trade war? – TechCrunchAnother week, another trade war. And unlike most trade wars these days, this one didn’t originate from the confines of the Rose Garden with the Marine One whirlybird in the background. No, like any Ice Bucket C...continued
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Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
9 months ago
Stormzy on hitting 30, politics and the kids he sent to university: ‘When I see these guys, I’m l...
The rapper has gone from grime trailblazer to political figurehead, much to his bemusement. But will the dozens of Black students he’s put through Cambridge turn out to be his greatest legacy?Stormzy saunters amiably into a west London photo studio in socks a…
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Garnet
@Garnet -
almost 5 years ago
Jeffrey Epstein Is Exhibit A for Capitalism’s Moral Bankruptcy
Jeffrey Epstein Is Exhibit A for Capitalism’s Moral BankruptcyI was sitting just a few yards away from Jeffrey Epstein as he sat with his defense counsel in Federal Court on July 8. His demeanor was more like an American Express Black Card member frustrated by a flight ca...continued
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Anderson
@Anderson -
10 months ago
Reeves says tackling child poverty ‘in Labour’s DNA’ as row over its two-child benefit cap policy...
Shadow chancellor says an incoming Labour government could not afford to axe benefit cap because of ‘dire economic inheritance’Good morning. Yesterday Keir Starmer delivered an uncompromising message, at shadow cabinet and at the Tony Blair Institute conferen…
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Rex
@Rex -
almost 3 years ago
They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies.
Operatives infiltrated progressive groups across the West to try to manipulate politics and reshape the national electoral map. They targeted moderate Republicans, too — anyone seen as threats to hard-line conservatives.
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
almost 5 years ago
Twitter sceptics are amused by Boris and Carrie's 'Mills and Boon' pics
Twitter sceptics are amused by Boris and Carrie's 'Mills and Boon' pics Social media users are poking fun at photos of a loved-up Boris Johnson relaxing in a garden with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds shortly after news of their furious late-night row hit the headlines.The...continued
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Ismael
@Ismael -
9 months ago
Labour says extra 900 beds for NHS just a ‘sticking plaster’ amid record waiting times – UK polit...
Wes Streeting says announcement of £250m to provide 900 extra beds ‘comes nowhere near the 12,000 beds’ cut in the last 13 yearsRoyal College of Nursing general secretary and chief executive, Pat Cullen, was also critical of the government’s plans. PA Media r…
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
almost 5 years ago
Monthly Macro Monitor: Market Indicators Review
Monthly Macro Monitor: Market Indicators ReviewThe markets we use to monitor the economy (and those that influence it, which amounts to the same thing) have been tracking an economic slowdown since the 4th quarter of last year.The markets we use to monitor the economy (an...continued
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