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Rowan @Rowan - over 3 years ago
Colorado leads U.S. states with first look at new congressional districts - Reuters
An independent commission in Colorado will reveal a preliminary map of new congressional districts next week, putting the state at the forefront of efforts to draw battle lines for the 2022 U.S. election and strip party politics from the process.
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Jerrold @Jerrold - over 5 years ago
Maggie Haberman Backs Out of Deal for Trump White House Book
Maggie Haberman Backs Out of Deal for Trump White House Book – WWDA star White House reporter for The New York Times has pulled out of her deal to pen a book on President Trump’s White House.Maggie Haberman, whose byline has appeared on many a political scoop for the Time...continued
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Pablo @Pablo - over 2 years ago
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – family and politics collide
Raja Shehadeh and his father, Aziz, both Palestinian lawyers, had different views on how to achieve statehood for their nation. Raja recounts their struggle, and his father’s murder, in this highly readable memoirRaja Shehadeh, the well-known Palestinian auth…
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Delia @Delia - over 2 years ago
David Trimble’s passing shows how much politics has changed – and not just in Northern Ireland | ...
Neither Liz Truss nor Rishi Sunak is a Tory in the sense that he understood it - they show no interest in preserving the unionI realised David Trimble and I would get on fine when we met for the first time. Over lunch just off Whitehall in the early 1990s, I …
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Hannah @Hannah - over 5 years ago
More women needed in municipal politics, says political panel
More women are needed in municipal politics was the consensus reached on this week's CBC New Brunswick political panel.The political panel looked at the number of women involved in municipal politics and how to increase that number.This comes after Fredericton councillor ...continued
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Eleanora @Eleanora - over 3 years ago
Tunisia's Islamist 'chameleon' contests what he calls a coup - Reuters
Tunisia's Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi has quickly emerged as the main opponent of President Kais Saied's efforts to reshape the country's politics, branding his dismissal of the government a coup.
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Alan @Alan - about 3 years ago
I'm a financial planner, and there are 3 situations where I think we should all talk more about m...
Conventional wisdom says we should avoid talking about religion, politics, and money. But financial planner Chloe A. Moore disagrees.
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Alexander @Alexander - over 2 years ago
Analysis: Politics, not substance, seen guiding U.S. and Iran on terror listing - Reuters
One of the last obstacles to reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - Tehran's demand to remove its Revolutionary Guards from a U.S. terrorism list - is more an issue of politics than substance, analysts said.
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Hannah @Hannah - over 5 years ago
Darren Grimes: Brexit campaigner wins appeal against £20,000 fine
Darren Grimes: Brexit campaigner wins appeal against £20,000 fineThe founder of the youth-focused pro-Brexit campaign group BeLeave has won his appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the elections regulator.Darren Grimes was punished by the Electoral Commission last yea...continued
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Elody @Elody - over 5 years ago
Africa: There Is Still Honour in Letting Go
Africa: There Is Still Honour in Letting GoHani Abou Rida, president of Egypt's national football association, did a curiously rare thing last weekend following the hosts' shock Africa Cup of Nations elimination at the hands of South Africa.Rida, at the helm of the North ...continued
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Delia @Delia - 2 months ago
Country first, party second, pledges Eluned Morgan
First minister will "undoubtedly fall out" with UK government as she tries to realise Welsh plans.
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Sandrine @Sandrine - over 2 years ago
Modernising UAE leader Khalifa moved UAE closer to U.S. - Reuters
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died on Friday, was a pro-Western moderniser whose low-key approach helped steer the United Arab Emirates through a tense era in regional politics by aligning the Gulf oil producer closer with Washington and its allies,…
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Adelia @Adelia - 23 days ago
One week out from the election, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump still say they're set on moving on...
"We're rooting for him — obviously, we're proud of him. But, you know, either way, our life will just continue to move forward," Kushner said of Trump.
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Assunta @Assunta - almost 4 years ago
How to Talk More Respectfully About Interracial Relationships
Vice President Kamala Harris’ marriage to Doug Emhoff carries a historic magnitude: Emhoff’s status as the first Second Gentleman in the nation’s history is alone a milestone for the U.S. politics, but his proximity to the White House means an interracial cou…
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Colin @Colin - 5 months ago
Parties spar over tax and child benefit in debate
The politicians debate each other live on TV at the mid-point of the six-week election campaign.
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Rahsaan @Rahsaan - over 4 years ago
Analysis: Why Twitter will never win a war on truth with Donald Trump
On one of President Donald Trump's many misleading tweets about mail-in balloting, the social media company added a small tag that read: " Get the facts about mail-in ballots ." Click the link and it takes you to a T witter page with facts about mail-in balloting -- it is...continued
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Jessika @Jessika - over 4 years ago
Behind the scenes in the fight against COVID-19 - CBC.ca
COVID-19 is showing its callousness again and again.In the ICU at Humber River Hospital in Toronto is a man on a ventilator who's really struggling.When he first arrived, his breathing was so laboured there were only minutes to decide he needed to be intubated.That's the ...continued
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Delia @Delia - 11 months ago
Trump shouldn't be able to distract the jury with politics during his election interference trial...
Jack Smith argues in a court filing that Trump should only be able to argue about the facts of the criminal case.
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Clarissa @Clarissa - 27 days ago
With Putin Calls, It’s More Clear Than Ever That Elon Musk Is a National Security Threat
The billionaire has been chatting with Russia's authoritarian leader for years while he stumps for Trump and commands huge government contracts.
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Adelia @Adelia - over 5 years ago
10 Most Popular Governors All Republicans
10 Most Popular Governors All RepublicansThe ten most popular governors in the country are all Republicans, according to a recent nationwide pollconductedbyMorning Consult. Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker and Maryland governor Larry Hogan occupy the top two spots on ...continued
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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 5 years ago
Algerian protesters return to streets for demand reforms
Algerian protesters return to streets for demand reforms - WorldALGIERS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Algerians returned to the streets in the capital Algiers and other cities on Friday to demand radical political reforms and the departure of the ruling elite.Protester...continued
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Kraig @Kraig - over 5 years ago
Supreme Court Says Constitution Does Not Bar Partisan Gerrymandering
Supreme Court Bars Challenges to Partisan Gerrymandering“The districting plans at issue here are highly partisan, by any measure,” he wrote. “The question is whether the courts below appropriately exercised judicial power when they found them unconstitutional as well.”The...continued
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Leda @Leda - over 5 years ago
Pompeo touts international religious freedom alliance
Pompeo touts international religious freedom allianceThe U.S. State Department on Thursday in Washington concluded its second annual Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom by announcing plans to create the International Religious Freedom Alliance. The three-day event fe...continued
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Jany @Jany - over 3 years ago
Are friendships really being destroyed by Britain’s divided politics? | Gaby Hinsliff
When I think of my old friend and the gulf between us, I realise these relationships are about more than politicsI have a friend – let’s call her Zoe, although it’s not her name – with whom I increasingly disagree about most things.We are at odds over lockdow…
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Bobby @Bobby - about 4 years ago
Opinion: How paranoia in presidential politics went mainstream
(CNN) The 1950s are often portrayed as a placid decade of peace, prosperity and "Happy Days." You might even think that presidential elections were courtly affairs back then -- very different from the current bitter, anxious contest between President Donald Trump and form...continued
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