Politics
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Nestor
@Nestor -
almost 3 years ago
TV tonight: Maxine Peake takes on office sexual politics in Rules of the Game
The national treasure stars as a COO forced to take a hard look at her workplace. Plus: eager archaeologists wrap up the series in Digging for Britain. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
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Hank
@Hank -
over 4 years ago
Bailey, Elizabeth Warren's very good dog, stole and ate a burrito
OK, so technically Bailey — Elizabeth Warren's very good golden retriever — stole someone's burrito. But damn if he didn't look adorable doing it and who could blame the pup?Warren suspended her presidential campaign on Thursday and Bailey was simply done with the decorum...continued
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 3 years ago
Tap Dancing With Trump: Lindsey Graham’s Quest for Relevance
The senator went from Donald J. Trump’s public enemy to his impassioned defender. Now he’s a golfing regular at Mar-a-Lago, advising the former president on his future. What is behind one of the unlikeliest partnerships in politics?
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Grayce
@Grayce -
about 4 years ago
Nintendo asks brands to keep politics out of Animal Crossing
Nintendo has asked brands to keep politics out of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch, which would likely include things like Joe Biden’s virtual in-game headquarters.
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Manley
@Manley -
over 2 years ago
U.S. Congressional Republicans, Democrats pause politics to play ball - Reuters
In a rare moment of bipartisanship in a usually bitterly divided Washington, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress competed on Thursday in an annual baseball game despite a protest by climate activists and a rain delay./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/Z7K7NQYMXVMEBOTFXTL2ADIR7A.jpg)
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Adelia
@Adelia -
about 1 year ago
Former Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dies at 98
The former president was the longest-serving and longest-lived president in the history of the modern Italian Republic.
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Cynthia
@Cynthia -
about 3 years ago
Analysis: President DeSantis? Florida voters say 'no.'
The voters who know Ron DeSantis best don't think he should run for president in 2024.
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Bart
@Bart -
over 5 years ago
American Flag Stands for Freedom, Not Racism
American Flag Stands for Freedom, Not RacismA new Gallup poll shines a spotlight on the deep political divide in America and surely points to what the upcoming presidential election will be about.Gallup asked, "How proud are you to be an American?"Seventy-six percent of R...continued
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Wilmer
@Wilmer -
over 5 years ago
Marianne Williamson Is A Wellness Guru Running For President. Really
Marianne Williamson Celeb Health Guru To 2020 CandidateThat a wellness guru is competing on the big stage against statesmen, governors, and policy wonks confirms what polls and pundits have told us: Many people want Oprah to be president. Or, at least someone who makes th...continued
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Delia
@Delia -
over 3 years ago
Eager to represent: Gay and trans Mexican candidates running in key vote - Reuters
Gay, lesbian and transgender candidates are competing for votes in Mexico's midterm election, aiming to upset politics as usual in the largely Roman Catholic, socially conservative Latin American country./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/6UZZZWCAY5K4RI5BLYYU34BPUQ.jpg)
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Jaydon
@Jaydon -
7 months ago
Users Shocked To Find Instagram Limits Political Content By Default
Instagram has been limiting recommended political content by default without notifying users. Ars Technica reports: Instead, Instagram rolled out the change in February, announcing in a blog that the platform doesn't "want to proactively recommend political c…
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Hank
@Hank -
over 3 years ago
The Post-Embarrassment Media Campaign of Andrew Yang
He once called himself the opposite of Trump. But he is another test of the theory that in politics, there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
8 months ago
Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibility of politics
It’s now easier to avoid seeing political content across Instagram and Threads thanks to the new opt-out setting. This has… Continue reading Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibility of politics The post Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibili…
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Teagan
@Teagan -
over 3 years ago
China says Taiwan pineapple ban not about politics as war of words escalates - Reuters India
China on Monday denied accusations by Taiwan that a ban on pineapples from the island was about politics, saying it was purely a matter of biosecurity, in an escalating war of words that has added to existing tensions.
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Madalyn
@Madalyn -
over 3 years ago
Taiwan says China is 'maliciously' blocking it from WHO - Reuters
Taiwan accused China on Tuesday of "maliciously" blocking its access to the World Health Organization (WHO) and putting politics above people's well-being, after Beijing signalled it would not allow the island to attend a major WHO meeting.
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Casper
@Casper -
over 4 years ago
Assigning judges to Hong Kong security cases is judiciary's responsibility, chief justice says - ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong’s chief justice said on Thursday that judges appointed to cases under Hong Kong’s new national security law would be appointed on the basis of judicial and professional qualities, rather than politics.FILE PHOTO: Chief Justice of the Court ...continued
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Garnet
@Garnet -
over 5 years ago
QAnon, UFOs, and America’s Craziest Conspiracy Theories
QAnon, UFOs, and America’s Craziest Conspiracy TheoriesThe loony right believes Donald Trump is the victim of a Deep State plot to protect a cabal of cannibals. The loony left thinks he’s a KGB agent. Was American politics always this weird? Investigative journalist Anna ...continued
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Maureen
@Maureen -
about 4 years ago
Caregivers Have Witnessed the Coronavirus’s Pain. How Will They Vote?
In Pennsylvania, deaths in nursing homes account for almost two-thirds of all virus-related fatalities. Some of the people working inside those facilities say the pandemic is shaping their politics.
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Cyril
@Cyril -
7 months ago
Nancy Pelosi says she respects Mike Johnson and hopes Trump isn't 'his puppeteer'
Mike Johnson may need to count of the support of Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats to keep his job.
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Maureen
@Maureen -
about 3 years ago
Analysis: Is this the beginning of a wave of Democratic retirements?
In the last five days, House Democrats have lost almost 80 years of seniority in Congress with the retirements of Reps. John Yarmuth (Kentucky), David Price (North Carolina) and Mike Doyle (Pennsylvania).
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Cynthia
@Cynthia -
almost 4 years ago
Rep. Max Rose Launches Exploratory Bid to Run for N.Y.C. Mayor
The congressman, who lost his re-election bid last month, is casting himself as a blunt populist who would end New York’s cycle of “broken politics.”
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Iva
@Iva -
over 3 years ago
On Lithuania's border, a former Afghan soldier is caught between war and politics - Reuters
As Taliban fighters seized a series of provincial cities across Afghanistan, thousands of kilometres away in a makeshift refugee camp in eastern Lithuania, former Afghan soldier Fazel Rahman looked back on a war he abandoned two months ago.
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Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
about 1 year ago
Suspect in custody in connection with murder of Detroit synagogue president
A suspect is in custody in connection with the murder of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll, police said.
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Marlon
@Marlon -
over 2 years ago
Scale of situation led to ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes, says IPC chief - Reuters
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons said on Saturday that he doesn't want politics to drive sport but the scale of the war in Ukraine forced the body to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Beijing Winter Games./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/NJI4GDALYZPM3GXWNAOF3Y24QY.jpg)
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