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“Michael Knowles—right-wing political commentator associated with the Daily Wire—said ‘for the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely’ at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday afternoon.” – The Daily Beast, 3/5/23
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I, Jay Ludlow Martin, previously known as Laura Jayne Martin, until a legal name change, which likely still has not been corrected on my insurance card because of incompetence on the part of the insurance company—however, they did manage to pay for my top surgery, so fine, whatever—of New York, New York, revoke my former Wills and Codicils and declare this to be my last will and testament.
After industry cash flooded their war chests, Florida Republicans stopped requiring utilities from disclosing who they are punishing with power shutoffs.
By Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Atlanta-area forest defenders, community activists and their allies from around the country and the world are initiating a ‘week of action’ against a proposed ‘Cop City’ urban warfare campus and a movie industry facility that would demolish much of the largest urban forest in the country. The upcoming week […]
The post ‘Stop Cop City’ Week of Action Begins in Atlanta appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Max Colbert explores a new company which has just joined the collective of free-market, Brexit, and climate science-denying dark money groups at 55 Tufton Street
Kendall’s attack on Tory killing of over 40,000 care home residents in the pandemic doesn’t go far enough – and it ignores Labour’s cheerleader role as Johnson-Hancock policies caused even more deaths Right-wing Labour MP Liz Kendall has tweeted a video of herself pointing out the Tories’ lie about throwing a ‘protect ring’ around care […]
The right-wing “justices” seemed impervious to the economic plight of tens of millions with debilitating student debt.
The post Student Loan Forgiveness Program Appears Headed for Defeat in the Supreme Court appeared first on scheerpost.com.
Despite decades of Indigenous activism and resistance, UC Berkeley has failed to return the remains of thousands of Native Americans to tribes. The university is still discovering more human remains.
The post A Top UC Berkeley Professor Taught With Remains That May Include Dozens of Native Americans appeared first on scheerpost.com.
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In Niger, going to jail is often a death sentence, especially if you’re an activist or a journalist.
The post U.S. Embassy in Niger Threatens a Pesky American Journalist and Then Backs Down appeared first on The Intercept.
US undersecretary of state Victoria Nuland says to remain calm.
- by David Machek
This Women’s History Month, out of touch lawmakers are rolling out economic plans that would set women back generations. Not this time!
The post This Women’s History Month, We Won’t Renegotiate Our Place in the Economy appeared first on scheerpost.com.
The world’s population had been doubling every 47 years to reach 8 billion today. But it is expected to peak at 10.5 billion before declining by century’s end.
Biden Administration officials are pleased as punch with their targeting of China's supposed Achilles heel: dependence on US designed chips.
What to become? Dissident or emigrant? Move abroad?
Tom Hardy explores the role of the judiciary in combatting the climate emergency as activists are prohibited from mentioning the issue in their defence in court
The UK is a signatory of the 1951 Refugee Convention, along with a number of other international instruments providing for humanitarian protection. The Convention provides that someone who is a refugee – a status that they have on the basis of their objective circumstances, having a well-founded fear of persecution on specific grounds and being […]
The Minimum Service Levels Bill is 'almost certainly' against international law – meaning any fines or sackings would be thrown out, according to a leading labour lawyer
Catch a performance of South Pacific Garbage Patch!
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Under det dryga decennium som jag har kritiserat vinstintresset i skolan har Thorengruppens härjningar varit en följetong. Redan 2011 kom Skolinspektionen med sin första dräpande rapport om allvarliga missförhållanden. En lärare vittnade senare för mig om hur gruppen startade yrkesgymnasier utan så mycket som en svets eller hammare i lokalerna. Alla har vetat hur illa det har varit. Ändå […]
LNG exports to Europe up 150%, exports to Asia and Latin America plunge. Germany buries its head in the sand.
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