As private equity donated to groups supporting Ron DeSantis, he oversaw a billion-dollar transfer of state employees’ retirement dollars into underperforming firms.
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The phoney war is over – Prince Harry’s phone-hacking wars have begun, reports Dan Evans
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Demonisation of migrants and a focus on ‘going back’ to some made-up glorious past means Brits need to be alert to ‘fascism’, XR activist Dirk Campbell tells Josiah Mortimer
The narrowing of the gender pay gap since the 1970s appears to be linked to women increasing their labor force attachment and shifting to higher-paying occupations.
Thirty years ago today, the unthinkable happened. Shortly after giving birth to our second child, my beloved wife Kristina died from an intracranial aneurysm. People say that time heals all wounds. I wish that was true. But some wounds never heal. Even after thirty years, you must learn to live with the scars. But in […]
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The Turkish government detained a team of Spanish elected officials and civil society leaders on hand to monitor election day activity in a Kurdish city.
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THE winners of the EJ Mantova Art Prize have been announced, following the official opening of the annual event on Saturday 6 May at Bellingen Showground Pavilion. Held in conjunction with the Bellingen Show, and run by the Bellinger River Agricultural Society, the prize attracted 95 entries across four categories, each with a first prize...
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BELLINGEN Shire Council, in partnership with the University of Sydney’s Leave Nobody Behind project, hosted its very first Disability Inclusive Emergency Planning (DIEP) Forum on 26 April at the Cedar Bar. The forum addressed the critical issue of the vulnerability of people with disabilities during climate and disaster risks and their limited involvement in emergency...
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POPULAR amongst painters and perusers, the Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group (CHCAG) ‘Flowers & Gardens’ exhibition opened on Sunday 7 May at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery. The exhibition features the work of the CHCAG members in a variety of styles and media, including an impressive array of irises. At Sunday’s official opening event, CHCAG...
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MEMBERS of the not-for-profit Mid North Coast Hot Rod Club (MNCHRC) presented the Woolgoolga Men’s Shed with a cheque for $1,000 in April, as a donation towards equipment, and as a gesture of thanks. Darren Bromell, spokesperson for the MNCHRC, said the Hot Rodders’ gift comes from its members’ debt of gratitude for the “wonderful...
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SAWTELL CWA’s long held fundraising ethic of ‘do local, give local’ has seen them deliver a cheque for $7,000 to homelessness advocate Doris Rake (Cowan), who has set a target of raising $100,000 to bring a SleepBus to Coffs Harbour. “We’ve been reading about Doris’ work for some time and last year we made the...
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Australian Services Union members at Melbourne-based not-for-profit the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) stopped work on 16 May for a better enterprise agreement.
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The results of the recent Thai election are a slap in the face for the military junta, which has been in power since overthrowing the elected Pua Thai government in the coup of 2014.
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Leave it to Doctor Who showrunner Russell T. Davies to mess with out heads when it comes to one of the 60th-anniversary episode titles.
Via Josh Kraushaar in Axios: “The GOP’s shrinking Senate map.” One of the biggest immediate consequences if Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket in 2024: Republicans may campaign aggressively in fewer Senate battleground races. In an interview with CNN last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was cautious about the number of top GOP pickup opportunities — despite a historically favorable map giving the party a strong chance of ending Democrats’ 51–49 majority. “I just spent 10 minutes explaining to you how we could screw this up, and we’re working very hard to not let that happen. Let’s put it that way,” McConnell said. He only listed four Democratic-held seats as top opportunities: West Virginia, Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. If Trump’s endorsements of weak candidates hurt GOP prospects in 2022, it’s the prospect that Trump will lead the GOP presidential ticket that could jeopardize purple-state opportunities in 2024. Yep. It’s not a given that the GOP takes the Senate or keeps the House. Not at all.
E. Jean Carroll won. I’m glad she won, but I’m still depressed. Why? Because a financial victory against Trump is not enough. As I said on the Nicole Sandler show on Thursday, we know how Trump responds when he loses, so we need to KEEP working to crush him especially after we win. He must be crushed legally, financially, politically and narratively. I could speak generically, “Here’s what we should do.” But I have experience in fighting the right financially, legally, politically and narratively. I think that experience can be applied to the situation now and apply it in the future. Recently I spoke on a panel about my wildly successful work to make the violent rhetoric, racism, sexism and religious bigotry coming from right wing media toxic to mainstream advertisers and less profitable to the distributors of RW media. It was a financial victory, but I kept working to make it a legal, political and narrative victory. I spoke about the narrative and messages that I used that people on our side could get behind and how I taught other groups how to use the Spocko Method.