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Trump cannot keep his trap shut Hours after returning to his Palm Beach, Florida compound on Tuesday after indictment in New York, former president Donald Trump no longer appeared chastised. The thirty-four felony charges he faces seemed not to have sunk in. Nor Acting New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s warning that he not engage in statements or comments that have the “potential to incite violence, create civil unrest, or jeopardize the safety or well-being of any individuals.” New York prosecutor Christopher Conroy addressed Trump’s social media outbursts during the arraignment. He told Merchan, “We have significant concern about the potential danger this kind of rhetoric poses to our city, to potential jurors and witnesses, and to the judicial process.” “This is a request I’m making,” Merchan responded. “I’m not making it an order.” But he would revisit that decision should circumstances require it. So, no immediate gag order on the voluble, attention-seeking former president.

A lecture for Kadir Has University, Department of Economics, Istanbul. Image by Lynn Greyling from Pixabay

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“Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law rolling back requirements that the state verify the ages of workers under 16 and provide them with work certificates permitting them to work.” — NPR

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Boris Johnson's promise that Brexit would make Britain an "outward-looking" prosperous nation is now exposed as the lie it always was, reports Adam Bienkov

Congressional action has finally sprung for the jailed WikiLeaks founder.

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Israeli forces conducted violent raids on the Al Aqsa Mosque compound two nights in a row, beating worshipers and forcing Palestinians out of the holy site in order to make way for Jewish pilgrims on Passover.

The post Israel Attacks Al-Aqsa Two Nights in a Row, Beating Worshippers at Holy Site appeared first on scheerpost.com.

McCarthy has become the highest-level US official to meet with a Taiwanese president on US soil since the 1979 diplomatic shift.

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The resolution presented by Azerbaijan on behalf of Non-Aligned countries noted the impact of sanctions on key rights related to life, health, and freedom from hunger. It was predictably rejected by the US and its allies.

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By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Collateral damage?  Deserving and worthy of their punishment?  The exclusion and banishment of Russian and Belarusian athletes has become the acceptable prejudice of many governments and a slew of sporting bodies.  After the invasion of Ukraine in February last year, a number banded together to find ways to punish Russia, […]

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‘It’s like being in love with someone’: Barry Duncan, MIT’s master palindromist, spells out his ‘doubly satisfying’ process

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Ukraine and the collective West talk too much.

Prisoners in Washington State are renewing their fight to democratize education amid new restrictions threatening their decade-old program.

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The stories of oral societies, passed from generation to generation, are more than they seem. They are scientific records

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Back to the era of child labor? Paging Charles Dickens...

A look at the U.S. national debt since World War II reveals that economic growth and fiscal austerity (i.e., spending cuts and raising taxes) are two of the ways to reduce the debt burden.

Natalie Burr The challenge of measuring financial conditions Imagine you were tasked with thinking about how financial conditions have changed over a policy tightening cycle. Different economists would come to very different conclusions, and none would necessarily be wrong. Why? Because measuring financial conditions is challenging – for a variety of reasons. A financial conditions … Continue reading The challenges of measuring financial conditions →

Enough with the victim mentality!

Presidents love to pay hush money!

A striking teacher talks to Josiah Mortimer about what the pay crisis looks like on the ground in a Cornish secondary school