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Conservative voices in U.S. politics have been condemning Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in an assault against free speech. read now...

Yves here. This post confirms something Lambert has highlighted in the context of elections: that nurses are one of the most effective union groups. Here they are combatting abusively low hospital staffing levels. Not only will this campaign help slow the decline of the quality of care, it should help slow the exodus of nurses, […]

We start to see the absurdity of the current reliance on monetary policy as a counter-stabilisation tool, when you read the calls from the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member talking about the risk of a ‘significant inflation undershoot’. In a detailed analysis of the current situation, the external MPC member noted that inflation…

With corruption on the rise, there's a case for creating a political system in Australia where no one, irrespective of wealth or power, has any more influence than anyone else. read now...

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Broadcaster slammed for falsely implicating immigrants The BBC has been hammered for feeding into racist stereotypes in its report of the conviction of twenty-one people in the West Midlands on child sex abuse charges. All those convicted are white Britons – yet the BBC illustrated the article with a headline image showing Palestinian flags: After […]

Republicans are suddenly concerned about their anti-abortion zealots ruining everything. And in the process they are proving that abortion politics were always about winning and not about any “principle” that life begins at conception. Now that they are losing and they don’t like it:

The Colorado Information Analysis Center alerted authorities to an activist group organizing walkouts in response to school shootings.

The post Tasked With Stopping Terror, Colorado’s Intel Agency Monitors Students Protesting Gun Violence appeared first on The Intercept.

It may not be illegal, but there is something seriously amiss when the former chief lawmaker of the land joins a billionaire mining magnate to sue his own country. read now...

Dan Pfeiffer with an analysis of what went right in Wisconsin: It’s a model for the country. Hopefully people elsewhere are paying attention. (I’d put Florida at the top of that list…) By the way, get a load of the jackass who lost that Supreme Court seat:

Medicine uses race to try to provide more equitable care. But that prescription likely does more harm.

The post Is There Any Place for Race in Medicine? appeared first on Nautilus.

Philip Bump breaks it down: 1. The 34 charges center on how payments to attorney Michael Cohen were recorded — at 34 different times. The indictment centers on the previously reported effort in 2016 to bury a story alleging an extramarital relationship between Trump and adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. That effort involved a payment of $130,000 to Daniels paid by Michael Cohen, then Trump’s attorney. A statement of facts released by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg details the prosecutors’ case. Cohen, it alleges, agreed in consultation with Trump and Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg that the attorney should receive $420,000 in reimbursement, a sum including enough for Cohen to offset the increase in federal income tax he would need to pay. According to the statement, this total was allegedly recorded on a bank statement (suggesting documentary evidence) and agreed to by Trump himself in an Oval Office meeting with Cohen. The sum was then repaid in a series of monthly checks that were allegedly recorded by the Trump Organization as being a monthly retainer for Cohen. That’s where the 34 charges accrue.

12 artichoke bottoms½ cup lemon juice1 cup beef broth1 cup tomato juice1 package unflavored gelatin½ cup heavy cream½ teaspoon dillweed1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce1 dash hot sauce If using fresh artichokes, cook whole in large kettle(s) in lightly salted water 30-35 minutes or until leaves pull easily away from body of artichoke; remove water and drain; […]

BOTANISTS and Coffs Harbour Coastal Works horticulturists are doing their best to save two rare plants discovered during Transport for NSW’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required in the planning stages for the Coffs Harbour bypass. “These two new species are the Fontainea allied to F. oraria (Lennox Head Fontainea), and a species of Pittosporum, Pittosporum...

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As the country heads into a Presidential-election year, this swath of the population could emerge as “a force to be reckoned with.”

104.1 CHYFM is conducting a raffle to give away four double passes to the ‘Sharks Have Heart’ community bay at the upcoming Cronulla Sharks vs Newcastle Knights NRL Round 12 game on Saturday, 20 May at C.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour. 104.1 CHYFM was selected by the Cronulla Sharks as their Giving Partner as...

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ONE of the most beloved community events on the calendar is making a triumphant return to Coffs Harbour, with Newcastle Permanent’s Cinema Under the Stars bringing a jam-packed evening of family-friendly fun to Coffs Harbour Showground at 4pm on Saturday 15 April 2023. After a wet weekend led to the January event being postponed, the...

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