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Not even official Israeli calls for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians seem to impact the ‘unbreakable bond’ between Washington and Tel Aviv. 

The post Selective Outrage in Palestine: The Problem is Not Just Smotrich, It’s Zionism appeared first on MintPress News.

As the Russian winter offensive appears to have stalled on the Donbas front, Tom Mutch assesses the military cost to both sides in the war

Pressures of decarbonisation and evolving international markets could lead to a significant slump in its competitiveness, writes Thomas Perrett

Read your religion chapter about “sexuality.” Ask your mom what the word “sexuality” means. She will snap back, “I thought your father explained that to you?” You will have no recollection of your dad explaining anything remotely related to sex to you. Don’t ask again. Wonder how many more chapters of your religion book will be completely mystifying to you. (You shouldn’t have worried about that too much.)

Commiserate with your friend when she finds blood in the toilet bowl after her mom uses the bathroom. Her mom must be so ill if she’s bleeding into the toilet. You’ve never heard of that disease before.

Thank God that your friend started her period first. Look up the dictionary definition of “menstruation,” which references “menstruating.” Look up “menstruating.” Continue looking up the other references, which just continue circling around each other.

Look up “sex” in the encyclopedia when your parents are away. Then, look up the other references.

Claim takes seconds to disprove as desperation shows The Labour right continue to delude themselves – or try to delude others – that Keir Starmer is not toxic with the public, despite evidence that the more voters see of him the less they like. One amusing example took place last night when Tom Canham shared […]

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The author argues for the widespread use of market values when assessing bank conditions, prompt corrective action by regulators, limiting deposit insurance protection to ensure market discipline, and shifting the political equilibrium.

It should perhaps come as little surprise that when it comes to protecting the right to pay in cash, the UK government prioritises freedom of choice for businesses (to reject cash) over freedom of choice for citizens (to use it). 

Republicans announced the veto override effort just hours after the elementary school shooting in nearby Nashville.

The post Just 2 Days After Shooting, Republicans Vote to Loosen Gun Law in North Carolina appeared first on scheerpost.com.

By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through “trade” agreements, which are binding and permanent.  Digitalization is the defining economic transformation of our time. […]

The post The European Union’s Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech appeared first on scheerpost.com.

March 18 DC peace march almost completely blacked out in US corporate media.

The post Covering (Up) Antiwar Protest in US Media appeared first on scheerpost.com.

By Greg Palast / CounterPunch Last week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret deal with the Iranian government to hold 52 Americans hostages so that Reagan could defeat Jimmy Carter. Reagan’s skanky deal worked. In 1980, Carter’s failure to […]

The post Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes and the $23 Million Payoff appeared first on scheerpost.com.

The ongoing effort to investigate and ban TikTok is not about our privacy, but about fueling more aggression against China.

The post The US War Drum Against China Sounds Like: Tik. Tok. appeared first on scheerpost.com.

How much is "information sharing" between mega property management companies driving the rise in housing costs?

We have laws to protect children from factory work. Why aren’t they protected from parents who monetise their lives online?

- by Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore

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On Tuesday this week, just 24 hours before a meeting of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC), committee members received a motion tabled by the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, proposing the withdrawal of Labour’s endorsement of the Member of Parliament for Islington North, and Starmer’s predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn.   The tabling of the motion […]

Writer Dionne Ford dives deep into her ancestry and confronts the complexities of being a Black woman in America with the blood of both the enslaved and the enslaver.

The post America’s Slavery-Ridden Origin Story: Facing the Uncomfortable Reality appeared first on scheerpost.com.

No more talk of gender or sexuality in school!

Florida and Disney slug it out.