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Paul Niland looks at how even Russia's minimal war aims in Ukraine are vague and impossible, eroded by the attrition of the Ukrainian armed forces and a failing mobilisation
Preparing to wreck the constitution to save it What is the difference between armed “patriots” and armed Taliban? Choice of personal weapon, perhaps? Laura Jedeed attended the Patriot Academy’s “Constitutional Defense” training camp last summer in New Mexico and writes about it for The New Republic. “The handgun course is a loss leader,” she came to see. “The ideology is the product.” Founder Rick Green’s trainees are not preparing so much for armed insurrection as for getting 34 state legislatures to petition for an Article V convention of the states to rewrite the Constitution to better align with biblical principles. Many familiar conservative names and organizations back the efforts of Convention of States Action (COSA): the Mercer family, former Senator Jim DeMint, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), David Barton, and more. In 2016, COSA organized a mock convention of the states in Virginia.
Samir Jeraj reports on how funding cuts, increasing costs, ageing facilities and climate change are all playing a role in rising numbers of deaths by drowning
You have to wonder if job applicants at the New York Times are tested on their mind-reading ability.
The post More Mind Reading at the NYT: Tells Readers U.K. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s Real Concern Is the Working Class appeared first on Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Emma De Souza reports on how countries are tackling the rise in misinformation through the legal and education systems
Mexico's economy was one of the best performers of 2022, despite (or perhaps because of) a whole raft of worker-friendly policies from the AMLO government.
Is Ukraine's spin getting threadbare?
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Happy New Year! And what better way to start the new year than with a new issue of Doctor Who Magazine! In a world-exclusive interview published in Doctor Who Magazine 586, Millie Gibson talks about playing new companion Ruby Sunday, what it’s like acting alongside Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, and how she discovered she’d secured […]
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Five years before Covid-19 lockdowns forced people to stay home as much as possible, journalist Lauren Smiley was already writing about how a new wave of companies was creating a ‘shut-in economy’. These shut-ins weren’t people involuntarily stuck inside or shielding themselves from an unprecedented health crisis; they were tech workers who spent so much […]
An analysis looks at how defense spending among the top six nations has changed since 1992, what has driven the changes and what it might mean for future spending.
Além de aumentar custos, separar as áreas em duas pastas geraria pressão pela ocupação de cargos pelas polícias, muito próximas a Bolsonaro.
The post Lula mantém Justiça e Segurança Pública juntas para evitar criação de ministério-quartel appeared first on The Intercept.
I was out birdwatching yesterday afternoon as the holiday drew to a close. Not wishing to venture far I went to Welney, a local reserve
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One question for J.D. Haltigan, an assistant professor of child and youth mental health at the University of Toronto.
The post How Is TikTok Affecting Mental Health? appeared first on Nautilus.
The original Doctor Who novel is back in an exciting and beautiful new illustrated hardback Like Blogtor Who, many of you may well have looked under the tree on Christmas morning to find this year’s prestige Doctor Who hardback, Doctor Who and the Daleks. It’s hoped to be just the first of a series of […]
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Take a flight on masochist airlines.