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“Cuomo holds his lead one week before primary day, as voters express unease with city’s direction.” — The Manhattan Institute

In case you haven’t heard: I’m running for mayor. I have a vision for our city that focuses on improving the lives of working people. However, recently, it has come to my attention that something is missing from my candidacy. What can I do to demonstrate that I’m serious about holding a higher office?

I need to start sexually harassing women.

A War Powers Resolution would prohibit the “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

The post Congress Has One Way to Stop Trump From Going to War With Iran appeared first on The Intercept.

Givet de omfattande behoven är det inte underligt att allt fler röster höjs för en mer expansiv finanspolitik. Det tidigare överskottsmålet, vars syfte var att skapa en buffert för kommande ekonomiska kriser, har nyligen slopats vilket frigör 20–25 miljarder kronor. Likaså har en ökad statlig upplåning redan aviserats, till exempel vad gäller kärnkraft och försvar. Risken […]

President Trump has spent his flight home from the G7 trying to figure out what Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, meant when he called the President a soft c*ck for leaving the summit early. ”President Trump has a lot of... Read More ›

As the bombs fall, Tehran isn’t collapsing—it’s galvanizing. Marandi reveals how Israel’s war effort is failing on every front.

The post Mohammad Marandi: This War Was Supposed to Break Iran. It’s Breaking Israel Instead appeared first on MintPress News.

10th of June 2025 Europe is committed to rearmament. Commission President van der Leyden unveiled her ‘ReArm Europe Plan’ which aims to boost EU defence spending by euros 800bn over four years. On 5 June NATO defence ministers agreed to double their members’ annual defence spending from an average of roughly 2.5% of GDP to … Continue reading Should Europe Rearm?

8th of May 2025 It is right to be suspicious of Putin’s intentions without falling for the idea that he will never stop. In 1836 the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill claimed that Lord Melbourne’s government was smitten with the “epidemic disease of Russophobia,” an irrational panic that had triggered an unnecessary increase in defense … Continue reading The Nation: Russophobia—an Epidemic Disease?

13th of May 2025 As the Ukrainian war enters its third year, there has been renewed, if rather limp, talk of a ceasefire followed by negotiations. The premise is that since neither side can ‘win’, it makes sense to start making peace. Few now remember that the war almost ended before it got going. On … Continue reading The Lost Peace?

15th of May 2025 As John Lanchester recently remarked (LRB 27 April 2025) ‘However little money there is for anything else, there’s always enough money for a war’. The failures of neoliberal economics threaten all kinds of political backlashes, some of which have already been seen in the nationalist turn of international relations. ‘Military Keynesianism’ … Continue reading Military Keynesianism?

27th of May 2025 I. Some of you may know the famous scene at the start of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, when one of our fur-covered ancestors picks up a bone from a skeleton lying on the ground and realises that it can be used to fight off enemies. Having killed the leader of … Continue reading Robots as Weapons of War

5th of June 2025 In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother’s state of Oceania is perpetually at war. This never-ending conflict is not a conventional war to be won, but rather a tool of control. The paradoxical party slogan “War is Peace” is the key idea. Continuous war justifies continuous surveillance. Orwell’s novel vividly illustrates how … Continue reading 1984 Revisited – Robert Skidelsky and Attila Mesterházy Jr.

Fri 13 Jun 2025 Fiona Hill’s assessment of the Russian threat to Britain is a classic example of how a seemingly rational argument based on a false premise and scanty evidence can lead to a mad conclusion (Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says, 6 … Continue reading Letter in The Guardian: Russia adviser Fiona Hill’s alarming conclusion

14th of June 2025 Link: https://www.rt.com/shows/worlds-apart-oksana-boyko/619279-london-moscow-enemy-benefits/

The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.

The post U.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway. appeared first on The Intercept.

As the president pressed for an Iran nuclear deal, he approved Israel’s new war. Will America’s own military soon be directly involved?

CHAIR: This meeting will come to order. Will the secretary please call roll.

SECRETARY: Single Unit Homes?

SUH: Here.

SECRETARY: Duplexes?

DUPLEXES: Here here.

SECRETARY: Triplexes?

TRIPLEXES: Here here here.

SECRETARY: Mom and Pops?

M&P: Oh yeah, present.

SECRETARY: Conglomerates?

CONGLOMERATES: Thanks for your question. I am out of the office for the remainder of the week. In the event of an emergency, call the after-hours number.

CHAIR: Is he ever here?

SECRETARY: (rustles papers) Not when we are.

(…)

CHAIR: Any ongoing business from our prior session?

SECRETARY: We ended by tabling the vote on enacting longer delays for even the most basic of maintenance.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are exploiting patent law to extend their brand-name drug monopolies for years past their original expiration date.

The first career-spanning book from Bay Area artist Tucker Nichols, Mostly Everything: The Art of Tucker Nichols attempts to capture, in one extravagant volume, decades of the artist’s varied work, from drawings with words, drawings without words, paintings, and sculpture, to large- and medium-scale public works, editorial illustrations, picture books, doodles, notes, charts, lists, and more.

Nigel Farage's party is culling anything to do with tackling climate change, including local planning for rising sea levels

Courts couldn’t issue injunctions or restraining orders against the government unless plaintiffs pay for a security bond.

The post Under GOP Budget Bill, You’d Have to Be Rich to Sue the Trump Administration appeared first on The Intercept.

Doctor Who companion Sophie Aldred has launched the charity book Ace's Jacket: The Inside Story, with proceeds going to deserving causes.

We may be approaching a time when the illusion of selfhood is strengthened, not weakened, because we are surrounded by machines enacting it.

At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no further than the homeland of that long-extinct bird — Mauritius — for a dose of encouragement. There, among the islands of the Indian Ocean, news can be found about the power of resistance and the ability of small groups of people to band together to overcome the powerful. Amid ongoing slaughter from Gaza and Ukraine to Sudan and the Congo, the news also offers a victory for resolving conflicts through diplomacy rather than force. It’s a victory for decolonization and international law. And it’s a victory for Africa, the African diaspora, and indigenous and other displaced peoples who simply want to... Read more

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