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If you’re like many of my friends, I know what you’re thinking: OMG, how is it even possible that half the country is going to vote for that guy? And there’s a slightly less common corollary to that: I mean, really, who are these people who say that they’re undecided? Who doesn’t know enough to know which way they’re going to vote? Well, it turns out that I’ve met a fair number of those undecided voters in person, going door to door canvassing in eastern Pennsylvania, where, it’s fair to say, the 2024 election may be decided. They’re real people, with perfectly real everyday concerns. They have families living in pleasant suburbs in and around Easton, Bethlehem, and Allentown, their... Read more

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Robert Inlakesh examines claims that Israel’s policies propped up Hamas to justify its continued occupation and derail a two-state solution.

The post Hamas, Oslo, and the Peace Process: Did Israel Use Hamas to Sabotage Peace Efforts? appeared first on MintPress News.

Our friends at 270 Reasons are gathering a polyphonic orchestra of brilliant writers, teachers, doctors, filmmakers, artists, and citizens of all kinds to weigh in about their plans to vote this November. These opinion essays run the gamut from advocacy for basic human rights to acutely personal mini-manifestoes. Read the rest over at 270 Reasons.

With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe.

Once upon a midnight dreary,
While I slumbered, weak and weary,
In a cozy townhouse
In the suburbs of Cleveland,

While I dozed off, nearly snoring,
Suddenly there came a roaring
From the baby monitor
That lay on my nightstand.

“’Tis just the wind,” I murmured then,
“That howls like the damned.”

And quoth the baby: “Waah. Waah. Waah.”

Quietly, so quietly,
My eyes flew open, wildly.
I prayed that my young child, he
Did not need a helping hand.

I did not want to rouse, you see…
(The clock had just struck twelve, you see.)
And still I hoped that I’d receive
The REM sleep I had planned.

“’Tis just a rainstorm,” I demurred.
“There’s no reason to stand.”

And quoth the baby: “Waah. Waah. Waah.”

Labor has lost office in Queensland after nearly a decade. While early polling indicated an LNP landslide, in the end Labor managed to avoid total humiliation—but still suffered a substantial 7 per cent swing.

The post Last minute lurch left not enough to save Queensland Labor first appeared on Solidarity Online.

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“The stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe took the stage early in former President Donald J. Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, hurling a wave of insults and vulgar statements at minority groups including Jews, Latinos and African Americans.” — New York Times

After President Trump’s sold-out rally in Madison Square Garden this weekend, the mainstream media has been attempting to tear down his campaign by blowing some of the speakers’ remarks way out of proportion. Still, given the backlash, we would like to clarify that President Trump does not condone comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being a floating garbage island. Because President Trump did not believe it was actually a joke.

“The stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe took the stage early in former President Donald J. Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, hurling a wave of insults and vulgar statements at minority groups including Jews, Latinos and African Americans.” — New York Times

After President Trump’s sold-out rally in Madison Square Garden this weekend, the mainstream media has been attempting to tear down his campaign by blowing some of the speakers’ remarks way out of proportion. Still, given the backlash, we would like to clarify that President Trump does not condone comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke about Puerto Rico being a floating garbage island. Because President Trump did not believe it was actually a joke.

Which foe is looming largest for native plants along the Yangtze River?

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