Britain is broke. This is the message that Rachel Reeves has just delivered to the nation as she announced forthcoming cuts to public spending and investment. Reeves claims that the Tories left the country in a much greater fiscal mess than Labour could have realised while they were in opposition — and it’s now up […]
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The former footballer has been charged with malicious communications over tweets he sent about ex-England player, Eni Aluko.
Lewis was allegedly trying to destroy evidence of phone hacking to save Murdoch and his top executive Rebekah Brooks from police prosecution, Byline Investigates and Yellow Press reported on Monday
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Polling from many different sources shows a shift towards Harris as America moves into "uncharted territory" that has "no modern historical parallel"
. To my children — David, Amanda, Tora, Sebastian, and Linnea So if you’re feeling sort of down and outDon’t loose your faith, wipe away the doubtYou must take a stand that’s what it is about
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It was early fall 1969, my senior year of high school, and the guy sitting in front of me turned around and asked whether I’d heard “Abbey Road” yet. I’d known Charles for two years, but not well. I was … Continue reading
I hadn’t heard of Tim Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, before this past weekend. But like many people, I’ve been struck by the pivot he’s signaled in how the Democrats, and the left more generally, should talk about Trump. Asked by Jake Tapper why he insists on calling Trump “weird” rather than an “existential threat to democracy,” which is how most Democrats and progressives have been describing Trump since 2016, Walz said: It gives him [Trump] way too much power. Listen to the guy. He’s talking about Hannibal Lecter and shocking sharks, whatever crazy thing pops into his mind. And I thought we just give him way too much credit. When you just ratchet down some of the scariness […]
Meanwhile, the youts are involved too:
Once the stuff of progressive pipe dreams, now even centrists like Biden are questioning the court’s outsized power.
The post Now a Lame Duck, Biden Finally Floats Supreme Court Reforms appeared first on The Intercept.
I wonder why? President Biden has endorsed three important reforms to the Supreme Court. He’s asking for binding code of conduct, which is long overdue. He wants no immunity for former presidents accused of crimes while in office. And the biggie is that he’s asking for terms limits for Supreme Court Justices. The right wing is having a fit as usual. They love corruption so that’s not surprising. But it’s the term limits that have them screaming. Unfortunately, as with so many issues, they are on the wrong side of that one too: Even most Republicans think it’s a good idea. But the “influencers” are very up in arms. Keep it up.
Sean Grayson left the Logan County Sheriff’s Office after supervisors suspected he lied on reports.
The post Past Employers Questioned Integrity and Conduct of Deputy Who Killed Sonya Massey appeared first on The Intercept.
A man found guilty of breaching the racial discrimination act yet somehow given a news show to host, Andrew Bolt, has shocked his viewers, all 3 of them, by threatening to resign should James Murdoch become his boss. ”How dare... Read More ›
“(I)f pressed on legality … our position is that it is for competent judicial bodies to determine whether crimes against humanity have been committed” – (DFAT, 2022, FOI release). What then are DFAT and Australia’s obligations following the finding by the International Court of Justice that Israel has established an apartheid system in the Occupied Continue reading »
The glories of modern medicine are abundant: diseases once considered incurable are now within therapeutic range. Recently a new mechanical heart, developed by an Australian and weighing a mere half kilo or so, was successfully installed in a patient in the US. While its long-term effectiveness awaits proof, it has been hailed as a turning Continue reading »
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland’s warning that the ballot box is ‘not a guide to Middle East policy’ (The Australian, 26 July 2024), coupled with her concerns about social cohesion, highlights federal Labor’s naivete and how out of touch it is with the electorate. Continue reading »