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Anyone who says that rape and sexual assault allegations don’t have any impact on men’s lives needs to look at the facts. Our nation has condemned a serial sexual abuser who has long been plagued by assault and rape allegations to run the entire country. So the next time you think that sexually assaulting women doesn’t ruin men’s lives, reach out to the rapist in your life and see how he’s doing. Gainfully employed lawyer, doctor, corporate executive, father, president of the United States? Think of what they’re going through.

Obviously, rape allegations do ruin men’s lives, because now one particular rapist has to bear the ultimate burden: listening to JD Vance speak for the next four years.

But more so than that, we need to have empathy for the great responsibility that this sexual assaulter now bears. Imagine how much stress he must be under, not from the guilt or shame of mistreating countless women, but the weight of having to sign legal documents with his full name using an actual pen? Ugh.

Hezbollah emerged as a resistance movement to Israeli occupation and has humbled Israel before but recent years have shown its limitations, argues James Supple.

The post Israel’s bloody agenda in Lebanon and Hezbollah’s resistance first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Jason Stanley offered this explanation for what’s happening to us and it’s been around for a couple of millenia: For 2,300 years, at least since Plato’s Republic, philosophers have known how demagogues and aspiring tyrants win democratic elections. The process is straightforward, and we have now just watched it play out. In a democracy, anyone is free to run for office, including people who are thoroughly unsuitable to lead or preside over the institutions of government. One telltale sign of unsuitability is a willingness to lie with abandon, specifically by representing oneself as a defender against the people’s perceived enemies, both external and internal. Plato regarded ordinary people as being easily controlled by their emotions, and thus susceptible to such messaging – an argument that forms the true foundation of democratic political philosophy (as I have argued in previous work).

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You sit down on a sandy dune and tilt your head back.

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Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz entließ Finanzminister Christian Lindner angesichts anhaltender Konflikte in der deutschen Regierungs-koalition. Lindner geriet wiederholt mit Scholz über finanzpolitische Fragen aneinander. Er lehnte die Pläne der SPD und Grünen für schuldenfinanzierte Maßnahmen entschieden ab, einschließlich einer Lockerung der ‘Schuldenbremse’ zur Förderung von Investitionen, insbesondere in Energie und Infrastruktur. Einer der grundlegendsten Denkfehler in […]

But don’t worry they say they aren’t preparing any concentration camps. Yet. Donald Trump’s allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to detain and deport migrants residing in the United States on a large scale, according to four sources familiar with the discussions. Immigration was a cornerstone of Trump’s 2024 campaign, and while he repeatedly touted promises of mass deportation on the trail – putting increased emphasis on interior enforcement compared to his 2016 fixation on the border wall – members of his orbit and some in the private sector discussed what that plan would look like, according to the sources. Trump’s day one priority is to reinstate his former administration’s border policies and reverse those of President Joe Biden, senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told CNN. Early discussions among Trump’s team have focused on removing undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes, a source familiar with the team’s preliminary plans told CNN.

How the Democrats lost to Trump — again.

The post Kamala’s Fruitless Pursuit of the Mythical Moderate appeared first on The Intercept.

Israel cut ties with UNWRA, attacked the West Bank and Lebanon, and announced a pending “complete evacuation” of northern Gaza earlier this week.

The post While America Voted, Israel Set the Stage for Annexing Northern Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Israel cut ties with UNWRA, attacked the West Bank and Lebanon, and announced a pending “complete evacuation” of northern Gaza earlier this week.

The post While America Voted, Israel Set the Stage for Annexing Northern Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

You’d think at least a few of the wingnuts would wonder about this: In the months leading up to the election, Donald Trump and his Republican allies warned relentlessly of widespread voter fraud. Trump accused Democrats of trying to steal the election by cheating, and he repeatedly refused to commit to accepting the election results unless he won. On Election Day, Trump further amplified those claims and suggested that there was voter fraud in Philadelphia and Detroit, two major cities in battleground states. Elon Musk’s “Election Integrity Community” discussion page on X was also rife with conspiracy theories about Democrats cheating. Yet on election night, as the results looked to be in Trump’s favor, the claims tapered off. Instead of dark warnings about election fraud, posts on X’s “election integrity” page grew self-congratulatory and “the urgency to investigate wrongdoing subsided,” The Washington Post reported. Far-right channels on the Telegram platform, where voter fraud claims were widespread in recent days, suddenly grew quiet as well, according to The New York Times.

What’s the point of continuing? CNN reported: “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy,” Trump said when asked by conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt whether he would “pardon yourself” or “fire Jack Smith” if reelected. “I would fire him within two seconds,” Trump said. The discussions between Smith and DOJ leadership are expected to last several days. Justice Department officials are looking at options for how to wind down the two criminal cases while also complying with a 2020 memo from the department’s Office of Legal Counsel about indictments or prosecutions of sitting presidents. Marcy Wheeler: They’re not mentioning a fairly obvious detail. According to governing regulations, when a Special Counsel finishes his work, he must write a report to the Attorney General. Closing documentation. At the conclusion of the Special Counsel’s work, he or she shall provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel. So if Smith is totally done, he has to write a report.

With a new defense pact in the works, Biden’s push to finalize a US-Saudi alliance risks entangling America in volatile conflicts and heightening nuclear tensions in the Middle East.

The post Biden’s Last Minute US-Saudi Deal Could Open Door Nuclear Arms Race appeared first on MintPress News.

Peter Dutton’s traditional owner, Gina Rinehart, has taken time out of her Donald Trump themed celebrations to get on the phone and demand that her favourite toy, Dutton, get an orange spray tan ASAP. ”As leader of the Coalition I... Read More ›