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Who’s next for DNC chair? Now that Democrats face four year of an administration bent on destroying the greatness their Lord Trump claims he wants to restore, they can don sackcloth and ashes or elect a someone to lead the DNC who knows how to lead, how to raise money, and how to organize at the grassroots. Politico this week reported the fight for the future has begun: When rumors began swirling that Wisconsin Democratic Party leader Ben Wikler might run for chair of the national party, Jeff Weaver, a prominent progressive strategist, texted him with a warning. “I am letting you know that in advance I will be publicly and actively opposing any effort to elevate you to DNC chair,” he wrote. Only one week after losing the White House, the battle for the next chair of the Democratic National Committee is underway — with members of the party’s political class boosting their favorite potential candidates for the job on social media and knifing their opponents behind the scenes. Isn’t that nice? It’s a fight with significant consequences for Democrats.
Vad beror den ökande inflationen på? Max Jerneck (MJ): Den beror till stor del på ökade priser på energi och livsmedel, som orsakas av saker som hur elmarknaden är reglerad och torka samt kriget i Ukraina. Även priserna på möbler och andra varor, och grundläggande komponenter och insatsvaror som halvledare och stål spelar in. Under […]
Visiting Stockholm for a few podcast appearances with Starta Pressarna yours truly managed to bring wife and three of our children, who live in the royal capital, to visit Waldemarsudde. Until March, there’s a fascinating solo exhibition featuring Gunnel Wåhlstrand, whose ink-wash artworks, with incredible photorealistic precision, are breath-taking. Well worth a visit.
The Feds crack down on school lunch fees, ghost networks get summoned, a big mine gets slapped with a big fine, and America gets its ethics chief.
The game clock stopped on Nov. 5. Now we’re in overtime. Don’t know about your states, but we’ve got a recount scheduled to start on Tuesday. As counties tabulated remaining absentee and provisional ballots, Democrat Allison Riggs took the lead late Friday by 106 votes in the NC Supreme Court race. At the end of election day, she was down by over 7,000. As of this writing, there are still several counties yet to upload their final tallies that don’t plan to complete their work until Monday. So more to come. Upside? Blue counties left to report voted 455k of their citizens. Red counties voted only 172k. The vast majority are already counted. What’s left are the handful that need approving by the county boards. Remember the fierce 2023 battle in Wisconsin for the state supreme court seat won by Janet Protasiewicz? These local and state races matter. But like Rodney Dangerfield, they largely get no repsect. It’s why we station poll greeters outside polling stations urging voters to vote their ballots all the way to the bottom. Many don’t. Downlballot races suffer. We are still reeling from N.C.
The clip from the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special "Joy to the World" shows that Steven Moffat is still in stealth worldbuilding mode.
Reports of the criminal justice reform movement’s death are greatly exaggerated.
The post Elon Musk Quietly Tried to Oust a Reform DA. Here’s Why He Failed. appeared first on The Intercept.
Peter Jukes in the December Print Edition of Byline Times
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I will confess that I’ve spent the last week watching a lot of Animal Planet rather than news.I needed a soother every single day. But here’s some news that will renew your faith in humanity: 54 horses saved. That’s heroic.
It only takes four neurons to achieve big things.
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I’ve always been frustrated by the inability of anyone to address the rank corruption of Trump’s administration. Some of his early cabinet officials were chased out of office for their greed and grift but nobody ever seemed to care much that Trump and his family were making vast sums of money from his presidency. (The utter gall of going after the Biden family for that was overwhelming.) There were some belated senate investigtions which never held a public hearing as far as I can tell. But they’re over. And it’s going to be so much worse. Greg Sargent writes: It’s often said that Trump campaigned expressly on a platform of authoritarian rule, but this also applies to corruption: He didn’t disguise his promises to govern in the direct interests of some of the wealthiest executives and investors in the country—and he won anyway. Trump and his allies will likely interpret this as a green light to engage in an extraordinary spree of unrestrained malfeasance. There are several reasons to fear this could amount to a level of oligarchic corruption that outdoes anything Trump did in his first term.
The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean.
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In the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election, “Give us Barabbas” emerged in...
America's commitment to arming allies like Israel and Ukraine has exposed cracks in its own military strategy, as endless wars leave the nation ill-prepared for future conflicts.
The post The High Cost of Empire: US Weapons Depletion Fuels Concerns Over Military Readiness appeared first on MintPress News.
"This bill fails to uphold the promises made in the Treaty and disregards the voices of Māori."