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Prior to my adventure, I am assigned a primitive survival rating (PSR) by a team of experts. I have never been camping or hunting, and if I have to pee while hiking, I will turn around and drive forty-five minutes into town to a public restroom. Even so, I have combat skills and tenacity, as demonstrated by a recent fight at Ross Dress for Less over the last pair of irregular Levi’s in my size. I have been rated with a PSR of 1.01 out of 10.

As I am driven into the jungle to meet my partner, I pray that I made the right choice to spend hundreds of dollars on laser hair removal instead of outdoor survival classes. I meet my partner, Wolf, who has a PSR of 7.5, and who I am annoyed to discover is much more attractive than me. I ask the producers if a schlubbier man is available because shouldn’t they have done an attractiveness-matching thing if this is being televised?

They think they are, but they’re not Journalist John Hendrickson, who wrote that incredible piece about Joe Biden’s stutter for the Atlantic went to a Trump rally and asked the attendees how they felt about his repeated mocking of people with disabilities. They professed that they didn’t think it was very nice, but that’s just how it goes and they’ll vote for him anyway. There is no awareness of what it says about his character as a man or a leader. They just don’t care: On Saturday, as we awaited Trump’s arrival by private plane, my colleague Hanna Rosin and I spent the day wandering the grounds of Wright Bros. Aero Inc., asking rally attendees uncomfortable questions about what they’re comfortable with. Virtually everyone was bothered by specific examples of Trump’s recent bullying. But as they unpacked their thoughts, they continually found ways to excuse their favored candidate’s behavior. Many interviewees repeatedly contradicted themselves, perhaps because of a particular variable: I’m a person who stutters, and that day, I was asking real people how they felt about Trump making fun of stuttering.

Amidst escalating violence and humanitarian catastrophe, the United States' contradictory actions in Gaza raise serious questions about its moral obligations and geopolitical interests.

The post Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy is Prolonging Gaza Genocide appeared first on MintPress News.

Anger over the civilian carnage in Gaza has galvanized some veterans who experienced disastrous U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan up close.

The post Anti-War Veterans Groups Echo Aaron Bushnell’s Demand for a Ceasefire in Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

In this exclusive interview, Jake Johnston sheds light on the power struggles unfolding in Haiti and the potential implications of U.S. involvement in the nation's affairs.

The post Will the US Intervene in Haiti? With Jake Johnston appeared first on MintPress News.

NC Republicans run another conpiracy theorist Esquire‘s Charlie Pierce began describing this place as “the newly insane state of North Carolina” in early 2015 (as far as I can tell) in honor of state voters selecting “Tea Party boy-toy Thom Tillis” for Senate over Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan. This was before Trump and before Madison Cawthorn replaced Rep. Mark Meadows in NC-11 in the same election in which Mark Robinson brought Christian nationalism to the office of lieutenant governor. Joining Robinson on the ballot this fall is Michele Morrow, who you’ve already met. Morrow expects Tar Heels to put her in charge of the state’s public school system she doesn’t believe in. A CNN reporter caught up with the elusive Morrow in a parking lot to ask for comment on her postings recommending execution for President Barack Obama and others. Via WGHP: “I prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad,” Morrow said of Obama in a May 13, 2020, post on X, formerly Twitter. “I do not want to waste another dime on supporting his life.

Current Education Minister Simon Harris will be elevated to Taoiseach for the remaining term of this government

by Dave Rollo

It would be difficult to match the pastoral majesty of northwest Virginia, with its rolling hills covered in forests and prime farmland at the northern foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The region boasts the Shenandoah Valley to the west and Shenandoah National Park (SNP). Sitting at the eastern doorstep of the Park is Rappahannock County, part of the Piedmont region of the state,

The post <em>Keeping</em> the County Great: Rappahannock’s Steady State appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.

We should already be talking about what it would be like, if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election, to live under a developing autocracy. Beyond the publicized plans of those around him to gut the federal civil service system and consolidate power in the hands of You Know Who, under Trump 2.0, so much else would change for the worse. All too many of us who now argue about the Ukraine and Gaza wars and their ensuing humanitarian crises, about police violence and extremism in the military here at home, about all sorts of things, would no longer share a common language. Basics that once might have meant the same thing to you and me, like claiming someone won an... Read more

Source: If America Were a Trumpian Autocracy appeared first on TomDispatch.com.

Trump is in a hole and won’t stop digging Republicans operatives from out of state were bankrolling ads promoting Durham D.A. Satana Deberry ahead of North Carolina’s March 5 Democratic attorney general primary. Supporters of Rep. Jeff Jackson, her main opponent, warned that a vote for Deberry could aid the GOP-funded effort to upset TikTok maven Jackson. Let them waste their money, I replied. If donations are a measure of support, it was no contest. Jackson had raised around $1.7 million to Deberry’s not-quite $45,000. Jackson bested Deberry by 22 points. So for those fretting about every presidential poll this far out from November, consider the fundraising status of the two majors (CNN): Donald Trump’s campaign saw an uptick in donations in February but failed to match the accelerating fundraising pace set by Joe Biden, whose political operation widened its already substantial financial advantage over his Republican rival as it entered March and the general election showdown, new filings show.

Helena Kennedy KC is set to introduce a Bill to the House of Lords so those suspected of atrocities can be arrested in Britain

With the TARDIS being the star of Doctor Who, it was only a matter of time before she had a tell-all memoir (like most British celebrities).

Conservative backbenchers, many of whom are landlords, are trying to abolish schemes which reveal much higher rates of disrepair

Dear White Person Who Just Found Out I’m Puerto Rican,

I’m Puerto Rican, and that’s going to come up in conversation with me. The reveal could look like a few different things, including an anecdote about my father, a comment about race, or a warning for you to stop saying the thing you’re about to say about Latinos. I might say it because you tell me I look exotic and are curious about my background. I might also mention it because it’s el elefante in the room—I know you know I’m something, and you want to know what that something is. So here it is: I’m Puerto Rican.

My mother is Jewish, of Eastern European descent, and was raised in the Bronx. My father was born in Puerto Rico and moved to New York City when he was ten years old. I identify as Latinx. When I tell you this, please don’t ask me why. I just do. I have a Latinx first name and surname. I had an abuela. I get tan in the sun, not burned. And I’m a single mother of three children. Isn’t that enough for you?

There is mounting evidence that the fossil fuel industry is involved in an extensive disinformation campaign

In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Marvel Zombies, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, AHS: Delicate, Dead Boy Detectives, X-Men '97, and more!

Plus, credit card predators hit an obstacle, the Biden admin waives ethics rules for a former Boeing official, and SCOTUS justices face questions about their taxes.