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Already dealing with rate and energy hikes, Meloni government eliminates two programs that were effectively providing stimulus just as Italy becomes country with lowest employment rate in the bloc. Now billions of EU recovery funds are at stake too.
Yves here. This post confirms something Lambert has highlighted in the context of elections: that nurses are one of the most effective union groups. Here they are combatting abusively low hospital staffing levels. Not only will this campaign help slow the decline of the quality of care, it should help slow the exodus of nurses, […]
Ukraine and the collective West talk too much.
Col. Larry Wilkerson describes how the media barely covered the damage wrought by the U.S.-led “coalition of the willing” in Iraq
Congressional action has finally sprung for the jailed WikiLeaks founder.
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Some ideas for how to dial down your political hostility.
"Trump should be prosecuted for a variety of crimes, committed both as a private citizen and public official," argues Jeremy Scahill. "But if we want to claim that our system is exceptional, then the same fate should be brought to bear on the Bushes, Cheneys, and Kissingers of the world as well."
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The illusion of a cohesive Israel, an Israel that is a miraculous success, exists only in the minds of privileged Israeli and some diaspora Jews. Some European politicians may also believe this to be the case, having been convinced by Jews in their countries. But it was never the case.
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Following “revelations” of $8 billion Medicare “rorts” in the Nine newspapers last spring, Health Minister Mark Butler commissioned Dr Pradeep Philip to conduct a review of Medicare integrity and compliance. His report has now been publicly released, and subject to vastly different readings. Judging by the press reports so far, two versions of the review Continue reading »