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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 07:00
The GOP’s investigations go in circles It’s all BS: [Sen. Chuck Grassley] on Wednesday issued a joint statement with Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) alleging Biden was involved in a “criminal scheme” when he served as vice president that involved a foreign national. The two Republican lawmakers called on the Justice Department to release a 2020 document they claim alleges Biden’s involvement in the scheme. “We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States,” Grassley said in a statement. “The FBI’s recent history of botching politically charged investigations demands close congressional oversight.”The video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard But Grassley was singing a different tune on Friday, admitting to Newsmax’s Greta Van Susteren that he has no evidence to back his claim, Newsweek reports. “It is a very serious allegation. I wish I could say that I knew it was true or untrue,” the 89-year-old lawmaker told Van Susteren.
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 06:00

The Value, Health and Radical Needs Reading Group spent 15 months slowly and carefully reading Karl Marx’s Grundrisse. The task was certainly daunting, but also intellectually rewarding in equal measure. Since in these notebooks Marx is clearly developing a logical method of presentation that he has yet to fully master, we found it particularly difficult to keep sight of the central theme of each of its sections. Some long paragraphs where Marx works up calculations, describes historical events or recounts the ideas of selected political economy authors were also admittedly challenging. As a result of our efforts at a reflective reading, we feel that we possess a deeper understanding of the inner workings of capitalist society. We now bring our new knowledge, in its collective character, to written form.

The post 4 Talking Points from Karl Marx’s Grundrisse appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).

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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:58
This time over possible Chinese naval bases in the South Pacific. The anti-China campaign never stops… Hong Kong; Xinjiang; debt traps; the tennis player Peng Shuai, who was ‘disappeared’; Covid policies that were too strict and then too permissive; a property collapse; a shrinking economy that is now growing too fast and renewed beat ups about Continue reading »
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:56
Yesterday, 15th May marked the 75th anniversary of the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland, known as “the Nakba” or “the Catastrophe.” In 1948, the Jewish underground terrorist groups – the Hagannah, Stern Gang and Irgun ethnically cleansed more than 850,000 Palestinians from their homeland (70 percent of the Palestinian population) through terror Continue reading »
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:54
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) stands firmly against the extra-judicial killings of militants by Israel and the high number of civilian casualties- including children – in Gaza. This adds to what the AJDS has been saying for many years with respect to Israel’s disastrous relationship with the people and government of Gaza. AJDS Statement Continue reading »
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:53
It would be a fatal mistake for Labor to think that it represents the values and aspirations of its primary constituencies. It doesn’t. It is just that it misrepresents them slightly less than the coalition. The federal budget was a success, the more so for ticking off some Labor boxes and reaching a surplus. The Continue reading »
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:52
This year’s budget will not set school education alight. It contains too many harsh lights, some bright lights and certain very soft lights. Funding arrangements have endured in the budget that will mean the diminishment of government schools and the expansion of non-government schools. Harsh lights For 2023/4, $28.3 billion will be provided for all Continue reading »
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:50
On May 12, the former president of the UN Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani, warned Hong Kong that it faced ongoing turbulence amidst global tensions. It should expect to be “kicked around like a football” over the next decade, although this has already started. Since 2020, the US has sought to harm Hong Kong in various Continue reading »
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 04:00
People have been living together with the potential for someone to commit a violent act since the beginning of time. There is never a 100% certainty that something bad won’t happen to you. To sanction the “pre-preemptive” murder of an unarmed person who is having a mental breakdown just because it might get violent is anarchy. Have they lost their minds? This is the natural consequence of the whole “stand your ground” and “castle doctrine” movement. Self-defense has been redefined to mean you can kill if you simply feel threatened. There’s no responsibility to retreat and there doesn’t have to be an actual threat. Kill first and ask questions later. It’s not the first time that vigilantism has become defensible in America. Like before, there is a real sense among a whole lot of people that they have the right to kill anyone who offends them and makes them feel insecure in their presence and there’s often a racist component to their “feelings.” It looks like we’re in for another round.
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Tue, 16/05/2023 - 02:30
The DeSantis Trump Iowa race has begin. And it’s as absurd as you imagined. It was supposed to be the first time the two main rivals for the Republican nomination faced off on GOP territory at the same time and the media couldn’t have been more excited. Despite still being undeclared, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was making a foray into Iowa, the first Republican primary state, on the same day as former president Donald Trump. What was going to happen when these two manly pugilists finally entered the ring? Well, the big confrontation didn’t happen as planned. DeSantis threw on a crisp blue shirt with a button down collar and a pair of skinny jeans and hit the trail and Trump bowed out at the last minute. The New York Times declared that a big win for the Florida Governor describing DeSantis’ intrepid trek to the area where Trump had been scheduled to speak as a “clear rebuke” to the man who has been “tormenting him” — a brave move to ensure that he doesn’t suffer the same result as all the other Republicans Trump has destroyed: For the first time in months, Gov.