Even the key showdown over the Illegal Migration Bill in the chamber had just 6,000 views
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Trump’s defenders slink to the occasion Donald Trump will be arraigned in a Washington, D.C. court this afternoon on charges spelled out in the indictment a federal grand jury handed down on Tuesday. He and his defenders will googolplex down on lies and distortions about those charges. First up from his defense team is that Trump is being prosecuted for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. That is not a legal defense, but a political one for consumption and repetition by his supporters. They will do both. The former president’s alleged crimes are spelled out on the cover page of the grand jury’s indictment: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP, Defendant. And in paragraph four (pg. 2). And at the top of page 3 (COUNT ONE). And at the top of pages 43, 44 and 45 (COUNTS TWO, THREE and FOUR). Chapter and verse.
‘Apostles of freedom are ever idolised when dead, but crucified when alive.’ The words of James Connolly, socialist and Irish revolutionary, cropped up again and again under pictures of Sinéad O’Connor the night of her death on the 26 of July. His quote, referring to the attitude towards the revolutionaries of the 1798 United Irishmen […]
“Co-conspirator 1 is described in the indictment as an ‘attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the defendant’s 2020 re-election campaign would not.’” — The New York Times
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“A Time Person of the Year somewhere between 2000 and 2002.”
“A formerly revered mayor-cum-sloven crony best described as a sentient portrait of Dorian Gray.”
“Toady whose marriage to his own cousin constitutes a mouse-sized corpse in his airplane hangar of skeletons.”
“The love child of an adult bookstore and a crematorium.”
“A conspiracy-peddling disgraced lawyer who would call 9/11 an inside job if he hadn’t been the mayor of New York when it happened.”
In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: Star Trek: Prodigy, AEW/WWE, Riverdale, IASIP, Stephen Amell/SAG-AFTRA, Doctor Who, Elon Musk, and more!
David Sirota interviews climate journalist Jeff Goodell about his bestselling new book on deadly heat waves.
In recent times, there has been a growing interest in institutionalist trends and research within the field of economics. Traditional explanations and analyses have seemed to have little or no value. Abstract and unrealistic theories have increasingly been replaced by historically grounded ones. Institutional and structural elements in the economy are highlighted, replacing overly short-term […]
Landlords and freeholders can pass on their legal costs onto leaseholders who are still waiting for reform of an 'obscene' feudal system
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The pages promote Russia’s line on the war in Ukraine to more than 4 million followers, casting doubt on Meta’s pledge to combat foreign influence campaigns.
The post A Pro-Putin Facebook Network Is Pumping French-Language Propaganda Into Africa appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Giulia Martina
The pages promote Russia’s line on the war in Ukraine to more than 4 million followers, casting doubt on Meta’s pledge to combat foreign influence campaigns.
The post A Pro-Putin Facebook Network Is Pumping French-Language Propaganda Into Africa appeared first on The Intercept.
- by Thomas M Ward
This blog post looks at St. Louis Fed research on COVID-19 aid to emerging economies, decisions about college, counterterrorism policy trade-offs and trade.
People have, throughout all times, tried to form an understanding of the economic contexts using economic theories. These theories both shape and are part of society and its history. In the past century, the development of economic theories has taken place at an increasingly rapid pace. Over the last fifty years, these theories have become […]
Instead of envisioning life amongst the stars, we should be thinking about Earth.
A "fire whirl" has been spotted in California.
The media and the phalanx of mainstream economists from banks etc, the latter of which have a vested interest in interest rates rising in Japan for various reasons, are constantly predicting that the Bank of Japan will relent to the ‘market pressure’ and reverse its current monetary policy stance and fall in line with the…
Solidarity’s monthly industrial round-up reports on workers fighting back around the country.
The post Engineers face down threat of ‘intractable’ arbitration appeared first on Solidarity Online.
LIFELINE North Coast is addressing a price expectation from customers who believe all merchandise in op shops should be cheap. “We’ve had some customers sharing their feedback about prices at our retail stores over the past few months, and we’re eager to clarify the reasons behind our pricing,” Angela Martin, acting chief executive of Lifeline...
The post Lifeline North Coast op shop defends pricing, explains purpose appeared first on News Of The Area.
First and foremost, it needs to be made clear that it is impossible for the United States to be forced into default on debt denominated in dollars.
Oh how sad… Politico reports: Michigan’s Republican party is broke. Minnesota’s was, until recently, down to $53.81 in the bank. And in Colorado, the GOP is facing eviction from its office this month because it can’t make rent. Around the nation, state Republican party apparatuses — once bastions of competency that helped produce statehouse takeovers — have become shells of their former machines amid infighting and a lack of organization. Current and former officials at the heart of the matter blame twin forces for it: The rise of insurgent pro-Donald Trump activists capturing party leadership posts, combined with the ever-rising influence of super PACs. “It shouldn’t surprise anybody that real people with real money — the big donors who have historically funded the party apparatus — don’t want to invest in these clowns who have taken over and subsumed the Republican Party,” said Jeff Timmer, the former executive director of the once-vaunted Michigan GOP and a senior adviser to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project. Among some state GOP officials, the mood is grim.