Defense officials have been required to submit a budgetary “wish list” every year since 2017.
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Patrick McHenry defends Trump’s bank deregulation law days before leading an inquiry into the collapse of Signature Bank — his top donor.
Rep. Tim Burchett's response to the leading killer of U.S. children stands in stark contrast to his zeal for banning drag shows: "Dadgummit, we don't put up with that crap in Tennessee."
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When questioned, The Atlantic refused to correct a basic error about chemical weapons in Iraq.
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On this week’s Lever Time: How General Electric manufactured an ideology
Over the weekend, Biden bragged about his support for even more resources than “MAGA Republicans.” to “secure the border” on Twitter. This is “lesser evilism” in action.
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- by Nathaniel Wade & Marilyn Cornish
The double question implied throughout Herman Daly’s work as an economist is this: “Is the economy for the people, or are the people for the economy?” nomy for the people, or are the people for the economy?”
Children in households with lower income and education levels were less likely to switch to remote learning early in the pandemic and to have computer access, an analysis found.
‘Internationalism is part of the life-blood of the trade unions and from my earliest days in the movement, I had taken a keen interest in the conditions of working people in other countries.’ Jack Jones, socialist trade union leader and general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union from 1968–1978, recounted the sentiment that […]
Pumping water from one messed-up catchment to another solves nothing. We need to fix our problems at source. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd March 2023 It’s a classic end-of-pipe solution. Rather than addressing the problem at source, it piles one problem upon another. Yet, like so many disastrous schemes, it is now […]
Australian voters have collectively risen up and overthrown practically all traces of blue from the mainland, including in five states, two territories and at the federal level, with Tasmania now the solo Lib state. read now...Prisoners can receive compensation if they are injured and the Prison Service is to blame or if their human rights are breached – Iain Overton reports
PERI research shows just transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries and critical to limiting climate change
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Today (March 29, 2023), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest ‘monthly’ CPI data – Monthly Consumer Price Indicator – which covers the period to February 2023. On an annual basis, the monthly All Items CPI rate of increase was 6.8 per cent down from 7.4 per cent. While this signals a sharp…
I admit that, post-EFF, when I read about some terrible Internet regulatory proposal, or knotty problem of digital ethics, I often have a burst of “well, thank goodness it’s someone else’s job to deal with this now.” (Except for the narrower domain that is still my problem, I guess). And then again, sometimes, I just […]
What was meant to be a discussion on the impacts of the AUKUS pact gave former PM Paul Keating an opportunity to spout truths at the mainstream media. read now...
A report by the ANAO has skirted around the issue of the Coalition's illegal practice of limiting partner visas and opposing the Migration Act. read now...