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Jim Jordan doing his MAGA thing From Pro Publica: House Republicans have sent letters to at least three universities and a think tank requesting a broad range of documents related to what it says are the institutions’ contributions to the Biden administration’s “censorship regime.” The letters are the latest effort by a House subcommittee set up in January to investigate how the federal government, working with social media companies, has allegedly been “weaponized” to silence conservative and right-wing voices. So far, the committee’s investigations have amplified a variety of dubious, outright false and highly misleading Republican grievances with law enforcement, many of them espoused by former President Donald Trump. Committee members have cited supposed abuses that include the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago, its investigations of Jan. 6 rioters and the Biden administration’s purported use of executive powers to shut down conservative viewpoints on social media.
‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn: the Big Lie’ exposes the ‘dark and murky story’ of smears and lies used to bring down the Corbyn Labour leadership and the hope of meaningful change it represented – but Starmer’s Orwellian Labour says this is against the rules The Labour party has banned councillors from watching a film that exposes […]
The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point Available on Amazon The Collapse of Antiquity, the sequel to Michael Hudson’s “…and forgive them their debts,” is the latest in his trilogy on the history of debt. It describes how the dynamics of interest-bearing debt led to the rise of rentier oligarchies Continue Reading
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A vulva by any other name … causes confusion and unnecessary suffering.
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Actually, it’s today’s GOP Not to mention that this longstanding argument has always been ridiculous. They truly believe that if only Hitler hadn’t tightened some gun laws for Jews and “undesirables,” there would have been no holocaust. Really? Jews were less than 1% of the population. And in case they haven’t noticed, Hitler conquered most of Europe. I don’t really think the German Jews could have held him off with some pistols. It’s so ludicrous it makes you want to scream. But the gun nuts have been saying this for years and now the party itself using actual holocaust images to make their sick, absurd point.
In court, the feds said Oak Flat would be in the hands of mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP by early summer.
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The surfeit of hurt feelings following Paul Keating's National Press Club address, plus some other things on which Australia could spend $368 billion. read now...The Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed that busy voters wishing to draw a picture of a cock and balls on their ballot paper will be given an option of ticking a box next to a pre drawn cock and balls.... Read More ›
Has he met any teenagers? These people are living in a dream world. Do they think that teens and young adults are docile cows they can herd at will? Ridiculous: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ′ administration is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” as the Republican governor continues a focus on cultural issues ahead of his expected presidential run. The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next month before the state Board of Education and has been put forth by state Education Department, both of which are led by appointees of the governor. The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4 to 12, unless required by existing state standards or as part of reproductive health instruction that students can choose not to take. The initial law that DeSantis championed last spring bans those lessons in kindergarten through the third grade. The change was first reported by the Orlando Sentinel. Hey keep it up guys.
It looks like the Manhattan DA prosecutes a lot of people for the crimes Trump is suspected of committing: According to the Times, it’s still a tricky case with the need to attach it to the federal election crime in order to make it a felony, but nobody can say that they don’t ever try people for crimes like this.
In a bonus podcast segment for supporting subscribers, The Lever takes aim at the nation’s chief banking regulator.
The former Prime Minister's refusal to accept responsibility for his own actions only adds insult to the injury of all those forced to make huge sacrifices during the pandemic, writes Adam Bienkov
On this week’s Lever Time: Saule Omarova’s warnings about deregulation were rejected
David Eastman is one of the rising young stars of the Christian Right. Controversial, blunt,...
The Bulwark’s JV Last distilled what we all know about the GOP and their voters into a nice concise analysis: Roughly speaking, there are six things an elected Republican could say about an indictment of Donald Trump: 1.Trump’s alleged actions are deeply concerning.2.Let the legal process play out; I have faith in our justice system.3.No comment.4.Yes, Trump’s alleged actions are concerning; but because of various externalities, the wiser course of action would have been to not indict.5.Democrats and this Soros-backed prosecutor are out of control. We will fight this to the bitter end.6.Donald Trump is innocent of all charges; this is a miscarriage of justice. This is not science, but my sense is that the distribution of these positions among elite Republicans will look basically like this:¹ The two unlabeled slivers are “These allegations are troubling” and “wiser not to indict.” I peg them at 1% positions. Maybe I’m off at the margins But this is close enough for the purposes of our discussion. So let’s move on.
After rooting through the IMF’s World Economic Outlook Data Base, [Richard] Dias [of Acorn Macro Consulting] conducted a comparative analysis of the percentage of global GDP adjusted for PPP between the G7 and BRICS, and made a surprising discovery: BRICS had surpassed the G7.This was not a projection, but rather a statement of accomplished fact: BRICS was responsible for 31.5 percent of the PPP-adjusted global GDP, while the G7 provided 30.7 percent. Making matters worse for the G7, the trends projected showed that the gap between the two economic blocs would only widen going forward….
PPP versus GDP analysis. Same with China, which is ahead of the US based on PPP although not GDP.
In Moscow this week, the Chinese and Russian leaders revealed their joint commitment to redesign the global order, an undertaking that has 'not been seen in 100 years.'
Can this traspire without WWIII, already being waged through hybrid warfare, without going kinetic. If t goes hot, can nulear winter be avoided? These are the questions on the table now that the gauntlet has been thrown down.
In Moscow, Xi and Putin bury Pax Americana
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Comment by Hon. Melissa Parke on AUKUS 22 March 2023. I welcome the speech given by Josh Wilson MP, my successor in the federal seat of Fremantle, in the Australian parliament on 20 March in which he raised concerns regarding the AUKUS agreement. I also welcome the contributions from former Prime Minister Paul Keating last Continue reading »
Reflecting the diminishing public support for the AUKUS deal, a new Guardian Essential Poll has found that only one quarter of Australians support paying the $368bn price tag to acquire nuclear submarines. For decades Australians were gung ho about going to war – almost any war. Today – despite the best efforts of the Nine Continue reading »