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Artesã narra momentos de terror que viveu com o filho pequeno em Piracaia após vizinhos descobrirem que ela vendia bonecos de orixás e votava em Lula.

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Do disabled people have sex? Of course we do, writes Penny Pepper. Why are you so surprised?

Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai discuss the dollar regime and its prospects.

A primer on the gold standard, including a discussion of its implications.

This George Santos story just keeps getting weirder!

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While hostility directed at Australia's most vulnerable citizens is not confined to the aged, contempt for the elderly is the most puzzling since it harms everyone. read now...

There is no doubt the Coalition-stacked Reserve Bank needs a deep clean-out, hopefully, including an updated, more democratic selection process. read now...

Issa Amro, a leading advocate of Palestinian human rights and of the struggle for them through non-violent resistance and civil disobedience – who has been recognised for his work by the United Nations – has long been the target of persecution by Israeli occupiers. In October, Amro’s home was sealed off by the Israeli military. […]

One question for Brad Ringeisen, a chemist and executive director of the Innovative Genomics Institute.

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What the hell is this?  Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislative leaders are targeting so-called “woke banking” with newly proposed legislation that would aim to “stop companies from playing politics with Floridians’ money.” Environmental Social Governance (ESG) has become a popular GOP talking point in states like Texas and Florida. ESG investments were banned on the state level last year. On Monday, the governor announced new enhanced legislative proposals against them.DeSantis, legislative leaders roll out plan to prohibit ‘woke banking’ in Florida Supporters say ESG is a way for institutions to avoid investing in companies that back policies that could negatively impact the environment and the people who live in those communities. But critics like the governor and house speaker Paul Renner say ESG investing does more harm than good. “The biggest thing that ESG represents is a total hijacking of democracy,” Florida House Speaker Paul Renner said. The proposal also enhances protections against discrimination of customers for political religious or social beliefs and prohibits the use of social credit scores.

“Understanding money and the dollar system,” Geopolitical Hour Episode 3, February 9, 2023, with economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson. podcast:  Radhika Hello and welcome to this third Geopolitical Economy Hour. I’m Radhika Desai. Michael And I’m Michael Hudson. Radhika As many of you know, in this collaboration with Ben Norton’s Geopolitical Economy Report, Michael Continue Reading

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Cheat sheet on the MMT JG. Useful reference.

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Pavlina Tcherneva | Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College, Research Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute, and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability

“There's a beautiful bunch of flours waiting for you in the kitchen sweetie"

I mentioned this before but in case you missed it, this write up of the judicial assault on Social Security is worth reading: During his passionate and very focused 2023 State of the Union address on Tuesday night, February 7, President Joe Biden slammed Republicans for their efforts to “sunset” Social Security and Medicare. Biden was referring specifically to a proposal by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida), who has called for dramatic changes to the way in which those programs are funded. Instead of perpetual funding, Scott has called for Social Security and Medicare to “sunset” in five years. The Florida senator’s exact words were: “In my plan, I suggested the following: All federal legislation sunsets in five years. If a law is worth keeping, Congress can pass it again.” But in an article published by Slate on February 9, journalist Mark Joseph Stern emphasizes that Republicans have a tool other than Congress for attacking Social Security and Medicare: the federal courts. Stern explains, “Recently, the 5th U.S.

For certain neural pathways, including those involved in moral decision making, adolescence is a one-shot chance of development

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Issue 47 of the Nautilus print edition combines some of the best content from our November and December 2022 issues. It includes contributions from paleoclimatologist Summer Praetorius,  science writer Katharine Gammon,  astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, and more. This issue also features a new illustration by Katherine Streeter.

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Sure, why not? I’ve been saying this for awhile and I think it becomes truer every day. Despite the fact that he is an ex-president Trump’s path to the nomination is the same one he had in 2016: the anti-establishment outsider, especially in light of the party elites pushing Ron DeSantis. JV Last at the Bulwark takes a look at the lay of the land: I have some Deep Thoughts on Ron DeSantis for later this week, but I want to start by asking you to consider a parallel: Is he Scott Walker or George W. Bush? I don’t mean on the merits or as an ideological figure. I’m talking exclusively about DeSantis’s political position at this moment in the primary. Is he a rocket about to take off? Or is he the stalking horse for the entire spectrum of the Republican party / Conservatism Inc.—from the think tanks to the donors to the grifter class? The reason this question is interesting is because there’s evidence to support both views. Nate Cohn has done a deep dive on the data and concluded that DeSantis is definitely not Walker; but may not quite be W.

The evidence is damning: many outlets in the mainstream media worked in support of the former Coalition government's establishment of its illegal Robodebt scheme, writes Dr Victoria Fielding.  read now...