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MTG with the “checkbook!" analogy:

Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer wrote checks the American people can’t pay. Then they worked with Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi to pass the problem to @HouseGOP.

I will not sign off on a clean bill raising the debt ceiling limit! pic.twitter.com/Kne73d73Cp

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) January 19, 2023

Ultra MAGA digging in for a slog…

Pekka Kallioniemi assesses the Kremlin's effective use of energy and financial dependency as part of its playbook shaping European politics

. The central problem with the present ‘Machine Learning’ and ‘Big Data’ hype is that so many — falsely — think that they can get away with analyzing real-world phenomena without any (commitment to) theory. But — data never speaks for itself.  Data by themselves are useless. Without a prior statistical set-up, there actually are […]

Max Colbert reports from Dartmoor where a Court Ruling has provoked a mass demonstration this weekend over the ancient right to camp in the National Park

The protester was shot and killed on Wednesday during a chaotic raid of the “Stop Cop City” forest defense camp.

The post Activists Demand Independent Investigation After Cops Kill Protester in Atlanta appeared first on scheerpost.com.

 

It’s the good oooolld “govt as business!” art degree analogy by this person who I guarantee does not even know what Basis of Accounting the US govt uses…. GUARANTEED… lock it…

Would you invest in this business?

Total debt: $31 trillion

Assets: $4.8 trillion

Annual revenue: $4.9 trillion

Annual Income: $1.4 trillion Loss

This is the US Government.

— Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) January 19, 2023

Buried in the High Court judgment which found the Rwanda scheme to be lawful are claims that LGBTQ+ and Middle Eastern asylum seekers have faced discrimination

AMLO may seem like a curious choice for "Tyrant of the Year," especially given the fierce competition for the title. But once you see who leads and finances the NGO in question, it all makes a bit more sense. . 

Campaigners fear that laws put in place to safeguard the environment could be ‘accidently’ lost if the Retained EU Law Bill is implemented

A gas mogul’s case against Beto O’Rourke could deter candidates from ever talking about money in politics.

WaPo’s Revelations About Russiagate Reporting Failures Typify Legacy Media Failures.

The post Promoting Falsehoods and Marginalizing Truth-Tellers appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Is There a World Beyond War?

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The criticism Harry has faced about his comments on Afghanistan is an opportunity to dig deeper and take on the dominant narratives in our society about war more broadly.

The post Prince Harry’s PR Firestorm Creates Opportunity to Rethink Militarism appeared first on scheerpost.com.

The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because there is no law stopping them from doing so.

The post Massive Evidence Storage Facility Fire Sheds Light on Sloppy NYPD Practices appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, she became the influential queen of a mysterious, abundant North African kingdom

- by Jane Draycott

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