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Sat, 07/02/2026 - 08:13

Fintan O’Toole hosts New York Review contributors Alma Guillermoprieto and Michael Ignatieff for a wide-ranging conversation on the Trump administration’s imperial ambitions in Venezuela, Greenland, and beyond. This conversation originally aired on February 5, 2026.

The post American Imperialism and the End of Sovereignty appeared first on The New York Review of Books.

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Sat, 07/02/2026 - 05:18

Half a century after the public learned that boys at a Belfast group home were sexually assaulted by senior staff, a key question remains unanswered: was British intelligence implicated in the abuse conspiracy, and did Kincora serve as a ‘honeypot’ to entrap and blackmail powerful figures? A vast trove of declassified files on Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual, political, and intelligence escapades released by the US Department of Justice has once again thrust disgraced former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor into the spotlight. With […]

The post Kincora: British intelligence-run sex abuse brothel? first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post Kincora: British intelligence-run sex abuse brothel? appeared first on The Grayzone.

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Sat, 07/02/2026 - 05:05
An Attempt to Write an Abecedarian Poem in Praise of the Dictionary  An unfaltering ability to Bring clarity to the English language Constitutes your  Defining quality. Ever since the day we First met and I Giggled at the rude words  Hidden amongst your pages, I adored you,  Jubilant in the Knowledge that things were Looking up. You offered me the Meaning of life, Not to mention the meaning of…
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Sat, 07/02/2026 - 05:00

I don’t know why you’re all so upset. I’m sorry if there’s some “other event” that you were all more excited about that’s apparently also happening at the exact same time as this party, on the second Sunday in February at 6:30 p.m. But if you were confused by my invitation, that’s on you. I said that I was throwing a party to watch “the big game,” and I think any reasonable person would have understood that I was talking about watching a game of human chess.

That’s right, human chess: thirty-two actors in elaborate, historically authentic costumes as the chess pieces, and two chess grandmasters controlling the action, all of which plays out on the giant chessboard I built in my backyard. Yes, if there’s something other than human chess that people call “the big game,” I’m simply not familiar with it.

Fine, I’ll address your questions and complaints one by one:

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Sat, 07/02/2026 - 00:00

“President Trump called in a new interview for the Republican Party to ‘nationalize’ voting in the United States, an aggressive rhetorical step that was likely to raise new worries about his administration’s efforts to involve itself in election matters.” — New York Times

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Well, it’s happening: the radical Democrats, who hate your rights and freedom, are planning to rig the midterm elections again. It’s the latest move in their ceaseless quest to end democracy. That’s why we, the Republican Party, must rig the elections instead.

We all know how this works. Democrats, knowing that their leftist agenda of “equality,” “tolerance,” and “affordable health care” is unpopular, are importing violent illegals into communities across the country to do their bidding. Muslims, Mexicans, effete men, and brawny women—awful people who represent the antithesis of America.

The Dems have to do this because they know they’d never win a fair election, which is why we’re suspending fair elections.

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Fri, 06/02/2026 - 20:42

On 29 January, Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring Cuba an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat’ to US national security and authorising sweeping new sanctions against any country that sells or provides oil to the island. The move threatens to plunge Cuba into a deep humanitarian crisis and marks a grave escalation of almost seven […]

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Fri, 06/02/2026 - 14:24

 "Promotional image for AI tools in Drupal CMS. Features include Admin Chatbot, AI Dashboard, Media Organization, Alt-Text Generation. The background is a blue gradient with text in white and yellow fonts. Logo and website link included."

Drupal CMS 2.0 marks an important step forward in how AI is integrated into Drupal. This release does not treat AI as a bolt-on. AI is central to the tool. It focuses on practical capabilities that help marketers and site builders work faster, stay consistent, and reduce repetitive effort.

If you are evaluating Drupal CMS 2.0, here is an overview of the AI features that ship with this release and how they are intended to be used.

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Fri, 06/02/2026 - 13:05
One of the most important things to understand about companies and countries both is the difference between sustainable prosperity and burning down the house. You’re probably aware that Boeing has serious problems. Those problems have been obviously “on the way” for a long time. When Boeing moved its headquarters from Seattle (where it makes most […]