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Earlier this week, the Labour government released a white paper called Restoring Control over the Immigration System. On its own, this document should have been concerning to many people, since it signalled a major rightward shift in immigration policy by a putatively centre-left government.  But what really made the headlines were Starmer’s remarks in the […]

Max Blumenthal tours Iran’s aerospace park and gets an inside look at the country’s missile, drone, air defense and space program, and what its development means for US-Iranian negotiations.

The post VIDEO: Iran’s missile program – Max Blumenthal tours Tehran’s aerospace park first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post VIDEO: Iran’s missile program – Max Blumenthal tours Tehran’s aerospace park appeared first on The Grayzone.

Max Blumenthal meets Professor Mohammed Marandi in Tehran’s Behesht-e Zahra war martyr’s cemetery and visits the graves of friends Marandi lost during Iran’s eight year-long war with Iraq. Marandi explains what he thinks Iran is fighting for, why he believes the US is ultimately responsible for filling up the cemetery, and addresses his country’s situation as it is faced with the threat of a new war. Video produced by Ahmad Saadaldin.

The post VIDEO: A walk through Tehran’s war martyrs cemetery with Prof. Marandi first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post VIDEO: A walk through Tehran’s war martyrs cemetery with Prof. Marandi appeared first on The Grayzone.

As it seeks the Trump administration’s approval to acquire Frontier Communications, Verizon said it would drop diversity programs.

The post Verizon Capitulates to Trump Administration, Cutting All DEI Programs appeared first on The Intercept.

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“Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda.” —The Hill

Quit complaining about Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid. If you all stopped whining that low- and middle-income people deserve quality health care, you’d notice there are plenty of ways to accumulate enough money to afford health insurance yourself. Have you welfare queens even considered becoming actual queens? Once you’re in charge, you can leverage your position to make loads of money. Just pull yourself up by the bootstraps you acquired by abusing your power.

People these days don’t have enough get-up-and-go. One little setback and they’re dependent on Medicaid forever. Instead, when life hands you lemons, demand that it also hand you a $400 million jet in exchange for unnamed future political favors.

Crowd-sourced data on the giant sea bass suggest it's making a rebound

The post Enlisting Paparazzi to Save a Gigantic Fish appeared first on Nautilus.

I encounter broken systems like this almost every week. And probably, so do you.

The post My Glamorous Life: broken by design. appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.

“The first group of White South African refugees arrived in the U.S. on Monday under President Trump’s executive order mandating they be prioritized for resettlement—even as the broader refugee program remains largely on hold.”
—NPR

1. Are you a victim of racial discrimination?
A. Yes
B. Yes, in the sense that the systemic advantages my people used to enjoy have been chipped away at somewhat in recent years

2. Do you own Birkenstocks?
A. No
B. Yes

3. Is there currently a genocide against people of your race, religion, or culture?
A. Yes
B. Yes, in the sense that we are no longer allowed to take land away from other people whenever we want to, which is basically just as bad

4. Is rice a crucial staple in your cuisine?
A. Yes
B. No