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Same old, same old ain’t working “If you smell what the Rock is cooking,” so to speak, it’s long been clear that MAGAstan is more about posturing than policy. It’s about Trumpish attitude aided and abetted by his fans’ poor short-term memory. Donald Trump can say one thing on Monday and the opposite on Friday and fans couldn’t care less. Just as long as whatever he says is delivered loudly and proudly with the same shameless, in-your-face insincerity. Wrestling fans eat that shit up. They pay good money for it week after week. It’s not Sondheim or Shakespeare, but it’s theater. Digby yesterday mentioned the “stale sameness” of the Trump rally and “the weird hypnotic nature of his speeches.” But it’s that sameness that mesmerizes, like endless Grateful Dead improvs, like the old Latin mass and Gregorian chants. People can lose themselves for a while in the rhythms and harmonies before returning to the real world. The attraction of sameness, of pithy catchphrases, of the anticipation of the all-too-familiar you know is coming, is something the left, with its demand for novelty, has never appreciated.
Mai Tran began catsitting in 2021 while Tran was on pandemic unemployment, often staying overnight in people’s homes. Tran has now cared for twenty-two cats and traveled to ten apartments all over New York City, observing the interior lives of cat owners and appeasing their neuroses. From home vet visits to black eyes to refugee cats, Chronicles of a Catsitter documents the most memorable days on the job.
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Last year, I received an email asking if I would write an introductory essay for the Tor Essentials reissue of Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel Icehenge. It took me approximately thirty seconds to convince myself that this was not some kind of hallucination, and another three or four to type YES! OF COURSE!!! and hit reply. It […]
“The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned.” — NBC
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1. Property Statue 32: Successions of power must follow equal primogeniture, meaning the firstborn, regardless of gender, inherits the kingdom.
2. Section 42: If any person shall willingly and knowingly be present at the fighting of any duel or aid or give countenance thereto, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the Territorial prison for any term not exceeding three years nor less than one year.
3. Marriage Decree Law: The Eldar, an immortal Elvish race, may only marry once.
4. Section 3: All marriages of white persons with negroes or mulattoes are declared to be illegal and void.
Israel's key defence is that it is not intending to destroy Gazans, but to destroy Hamas - so whatever happens is therefore not intentional
Asylum seekers are "living in limbo" in the UK, worried they could be put on a plane at any moment, as the controversial scheme returns to the House of Commons on Monday
Political author Will Hutton tells Byline Times why the Conservative party is in such a mess - and what voters need to do at the next General Election to "put a stake through its heart"
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Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix on their new book, “Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea.”
The post Solidarity Forever: Building Movements Amid Today’s Crises appeared first on The Intercept.
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The creation of the NHS was one of the most significant achievements of any Labour government. Nye, a new play at the National Theatre starring Michael Sheen, depicts the challenges faced by left-wing firebrand Aneurin Bevan as he attempted to set up the health service in the wake of the Second World War. The play […]
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Jeremy Loffredo visits the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, where a community of Armenian Christians dating back to the 4th century face displacement at the hands of a shadowy Israeli corporation called Xana Capital and the violent settlers it uses as hired muscle.
The post VIDEO: Armenian Christians under siege by Israel first appeared on The Grayzone.
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Polling shows that people are taking his crimes seriously His middle of the night tantrums are getting worse and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s because his campaign has polled this too: A majority of U.S. voters consider the criminal charges in New York related to a hush money payment against former President Trump to be serious, per new polling. Trump is days away from the start of the first trial out of the four criminal cases against him, while electioneering for the presidency. The New York trial, set to start on April 15 with jury selection, concerns a 2016 payment allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. About 4 in 10 Republican respondents considered the hush money charges to be serious. Two-thirds of independents also deemed the charges serious. 64% of registered voters described the charges as at least “somewhat serious,” according to Reuters/Ipsos poll data published Wednesday. 34% said the charges lacked seriousness. The rest were unsure or didn’t answer.
After six months of slaughter, Israel’s atrocities in Gaza are becoming more and more obscene.
The post Albanese keeps backing Israel even as aid workers murdered first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Recognition of the Palestinian state is an essential step to achieve peace and stability in the world and to bring an end to the Zionist colonial expansionist project in the Middle East. It is time that Australia be on the right side of history, recognise the state of Palestine and stand up in defence of Continue reading »
Recent months have seen an increasing number of protests directed at the arms industry in Australia and its role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
The post Australia’s defence industry is arming Israel’s genocide first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Spy base Pine Gap is almost certainly playing a key role feeding intelligence to Israel for use against Gaza.
The post Pine Gap aiding Israel’s war first appeared on Solidarity Online.
In a fresh demonstration of the federal government’s cowardice, Anthony Albanese has sought Peter Dutton’s support to take a bipartisan approach to religious discrimination laws that risk opening LGBTIQ+ people up to further bigotry.
The post Albanese’s weakness risks LGBTIQ+ rights in schools first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The AUKUS military pact is burning huge sums of money and has the potential to make Australia a global destination for nuclear waste, as well as accelerating the drive to war between China and the US.
The post AUKUS and the nuclear subs: delayed, dirty and dangerous first appeared on Solidarity Online.