For the fixers, enablers, and vassals who surround Donald Trump, the rewards of his friendship are not worth the risks.
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Das Problem der arabischen Flüchtlinge, entstanden 1958. Es ist ein ausführliches politisches Memorandum mit diversen Kapiteln, Statistiken, Empfehlungen, verfasst unter Mitwirkung von jüdischen und nichtjüdischen Experten und Wissenschaftlern, darunter Hannah Arendt. Deren konkrete Textarbeit kann heute nicht mehr nachgewiesen werden – sie gab zwar ihren Namen, erwähnte selber die Schrift aber kaum jemals, nur ihr […]
The final head to head debate between Starmer and Sunak didn’t have a single question on climate or nature.
During his Labour leadership election, Starmer hinted at backing proportional representation. But he now appears to support continuing with Westminster's First Past The Post voting system
The term burnout was first used by German-American psychologist Herbert J. Freudenberger in 1974 to describe ‘cases of physical or mental collapse as the result of overwork’ in activist circles around the LA free clinic movement. Originally covering those trying to change society, it began to become applied to those working too hard to succeed […]
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I filed a lawsuit to obtain the 6,700-page report with “excruciating detail” about the CIA’s abuses.
The post More Than 10 Years Later, the Senate Torture Report Is Still Secret appeared first on The Intercept.
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Rishi Sunak's party has been accused of lying to the public after posing as independent fact checkers during the BBC Leaders Debate
Private prison companies are pushing states to get tougher on crime, then cashing in on the profits.
After the Far Right National Rally (RN) took the prizes in the recent European Parliament elections and seriously dented the electoral appeal of Emmanual Macron’s grouping, the French President decided to follow the British script and dissolved the French Parliament and called a snap election, the first round of which will take place on June…
Alleged “confessions” by two Palestinians in Israeli custody filmed seemingly admitting to multiple rapes, murders, and kidnappings on October 7, do not match the events of that day, are contradicted by copious evidence, and were likely coerced through torture. US and British media are running with the stories regardless. On May 23, 2024, Britain’s Daily Mail published what it described as “exclusive” interrogation tapes it had been handed by Israeli intelligence. The Murdoch-owned tabloid claimed the supposed confessions exposed a […]
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Nate Silver is out with a new polling model that says Donald Trump has a 66% chance of winning and everyone on social media is having a fit. If you come across that I would just suggest you remember this: You’ll note that’s dated the day of the election. How’d that work out? Just keep in mind that these close races, as they all are these days, are impossible to predict and data guys like Silver should stop with this nonsense. All it does is make people nervous and unhappy.
You have to watch this. It’s short: WAIT, WHAT??? Is MTG telling Steve Bannon that President Biden, Jake Tapper, and Dana Bash are planning to murder Donald Trump at tomorrow's CNN debate? Holy sh*t. pic.twitter.com/fSZtbls280 — CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) June 26, 2024 Here’s Trump’s top adviser just five years ago: A global “cable” of satan worshiping pedophiles. This is one of the most powerful people in the United States.
How our inhospitable neighbor can help us find life elsewhere.
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Conservative justices, swimming in gifts from billionaire benefactors, just ruled that corruption is perfectly legal.
More Republicans should do that. That’s what I’m talking about. There must be some Indies and moderate GOPers who are getting tired of Trump’s whiny, sore-loserism. They can’t all have Fox News Brain Rot. Can they? Here’s another one: