A dynamic coalition of Jewish scholars, historians, human rights lawyers, and writers has joined together to establish the Jewish Council of Australia. In response to the pressing need for an independent expert body to address antisemitism and racism in Australia, a dynamic coalition of Jewish scholars, historians, human rights lawyers, and writers has joined together Continue reading »
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As Sinn Féin’s Vice President becomes First Minister, Northern Ireland is closer to a border poll vote than ever before, argues Emma DeSouza
This is not how I pictured your offices. I always imagine you guys sitting around a big wooden table having tea, and there’s a lake outside. That doesn’t matter. What matters is: I have a show you’re going to love. Antiques Roadhow, but with a twist.
I’m the host. We open on a black screen. We hear nothing. Suddenly, in voiceover, I say: “We are all alone. We are tired of feeling like islands or hunted animals. Come along as we unlock something bigger together.”
Picture’s up, and I’m seated behind a portable table skirted with linen. I’m wearing a black T-shirt that says: SOONER OR LATER, THERE’S A DESOLATE MOMENT OF TRYING TO REDISCOVER WHO WE ARE. LIVE CONSTANTLY IN THAT MOMENT.
These two get it! [Point to any two executives who appear to have the power to green-light a pilot.]
Levelling Up secretary Michael Gove now sets the overarching "strategy and policy" of the previously independent Electoral Commission.
When you were a kid, what was a meal you always looked forward to?
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Since October 7, Israel has systematically flooded the public discourse on Gaza with a stream of false, unsubstantiated, and unverifiable allegations.
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Examining the colonialist roots of U.S. and European support for Israel’s scorched-earth siege.
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- by Sue Morris
On 29 November, Rula, a widow and mother living in Jenin refugee camp, heard loud sounds and shooting outside of her home. As the sounds grew louder, Rula soon learned that the Israeli army was invading her area of the camp, and was gripped by fear. ‘We couldn’t leave to go anywhere, because we could […]
Black, Hispanic, and high school grad families have seen wealth gains starting in 2016 and continuing through 2022, but wide gaps with higher wealth groups remain.
Whistleblowers and regulators say Boeing’s self-inspection program helped lead to safety problems, including a recent catastrophic door plug malfunction.
Daniel Norris, Elio Cucullo and Vasilis Jacovides When borrowers enter a fixed-rate mortgage, lenders test whether they could continue to afford their mortgage if interest rates were to increase by the time it comes to re-fix. This ‘stressing’ is designed to create additional resilience for borrowers and the financial system. Over the last two years, … Continue reading Mortgage affordability for borrowers who re-fixed in 2023
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February 7th, 2024: The future certainly is a strange and slightly-modified place! Corporate lobbyists are demanding a ban on protest – and getting it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd February 2024 Why are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual terrorists (especially on the far right, and especially in the US) often remain unmolested by the law? Why, in the UK, can you now […]
Yesterday (February 6, 2024), the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its so-called – Statement on Monetary Policy – February 2024 – which is a quarterly statement that “sets out the RBA’s assessment of current economic and financial conditions as well as the outlook that the Reserve Bank Board considers in making its interest rate…
Commons Committee criticises the costs of the remaining high-speed rail link and the Government for fixing the figures
And it’s probably going to cost him Trump’s former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, has been caught committing perjury in the earlier Trump Organization trial and is negotiating a plea deal with Manhattan prosecutors. The Judge in Trump’s fraud trial wants to know the details because Weisselberg was a major witness on the same topic in the civil fraud trial over which he presides. He does not seem happy: In an email on Monday sent to attorneys for Trump, Weisselberg, the Trump Organization, as well as counsel for New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office, New York Justice Arthur Engoron explained he wanted answers before issuing his verdict. “As the presiding magistrate, the trier of fact, and the judge of credibility, I of course want to know whether Mr. Weisselberg is now changing his tune, and whether he is admitting he lied under oath in my courtroom at this trial,” Engoron wrote. “I do not want to ignore anything in a case of this magnitude,” Engoron added. Engoron has asked the legal teams to respond by 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Remember how Republicans used to spend lavishly at the Trump Hotel when he owned it while he was in office. For some reason they aren’t doing that anymore now that the hotel isn’t owned by Trump anymore: [S]ince becoming a Waldorf Astoria in 2022, GOP spending at the largely unchanged luxury hotel in the Old Post Office building has all but disappeared. This directly conflicts with how Republicans explained their choice of venue at the time. When questions arose about their patronage of the then-president’s business, Republicans brushed off concerns of corruption saying that Trump’s DC hotel was simply a convenient location near Capitol Hill for lawmakers and political operatives to socialize, that they would be there regardless of who owned it. As such, it would be reasonable to expect that Republicans would continue to frequent the hotel after Trump sold it and it rebranded as a Waldorf Astoria in June 2022, leaving many of the building’s luxury public spaces largely unchanged from its time as a Trump property.
The lack of capabilities to detect and destroy air attacks was well known at Tower 22, said troops stationed at the small outpost. The post American Base in Jordan Where Drone Killed 3 U.S. Troops Dogged by Inadequate Air Defenses appeared first on The Intercept. | ||
