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This new legislation is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems in living memory. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th April 2025 Those of us who try to defend wildlife are horribly familiar with bad laws. But we’ve never seen anything like this. The government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is the worst assault on […]
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April 28th, 2025: Hey, did you know I wrote a cho Soon after the US President announced – Liberation Day tariffs – I wrote this blog post – US government is pinning its tariff hopes on some unlikely to be realised assumptions (April 7, 2025) – to help readers understand what logic there was, if any, in the decision by the American government to impose wide-ranging…
“Trump’s blue suit at Pope’s funeral draws attention… President Trump’s choice stood out in a sea of world leaders and famous faces who were dressed in customary black.” — New York Times, 4/26/25 - - - 1. Shows up at a solemn global event in a blinding shade of blue, disrupting everything like an unwanted pop-up ad in human form. 2. Demands instant gratification. 3. Was propped up by their father and remains disturbingly reliant on him, especially when facing imminent, though basic and predictable, consequences. 4. Requires a tiny, exhausted task force to minimize the consequences of their own self-inflicted disasters, while pretending they themselves are “winning.” 5. Has a truly troubling inability to follow simple, life-saving directions, e.g., chewing gum or inciting insurrections. 6. Involved in the exploitation of marginalized workers. 7. Insists they should be rewarded for relatively simple tasks like chewing gum or identifying an elephant. America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and vocal, it remains a far cry from developing a capacity to protect what’s left of democracy in the United States. With the administration in its fourth month, the magnitude of the damage underway is virtually impossible for any individual to fully grasp. But none of us need a complete picture to understand that the federal government is now in the clutches of massively cruel and antidemocratic forces that have no intention of letting go. Donald Trump’s second presidential term has already given vast power to the most virulent aspects of the nation’s far-right political culture. Its flagrant goals... Read more Interim Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has told colleagues that he assumed that Channel 7 were asking for the price of easter eggs, not everyday eggs, at last night’s leader’s debate. Mr Dutton guessed that eggs were $4, less than half... Read More ›
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – April 27, 2025 by Tony Wikrent
Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ ‘We’re Not Stopping’: Trump Border Czar Vows to Ignore Judges [The Daily Beast, via MSN 03-18-2025] The government’s adding a makeup studio to the war room, the antitax movement shows some cracks, and more from The Lever this week.
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. Nationalekonomer hävdar ofta att det inte gör så mycket om de antaganden som deras modeller bygger på är realistiska eller ej. Vad som betyder något är om de prognoser som modellerna resulterar i visar sig vara riktiga eller ej. Om det verkligen är så, är den enda slutsats vi kan dra att dessa modeller […]
Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday returns! Check out a preview of what's ahead with Showrunner Russell T. Davies's Doctor Who S02E04: "Lucky Day."
Doctor Who Season 2 Episode 3: "The Well" returns to classic Sci-Fi horror with clear homages to genre movies such as Alien that inspired it.
States are cutting out the medicine middleman, an Ivy League college fixes its math, questionable opioid prescriptions are set right, and vacations just got simpler.
In the first of a series of virtual events on the most pressing issues emerging from the second Trump administration, Fintan O’Toole hosts Sherrilyn Ifill, Pamela Karlan, and Laurence H. Tribe for a conversation on corruption and the rule of law. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page. The post Constitutional Crises appeared first on The New York Review of Books. | ||