The Supreme Court will consider a GOP-led case against campaign spending limits that critics suggest will open the door to quid pro quo corruption.
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Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how the billionaire X owner has turned Twitter into a tool for foreign interference which monetises and weaponises a global network of disinformation
How should the progressive left respond to the experiment of Kurdish-led revolutionary Rojava in north-east Syria with its commitment to direct democracy, ecological sustainability, women’s rights and multi-ethnic inclusivity? It is a question that is bound to have plagued anyone who has visited Rojava, for whatever length of time, and come away humbled and impressed […]
By offering watered down Faragist rhetoric combined with a programme of managed decline, Keir Starmer's Government has left a political vacuum which the Reform leader is now stepping into, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
Doctor Who spinoff "The War Between the Land and the Sea is much more of an adult series - and much better than the original series.
Working in the hospitality industry this summer was an interesting experience. Like bartenders the world over, I readied myself for the seasonal rush, made jokes about this with my colleagues, and looked forward to the inevitable increase in pay that would come with more hours of work. But the high season never came. A heady […]
“A federal vaccine committee took a major step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of remaking the childhood vaccine schedule, voting to end a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B, a highly infectious virus that can cause severe liver damage.”
— The New York Times
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Hi, it’s me, Bobby Kennedy Jr., a man who sounds incredibly unvaccinated. Please, don’t get up. I just took an ice bath in your trash can out back. Not with the garbage, of course. I emptied the garbage back into your pantry—you can and should eat garbage, it helps strengthen your immune system. I found a doctor in Tucson who proved it before he disappeared. Anyway, I just came by to tell you: I hate your kids—I mean, vaccines—and I, um, want them all gone. Yeah, I want vaccines gone.
How did Robert Frost so perfectly capture a moment of timelessness? Discover the hidden craft in this classic’s simplicity
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Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity
- by Tommy Blanchard
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
- by Sherry Chan
Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization” in his first memo to the Air Force — fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.
The post New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn appeared first on The Intercept.
The Labour Home Secretary has spent her first months in the job actively enabling the forces of the populist right, argues Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
Peekaboo Bosh is the third novella by the prolific author and publisher John King. The book develops many of the themes surrounding animal and human rights and moral philosophy previously explored in his 2018 novel, Slaughterhouse Prayer; it also marks a welcome return to the fray of animal-rights activist Mickey Moo, who first appears in […]
Det är uppenbarligen inte bara yours truly som reagerat på att vissa av dagens euroförespråkare fortfarande mest ser euromedlemskapet som en fråga om eventuella utrikeshandelsvinster: Erfarenheterna från eurokrisen förskräcker: länder tvingades till massarbetslöshet och nedskärningar när de inte kunde leva upp till externt bestämda finansiella mål. I dag ser vi hur budgetreglerna förbjuder Frankrike att […]
Last Friday (December 5, 2025), I filmed an extended discussion with my Kyoto University colleague, Professor Fujii about a range of issues concerning the Japanese and Global economy. Once it is edited, the video will be available on YouTube. Fujii-sensei is advising the new Japanese Prime Minister and is the author of the ‘Responsible proactive…
Jamie Morgan: To a member of the public it must seem weird that it is possible to state, as you do, such fundamental criticism of an entire field of study. The perplexing issue from a third party point of view is how do we reconcile good intention (or at least legitimate sense of self as […]
One Nation leader (for now), Pauline Hanson and Australia’s most prominent adulterer, Barnaby Joyce, have announced that they will be getting together to record a Christmas single: Six White Boomers. ”Barnaby and I were hitting the Friday night karaoke and... Read More ›
For The War Between the Land and the Sea premiere week, we look back at the Big Finish audio where the Ninth Doctor met the Sea Devils.
A eureka moment in the pub could help transform our understanding of the ground beneath our feet. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th December 2025 It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through […]
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
The post A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent. appeared first on The Intercept.