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It has become clear that Israeli forces are not succeeding at taking out Hamas. Israel’s own estimate of Hamas casualties from October 7th to the ceasefire was one to two thousand Hamas deaths. This is almost certainly an overstatement, for obvious reasons.

Maps of the Israeli invasion show control of a fair chunk of Northern Gaza, but it isn’t full control: they still get attacked by Hamas in most of these areas. Videos of Hamas attacks often show amazing levels of Israeli incompetence, most often lack of infantry screens for tanks.

We bring you an audio documentary, adapted from Ryan Grim’s newest book “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.”

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A 17th-century classic of Ethiopian philosophy might be a fake. Does it matter, or is that just how philosophy works?

- by Jonathan Egid

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Physical and mental navigation involve overlapping brain processes, casting new light on the notion of an ‘inner journey’

- by Mykyta Kabrel

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There are fears lax rules could allow unfettered cash to flood in to UK politics from abroad

Seven of the world’s “most trusted” media companies produce and promote content touting the key talking points of oil and gas.

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This autumn, I was due back to my old desk at the UN General Assembly, as a new president of what is the nearest thing to a global parliament prepared for world leaders to arrive in New York. For family reasons, I was unable to return to the UN.  Frankly, I am relieved that I […]

Open Rights Group has responded to the publication of Ofcom guidelines on the age verification of pornography websites. The guidelines outline how sites and apps that display or publish pornographic content must fulfil duties outlined in the Online Safety Act to prevent children and young people from encountering pornography. ORG’s Programme Manager for Platform Power, […]

This time last year, the fact that real GDP had fallen for two consecutive quarters led to widespread fears that a recession was on the horizon.

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Via: On Friday — after 57 days — “UN Women” finally got around to condemning Hamas’s use of rape as a weapon of terror against Israeli women. Noted the Jerusalem Post: The statement came only after a bipartisan group of lawmakers urged the UN to condemn Hamas’s October 7 attack. The UN’s long silence has, unfortunately, been mirrored by many of the groups who had been the most vocal about sexual assault and abuse in other contexts. Over at Slate, a group of progressive writers — including Dahlia Lithwick, Mimi Rocah, Jennifer Taub, Tamar Zepper, Joyce Vance, and Julie Zebrak called out their fellow feminists: Gaby Hinsliff made a similar point in the Guardian: “Whatever your view of the Israel-Hamas war, rape is rape. To trivialise it is to diminish ourselves.” Over the weekend, CNN’s Dana Bash had a tense confrontation with Progressive Caucus chair Pramila Jayapal on the question of Hamas’s sexual violence.

With Senate control hanging in the balance, Nebraska Democrats are considering backing Dan Osborn in his challenge against Republican Sen. Deb Fischer.

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Reconstructing the labour theory of value: An interview with Duncan Foley (Part 2: The Capitalist Law of Exchange)

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What else is new? After all, he’s been saying Biden stole the 2020 election for 3 solid years With his latest tribute to the late great Pee Wee Herman, former president Donald Trump unveiled his latest “I know you are but what am I” campaign strategy over the weekend by attacking President Joe Biden as “the destroyer of American democracy.” The crowd loved it, as they love all things Trump. The Des Moines Register interviewed one rally goers who explained why: “Teens have rock stars that they follow like Taylor Swift. Grown-ups have Trump.” It doesn’t really matter what he says. Trump’s senior campaign adviser explained the real reason for this new campaign slogan: The Washington Post reported that a “senior Trump adviser” told them, “President Trump is turning the tables, We are not going to allow Joe Biden and the Democrats to gaslight the American public, and it’s clear from what LaCivita wrote that it’s yet another of their juvenile attempts to “own the libs.” I don’t think I saw any lefties heads exploding over this but many people did explode with laughter.

What we can learn from the macabre diets of a curious species of cichlids.

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What a motley crew The Atlantic has published a big series on “if Trump wins” and it’s full of interesting stuff, much of which I’ll discuss here over the next few days. l’ll start out with this one from McKay Coppins, on who Trump plans to put into his top spots. It won’t be like last time when he surrounded himself with people he thought came “right out of Central Casting.” Don’t expect it to happen again. The available supply of serious, qualified people willing to serve in a Trump administration has dwindled since 2017. After all, the so-called adults didn’t fare so well in their respective rooms. Some quit in frustration or disgrace; others were publicly fired by the president. Several have spent their post–White House lives fielding congressional subpoenas and getting indicted. And after seeing one Trump term up close, vanishingly few of them are interested in a sequel: This past summer, NBC News reported that just four of Trump’s 44 Cabinet secretaries had endorsed his current bid. Even if mainstream Republicans did want to work for him again, Trump is unlikely to want them.