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Don’t lose sight of the big picture David Kurtz at Morning Memo lays out the 2024 stakes: The rule of law is on the ballot in 2024, and it trumps every other political and policy consideration. It is the umbrella under which every other issue is addressed: Want to restore abortion rights? Want to openly debate Israel and Palestine? Want to accelerate the energy revolution to head off the worst of climate change? Good luck. Because if Trump, as promised, harnesses the power of the federal government to attack his perceived political enemies, exact retribution for slights, overturn elections, eviscerate the right to vote, and continue the effort to lock in GOP minority rule, he will break the democratic mechanisms for adjudicating policy preferences, enacting new laws, and enforcing them. Trump is promising a fundamental break with the rule of law and from that will flow a fundamental breakdown in democratic processes and institutions. It is as simple as it is hard to stay at maximum threat level for years on end.
The Lever speaks with journalist and author Cole Stangler about his new book, which explores how housing affects the economic and cultural character of Paris.
Including the newly revealed $30 million, the NYPD paid out more than $80 million in misconduct cases so far in 2023.
The post NYPD Paid Out $30 Million in Misconduct Cases Before Litigation in First Nine Months of 2023 appeared first on The Intercept.
Otto English has been watching Nigel Farage in the jungle so you don't have to.
Non-unionised HS2 construction companies in London have accident rates more than three times higher than unionised Hinkley Point C, Unite, the UK’s construction union, has this morning revealed. There have been 158 accidents on HS2 London sites since January 2023 but just 51 at the much larger Hinkley site. The difference is even more glaring […]
We’ve raised approximately $4,200.
I’ve recently been revising my book “The Creation of Reality” and it occurred to me that I’d like to release some chapters as part of this fundraiser. The book is written, just not completely edited, so rewards will be released during the fundraiser as the goals are reached.
The first five chapters at $6,200:
1. Introduction (why this matters);
2. Why do our societies make so many miserable?
3. The Social Facts Which Rule Us (Why and how the reality we created bends us to its will.)
4. Being Aware (Until you understand how reality is being created you can’t change it in beneficial ways.)
5. Human Alone (How are our personal reality is created)
Some of these chapters are short, thus five of them rather than the three in the other two tranches.
Chapters six through eight at $8,350.
Ten people say the RNC is short of cash Did they have tears in their eyes? Did they say “Sir”? The Washington Post declines to elaborate: The Republican Party’s finances are increasingly worrisome to party members, advisers to former president Donald Trump, and other operatives involved in the 2024 election effort, according to 10 people familiar with the matter. The Republican National Committee disclosed that it had $9.1 million in cash on hand as of Oct. 30, the lowest amount for the RNC in any Federal Election Commission report since February 2015. That compares with about $20 million at the same point in the 2016 election cycle and about $61 million four years ago, when Trump was in the White House. The Democratic National Committee reported having $17.7 million as of Oct. 30, almost twice as much as the Republican Party, with one year before the election. Kevin gets schooled Cash is not the only thing the RNC is short on. “Forget the Alamo!” is the RNC’s new cry of freedom. Kevin McCarthy was Speaker of the House. He holds a degree in marketing. Not his only B.S. Users of formerly Twitter were quick to point out where McCarthy went wrong.
The origins of the small red triangle do not matter. Maybe it was intended to represent something or was simply a technical choice made by a young, tech-savvy Palestinian fighter to let us know where we needed to look. What truly matters is its deeper meaning.
The post Gaza’s Call to the World: Unveiling the Silent Message of the Red Triangle appeared first on MintPress News.
A gourmet bottle of peppermint-flavored extra Virgin Mary Olive Oil
A box of edible ornaments that are inedible
Twin-size flannel sheet set patterned with twee cartoon Christmas mice drunk on eggnog
An $11.99 festive patterned puffer coat and matching tiny beanie for your $6.99 bottle of wine
A 120-pack of paper party hats that say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESUS
A normal cheese grater with BELIEVE in unreadable cursive
A decorative throw pillow stitched with the Stranger Things cast wearing Santa hats
Candy cane clip-on earrings for an adult dog
A Nutcracker advent calendar filled with one weird nut behind each secret door
A long turquoise nightgown featuring a glittery cornucopia
An eighteen-inch snow globe with a figurine of Ellen Degeneres carrying a Santa sack from the ED by Ellen Degeneres Home Collection
A nativity scene and spice rack combo
Two fifty-four-inch woodgrain reindeer mounting each other
1) partner piece and update to 7 rules.’
1a) what working with china can do for you — industrialization, modernization, one time infrastructure, cheap loans, resources for industry, tech-up your scientists, engineers and designers.
2) Why things have changed – bilateral, post-Ukraine, de-dollarization,
2a) understanding china’s domestic issues — up the value chain, needs resources including food, excess construction/development capacity
3) China’s non-negotiable requirements — Taiwan, Tibet, staying out of core disputes like the south china sea and India/China disputes
4) What it will cost you: good relations with West, reliable Western financial, goods and military access.
5) What types of deals to cut
— bilateral you do this, we do that
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With the Conservatives’ general election strategy in the hands of the ‘Wizard of Oz’, it’s likely to be one of the most vicious campaigns the UK has ever seen. Tom Scott reports
I try to work out how much money would be needed to restore a functioning state. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd November 2023 Many names have been proposed for our pathology: Thatcherism, Reaganism, austerity, Trussonomics. But they are all synonyms for the same ideology, a doctrine hardly anyone in public life can […]
Journalists in Gaza are suffering in ways that are hard to comprehend — with access to little food or water, living in tents, and going about their work on foot — and that is before you consider the extraordinary number who have lost their lives in this conflict. The appeal for help issued on 20 […]
Tightening margins and technology concerns top the list of challenges for community bankers, according to the 2023 CSBS Annual Survey of Community Banks.
EXCLUSIVE: A climate group is planning legal action against the under-sale Telegraph Media Group over the outlet's climate coverage.
Public advocates say telecom companies aren’t meeting standards designed to keep phones and internet working during disasters.
Dr Iain Overton, executive director of charity Action on Armed Violence, reveals new evidence of British-trained cadets from countries that have had military coups or have poor human rights records
Last Wednesday (November 22, 2023), the Tory government in Britain released their fiscal update known as the – Autumn Statement 2023 – which basically sets the course of fiscal policy in the UK for the period ahead. The Tories continue their appalling record. But they have also locked Labor into an austerity mindset. Meanwhile, neither…