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Alright, I used to perpetrate some literary criticism around this place. [Slaps wall.] Seems like I could still. This is going to be very flimsy because I’m just banging it out, because I might want some of it later, more worked out. Over at the dying bird, Jeet Heer asks a good question: “Has anyone […]

The TV presenter did not address this newspaper's detailed allegations of him using a fake persona to target men online

With a referendum against the police facility in the works, Atlanta is making sure it won’t be valid. Activists have other ways to fight.

The post Atlanta City Leaders Are Subverting Democracy to Save Cop City appeared first on The Intercept.

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I’m sure you’ve heard by now that RFK Jr made a preposterous claim over the weekend about COVID being a bioweapon designed to spare Jews and Chinese people which has created quite the brouhaha. His family has spoken out against him (again) and he’s tried unsuccessfully to dance his way out of it. (It’s on video.) Joe Perticone at the Bulwark points out that he’s still got some important friends, however: But Kennedy is not without supporters and defenders, and if it seems like most of them are coming from a certain political corner, it’s because that’s exactly what’s happening. The plurality of Kennedy’s maximum contribution donations are coming from Republicans, many of his media appearances are in the conservative space, and he’s about to receive his biggest megaphone yet—from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). This Thursday, Kennedy is scheduled to testify at a hearing hosted by the House Judiciary Committee’s select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government.

Pervez Agwan is challenging AIPAC-endorsed Rep. Lizzie Fletcher in a recently redrawn Texas district.

The post As Democrats Line Up Behind Israel’s Right-Wing Government, One Progressive Candidate Says He Is Unafraid of AIPAC appeared first on The Intercept.

The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.

The post Yes, There Is a Cure for Bullshit appeared first on Nautilus.

That they are doing this now, of all times, is just outrageous With No Labels launching into high gear, with Joe Manchin playing ‘will-he-or-won’t-he”, it appears that we are going to be dealing with this garbage whether we like it or not. Dan Pfeiffer had a good piece on this : No Labels is officially launching its effort to throw the election to Donald Trump. On Sunday, the centrist group released its policy agenda, which was credulously covered by the New York Times and others. Yesterday,  Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Jon Huntsman Jr., the former Republican Governor of Utah, headlined a high profile town hall in the battleground state of New Hampshire. No Labels raised tens of millions of dollars from billionaires who support Donald Trump on the ballot all across the country. I have written before about how a No Labels candidacy could easily tip the election to Trump, but their policy agenda and yesterday’s event highlight the absolute disingenuous grift at the center of No Labels as an organization and centrism as a political strategy.

Victoria’s supreme leader Dan Andrews has told colleagues that he could walk down Bourke street and shoot dead the Commonwealth games and it wouldn’t lose him any votes. ”Dan is very confident right now, what with having no opposition so... Read More ›

4 servings You will need½ lb. ground beef½ block soybean curd2 hard-boiled eggs5-6 cloud ears (or 2 tablespoons toasted, ground and sieved black sesame seeds)Mixture A:2 tablespoons minced green onions1 teaspoon minced garlic½ teaspoon minced gingerdash of pepper2 teaspoons toasted and ground sesame seeds1 tablespoon sesame oildash of monosodium glutamate1 tablespoon cornstarchVinegar-Soy Sauce (See Recipe […]

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Say what you will about us Aussies, there’s something you can’t possibly say: that we collectively suffer from pathological doubts about ourselves and our place in the world.

Did you [Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers] discuss the concessions that you expect from China on trade if there's to be a visit to China by you and the Prime Minister?

Yesterday, the NY Times reported on Donald Trump’s agenda for a second term should we have the misfortune to see him get one. It led with this: Donald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate far greater authority directly in his hands. Their plans to centralize more power in the Oval Office stretch far beyond the former president’s recent remarks that he would order a criminal investigation into his political rival, President Biden, signaling his intent to end the post-Watergate norm of Justice Department independence from White House political control. Mr. Trump and his associates have a broader goal: to alter the balance of power by increasing the president’s authority over every part of the federal government that now operates, by either law or tradition, with any measure of independence from political interference by the White House, according to a review of his campaign policy proposals and interviews with people close to him. Shocker, right?

Look at the garbage he spreads on Truth Social: Uh huh. Here’s another caucasian family posing in their mansion:

The claim that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a proxy war is not borne out by recent history, nor supported by Russian democrats, Ukrainians of all stripes nor most Western Russia specialists. They mostly see its roots in an authoritarian Russian state and the revanchist views of Putin and his acolytes. Several recent articles in Continue reading »