Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland
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US FDA recommends easing restrictions on marijuana
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 15
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Egypt backs Somalia in dispute over Ethiopia-Somaliland deal
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EU seeks ‘consequences’ for Israel over opposition to Palestinian statehood
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Moose, maple syrup and monopolies: Is Canada finally taking on its oligarchs?
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Sámi rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding
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Goodbye to the era of the professional spouse – There are not many jobs left in which people are expected to appear, smiling and waving, by their partner’s side
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Arab nations develop plan to end Israel-Hamas war and create Palestinian state
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The West needs to show it values all human life – Accusations of double standards sting because they have a point
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Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong
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The poverty of anti-wokeness
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Book review - A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein
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Norway's Arctic deep sea mining plan will inevitably sink – industrialising the ocean floor in the middle of a climate crisis is not only reckless, it's cruel
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Three migrants drown at US border as Texas blocked their rescue
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Denmark's far-right, populist Nye Borgerlige party is being dissolved – other right-wing parties applaud, spying greater share of votes
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Oil companies will soon pay fees for emitting a climate ‘super-pollutant’
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Norway's decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extraction of valuable minerals breaks a promise to the other nations on the Ocean Panel and to scientists
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Finland must crack down on hate speech against minorities if it's to appear “united against all external threats” says presidential hopeful Pekka Haavisto
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Rebecca Solnit: Slow change can be radical change
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Humorous messages on electronic signs discouraged by new guidelines from US Federal Highway Administration
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Maldives pro-China leader gives Indian troops March deadline to go
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Ali Abdullah Saleh obituary [2017]
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The price of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ambition – the Prime Minister seems unable to distinguish between his own interests and his country’s
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Alexei Navalny disappears for three weeks; reappears at isolated Arctic penal colony
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Denmark's Frederik X becomes king after Queen Margrethe abdicates, with big crowds gathered in Copenhagen to witness history
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The US Supreme Court will evaluate the constitutional validity of local ordinances barring homeless from sleeping on streets and sidewalks
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In a setback for Beijing, Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te as president
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‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region [the Somaliland deal with Ethiopia]
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Finnish presidential frontrunner Alexander Stubb said NATO should become "more European"
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Queen Margrethe II is the first Danish monarch to abdicate in 900 years – but it is just a sign of the times
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Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan
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West Virginia bill would mandate "curing" trans people under 21
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Iran wins with US airstrikes on Houthis in Yemen
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How did Russian defence industry perform in 2023?
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The specter of nationalism – Identity politics has always influenced elections. In 2024, it will pose a serious threat to liberalism—and to democracy itself.
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 8
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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More than 1,400 Finnish music industry professionals have signed a petition urging a ban on Israel from Eurovision over alleged "war crimes" in Gaza
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Polish political tensions ramp up as PiS politicians arrested at Presidential Palace
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A US-sanctioned oligarch ran pro-Kremlin ads on Facebook—again
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Senior EU politician launches bid to remove Hungary’s voting rights
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Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’
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Politicians from Germany’s AfD met extremist group to discuss deportation ‘masterplan’
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Joe Biden administration announces $1 billion for low-emission US school buses
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Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining
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On media outlets frequent use of the term "Iranian-backed"
Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen, and militias in Iraq and Syria. Whenever western media outlets speak of these groups they seem to prefix the term Iranian-Backed. I'm...
Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen, and militias in Iraq and Syria.
Whenever western media outlets speak of these groups they seem to prefix the term Iranian-Backed.
I'm starting to raise my eyebrows a bit at how universally the term is being used. It feels almost mandated. My understanding is these are indeed supported financially and materially by Iran, but they also very much operate independently. So the extent of the relationship is unknown or at least debated.
Does this strike anyone else as odd or suspicious? Is this use fair and justified?
My mind can't help but wander to the laying of a propaganda foundation for direct conflict with Iran.
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Some German Jews say their country goes too far defending Israel – and they find themselves attacked for antisemitism
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Iceland fisheries minister rebuked over 2023 whaling ban – Parliamentary Ombudsman says whaling ban lacked legal footing
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 1
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Frantz Fanon’s enduring legacy – The post-colonial thinker’s seminal book, “The Wretched of the Earth,” described political oppression in psychological terms
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