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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 5
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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Research at the heart of a US lawsuit against the abortion pill has been retracted
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Joe Biden’s chances of US re-election are better than they appear
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The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes
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House Republicans are helping Vladimir Putin – Their cynicism over Ukraine weakens America and makes the world less safe
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US grocery stores should cut prices as costs ease, Joe Biden White House says
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Family of Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus, imprisoned in Iran for more than 663 days, fear death penalty verdict is imminent
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US Congressional budget gridlock leads to stunning NASA layoffs
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US federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity
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Geert Wilders’ hopes of becoming Dutch PM dim after centrist party quits talks
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Megathread - Update on state court cases challenging legality of Donald Trump candidacy under the 14th amendment section 3 of the US constitution
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Northern Ireland elects Irish nationalist First Minister Michelle O'Neill
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How can I unsubscribe from the politics tag?
I came to Tildes to get away from the endless political talk of reddit. Is there any way to unsubscribe from the political threads here? Most of them seem to be posted in ~misc, but there's other...
I came to Tildes to get away from the endless political talk of reddit. Is there any way to unsubscribe from the political threads here? Most of them seem to be posted in ~misc, but there's other content there too.
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The GOP dog caught the car. Again.
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US rail safety legislation still stalled one year after East Palestine Ohio disaster
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At least six Kurdish fighters are killed in a drone attack on a Syrian base housing US troops
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US Republican congressman from Georgia jokes about dropping migrant from helicopters echoing extreme right Pinochet meme about political violence
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Secretive US right wing advocacy group promotes model legislation to limit public nuisance claims like those responsible for tobacco and opioid verdicts
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Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs
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What ecelebrity did to my brain
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Fifty years since Sweden first introduced state-funded parental leave for couples to share – pioneering policy offers some surprising lessons for other countries
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Only the Middle East can fix the Middle East – The path to a post-American regional order
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 29
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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Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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A partisan solution to partisan gerrymandering
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NGOs allowed to seize €2.9 million from Belgian government for failure to shelter asylum seekers
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Stop pretending you’re not rich [2017]
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American airstrikes hit eighty-five targets at seven facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia used to attack US forces
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"By all means, go after big tech. But for the love of the next generation, don’t pretend that it’s going to help vulnerable youth."
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US Senator Bernie Sanders set to interrogate pharma executives about prices
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Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
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Days of darkness: How one woman escaped the conspiracy theory trap that has ensnared millions
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Finland has rejected the far right, but is the country ready for a gay, Green head of state in Pekka Haavisto?
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An AI-generated image of a Victorian MP raises wider questions on digital ethics
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Congo’s least bad elections: How a fragile democracy inched forward—and how it can consolidate the gains
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The $2.6 billion experiment to cover up Europe's dirty habit – Norwegian project to bury carbon waste under the sea is getting backing from Germany
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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and a MAGA meltdown
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EU leaders approve €50 billion deal for Ukraine after Viktor Orbán lifts his veto
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Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners
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Recruited to play sports, and win a culture war
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The war on ‘woke capital’ is backfiring
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A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
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What happened at the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account
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Prediction markets have an elections problem
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Greedflation accounts for fifty-three cents of every US dollar of inflation in past six months
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United States to return to staging nuclear weapons in UK
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The parliament of Imperial Austria
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The debate over subtitles, explained
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Gaza ceasefire deal matters more than deterrence
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