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50 votes
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Greece legalizes same sex marriage
45 votes -
US House Intel Chairman announces ‘serious national security threat,’ sources say it is related to Russia's nuclear capabilities in space
30 votes -
Christian Super Bowl commercial outrages US conservatives
39 votes -
Joe Biden criticises US snack makers for ‘shrinkflation rip-off’
32 votes -
Iceland plans to buy out home owners in volcano-struck town of Grindavík – total cost of the buyout could be as much as $440 million
20 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 5
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10 votes -
Research at the heart of a US lawsuit against the abortion pill has been retracted
28 votes -
US Congressional budget gridlock leads to stunning NASA layoffs
21 votes -
US federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity
82 votes -
Northern Ireland elects Irish nationalist First Minister Michelle O'Neill
31 votes -
Former White House chef hosts themed dinners featuring food believed to be at risk from climate change
12 votes -
US rail safety legislation still stalled one year after East Palestine Ohio disaster
36 votes -
What ecelebrity did to my brain
6 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 29
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13 votes -
Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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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."
33 votes -
Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
24 votes -
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
8 votes -
Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners
10 votes -
Recruited to play sports, and win a culture war
4 votes -
A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
27 votes -
Greedflation accounts for fifty-three cents of every US dollar of inflation in past six months
62 votes -
The parliament of Imperial Austria
6 votes -
Afghanistan families find ways around Taliban restrictions on girls’ education
15 votes -
Ohio, Michigan Republicans in released audio: "Endgame" is to ban trans care "for everyone"
56 votes -
A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it?
19 votes -
I can't get my head around US President Joe Biden polling poorly and Donald Trump polling well
I can't get my head around President Biden polling poorly and Trump polling well. I don't think I need to provide details for people on this site, but Trump was so horrible as a president and...
I can't get my head around President Biden polling poorly and Trump polling well.
I don't think I need to provide details for people on this site, but Trump was so horrible as a president and President Biden has done such a good job. Even if Biden was a passive placeholder four years of him would have been better than 4 more years of Trump.
I don't understand where the low polls are coming from. Particularly for groups that would not do particularly well under a Trump regime like African Americans and youth.
I see some people complaining about President Biden's age, but his administration has been doing a good job and Trump is only about 4 years younger ( and in much worse shape ).
I don't get where the hate is coming from.
I remember the "red wave" that never happened and articles explaining why polls aren't as accurate as they used to be. However, that answer feels too easy to me, a cop out.
Maybe people are angry about greedflation. However, Trump's presidency when it wasn't about vindictiveness was all about neglect. I can't believe people think Trump would be better for the economy -- that he would even try beyond the stock market so he polls well.
*Disclaimer:
My apologies if this is the wrong place for this conversation. I thought here or "talk" would be the best choices, though people in "talk" might not want political conversations.
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 22
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11 votes -
Russia State Duma to prepare statement to US Congress and German parliament regarding Belgorod plane crash
17 votes -
100 years since death of Vladimir Lenin marked by silence from China’s Communist Party
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In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in NATO attacks linked to civilian deaths in Libya in 2011
12 votes -
Lessons from Finland's attempt to transition to a circular economy
15 votes -
New US bank-overdraft fee limits to go into effect
41 votes -
New York City plans to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for 500,000 residents
27 votes -
The US GOP doesn’t want to punish trans people—it wants to eradicate them
77 votes -
Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland
27 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 15
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9 votes -
Moose, maple syrup and monopolies: Is Canada finally taking on its oligarchs?
10 votes -
Sámi rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding
13 votes -
Doing your own research is a good way to end up being wrong
23 votes -
Book review - A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein
4 votes -
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
9 votes -
Oil companies will soon pay fees for emitting a climate ‘super-pollutant’
11 votes -
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
14 votes -
Humorous messages on electronic signs discouraged by new guidelines from US Federal Highway Administration
33 votes -
British Columbia, Canada: Family pets will no longer be considered property during divorce proceedings
15 votes -
We might need to say goodbye to the global ‘conveyor belt’ based on free passage through peaceful waters
24 votes -
Queen Margrethe II is the first Danish monarch to abdicate in 900 years – but it is just a sign of the times
17 votes -
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
29 votes