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22 votes
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Finland's interior minister summoned an emergency meeting after patient records at a private Finnish psychotherapy center were accessed by hackers
5 votes -
Donald Trump vs Joe Biden | Epic Rap Battles Of History
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2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 18th)
A thread you can easily ignore As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things...
A thread you can easily ignore
As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
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Sanna Marin, Finland's fearless prime minister, is challenging sexism in politics
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“Would you be willing to ask Siri how to assassinate Donald Trump?” - excerpt from Shelter in Place
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Movie night at the White House: A century of screenings, decoded
7 votes -
Vote! (For Joe Biden (Who Sucks!))
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights (Among Us)
22 votes -
Greta Thunberg has accused MEPs of surrendering on the climate and environment by voting in favour of a watered-down reform of the EU's common agricultural policy
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Icelandic prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir kept calm under pressure as a 5.5 magnitude earthquake interrupted her live interview with the Washington Post
7 votes -
What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and drivers
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Jair Bolsonaro's Brazilian regime incentivizes landlords to burn off forests; anarchist fire brigades pick up the slack
16 votes -
Just give poor people money
22 votes -
New Zealand now has the gayest Parliament in the world
19 votes -
A legislative path to an interoperable internet
9 votes -
Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand Labour Party to historically high re-election, projected to win 49% of votes and 64/120 seats
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Federalist 51 - The structure of the US Government must furnish the proper checks and balances between the different departments
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North Korea says Danish documentary that shows apparent attempts to evade a UN ban on arms trading was completely made up and called on Denmark to find the infiltrator
9 votes -
Facebook and Twitter take unusual steps to limit spread of New York Post story
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The dollars and sense of free college - Georgetown University analysis of Biden's free college plan finds that it pays for itself within a decade
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Norway has blamed Russia for a cyberattack on the email system in the parliament in August – Moscow has rejected the claim, calling it a serious and wilful provocation
6 votes -
Last exit from autocracy
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What are we so afraid of? – Tony Green, on dismissing, denying, contracting and spreading the coronavirus
19 votes -
Wisconsin denies Foxconn tax subsidies after contract negotiations fail
12 votes -
Why the Philly cheesesteak can swing a presidential election
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Trump will undergo televised medical evaluation on Friday night, Fox News announces
18 votes -
Can a good person support President Trump?
16 votes -
Additional steps Twitter is taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
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Presidential debate: Trump refuses to take part in virtual TV event
19 votes -
US Presdient Donald Trump’s antibody treatment was tested using fetal cells obtained through abortion
18 votes -
Cambridge Analytica did not misuse data in EU referendum, says UK watchdog
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Post-politics and the future of the left
5 votes -
Teenage girl becomes Finland's PM for the day – Aava Murto is taking over for the day as part of a campaign for girls' digital rights
12 votes -
US President Donald Trump abruptly scraps stimulus talks, punting on economic relief until after Election Day
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US House Democrats say Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple enjoy ‘monopoly power’ and recommend big changes
18 votes -
Joe Biden can end the drama on election night. All he has to do is win Texas.
13 votes -
Planning is GREAT: Britain was supposed to be the most prepared country in the world. Then an unexpected enemy arrived
6 votes -
Conserving a painting by Sir Winston Churchill
6 votes -
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania have tested positive for coronavirus
85 votes -
Should we use a megathread for US election news as we get closer to Nov 3?
I was thinking about how much the quantity of election news is likely to increase as we get closer to Nov 3. And more specifically the likelihood that this election will not be clear cut, will be...
I was thinking about how much the quantity of election news is likely to increase as we get closer to Nov 3. And more specifically the likelihood that this election will not be clear cut, will be contested, lawsuits filed, etc in the days and weeks after Nov 3.
With that in mind, do we want to proactively put up a weekly (maybe daily for the actual week of) megathread to consolidate some of it?
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Michigan Attorney General will no longer enforce governor’s executive orders after court ruling
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Weird Al - We're All Doomed
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Time to pardon Edward Snowden?
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Tracker for coronavirus test results from officials in the US government and presidential campaigns
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History of US political parties (part 1)
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Is political violence ever justifiable?
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The Turkish century; Part 3: New beginnings
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The non-voter
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What academics can do now to prevent a coup later
5 votes