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Why I don't criticize Israel - Sam Harris - transcript from a 2014 podcast
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We can’t wait thirty more years for another breakthrough in the Middle East
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 2
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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Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it wants religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws—and is going after trans rights.
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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Four doctors gunned down on a Rio beach, including brother of leftist legislator Sâmia Bomfim, political motives very likely
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Analysts have expressed concerns that relations between Serbia and Kosovo could tip into an armed conflict
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Former US President Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt after leaving White House: Sources
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US Senator calls for Department of Justice action against Philips for keeping CPAP machine complaints secret
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How General Mark Milley protected the US Constitution from Donald Trump
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New survey shows that many in the US lack knowledge of basic facts about government
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UK PM Rishi Sunak applauded for being openly transphobic in speech
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Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ neighbors have no voting rights to stop it
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job is at risk after US House of Representatives votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him
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Can NYC ease housing costs with ‘City of Yes’ proposal?
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Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate seat to be filled by Laphonza Butler
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US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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Former US President Donald Trump heading to trial in seven civil and criminal cases: A calendar of dates and what to expect
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Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter
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Added context to Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about trading liberty for safety
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How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing Danish state secrets that had been in the public domain for years
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Finland faces autumn of discontent with strikes and protests over government's austerity budget
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Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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New developments in US antitrust enforcement - more and new types of cases brought under Joe Biden, new leaders at the Federal Trade Commission
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Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
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The chemistry of ‘Yes Minister’ (2017)
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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at 90
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Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
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First defendant in Donald Trump Georgia case pleads guilty
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The scrambled spectrum of US foreign policy thinking
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Former US President Donald Trump says UAW talks do not matter because EV shift will kill jobs
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No rides, but lots of rows: ‘reactionary’ French theme park plots expansion
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 25
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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For the fourteenth year running, Iceland takes the top position in the Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum
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‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
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UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
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Joe Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve US rail safety and boost capacity in thirty-five states
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India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says
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If you are in the US, that cardboard box in your home is likely fueling election denial
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Ralph Nader, wary of Donald Trump, offers to help US President Joe Biden win
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Joe Biden administration grants Seattle Children's Hospital $240K for LGBT sex education tool
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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Europe during migration speech
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Witnesses and security camera footage viewed by The Washington Post reveal a more complex operation to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh leader, than authorities have previously described
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Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman introduces legislation to cancel school lunch debt
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China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic'
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Norway wants to begin deep sea mining in the Arctic – here is why it's a bad idea
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US President Joe Biden urges striking auto workers to “stick with it” in picket line visit unparalleled in history
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New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
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‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine
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