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9 votes
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What prevents former US presidents from disclosing national secrets?
I have tried to answer this myself and come up empty handed. When a U.S. president leaves office, they take intimate awareness of many national secrets with them (weapons systems, intelligence...
I have tried to answer this myself and come up empty handed. When a U.S. president leaves office, they take intimate awareness of many national secrets with them (weapons systems, intelligence gathering techniques, etc.). What prevents a former president from selling this information to the highest bidder?
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Denmark's plans to cull seventeen million mink is facing legal obstacles after the government admitted it did not have a legal basis for the order
10 votes -
Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks
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2020 Election News and Information (Week of November 1st)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
A thread you can easily ignore
A new week a new thread
As the pace and the quantity of information that is 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)
Final thread before the election
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Joe Biden elected president
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Joe Biden’s victory was just what tech wanted. Now what?
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Joe Biden is the next President of the United States
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984 Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA. Update...
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984
Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA.
Update #1: Called by Business Insider
Update #2: Called by Vox (thanks @dubteedub)
Update #3: The Economist is coming as close as they can to calling it (explanation: https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1324860925745229824)
Update #4: The AP, NBC, CNN and ABC News have called the race. It's over.
Update #5: New York Times, BBC
Update #6: Meanwhile in Trump's fantasy land
Update #7: Fox News has called it as well.72 votes -
Florida votes to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
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Donald Trump gives remarks regarding the US election results
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Our Popcorn Movie Dystopia
Our Popcorn Movie Dystopia is a movie put out by Some More News. It's certainly an interesting ride. A 135 minute blend of sci-fi B movie, documentary-grade movie analysis of dystopian films over...
Our Popcorn Movie Dystopia is a movie put out by Some More News.
It's certainly an interesting ride. A 135 minute blend of sci-fi B movie, documentary-grade movie analysis of dystopian films over the last 30+ years, and a heavy dose of political commentary (as would be expected from Cody)...complete with some minor celebrity cameos. I've not watched anything quite like this before.
There are some hefty movie spoilers throughout...makes sense given the topic, but I think the only recent one is the new Bill and Ted movie.
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Hasan Piker's Twitch stream is the future of Election Night coverage
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Following a two-year-long hiatus, an initiative by Copenhagen Municipality allowing citizens to get trees for free, has returned
7 votes -
Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country
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Cash-strapped Oman plans income tax on wealthy starting 2022
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2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 25th)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread 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...
A thread you can easily ignore
A new week a new thread
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)
Thank goodness this is almost over
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Fireside Friday: Crisis in the democracies of antiquity
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How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge
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Political philosopher Robert B. Talisse explains his diagnosis and cure for the political polarization ailing America
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Borat 2 exposes a racist, sexist, but still ultimately inspiring America
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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
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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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Movie night at the White House: A century of screenings, decoded
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Vote! (For Joe Biden (Who Sucks!))
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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 -
Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign
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Danish mayor Frank Jensen quits amid sexual harassment allegations – Social Democrat has apologized for his behaviour, saying he did not want to stand in the way of progress
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Jair Bolsonaro's Brazilian regime incentivizes landlords to burn off forests; anarchist fire brigades pick up the slack
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Just give poor people money
22 votes -
New Zealand now has the gayest Parliament in the world
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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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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
11 votes -
What retiree phone-bankers taught me about loving work
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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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A libertarian walks into a bear: The utopian plot to liberate an American town (and some bears)
11 votes -
Details emerge of new right-wing coup plot in Bolivia
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What are we so afraid of? – Tony Green, on dismissing, denying, contracting and spreading the coronavirus
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Wisconsin denies Foxconn tax subsidies after contract negotiations fail
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Why the Philly cheesesteak can swing a presidential election
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What are some good resources for California voters?
Most California voters received their ballots this week, and as usual there are a bunch of propositions to vote on that we’ve barely heard of because nearly all election discussion is about...
Most California voters received their ballots this week, and as usual there are a bunch of propositions to vote on that we’ve barely heard of because nearly all election discussion is about national issues. So, what are you using to study up?
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Trump will undergo televised medical evaluation on Friday night, Fox News announces
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Can a good person support President Trump?
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Additional steps Twitter is taking ahead of the 2020 US Election
15 votes