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4 votes
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Putin’s wager in Russia’s standoff with the West
20 votes -
Burkina Faso's military seizes power in a coup, detains president and dissolves government
11 votes -
Finland's former interior minister Päivi Räsänen has gone on trial in Helsinki accused of inciting anti-LGBT+ hate speech
4 votes -
How would a world without borders look like? Would you want it? If so, what would be the steps to make it work?
What I meant is a world without any barriers whatsoever for the circulation of people. Each country would have border checks for things like explosives, heavy drugs, and weapons, but apart from...
What I meant is a world without any barriers whatsoever for the circulation of people. Each country would have border checks for things like explosives, heavy drugs, and weapons, but apart from that everyone would be allowed in, always. I'm not sure about economy measures, trade barriers, and circulation of goods, though.
But please, feel free to interpret "world without borders" however you wish! ;)
19 votes -
The forces of authoritarianism are getting slicker and deeper, and that disturbs me
A friend shared a troubling website with me. I'm not 100% sure why I found the site so troubling, but one thing that stands out is its slick sophistication. There are two primary facets to this...
A friend shared a troubling website with me. I'm not 100% sure why I found the site so troubling, but one thing that stands out is its slick sophistication. There are two primary facets to this sophistication: the organization and the presentation. https://defeatthemandatesdc.com.
The presentation is, at very first glance, about what I would expect from a leftist or progressive group. It didn't take long for me to detect something was off, and an a quick reading of what they are after confirms it's neither leftist nor progressive. But that very first impression, which was followed by a sense of confusion as part of my subconscious detected the true message, was unique for me, I can usually detect political bias instantaneously. (This is a curse more than anything else, a symptom born from trauma, but that's another discussion.)
Regarding the organization, it seems focussed and professional. There's some real effort and intellegince both behind the design and messaging at least. If that is representative of a larger effort, that indicates significant funding and effective organization skills at play. I can't quite articulate what's differnt from previous and ongoing, similar efforts. There's something, fundamentally different here that projects real power, depth, and sophistication, and that is deeply disturbing. Efforts like whatever was behind Jan 6 seem chaotic and angry. This effort feels more collected, dispassionate, focussed, and expansive.
14 votes -
"37 Seconds" - Legalize Marijuana - Gary Chambers political ad
16 votes -
Corporate "MLK" tweets listed next to their donations to GOP voter suppression efforts
@Judd Legum: 1. This will be a thread of corporations that are "honoring" MLK Jr on Twitter today but donated to the @NRSC in the last year, supporting a caucus that is filibustering voting rights and a chair (@SenRickScott) who voted to overturn the last electionFollow along if interested
23 votes -
BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027 and funding frozen
32 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 17
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6 votes -
Former Danish defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, said that he has been charged under a law that deals with divulging state secrets
4 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 10
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8 votes -
California’s overflowing coffers hand Newsom ‘every politician’s dream’
8 votes -
Sweden has earmarked $661 million for a temporary scheme to help the most affected households cope with high electricity bills this winter
6 votes -
US Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail
16 votes -
What ‘The Squad’ tells us about progressives’ ability to win voters of color
10 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 3
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8 votes -
Gabriel Boric wins election as Chile’s next president
22 votes -
Taiwan supports Lithuania as China applies sanctions
10 votes -
Q shaman prison interview
13 votes -
Dan Wang's 2021 letter about China
14 votes -
Sweden, which is holding a general election in September, has joined France in creating an agency to combat disinformation
10 votes -
By 2025, American democracy could collapse, causing extreme domestic political instability, including widespread civil violence. By 2030, the country could be governed by a right-wing dictatorship.
26 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 27
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6 votes -
Denmark's government has announced a goal to make domestic flights fossil fuel free by 2030
8 votes -
Iran nuclear talks resume with Tehran focused on sanctions relief
5 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 20
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7 votes -
Mental health is a political problem
9 votes -
Toxoplasma of rage
6 votes -
The bulldozer vs vetocracy political axis
4 votes -
How Beijing influences the influencers
5 votes -
Denmark says it will take measures to protect teachers' freedom of expression and prevent the risks of self-censorship
8 votes -
The National Conservatism Conference and the shifting priorities of the American Right
4 votes -
The rise and fall of rationality in language
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 13
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7 votes -
Danish government will rent prison cells in Kosovo – measure limited to prisoners who were already set to be deported from Denmark
6 votes -
China’s troll king: How a tabloid editor became the voice of Chinese nationalism
3 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 6
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9 votes -
The rise of Māori MAGA
5 votes -
New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations
16 votes -
The prime minister of Finland apologizes for going to clubs maskless after contact with an infected official
5 votes -
The mythlogy of work and other thoughts on the growing anti-work movement
14 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 29
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9 votes -
Deal to make Olaf Scholz German chancellor clears final hurdle
6 votes -
Biden nearly ended the drone war, and nobody noticed
24 votes -
Jailed for fifty-one weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth
18 votes -
Finland is the world's happiest nation and I want to keep it that way – Sanna Marin says she is determined to defend human rights, despite asylum policy challenges
6 votes -
Federal government introduces legislation to ban conversion therapy in Canada
13 votes -
Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022
16 votes -
The invisible wall - Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the EU has created a shadow immigration system that captures, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias
10 votes