Iceland on track for snap election as government falls – disagreements on issues including foreign policy and asylum seekers, says Bjarni Benediktsson
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Filipino authorities are using Facebook to target young activists
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X overtakes WeChat in spreading Chinese disinformation about the 2024 US presidential elections
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What "misinformation" is actually usually about
13 votes -
German government plans to reform adoption law, allowing unmarried couples to adopt and a child to have two mothers
31 votes -
Cards Against Humanity pays you to give a shit
64 votes -
Germany rushes to expand biometric surveillance
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Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
8 votes -
Look at this photo of Ursula von der Leyen’s new team – and tell me the EU doesn’t have a diversity problem
16 votes -
USA folks, don't forget to register to vote
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Sweden to issue another update of a Cold War-era civil emergency advice booklet later this month – new version adapted to better reflect today's security policy reality
8 votes -
The rise of the right-wing tattletale
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Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold
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A year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, four Americans are still being held hostage
11 votes -
Swedish government accused of trying to ‘outlaw poverty’ over begging ban – critics say proposal may not be lawful and would not tackle root cause of vulnerability
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China is ready for war (and thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not)
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 30
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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Donald Trump trials - Megathread - US Federal Jan 6 case with Special Counsel Jack Smith
Court of Appeals disclosed congressmember Scott Perry's texts re Trump, then removed them
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Young Donald Trump appointed US judge declares centuries old qui tam case practice unconstitutional
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USA: Kyle Rittenhouse's texts pledging to ‘murder’ shoplifters disillusion his ex-spokesperson
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Israeli military announces ground invasion of Southern Lebanon
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California bans legacy admissions at private universities
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California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988)
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EU supreme court will hear arguments on whether Danish law limiting the concentration of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods violates EU anti-discrimination law
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Emotions are running high in EU foreign policy – and that's ok
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Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 23
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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USA: "The undecided voters are not who you think they are"
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Mexico’s snub to King Felipe rekindles colonialism row with Spain: President-elect refuses to invite Spanish king to her inauguration after lack of apology for crimes of conquest
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Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU capitals puts strain on bloc’s unity. From Germany’s border checks to France’s vow to restore order, rejection of open borders could threaten Schengen zone.
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Cameroonian separatist leader Lucas Ayaba Cho arrested in Norway for his alleged role in the ongoing armed conflict in the Central African country
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Russia and Iran plot to arm Houthis with advanced anti-ship cruise missiles – Reuters
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US Republicans’ electoral college edge, once seen as ironclad, looks to be fading
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In the US, more than 200 pregnant women were prosecuted the year after Roe v. Wade was overturned
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Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google)
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How the Islamic State weaponizes imitation in its propaganda
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Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution
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California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 16
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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Emmanuel Macron unveils new right-wing French government
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How Joe Biden's National Labor Relations Board has boosted bottom-up unionism in the US (and why this matters)
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Data finds US Republican areas search more frequently for transgender porn
41 votes -
Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high
43 votes -
Teamsters won’t endorse a candidate for US President in 2024
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Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present – overhaul signals a switch from play-based teaching for younger children
10 votes -
The shapeshifter: who is the real Giorgia Meloni?
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Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the UN Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “illegal war”
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Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare
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São Paulo mayoral candidate treated in hospital after getting clobbered with chair
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An Israeli and a Palestinian discuss 7 October, Gaza – and the future
8 votes