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50 votes
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Across the Middle East, the BDS movement is thriving
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Measuring lost votes by mail
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Danish government has announced a huge boost in defence spending for Greenland – defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package was at least $1.5bn
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We made our friend an international fugitive
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Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based?
basically, there seem to be 2 competing narratives of "people of color/poor people of all color tend to have it worse so let's create social programs specifically targeting them to left them up"...
basically, there seem to be 2 competing narratives of "people of color/poor people of all color tend to have it worse so let's create social programs specifically targeting them to left them up"
and I am see pros and cons to both sides and am wondering what people well-researched and versed on either have to say to each other.
- I really prefer to see a long-form discussion but I am not opposed to a debate as long as its a debate with no audience. I've really grown to hate watching debate participants try to argue for claps or score cheap points with the audience.
- Very minimal shouting or yelling over each other and each side lets the other finish.
- I prefer if its not "dark web" folks like Sam Harris or Coleman Hughes who are involved in discussion but am not totally opposed.
An example of a debate I kinda liked (would have liked it more if Fridman hadn't invited a streamer and treated it like he had the same level of expertise as historians or analyst): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs
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The Democratic National Committee should move HQ to Youngstown, Ohio
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Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede said the Danish territory will "never be for sale" after US President-elect Donald Trump's comments
20 votes -
US anti-abortion officials from red states continue deputizing angry men to turn over their partners in new legal tactic
25 votes -
US President Joe Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Donald Trump can't have them executed
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Analysis - how to effectively oppose Kash Patel nomination and some of Donald Trump's most egregious lies
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 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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Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: 'So much sympathy'
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Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers
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What happens when climate denialism and misogyny intersect? Enter: ‘petro-masculinity’.
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A close reading of Luigi Mangione’s self-help library
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US President Joe Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people, the largest act of clemency in a day
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As the European Jewish Association’s first diplomatic envoy, Michael Freilich will go to battle as Jews’ and Muslims’ religious freedoms are systematically shrunk in the EU
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 16
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9 votes -
Man who ran secret Chinese ‘police station’ to monitor and harass US-based dissidents pleads guilty in New York
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After talks, US removes bounty for capture of new Syrian leader
9 votes -
The US Democrats need to start acting like an opposition party
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Capitol cops suing Donald Trump over January 6 riot ask US court for grand jury material gathered in federal case against Trump
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Is there a way for Donald Trump to run for US presidency for a third time?
for me, the only good part of Trump winning the latest election is just that this is his final term. if America/the world can just white-knuckle it through 4 more years of trump then I feel like...
for me, the only good part of Trump winning the latest election is just that this is his final term. if America/the world can just white-knuckle it through 4 more years of trump then I feel like Trumpism/MAGA movement will die cause (call me crazy) but I don't see his base having that much enthusiasm or gusto for any other candidate. Trump seems unique in this unwavering supporting and loyalty-till-the-end regime he has created within the GOP with the help of Faux News.
I figure 4 more years of insanity, then America's boogeyman will recede into the limelight and maybe it'll force the Democrat Party to campaign on policies that will actually help the American people rather than "we are not a fascist like trump".
but I saw some headlines where Steve Bannon was talking about how to allow Trump to run again and I am not sure if that's just bluster from the MAGA movement as usual or there is a legit chance they'd find a way to strike down the 2 term limit for presidents?
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"I was a health insurance executive. What I saw made me quit." (gifted link)
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Misleading US shoplifting statistics from the National Retail Federation
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Luigi Mangione and the making of a modern antihero – the support for the alleged shooter is rooted in an American tradition of exalting the outlaw
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Elon Musk’s attack on F-35s fuels debate over expensive fighter jets
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Why US health insurance reform is difficult
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Norway is assessing its EU options as a second Donald Trump term looms – increased geopolitical tensions could yet see Oslo rethink its attitude towards Brussels
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Russian jokes about Vladimir Putin and the war
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A new US Supreme Court case about religion has a hidden trap for workers, in Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin
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Is Donald Trump playing for keeps? Can his US coalition between labor and capital last?
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US state courts will also have a strong impact on Donald Trump's plans through their authority over state officials and residents
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US Senator Elizabeth Warren pushes bill to make it easier and cheaper to file for bankruptcy
11 votes -
Elon Musk is wrong about the F-35
6 votes -
Netherlands will block Serbia's next step toward EU accession
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A manifesto against for-profit US health insurance companies — by Michael Moore
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Inside the MAGA plot to write birthright citizenship out of the US constitution
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 9
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11 votes -
Syria and the all of Bashar al-Assad - Why Assad's military folded and what's next
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Op Ed from UnitedHealth Group CEO: The US health care system is flawed. Let’s fix it. (gifted link)
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St Louis property owners receive giant bills from the city for repairs they didn’t agree to. Now, it’s under investigation.
11 votes -
Finland will review whether to reintroduce antipersonnel land mines for improved defenses against Russia on the NATO defense bloc's longest land border with its main adversary
24 votes -
Donald Trump nominates Fox News host and Army National Guard Major Pete Hegseth for US defense secretary
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South Korea’s President is impeached after martial law crisis
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Citizenship is becoming more of a privilege than a right
15 votes -
Megathread - Donald Trump allies election interference trials Georgia
The trials for election interference in 2020 continue. This thread is about the Trump allies trials in Georgia.
12 votes -
Ten years ago, one of the uber-wealthy predicted "the pitchforks are coming for us"
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A mass movement can beat health CEO greed
12 votes