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11 votes
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US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to vote yes on GOP spending bill
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Daniel Lurie’s new San Francisco housing rezoning map is a winner. Let’s make sure it stays that way.
10 votes -
Norway's government is under growing pressure to let the country's $1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund invest in certain defense firms
8 votes -
US President Donald Trump fires National Security Agency director Timothy Haugh in national security purge
28 votes -
South Korean court removes president from office, says he violated duties
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Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says
44 votes -
Donald Trump White House directs US National Institutes of Health to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition
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Danes are boycotting American goods - one grocery chain reports that sales of Denmark's own cola brand has increased at least thirteen-fold
Posting not a link as it's just a newsflash type thing. Translations with deepl. Edited some of the text myself to get rid of some redundant stuff. Link In March, sales of Jolly Cola increased at...
Posting not a link as it's just a newsflash type thing. Translations with deepl. Edited some of the text myself to get rid of some redundant stuff.
In March, sales of Jolly Cola increased at least 13-fold in Rema 1000 compared to the same period last year. Grocery chains Coop and Fleggaard have also seen significant increases. The Jolly Cola brewery also said earlier in March that they have never experienced anything like this.
Further context:
Danes are bypassing American products, and chains are feeling it.
The boycott movement can be felt at the Danish fast food chain: ""We are clearly experiencing a growing interest. The fact that we are a Danish burger chain is an interesting alternative to the American chains for many Danes."
At a vintner, the anti-American movement is not a big issue, but the wine merchant has still received a “no thanks” from some customers when he has suggested an American wine: "Now that Trump has come to power, the demand is not as great as it used to be. Some people are simply opting out."
Even though consumers in Denmark want to send a signal and turn their backs on Trump and the US with their wallets, it could ultimately be a disservice to ourselves: "It should not become a joint boycott against the US, because we risk losing significantly more as a country than we gain from it. If the US suddenly says that it's time to stop buying Novo Nordisk medicines in the US, it will hit the Danish economy tenfold compared to the effect a consumer boycott has on the US economy,” he says. “There is no reason for us to provoke this trade war to become even fiercer than it already is."
Oh, and then there's also this:
Danish grocery chain to distinguish European from US goods.
More chains are joining in now: Coop to introduce labeling of American goods
24 votes -
Europe talks tough on military spending, but unity is fracturing
8 votes -
See Donald Trump's list: More than 180 countries and territories facing reciprocal tariffs from the US
45 votes -
US Army to build "warrior ethos" by no longer mandating basic laws of war or combat medicine training for all soldiers
33 votes -
Hungary withdraws from International Criminal Court during Benjamin Netanyahu visit
14 votes -
The rise and fall of "The Resistance"
3 votes -
UK open to Canadian involvement in new fighter jet project
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Norway's proximity to the USSR during the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – tensions with Russia have brought them back into focus
7 votes -
Mike Johnson melts down after US House proxy vote failure exposes MAGA's "pro-family" lie
12 votes -
China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says
38 votes -
Amazon said to make a bid to buy TikTok in the US
14 votes -
Liberal projected to win Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Donald Trump
44 votes -
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving the country
43 votes -
America’s future is Hungary
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Finland plans to quit global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defense spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029
18 votes -
Russian President Vladimir Putin launches largest military draft in years despite ceasefire talks
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US Senator Cory Booker's (NJ) marathon Senate speech has exceeded 24 hours and is on track to beat Strom Thurmond's Civil Rights Act filibuster
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 31
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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Target suffers eighth week of US foot-traffic losses since caving on its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy
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An ‘administrative error’ sends a Maryland father to a Salvadoran prison
42 votes -
France: Marine Le Pen found guilty in embezzlement trial
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Chinese military exercises around Taiwan
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US President Donald Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
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The investor backed proposed California tech city is now reframed as ship building hub and gains more local support
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Megathread for Elon Musk and the US Department of Government Efficiency - second thread
The other one got long and unwieldy.
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Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa unveils transitional government
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US judges limit Donald Trump’s retailiatory attacks on big law firms and push back
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Virginia lawmaker says he called Social Security Administration and it hung up on him: 'It's very concerning'
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 24
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.
13 votes -
The partnership: the secret history of the war in Ukraine
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UK blind people set to lose thousands in benefits still cannot read details of Labour’s welfare reform plans
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Immigration lawyers claim gay Venezuelan makeup artist who sought US asylum is part of group deported to notorious El Salvador prison as gang members
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Could you rearm Europe without US weapons? - Equipping a unified European military (April 1 special)
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US Defense secretary Pete Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key role as liaison and senior adviser inside the Pentagon
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US President Donald Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they’re not citizens
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Quakers in United Kingdom condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
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Disney faces US investigation over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices
14 votes -
US President Donald Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains University of Alabama doctoral student as government's college crackdown continues
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What we know about the Tufts University PhD student detained by US federal agents
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Does he get tossed? Do I have any wagers?
Despite the awful prospect of four years with this man and his goons, I look at how totally chaotic the previous two months have been on all fronts and wonder if he's able to keep this level of...
Despite the awful prospect of four years with this man and his goons, I look at how totally chaotic the previous two months have been on all fronts and wonder if he's able to keep this level of nonsense for much longer.
My question is, what are your odds that he leaves office early and what are some of the ways it could happen?
I'm not great with odds, but I think there's a strong chance that Republicans throw him out after their constituencies begin to feel the pain and everybody's out for blood.
I'm going to put 20 dollars into the pile and say he's out in a year and a half if this keeps up at the pace it's been going.
Any wagers out there?
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US tax revenue could drop by ten percent amid turmoil at Internal Revenue Service
23 votes