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45 votes
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Ezra Klein interview with US Rep. Sarah McBride
19 votes -
US Chemical Safety Board scheduled to disappear under Donald Trump's orders
37 votes -
US President Donald Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader
25 votes -
Israel conducts airstrikes in Iran
54 votes -
Change in US Veterans Affairs rules allows discrimination based on politics or marital status
29 votes -
Did South Korea just elect a Georgist president?
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Suspect in Minnesota attacks is detained, ending manhunt
38 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 9
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.
18 votes -
Ukraine’s field hospitals keep getting hit, so they are moving underground
20 votes -
Donald Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to US deportation officials
20 votes -
Looking for the National Guard in Los Angeles
29 votes -
How to predict a 1 in 1,000 year riot: the insurance expertise gearing up to commodify America's agony
17 votes -
Israel strikes Iran, killing military leaders, scientists
9 votes -
Donald Tusk survives confidence vote to remain Polish PM following post-presidential election turmoil
15 votes -
Walmart faces calls for a MAGA boycott after heiress funds 'No Kings' ad in the US
43 votes -
Denmark votes for defence bill giving US access to airbases – new agreement places bases in cities such as Karup and Skrydstrup under US jurisdiction
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Donald Trump deploys Marines to Los Angeles
57 votes -
Pope Leo plans to give a virtual address in his hometown of Chicago – at the same time as US President Donald Trump’s military parade
25 votes -
US Pentagon shocked by Donald Trump’s order to house migrants in Guantánamo Bay
23 votes -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement expands immigration raids into California’s agricultural heartland
11 votes -
Hank Green on the Los Angeles protests -- video ends with constructive ideas on how to fight back
17 votes -
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and eleven other activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel's siege” of the devastated territory
43 votes -
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousts all members of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel
36 votes -
These publicly funded homes for the poor in Washington, DC cost $1.2 million each to build
16 votes -
On post-fascism (2000)
14 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 2
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.
14 votes -
Donald Trump administration sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles amid clashes over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids
41 votes -
Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?
19 votes -
1-1 political conversations to help mend the political divide
13 votes -
Estonia will lease space at Tartu Prison to Sweden and accept up to 600 inmates under a new agreement – sparks fears of imported organised crime
9 votes -
The startling rise of disability in America (2013)
18 votes -
Crypto's new bailout fund: your savings account
24 votes -
Elon Musk calls for US President Donald Trump to be impeached as extraordinary feud escalates
68 votes -
Donald Trump restricts Harvard's international students from entering US
28 votes -
Denmark has come under international attention for its tough approach to immigration. And its Social Democrat prime minister is leading the charge.
9 votes -
Vietnam scraps two-child policy as it tackles falling birthrate
13 votes -
Bill Gates to give most of his $200bn fortune to Africa
22 votes -
Lee Jae-myung set to be elected as South Korean president
9 votes -
Denmark quits the Frugal Four EU budget coalition – PM Mette Frederiksen calls for defence spending to be the "number one" priority
9 votes -
The right-wing Dutch cabinet has fallen
I do not have an English source yet, but there are two Dutch liveblogs: https://nos.nl/liveblog/2569753-pvv-stapt-uit-de-coalitie-vvd-nsc-en-bbb-reageren-vol-onbegrip...
I do not have an English source yet, but there are two Dutch liveblogs:
https://nos.nl/liveblog/2569753-pvv-stapt-uit-de-coalitie-vvd-nsc-en-bbb-reageren-vol-onbegrip
It's happened after the far-right PVV wanted to have more measures against migration, which were (in my opinion) unrealistic and inhumane.
This'll most likely mean Dutch snap elections soon.
18 votes -
Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election
19 votes -
Complete ban on international adoptions to Sweden has been proposed by a government-appointed commission which found widespread abuses and fraud
10 votes -
Multiple people burned in apparent antisemitic attack on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall
17 votes -
Russian war goals and Ukraine peace talks - the strategic balance, talks and a new offensive?
7 votes -
Bilingual, educated, qualified—and still not welcome in Quebec. As the province seeks to expand on its controversial Bill 21, critics warn of deepening discrimination.
13 votes -
‘They're the backbone’: Donald Trump’s targeting of legal immigrants threatens health sector of US economy
10 votes -
US climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Donald Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way - livestreaming about the value of their work
16 votes -
Donald Trump taps Palantir to create master database on every American
43 votes -
The role of defense counsel in ensuring a fair US justice system
10 votes