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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 1
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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Use this magic bullet to shoot yourself in the foot. Or: borg vibes.
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Norway is increasingly disadvantaged outside EU – Espen Barth Eide and centre-right rival say Oslo is vulnerable while it remains outside bloc but neither plan a vote on joining
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Will we ever see some kind of Korean reunification, perhaps akin to Germany?
That's pretty much it, the title ... any chance of seeing the two Koreas rejoined in our lifetime? If so, how might that come to pass? If not, why not? Also, related questions... How much of the...
That's pretty much it, the title ... any chance of seeing the two Koreas rejoined in our lifetime? If so, how might that come to pass? If not, why not?
Also, related questions...
How much of the on-going dispute is actually between "regular" Koreans, and how much of it is explicitly caused by N Korean (and/or S Korean) leadership?
How out-of-touch with the rest of the world are "regular" N Koreans?
Just a passing thought ... open-ended discussion ... not strictly insisting on it, but let's try to keep the discussion serious, and civil.
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Ukraine admits Russia has entered key region of Dnipropetrovsk
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Protest at Austin City Hall after not being allowed to speak [at hearing on surveillance cameras]
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Many Arkansas farmers ask US federal government to save them from going under this year
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Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's speech on reported Donald Trump military plan for Chicago
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FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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UK has secured a £10bn deal to supply the Norwegian navy with at least five new warships
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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 US military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges
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China's Xi Jinping projects power at military parade with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un | Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war
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UK immigration and public services
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Most Ukrainians now favor ending the war with Russia through negotiations, as support for fighting until victory has dropped sharply since the early days of the conflict
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How to try, and fail, to carry out a coup
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Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of terrorism-related offences
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Why do so many people think US President Donald Trump is good?
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What a WiFi ban cost this West Virginia school
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Finland will remove swastikas from its air force flags to enhance integration with Western allies following NATO membership
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US President Donald Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism
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The intertwined history of single-room occupancy and homelessness in the US
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After Xi Jinping: The succession question obscuring China's future - and unsettling its present
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Ukraine strikes Russia's oil refineries - the effects, politics and what next?
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China and India pledge to be 'partners not rivals'
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Duty-free no more: Parcels worth under $800 no longer qualify for a US tariff exemption
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Yemen’s Houthis confirm Israeli airstrike killed the group’s prime minister
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A US federal appellate court finds the National Labor Relations Board to be unconstitutional
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America tips into fascism
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Czech Post halts parcel deliveries to US amid new tariff rules
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Alleged Washington DC sandwich thrower charged with a misdemeanor after grand jury rejects felony indictment
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 25
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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The Alaska Summit and the war in Ukraine - the meeting, battlefield and what comes next?
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The unforgivable sin of Ms Rachel. The biggest threat to Western Civilization: compassion. Makes perfect sense.
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A Palo Alto scientist's $10M plan to kill California redistricting
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North Karelia force says fence dividing Finland and Russia is no Berlin Wall – but it is now a key geopolitical faultline
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UN-backed experts declare famine in and around Gaza City
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Europe's rich are watching Norway's election debate on wealth taxes – changes to taxation are at the heart of the centre-right's attempts to retake power
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The problems that accountability can’t fix
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 18
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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Denmark ending letter deliveries is a sign of the digital times
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Donald Trump shock spurs Japan to think about the unthinkable: nuclear arms
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In Norway we see ourselves as ethically virtuous – so why is our oil wealth enabling genocide?
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California is moving forward with a partisan redistricting effort to counter Texas’ move
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Bag of words, have mercy on us. OR: Claude will you go to prom with me?
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The Left is always right too early
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Ukraine says it hit Russian oil refinery in drone exchanges; key talks loom
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Planning documents for the US Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin summit left in the hotel's business center
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US State Department halts 'medical-humanitarian' visas for people from Gaza
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Derek Thompson article: "the anti-abundance critique on US housing is dead wrong"
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