“This technology disrupts [...] Democratic—voters, [and] increases the economic power of [...] male, working-class voters”
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 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.
11 votes -
Reducing Europe's nuclear energy sector was 'strategic mistake', EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says
32 votes -
How would the actions of Hänsel and Gretel in the Grimm tale be interpreted in modern law?
11 votes -
Ukraine can now manufacture mostly China-free drones
14 votes -
China passes new ethnic minority law, prioritises use of Mandarin language
19 votes -
Chile turns right: José Antonio Kast inaugurated as nation's most conservative leader since Augusto Pinochet
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Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
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Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Donald Trump officials and the US industries they help regulate
55 votes -
Armed robots take to the battlefield in Ukraine war
20 votes -
Kristi Noem associate Madison Sheahan bought 2,500 marked vehicles for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
10 votes -
The Iran air and missile war - ballistic missiles, interceptors and munition stockpiles
7 votes -
Canada is already at war with the US, we just don't know it yet
31 votes -
Overnight explosion at the US embassy in Oslo may have been an act of terrorism, Norway's police have said
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“The biggest cover-up of my adult life”: inside the CIA’s attempt to make Havana syndrome disappear
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of March 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.
22 votes -
Why New Zealand, the safe haven for wealthy Americans, is seeing an exodus of over-30s
15 votes -
Israel strikes oil facilities in Iran
11 votes -
At the largest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention camp, staff bet on detainee suicides
26 votes -
The joys of cash benchmarking
11 votes -
Four years of war in Ukraine - the battlefield balance, losses and counterattacks
14 votes -
The nature of personalist regimes in both fiction and the real world
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Finland plans to lift its long-standing ban on having nuclear weapons on its territory – would align the country more closely with NATO's deterrence policy
9 votes -
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen has advocated for reinstating a tax on the country's largest fortunes – proposal has faced strong criticism from business leaders and the right before upcoming elections
16 votes -
Kristi Noem removed from position as Secretary of US Homeland Security by Donald Trump
55 votes -
US support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement reaches 50%
46 votes -
US Pentagon leverages AI in Iran strikes amid feud with Anthropic
21 votes -
US trade court takes first steps toward ordering tariff refunds
10 votes -
Eyes of Iran: how the regime secretly monitors its citizens
8 votes -
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in Israeli and American joint strikes
70 votes -
Amazon Bahrain facility targeted for US military support: Iran media
9 votes -
US Democrats weigh Donald Trump school vouchers, with billions at stake
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US Marines fired on protesters storming consulate in Karachi, Pakistan
13 votes -
Why we struck Iran
24 votes -
Hacked traffic cams and hijacked TVs: how cyber operations supported the war against Iran
6 votes -
Engineers risk their lives to repair Ukraine power grid
20 votes -
British Columbia announces it is making daylight time permanent after years of promises
38 votes -
UK Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election, pushing Labour into third place
15 votes -
Is fascism back?
22 votes -
Is intervening in Iran actually justified?
8 votes -
The Ellison media empire grows again
9 votes -
US Pentagon declares Anthropic a threat to national security
43 votes -
Transgender youths are targeted in Scouting America changes pushed by the Pentagon
23 votes -
The legal rights of extraterrestrials
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 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.
17 votes -
The Starlink shutdown - Russian military communications, corruption and satellites in Ukraine
23 votes -
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced early elections – hailing the next four years as "decisive" for her country
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Economy not Russia is big fear on Finland's closed border – life has been on hold since Finland shut the frontier with its giant neighbour in December 2023
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Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
13 votes