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12 votes
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Los Angeles’s mayor was contemplating a mask ban. She just got Covid.
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Florida surgeon general rejects FDA guidance, urges people under 65 not to get Covid booster
26 votes -
The UK Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson's role in "partygate" has been published
18 votes -
UK MPs are expected to vote on the Privileges committee's verdict on whether Boris Johnson lied to Parliament over partygate on June 29. Tory MPs will NOT be whipped to back Johnson.
22 votes -
Jair Bolsonaro home searched as Brazil probes fake vaccine cards
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act to address trucker protests
22 votes -
The rise of Māori MAGA
5 votes -
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity at lowest point so far amid vaccine scandal
9 votes -
Tens of thousands of Brazilians march in upwards of 200 cities to demand Jair Bolsonaro’s impeachment
19 votes -
A new commission is investigating Jair Bolsonaro’s response to the pandemic — and political foes are gathering strength
12 votes -
Peru's congress votes 105-19 to impeach President Martín Vizcarra and remove him from office
21 votes -
The unraveling of America
10 votes -
There have been thirty-eight statewide elections during the pandemic. Here's how they went
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Ultimate immunity
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Throw the bums out: The USA is in the midst of a world-historic failure of governance. Why isn’t anyone in charge acting like they are responsible for it?
23 votes -
In 2008, everyone thought the recession was bad. But in 2020, many Americans’ views depend on their party
6 votes -
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, voter registration is way, way down
6 votes -
What’s the impact of Turkmenistan’s COVID delusion?
7 votes -
How the pandemic has silenced the USA's biggest gubernatorial election
7 votes -
EU ambassador says Australia played 'bad cop' to Europe's 'good cop' to get coronavirus motion up
5 votes -
During Michigan's COVID-19 response, anti-social distancing protests were promoted by a small set of activists linked to the 2012-era, anti-union so-called "right-to-work" movement
8 votes -
The pandemic has pushed Biden to the left. How far will he go?
10 votes -
Federal judge rules that all Texas voters can apply to vote by mail amid coronavirus pandemic: "the Grim Reaper's scepter of death" is "far more serious than an unsupported fear of voter fraud"
7 votes -
Did the coronavirus kill ideology in Australia? How a government both sectarian and divisive learned (briefly) to become inclusive
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The president’s job is to manage risk. But Donald Trump is the risk: Donald Trump was a gamble. It’s not paying off.
4 votes -
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted exploitative global trade regimes
9 votes -
Rep. Justin Amash ends his third-party White House bid: Amash said the timing wasn’t right, in large part because of the coronavirus pandemic
6 votes -
Ignoring Donald Trump and right-wing think tanks, US red states expand vote by mail
12 votes -
As COVID-19 gets worse, Trump is talking about things that the average American couldn't care less about
10 votes -
Raging at China over coronavirus won't help – scrutinising our own governments might
7 votes -
A few articles on the Polish elections' breakdown
Poland 'holds' ghost election with 0% turnout (mostly explains what and who led up to this.) Opposition 'slams' presidential election by post (citing lack of preparation, mostly.) Polish election...
Poland 'holds' ghost election with 0% turnout (mostly explains what and who led up to this.)
Opposition 'slams' presidential election by post (citing lack of preparation, mostly.)
Polish election delayed indefinitely with just 4 days to go (mostly the same as the first article, but also cites how the later these elections are held, the worse Duda (current Polish president) 's chances unsurprisingly become.)
Race to the bottom: all Polish election outcomes are bad [opinion article] (a short analysis on the possibility routes the election could have taken. Admittedly somewhat outdated given the elections have clearly been postponed.
Related article: Poland's ruling party just made it's anti-democratic intention radically clear (tl;dr they're really invested in 'illiberal democracy', not too unlike the Republican party.)
6 votes -
Republicans are sacrificing other Americans' freedoms for their own, like once happened in the American Civil War
9 votes -
Why Joe Biden should shy away from challenging Trump on COVID
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Swedish city of Lund to manure the parks on an earlier date to deter Walpurgi celebrations
10 votes -
Maryland governor Larry Hogan shows what a post-Trump, more moderate GOP could look like
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Notes on a nightmare #6: Against newspapers
5 votes -
The purpose of Trump's COVID press briefings are to turn politics into a reality show
5 votes -
Republicans are trying to kick thousands of voters off the US electoral rolls during a pandemic
12 votes -
For global diplomats, Zoom is not like being in the room
6 votes -
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns governments are using the coronavirus to build 'the architecture of oppression'
14 votes -
US President Donald Trump removes independent watchdog for coronavirus funds, upending oversight panel
14 votes -
Georgia to mail absentee ballot request forms to all active voters
15 votes -
Will the American economy/coronavirus affect Trump's chances in November?
8 votes -
US House of Representatives passes stimulus bill, signed by President Trump
11 votes -
The coronavirus could change how Americans vote in 2020 and beyond. How?
6 votes -
The coronavirus is the worst intelligence failure in US history
6 votes -
The US has been fighting the wrong war
11 votes -
How might the economy and coronavirus affect Trump's re-election chances?
3 votes -
Coronavirus could reshape global order
11 votes