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Police officer charged with assault after Hannah Thomas injured at pro-Palestine protest in Sydney
Senior constable charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm due to appear in court in mid-November
 An Australian thug has been charged for violently injuring nonviolent protester Hannah Thomas.
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Trump’s housing department rolls back work to combat residential segregation, whistleblowers allege
Allegations against Hud are latest sign of administration’s plans to transform enforcement of US civil rights laws
 *[The US] housing department rolls back work to combat residential segregation, whistleblowers allege.*
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Trump is waging culture war on Europe by promoting rightwing allies, report finds
Study finds US president seeks to interfere in elections and ‘move the ideological centre of gravity’ in European politics
 *[The fascist] is waging culture war on Europe by promoting rightwing allies, report finds.*
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Michigan Lawmakers Are Attempting to Ban Porn Entirely
The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" proposes a total ban on porn in the state, and also targets the existence of trans people online, content...
 Michigan Republicans have proposed to criminalize pornography and the internet publication of pornography. They claim the state has the power to prosecute sites outside of Michigan if people in Michigan use them. This would imply eliminating the First Amendment freedom of the press, but Republicans are starting to declare war on the First Amendment.
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Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC
Three charges against Duterte stem from his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups say killed thousands
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 *Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC.* I called
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New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speech
Laws aimed at restricting children’s access to harmful content online may also undermine privacy and restrict free speech.
 *New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speech.* The article is a little timid about stating the danger of making non-minors identify themselves. It is not only that age verification sites might fail to keep users' identification data secure; it is that they may be compelled to help a repressive state identify dissidents.
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Gatwick given green light for £2.2bn second runway plan
Heidi Alexander approves expansion to allow 100,000 more flights a year
 The UK government has approved expansion of a major London airport: in effect, "We must have growth even if it kills us." Decisions like this are the inevitable consequence of rejecting to make the rich pay their share of the costs of providing everyone the chance of a good life.
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Special relationship? There can be no such thing with a snake like Trump | Aditya Chakrabortty
Keir Starmer has spent the best part of a year cosying up to the US president. It will be no surprise when he gets bitten, says Guardian columnist ...
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 Starmer keeps making the same kind of mistake: sucking up to the powerful and justifying it based on presumed future trickle-down. First when he stubbornly refused to raise taxes on the
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Tulane University scientist resigns citing environmental censorship
Kimberley Terrell’s research into health and job disparities had triggered a backlash from state and Tulane leaders
 Kimberley Terrell resigned from Tulane University for trying to gag her from publishing research results into the hiring practices of chemical plants in "cancer alley". The governor of Louisiana thanked the university administration for going against the call of duty to defend those businesses from any consequences that might follow from exposure of their practices.
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‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology to win US support for goals
Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexity
 Israel is using tunnel archeology to shape the world's picture of the history of Jerusalem. I worry that the people who run these excavations are intentionally destroying history by discarding evidence that doesn't fit the intended conclusions.