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Trump pardons Tennessee Republican convicted of federal public corruption charges
Glen Casada and his ex-chief of staff were accused of running scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from lawmakers
 *The corrupter has pardoned a Republican state legislator who had been convicted of corruption.* He admires corruption as long as his side gets the proceeds.
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Nostalgia is eating us alive. Instead of building a new world, we’re regurgitating a past that never existed | Martin Ingle
We want to go back to a time when we could drive our big cars and tease our hair – without thinking about the ozone or whatever
 On today's leaning toward retro regurgitation of old retro culture.
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China-critical UK academics describe ‘extremely heavy’ pressure from Beijing
Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted
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 China is systematically pressuring UK universities to block academic studies that investigate China's repression and crimes, and universities comply more than they stand firm. China is playing British universities against each other so that they complete to stay in China's good graces. It's like what the bully is doing to US
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‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now f...
 When the bogus "carbon offsets" were unmasked and businesses stopped buying them, a few projects that were keeping some substantial forests alive were also defunded.
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A note to politicians hoping to emulate Mamdani’s social media strategy: without the right policies, it’s pointless | Rohan Sathyamoorthy
Forget the medium and focus on the New York City mayor-elect’s message – centrists can’t compete with rent freezes, free buses and support fo...
 *A note to politicians hoping to emulate Mamdani's social media strategy: without the right policies, it's pointless.*
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The Intercept
Trump’s Federal Cops Just Gave Themselves Expansive Anti-Protest Powers Targeting Masks
The Trump administration’s new rules grant the Federal Protective Service cops powers to target masks and make arrests off federal property.
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 A new regulation gave the Federal Protective Service the power to arrest people outside of federal government facilities. I have a feeling it was established to protect against attacks launched by enemies of the US, such as the riot that the bully had launched on 6 Jan 2021. Of course, he now claims that that violent attack was not violent at all, and has pardoned
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Call for an Immediate Ceasefire in Sudan
Sudan is on the brink of catastrophe. After more than a year of conflict, the fighting has pushed millions from their homes, destroyed vital infras...
 Everyone: call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan. If you sign please spread the word!
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Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli PM, ministers and army chief accused of crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated systematically’ in Gaza
2016: January - April Political Notes - Richard Stallman
 *Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu as well as some other officials.* For once, Erdoğan has done something good. That should not make his tyranny and repression in Turkey acceptable.
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How could Zohran Mamdani pay for his bold agenda for New York? We broke it down
A look at the realities the mayor-elect will face to pay for his progressive policies – and whose support he needs
 *How could Zohran Mamdani pay for his bold agenda for New York? And whose support he needs.*
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US judge orders Trump administration to fully fund Snap benefits in November
Ruling comes in response to a challenge to administration’s offer to only partly fund US food benefits amid shutdown
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 *US judge orders Trump administration to fully fund Snap benefits in November.* The persecutor will surely appeal this decision, and eventually it will go to the Supreme Court. If it follows recent practice, it will allow the persecutor to starve 40 million Americans until it makes a final decision, months later.