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The U.S. Hurtles Toward Political Crisis

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The United States was already headed for one of the most acute political crises in recent memory. Then former president and convicted felon Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a rally in Pennsylvania. Having survived, Trump has consolidated his base and cornered the Democrats by blaming them for the attack. Trump will now position himself More

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Hymn from Hell:  Greenwood Burns for Trump

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The country singer Lee Greenwood was born three weeks before Joe Biden. A self-styled evangelical Christian Republican, Greenwood is a wiry octogenarian, well-spoken and exuding a fiery intelligence. At 81, he pursues a performing schedule that would exhaust many a crooner or candidate half his age. It his piercing tenor voice, aided by electronic amplification More

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The Decline and Fall of Presidential America

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It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to vote for one of two distinctly ancient men, now 77 and 81, both of whom have clearly exhibited language and thought problems for a significant period of time. To put this in perspective, remember for a moment More

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Australia's Sophie Molineux in doubt for New Zealand series after suffering fractured rib

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New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Australia all-rounder Sophie Molineux could be in a race against time to get fit for the New Zealand series before the Women's T20 World Cup after she suffered a fractured rib. Cricket Australia released an official statement to confirm the 26-year-old's injury, which read, "Molineux suffered an acute rib fracture after being struck by a ball in the chest while batting last week."Molineux

NITI Aayog releases blueprint to propel India into a USD 500 bn electronics powerhouse by FY 30

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New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): NITI Aayog released a report on Friday, titled "Electronics: Powering India's Participation in Global Value Chains," providing an analysis of India's burgeoning electronics sector. According to a press release, the report emphasizes the sector's potential and the challenges it faces, while outlining specific interventions necessary for India to become a global manufacturing hub for electr

Nuclear Lunacy Down Under

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Politics and facts are not necessarily good dinner companions.  Both often stray from the same table, taking up with other, more suitable company.  The Australian opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has never been discomforted by facts, preferring the chimera-like qualities demagoguery offers.  His vision for Australia is admirably simple and simplistic. In foreign policy, he supports US interventions in More

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A Tribute to Happy Traum

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1961 was a remarkable year, in which the USA was first being led by a young idealistic president, John F. Kennedy.  It was also the year of the Freedom Rides, when busloads of Freedom Riders had their buses attacked and burned when proceeding through the South, attempting to integrate restrooms and eating places. And it More

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Biden to Justices Alito and Thomas: “You’re Fired”

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A Modest Proposal for Improving American Democracy The far-right ideologues celebrate With the Supreme Court’s recent decisions disempowering federal regulatory agencies (the “Chevron deference”) and granting the President criminal immunity for “official acts” in office, American democracy – long infirm – is nearly moribund. The far-right ideologues of the Claremont Institute, Foundation for Government Accountability, More

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Joe Biden’s Symbolic Legacy

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As of this writing, the fiasco that is Joe Biden’s presidential campaign goes on like the worst SNL sketch ever, one saved to use very late in the night when most have the television turned off. A sketch among already shitty sketches thrown in as filler. Certainly not high caliber fare like Fred Garvin, male More

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It’s Time for a Child Allowance With No Strings Attached

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During the pandemic, the expanded Child Tax Credit was a lifeline for millions of families. However, I was one of the many who couldn’t benefit from it. Why? At 15, I gave my baby to family members. But because the adoption was never finalized, I actually ended up owing child support — and only found out after More

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Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

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Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025, a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive More

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COVID cases spiking in Southern California - KTLA 5

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  1. COVID cases spiking in Southern California  KTLA 5
  2. What to Know About California’s Covid Surge  The New York Times
  3. COVID reaches 'very high' level in CA, CDC wastewater data show; COVID on the rise in LA County  KABC-TV
  4. Opinion | The Checkup With Dr. Wen: The summer covid wave is here. It won’t be the last.  The Washington Post

China vows to boost economic growth by balancing reform, national security

Voice of America 

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China’s ruling Communist Party concluded a highly anticipated party conclave Thursday, promising to boost economic growth through comprehensive reform while reiterating the importance of maintaining national security. The Central Committee, in a communique at the end of the four-day, closed-door Third Plenum, laid out reform objectives to be completed by 2029, the 80th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. The party’s top decision-making body also vowed to finish “building... Читать дальше...

The Solution to Homelessness is Housing

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It’s hard enough not having a safe place to live. Now it’s easier for cities to arrest you for it. “I am afraid at all times,” testified Debra Blake, who’d been forced to live outside in Grants Pass, Oregon for eight years after losing her job and housing. Her disability disqualified her from staying in the town’s only shelter. More

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