Politics - Part 11
Iran commemorates the 33rd anniversary of the downing of its passenger aircraft by a US Navy guided-missile cruiser over the Persian Gulf, which killed 290 people. ...[Read more]
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Liberal economic ideas dominated the political conservation in the United States for almost half a century, starting with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's landslide victory over President Herbert Hoover in 1932. But the New Deal era ended when Presid ...[Read more]
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Today’s Republican Party is an extremist force that no longer qualifies as a mainstream political party and is surely not interested in participating in “normal” politics. In fact, today’s GOP is so wrapped around extreme and irrational beliefs th ...[Read more]
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Tucker Carlson, whose nightly prime time show on Fox News draws millions of viewers, used his massive platform to preposterously claim he's being silenced. This time the "silencing" was over his recent floating of a flat-out silly conspiracy theory that t ...[Read more]
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The US' largest defense corporations can breathe a sigh of relief: President Joe Biden’s first budget proposal not only continues his predecessor’s commitment to hypersonic weapons, but it’s also seeking a major increase in government spending. Whil ...[Read more]
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Internal documents show how ICE surveilled immigrant advocates’ protest activities — and floated retaliating against them for it. ...[Read more]
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"Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege," says Sen. Bernie Sanders. "We must join other major countries in guaranteeing healthcare for all and pass Medicare for All." ...[Read more]
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"The fascist symptoms are there, including extreme racism, violence, worship of the leader — sent by God, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — immersion in a world of 'alternative facts' and a frenzy of irrationality," Chomsky warned. ...[Read more]
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McKinsey, sporting his signature blend of accounting, law, and management expertise, studied Marshall Field’s books for a few months and recommended that it liquidate its wholesale division, close its less profitable stores, and cut 1,200 jobs. Eager to ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky talks to Jacobin about why working-class politics can secure universal health care, climate justice, and an end to nuclear weapons — if we’re willing to fight for them. ...[Read more]
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There are people in this world who don't like and even hate democracy. They're on the move against it, particularly here in America, and the Qanon religion/cult is the glue that's bringing them all together. ...[Read more]
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