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Hulda @Hulda - about 5 hours ago

10 Things in Politics: Buttigieg mafia becoming DC stars

And Bill Gates opened up for the first time since finalizing his divorce.

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Kraig @Kraig - 1 day ago

Analysis: There's a fight for the future of the Democratic Party happening in Ohio

No matter who wins the Democratic nomination in Ohio's 11th District Tuesday night, there's an almost 0% chance of the seat being in any danger to a Republican takeover next fall.

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Giovanni @Giovanni - 1 day ago

How Trump reeled in over $100 million, televangelist style

Some televangelists have played the promise-the-moon game for decades, roiling the faithful and creating enemies whom they can only vanquish if they have the private aircraft, luxury cars and mansions to do so. But the man of the moment in the evangelize-for-…

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Bobby @Bobby - 1 day ago

Who is the real Sajid Javid? Politics Weekly podcast

In the first episode of our special summer series, Jessica Elgot asks her guests: who is the new Health Secretary, Sajid Javid? How did he rise to the top? What makes him tick? And is he as funny as some claim he is?For the next four weeks, as politicians tak…

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Arvid @Arvid - 2 days ago

Diving-Mexico's Marrufo jumps from the springboard to politics - Reuters

Olympic diving veteran Rommel Pacheco Marrufo will launch himself off the springboard in the 3m finals on Tuesday hoping for a gold medal to end to his fourth and final Olympics before pursuing his new dream to become a politician.

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Giovanni @Giovanni - 4 days ago

Brexit and Covid have created the perfect moment for the politics of crackdown | John Harris

We feel besieged and imperilled, and the Johnson government is seizing the chance to weaken our most fundamental libertiesIf you were wondering when the widely predicted post-Brexit dystopia might move beyond the imaginings of TV scriptwriters and into the re…

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Elian @Elian - 4 days ago

‘Covid With a Vengeance’ Consumes U.S. Politics

Rising case counts and stagnant vaccination rates could prove equally frustrating for President Biden and the G.O.P., making it impossible to shift the public’s attention to other priorities.

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Torey @Torey - 6 days ago

Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics by Jess Phillips review – the case for change

The outspoken MP is on a one-woman campaign to banish jargon, snobbery and tradition and make sure politics is for everyone“Believe me,” writes Jess Phillips in Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics; My Life As an MP, “if you think you don’t belon…

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Angus @Angus - 7 days ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene misgenders Caitlyn Jenner, calling her a 'man in a dress'

"GOP support & consultants working to elect Jenner for Governor in CA are playing the left's stupid identity politics game," Greene wrote on Twitter.

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Elody @Elody - 8 days ago

Priti Patel’s ‘support’ for the police is little more than gesture politics | Dal Babu

Rank-and-file officers facing a pay cut in real terms have had enough of empty praise and hollow promisesLast Thursday, the Police Federation passed a vote of no confidence in the home secretary after the announcement that rank-and-file officers in England an…

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Americo @Americo - 8 days ago

Jared Kushner to leave politics, launch investment firm - sources - Reuters

Jared Kushner, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, plans to launch an investment firm in coming months, a move that will take him away from politics for the foreseeable future, sources familiar with the plan said on Wednesday.

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Kari @Kari - 9 days ago

Leaked Kremlin documents reportedly show Putin wanted to sow chaos in the US by supporting Trump....

Russian President Putin capitalized on the divisiveness of US politics and sowed dissent to further those divides. It was a resounding success.

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Cynthia @Cynthia - 10 days ago

No cults, no politics, no ghouls: how China censors the video game world

China’s video game market is the world’s biggest. International developers want in on it – but its rules on what is acceptable are growing increasingly harsh. Is it worth the compromise?In the years after it was founded in 1999, the Swedish video game company…

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Eleanora @Eleanora - 10 days ago

Tunisia's Islamist 'chameleon' contests what he calls a coup - Reuters

Tunisia's Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi has quickly emerged as the main opponent of President Kais Saied's efforts to reshape the country's politics, branding his dismissal of the government a coup.

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Delia @Delia - 11 days ago

The Didi clampdown marks a sea change in the politics of global investment

For Beijing ‘data security’ now trumps the old desire to have its tech firms seen as global championsIt’s tech, it’s Chinese and it looks a bit like Uber, so it must be hugely valuable. That, we must assume, was the analysis of those US investors who piled in…

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Zackery @Zackery - 11 days ago

Coates pulls rank as Queensland premier backflips on opening ceremony - Reuters

Olympic boss John Coates left few in doubt about the power of sport in Australian politics as he publicly ordered Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to attend Tokyo's opening ceremony after the IOC awarded Brisbane the 2032 Games.

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Emmie @Emmie - 14 days ago

YouTube removes Bolsonaro videos for Covid misinformation

The tech giant said its decision was based on its content policies, not on ideology or politics.

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Immanuel @Immanuel - 15 days ago

Barring Appeals, W.N.B.A.’s Nneka Ogwumike Will Miss the Olympics

Left off Team USA because of an injury and denied the chance to play for Nigeria, the W.N.B.A. star is hoping a last-minute appeal can revive her dream of competing for a gold medal.

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Ariel @Ariel - 15 days ago

10 Things in Politics: Young voters are rejecting the GOP

And US life expectancy fell by its most since World War II.

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Kraig @Kraig - 17 days ago

Alice and the Mayor review – can the left survive the crisis of modern politics?

Fabrice Luchini is a fading politician railing against leftwing malaise in Nicolas Pariser’s ambitious, frustrating dramaNicolas Pariser’s second film is a much-needed attempt to address the woes of the modern left: a conceptual exhaustion in the face of ever…

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Arvid @Arvid - 18 days ago

National security is threatened when politics is in thrall to cash | Nick Cohen

It’s not just a party matter when politicians pay little heed to who gives them moneyThe sight of Winston Churchill’s grandson being threatened with legal action for passing on warnings about a political influencer’s dealings with a hostile foreign power ough…

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Erik @Erik - 18 days ago

Hancock’s fall catapults Sajid Javid back into the heart of Conservative politics | Martin Kettle

The new health minister is arriving at a pivotal moment for a department with huge future claims on the TreasuryThirteen months ago, Dominic Cummings faced an avalanche of demands to resign after being caught in an egregious breach of the Covid lockdown regul…

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Geovany @Geovany - 20 days ago

The Warthog and the senator: The politics of retiring a warplane - Reuters

The U.S. Air Force is desperate to get rid of some of its fleet of expensive, slow and outdated A-10 Warthog airplanes, but politicians have blocked the move, aiming to keep the local dollars flowing.

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Ryleigh @Ryleigh - 21 days ago

Black faces in high places: how Simon Woolley revolutionised British politics

He set up Operation Black Vote in 1996, vastly increasing the number of Black MPs - and later this year becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge collegeIn the mid-90s, Simon Woolley believed British politics was largely indifferent to minority communit…