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56a34dc91390858efd1999c86a89c348 George @George - almost 5 years ago
Aircraft Regulators Will Join Forces to Restore Boeing 737 Max to Service
Aircraft Regulators Will Join Forces to Restore Boeing 737 Max to Service(Bloomberg) -- Four of the world’s leading aircraft regulators have agreed in principle to coordinate in restoring Boeing Co.’s 737 Max to service once they’re confident that technical updates and ne...continued
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498be12662c1d913d0cbee6108a66520 Torey @Torey - almost 5 years ago
Julian Castro’s 2020 presidential campaign and policies, explained
Julian Castro’s 2020 presidential campaign and policies, explainedFormer San Antonio mayor and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is running for president.Building off the success of a pre-kindergarten program he introduced as mayor, Castro has promised...continued
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036a71cbab8d3106d8fc0389f9b4ef6f Eleanora @Eleanora - about 4 years ago
The Fallout From Citizens United Shaped the Decade in Countless Outrageous Ways
Citizens United shaped the decade in countless outrageous ways.Read the rest of Slate’s coverage of the end of the decade.In 2010, the largest reported individual contributors to federal campaigns in American politics were Robert and Doylene Perry, owners of Perry Homes, ...continued
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62b830bbc5092803336a4f6bb9370281 Manley @Manley - over 4 years ago
The Medical Journals’ Sell-Out—Getting Paid to Play
The Medical Journals’ Sell-Out—Getting Paid to Play – Collective EvolutionChild sex abuse among the global elite is extremely rampant. This no doubt makes those who aren’t really aware of it wonder: Why is this not more well-known? Well, the answer to that is simple, it’s...continued
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498be12662c1d913d0cbee6108a66520 Torey @Torey - over 4 years ago
5 Kinds of Stupidity That Investors Really Need to Avoid
5 Kinds of Stupidity That Investors Really Need to Avoid -- The Motley FoolIf you've ever encountered a brilliant author who refused to deal with balancing their checkbook or a scientific genius who couldn't manage interpersonal relationships, then you probably already un...continued
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6c170accf2ec5f1d4dbc252c635bb25c Erik @Erik - almost 5 years ago
Erdogan Is Finally Losing His Grip on Turkey (Video)
Erdogan Is Finally Losing His Grip on Turkey (Video)President Erdogan had forced new elections after his party lost in March and now the governing party lost control of all Turkey’s major cities. Watch Baris Karaagac discuss Ekrem Imamoglu’s victory in Istanbul’s mayoral ...continued
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656f443bf945c1d489be8648db415f13 Cynthia @Cynthia - 8 months ago
Labour says it will set up a charging commission to ensure more cases go to trial – UK politics live
The party says its aim is to speed up the prosecution process because the time taken to charge suspects is getting longerGood morning. In August, as “normal” political news dries up, journalists are more dependent than usual on what the political parties are …
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1f7b605070774dac8bb3c859143de9d2 Jeffrey @Jeffrey - almost 5 years ago
The Trump Organization’s problem with possible money laundering
Over the past two decades, investing in luxury real estate has become one of the go-to means of laundering dirty money. It’s happening almost everywhere real estate is appreciating quickly: Manhattan, Paris, Malibu, London, Miami, and Hawaii are all targets, as well as ev...continued
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4a267f11de75663a48a0fdf6365ffa8c Elvie @Elvie - over 4 years ago
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2019—So Far
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2019—So FarWe’re halfway through the year, and we have a lot of favorite new reads already. Our reviewers each picked a lot of best-books-so-far, and they almost all picked different books! This year’s highlights run the gamut ...continued
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656f443bf945c1d489be8648db415f13 Cynthia @Cynthia - over 2 years 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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1a914154cd263fa68f1b8d6529ef63dd Sandrine @Sandrine - over 4 years ago
Attacks on Rep. Omar are rooted in the belief that ‘America is for white people’
Attacks on Rep. Omar are rooted in the belief that ‘America is for white people’ – Alternet.orgOn Thursday, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the racist chant of “send her back” about Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Trump campaign rally Wednesday ...continued
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Dd00644dc8212e2e9fd2e6ce7a756bbf Jerrold @Jerrold - over 4 years ago
A List of Great Things to Do This July
A List of Great Things to Do This JulyApollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: July 3 – September 22, 2019July 20, 2019 marks 50 years since Apollo 11 landed and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans t...continued
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96d2c0ccb7cce03f75db3297b9a8af04 Iva @Iva - over 4 years ago
The Middle East Is Now Split Between Red States and Blue States
The Middle East Is Now Split Between Red States and Blue States – Foreign PolicySen. Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the late 1940s, is said to have declared that partisan politics must stop “at the water’s edge.” Fe...continued
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725ac8c62bcc32f06195cf20b372a31a Muriel @Muriel - 8 months ago
Voters head to polls in three byelections seen as test of Rishi Sunak’s premiership – UK politics...
Voters are picking new MPs in the constituencies of Somerton and Frome, Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and Selby and AinstyPolls have opened in three parliamentary seats where byelections are being held, with Rishi Sunak braced for an electoral test of his premi…
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Ac7d6ae4836b778c0e45d9f73deed0cb Delia @Delia - over 4 years ago
The Dangerous Truth about Trump’s Racism: White Power, Elite Rule, and Justified Privilege
The Dangerous Truth about Trump’s Racism: White Power, Elite Rule, and Justified PrivilegeLast week, President Trump set off a political firestorm that sent shock waves across the US and the world when he tweeted that four non-white progressive congresswomen—Reps. Alexand...continued
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E5a600388a4be6ed5b515081737d8445 Angus @Angus - over 4 years ago
Former Maine governor's final year in office included 39 days in Florida, $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Former Maine governor's final year in office included 39 days in Florida, $33,000 trip to MontenegroPORTLAND, Maine (Tribune News Service) — Last August, then-Gov. Paul LePage had a serious cardiac event in Canada.Not until the next day did anybody outside his inner circl...continued
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1f7b605070774dac8bb3c859143de9d2 Jeffrey @Jeffrey - about 24 hours ago
Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibility of politics
It’s now easier to avoid seeing political content across Instagram and Threads thanks to the new opt-out setting. This has… Continue reading Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibility of politics The post Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibili…
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6232f8a636fcadbbec0b89d4f6ded6e2 Ericka @Ericka - over 4 years ago
The dangerous truth about Trump’s racism: White power, elite rule and justified privilege
White power, elite rule and justified privilege – Alternet.orgLast week, President Trump set off a political firestorm that sent shock waves across the US and the world when he tweeted that four non-white progressive congresswomen—Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida T...continued
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367ec04c80b95de4cfdf036599b35350 Garnet @Garnet - over 4 years ago
How Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern Warfare
How Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern WarfareIn the weeks before two Japanese and Norwegian oil tankers were attacked, on June 13th, in the Gulf of Oman—acts which the United States attributes to Iran—American military strategists were planning a cyberatt...continued
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3fb9059c39d0a39c0a9f0cf17b7858fc Priscilla @Priscilla - 8 months ago
Congress has authority to regulate Supreme court, says liberal justice Kagan – US politics live
Elena Kagan told judicial conference that supreme court should be subject to checks and balanceGood morning, US politics blog readers. Donald Trump came and went from Washington DC yesterday after pleading not guilty to charges related to trying to overturn t…
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C0decc0c6b5bd408c22c456fa130a368 Marie @Marie - over 4 years ago
Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATO
Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATOIn recent weeks a dramatic escalation of tension around Turkish oil drilling rig presence in the disputed Exclusive Enterprise Zone surrounding EU member state Cyprus is taking place. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming...continued
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39b1531710d6d8cc8cd7a9a0bb2d9867 Ryleigh @Ryleigh - almost 5 years ago
‘They are concentration camps’
‘They are concentration camps’‘They are concentration camps,’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said of the immigration detention centres on the southern border of the US. Right-wingers angrily replied that she was either simply wrong, or making trivialising comparisons between me...continued
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0cefff9aac729a36835c46e07795e1e7 Mariano @Mariano - over 4 years ago
The most anticipated comics through the end of 2019
The most anticipated comics through the end of 2019: Marcel, DC, & moreLike Hollywood before it, the American comics industry is defined by the summer event — and these days it’s the summer event that stretches all the way to September, or even the following March.But...continued
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725ac8c62bcc32f06195cf20b372a31a Muriel @Muriel - almost 5 years ago
The Anti-Immigrant Extremists in Charge of the U.S. Immigration System
The Anti-Immigrant Extremists in Charge of the U.S. Immigration SystemThe anti-immigrant movement has increasingly gained influence over the past decade, reaching a high point during the Trump administration. Top administrative positions in the Department of Homeland Secu...continued
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10f64d8d0be1cc890068d55fc752e9ee Alexandro @Alexandro - over 4 years ago
The Jack London Novel that Influenced a Century of Dystopian Fiction
The Jack London Novel that Influenced a Century of Dystopian FictionMy first encounter with Jack London’s work was the short story “To Build a Fire,” in which the protagonist attempts to survive the elements and keep wolves at bay in the wilderness by keeping a fire going...continued
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