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Wrapped in a flag, outside a hotel Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend

Wrapped in a flag, outside a hotel

Imagine if anti-asylum hotel protesters admitted the truth: they’re being played for mugs by the powerful they think they defend

By Steve Pottinger

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

GOP senator changes child rape law after relative accused of sex with minor An 18-year-old accused of having sex with a 13-year-old pleaded guilty to reduced charges after the law was changed.

Meet Republican Utah State Senator Stuart Adams. He helped to pass a law last year to lower the age of consent to 13, to benefit an adult relative of his on rape charges against a (you guessed it)… 13 year old.
The relative received ZERO prison time. THIS is the GOP.
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“Transformational:” First Nations group seals first-of-its-kind stake in giant battery project First Nations group Wambal Bila to buy equity stake in major battery project, in landmark transaction that may become template for future deals.

Australia's First Nations are at the centre of human sustainability. 65,000+ continuous years. Now, a First Nations group is leading on a new sustainability front, securing an equity stake in a $450 million battery project. Here's to more!

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Trump’s 'Golden Age' Is Nothing More Than Fool’s Gold A closer look at the data reveals the painful truth about Trump's economy

Trump keeps bragging about ushering in a so-called “Golden Age”, but if you dig into the numbers, it doesn’t shine so bright. Food is more expensive, jobs are less secure, and working-class Americans are feeling left behind. This isn’t prosperity, it’s a flashing warning sign of what's to come.

Ex-Superman actor Dean Cain says he's becoming ICE agent Dean Cain says he'll be

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... twat!

As Hiroshima marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, many aging survivors express frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. wapo.st/4owgrUn

Manuela Perteghella: Stratford MP’s whirlwind year of firsts Stratford-on-Avon's first non-Conservative for 70 years and first ever female MP, Lib Dem Manuela Perteghella reviews her first year

Stratford-on-Avon's first non-Conservative for 70 years and first ever female MP, Lib Dem Manuela Perteghella reviews her first year
@mp4stratford.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

Idaho lost one in three obstetricians after its abortion ban New research confirms: Crackdowns on reproductive rights have harmful ripple effects across local health care.

Two months after the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, in June 2022, Idaho’s trigger ban outlawing most abortions—one of the strictest nationwide—took effect.

According to a new peer-reviewed paper study, Idaho lost more than a third of its OBs—94 of 268 total—afterwards.

I don’t know what’s more disqualifying: being friendly with Trump, strategizing with Trump to defeat a fellow Democrat, or thinking that Trump has better insight than you do about how to win votes in NYC.

We don’t have to wait for history to wade in, we can see it now. #ConMan

How many patients will this kill if Wes Streeting doesn't sort it? He could get rid of the overpaid, underqualified PAs and pay doctors what they deserve! PATIENTS DO NOT WANT SUBSTANDARD HEALTHCARE!! #TakeBackOurHealthcare #ScrapHeapPatient #PutPatientsFirst #RebuildTheNHS

Homelessness minister hiked rent weeks after removing tenants Rushanara Ali faces criticism for increasing the rent on a house she owns by hundreds of pounds.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hardly the party of the people

RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe

Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

What the DOJ Is Doing Behind the Scenes Read more here.

Under the spectacle of the Epstein Files and the horror of migrants being disappeared to foreign gulags, the bureaucratic assault on democracy is all too easy to miss. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

Online safety policies devised by adults versus tech savvy kids doesn't seem much of a level playing field.

Former Sun editor announced as UK government’s new communications chief The appointment of David Dinsmore, who has served at the top of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK for years, has drawn consternation The former Sun editor David Dinsmore has been announced as the government’s new communications chief, despite concerns about his long service at the top of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. Having worked as a tabloid journalist, editor and news executive since the 1990s, Dinsmore was appointed to the civil service role from a shortlist of two, beating the PR man Tim Allan, formerly an adviser to Tony Blair. Continue reading...

Former Sun editor announced as UK government’s new communications chief

A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

UK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists David Lammy and Yvette Cooper describe the bounties as "another example of transnational repression".

BBC News - UK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists
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Brewdog Britain is dead As the chain closes ten bars, has “Punk” beer peaked?

www.newstatesman.com/culture/life...

Colbert comes out swinging. Gonna be a fun 10 months...

Performer launches Gaza flag protest on Royal Opera House stage A cast member unfurls a Palestinian flag during a curtain call, prompting a brief scuffle as an official tried to take it away.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Bravo!

Parades, flags and songs: The campaign to force Ukrainian children to love Russia Russian youth organisations are encouraging Ukrainian children to turn against their country.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The war is also about indoctrination

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