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The Starmer regime is intent on the subversion of so-called British justice. It is operating purely in the interests of a foreign state to protect Israel from the consequences of public revulsion against its genocidal onslaught on Palestinians. Palestine Action protest outside UAV Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems UK, on May 1, 2023, over the company’s alleged manufacturing and supply of armed drones to the Israeli military. (Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED) By Craig MurrayCraigMurray.org.uk A vast cloying morass of injustice has visibly submerged the British legal systems in anything connected to Palestine. In a quite incredible series…

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Image by Sina Drakhshani. As another week of Trump’s war begins, it becomes ever more clear that all his presumptions about how the war would go have proven wrong. Iran’s economy has bent but not folded despite a blockade of its ports. Its ability to control the Strait of Hormuz hasn’t been eliminated. Iran still has drones and missiles for retaliatory attacks. The regime’s control of the population remains. Gas prices and the cost of oil remain high. The war goes on. Talking or Fighting? Trump’s deadline on the cease-fire expires April 22. Will Vice President JD Vance travel to…

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New York state and New York City legislators are seeking to address high-profile cases of protestors harassing worshippers by considering laws establishing no-protest buffer zones around such locations. Following protests outside synagogues, a New York City measure establishing such zones around houses of worship is slated to go into force in late May. It comes even as Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed another buffer zone measure relating to schools, arguing it would unreasonably curb speech and protest rights. A separate and pending New York state effort would create a 25-foot protest buffer zone around places of worship and reproductive health centers.…

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Sberbank will provide access to crypto trading once regulation and organized exchange trading begin, Senior Vice President Ruslan Vesterovsky said. Sberbank will provide access to crypto trading once regulation and organized exchange trading begin, Senior Vice President and Head of Wealth Management Ruslan Vesterovsky said at the Moscow Exchange forum, according to Russia’s TASS. The Bank of Russia maintains a view of cryptocurrencies as a high-risk instrument under its policy framework. In December 2025, the Bank of Russia published a concept for domestic cryptocurrency regulation that allows qualified and non-qualified investors to buy crypto assets. The concept defines digital currencies and stablecoins as currency…

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Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Hurry up and enjoy your Taco Tuesday Cinco de Mayo today. We’ll start with thoughts on Saudi Arabia’s sports takeover that’s been stopped in its tracks. After that it’s time to dive into the implications of the Dianna Russini–Mike Vrabel affair for league policies. We’ll close with a slightly bonkers idea: Did the Sixers beat the Celtics with a little help from the war on drugs? Don’t miss sports coverage from Jason Russell and Reason. The Milwaukee Brewers donated $27,000 for pothole repairs and are getting some advertising out of it.…

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The world is leaning on China a lot these days as a counterweight to the lunacy of Donald Trump. No one has illusions that China and its leader, Xi Jinping, are champions of democracy, but at a time when the US president is gleefully bombing boats and countries, and debating which regime to change next, China is an island of sanity. I’ve made the analogy to Stalin in World War II, which continues to be appropriate. Roosevelt and Churchill had no illusions about Stalin’s USSR as a beacon of democracy, but they understood the essential role it played in defeating…

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