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[ad_1] In the U.K., the government developed a group tasked with “dreaming up psychological tricks to alter our behaviour” without the people being aware of it. The Behavioural Insights Team, known unofficially as the “Nudge Unit”, set the narrative for the COVID-19 fiasco. They were the team behind the infamous slogan, “Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives”, which was astroturfed into existence at the behest of 10 Downing. Thirty years earlier, Hollywood also “nudged” a generation of people to consume endlessly, seek disposable relationships, and build nothing during their time on Earth. The apathy of the Seinfeld characters towards…
[ad_1] Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine. If he hasn’t, he needs to, immediately. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] There are painful but necessary lessons to be learned from the Maine Democratic Senate candidate’s rise and fall. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] “In the last few months, the humanitarian damage to our population has intensified and led to worsening in the quality of life,” said Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, during a 25-minute-long speech he gave at the rostrum. “The hostility and threats that Cuba faces today are part of a worrying sequence of violations of international law and are a prelude of what might happen to any other country tomorrow.” Jeff Bartos, U.S. representative, during a Security Council meeting earlier this year. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) The U.S. representative, Jeff Bartos, who had called for a vote to block the debate,…
[ad_1] After another exchange of strikes between the U.S. and Iran the night before, President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning signaled that the memorandum of understanding, signed last month to stabilize the ceasefire and lay the groundwork for a final peace deal, was “over.” At a NATO summit press conference with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Ankara, Trump said that “for me, the memorandum of understanding is over. I don’t want to deal with them anymore,” saying of Iran’s leadership that “they’re scum… In my eyes, it’s a waste of time to continue talking to them. They’re crazy. For…
[ad_1] Today’s guest is Clark Neily, a constitutional litigator, civil liberties advocate, and senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute. He previously served as co-counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller, one of the most consequential gun rights decisions in modern history. Neily speaks with Nick Gillespie about the Supreme Court’s latest term, the constitutional limits on executive power, and whether Congress has ceded too much authority to the presidency and the administrative state. Neily explains why he believes the Court has become an essential check on government overreach and discusses recent…
[ad_1] Ramzy Baroud Z Network The mountain of evidence that cannot be shouted away about Israel’s systemic use of sexual violence. And other abuses against Palestinians. Whether Israelis will ever comprehend the irreparable damage inflicted upon their country’s reputation by their U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, is a moot point. The damage Israel has done to itself through its barbaric practices in occupied Palestine is simply impossible to overcome. Danon, however, utilizes a peculiar approach to defending Israel within international institutions: he relies on bullying, intimidation, and an overt attempt to silence anyone who dares to challenge the official Israeli…
[ad_1] A New York Times columnist who has repeatedly risen to the defense of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is now publicly accepting [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] The Trump administration claims that its new Homeland Security task forces are here to protect Americans from an “invasion” by undocumented immigrants and thwart terrorist organizations, foreign cartels, and transnational gangs. So why are they targeting immigrant asylum seekers—who are in the country legally—over sex work? To be fair, this seems to be a minor part of the task forces’ business. Much of the time, they’ve been waging a drug war against American citizens, as I reported last month. Today, I want to focus on one case that didn’t make it into that piece. It’s the case that turned…
[ad_1] Trump’s Freedom 250 shadow organization was a vehicle for soliciting political donations, a new report contends. By Tyler Walicek This article was originally published by Truthout Trump’s Freedom 250 shadow organization was a vehicle for soliciting political donations, a new report contends. The U.S.’s vaunted semiquincentennial anniversary celebrations on July 4 were not, ultimately, the moment of civic unification that had been envisioned a decade ago, when planning for the event began. It was inevitable that the ceremonies would be tainted by the tense and polarized state of the nation. President Donald Trump, however, in his signature way, managed to exacerbate and…