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Photograph Source: The White House – Public Domain In the universe of far-right politics, the three members of the Axis of Evil are Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Viktor Orban. The first presides over the most powerful country in the world. The second launched the first major land invasion in Europe in over 75 years. The third has done his best to destroy the European Union from within. On Sunday, the axis lost its littlest member. After 16 consecutive years as the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban—the joint-custody mini-me of Putin and Trump—went down for the count. His party,…
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Over at Divided Argument, Will Baude comments on the NYT release of internal Supreme Court memos concerning whether to stay the Obama EPA’s Clean Power Plan. I largely concur with Baude’s assessment. One point he makes is worth expanding upon. As I noted Saturday, the documents largely confirm what educated observers already suspected about the Court’s decision. Baude writes: the biggest scandal here is in fact the leaks themselves. Supreme Court leaks like these — including copies of confidential work product — are becoming more common. In my view, this is a bad thing. It will damage the institutional culture of the…
The U.S. economic strangulation of Cuba has created unbearable hardships for the population. Medea Benjamin describes what she saw on a recent solidarity delegation and how we can break the blockade. By Chris HedgesScheerPost Medea Benjamin, a co-founder of the antiwar organization CODEPINK, speaks with Chris Hedges about her recent visit to Cuba as part of one of the many humanitarian delegations that have visited the island in response to the severe economic blockade imposed by the Trump administration. Benjamin describes the current situation as “dire”, the worst she has experienced in her 50 years of solidarity work with Cuba, referring…
Japan plans to reclassify cryptocurrencies as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Japan has taken a decisive step toward reshaping its digital asset framework after its cabinet approved a draft amendment that would classify cryptocurrencies as financial products under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). The proposal marks a shift from Japan’s current approach, which treats crypto primarily as a payment method under the Payment Services Act. By bringing digital assets under the same legal structure as stocks and other securities, policymakers aim to align the sector with established financial market standards. If passed during the current parliamentary session, the…
She was, after all, trained to lie by the CIA. Source link
Liberal justices stalled the release of the Dobbs ruling for weeks, putting the justices’ lives at increased risk, a new report reveals. Source link
Cover art for the book Jerry and Rodrigo Go to War by Steven Salaita It is hard not to root for Steven Salaita, a professor who was fired from his job before he had worked a single day, but after he and his wife quit their jobs, sold their home, and prepared to move across the country. Salaita was offered a tenured position in the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on the quality of his academic output and quit his tenured position at Virginia Tech in order to take the new post. The administration, however,…
The MAHA movement gives Republicans a chance to win suburban moms in 2026 midterms by focusing on food quality, screen time and health transparency. Source link
His attack on progressivism last week was the last straw Source link