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[ad_1]  International League of People’s Struggle. Statement of the ILPS The International League of Peoples’ Struggle stands in solidarity with the people of Venezuela affected by the back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquake, particularly in Caracas, Miranda, La Guaira, Aragua, Carabobo, and Falcón. Initial reports indicate at least 164 people have died with more than 1000 injured along with 14,000+ missing, but the count on causalities may change as more information is available. A state of emergency was declared by Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, suspending the non-essential activities and the train system to facilitate rescue efforts, disconnecting the domestic gas…

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[ad_1] Follow along, as I play the tune of the Friday news briefs… If ‘Disclosure Day’ comes, how can we trust evidence of UFOs? The hallucinogenic mushroom that contains no known psychedelic – whatever causes its visions of little people is nothing science recognises. This cat parasite infects billions of people – scientists say we’ve been underestimating it. Related: Researchers find more evidence that our behaviour might be controlled by this microscopic parasite. The Mars delusion: Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk – why are so many people obsessed with achieving it? Who are the fire-tamers?…

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[ad_1] Alex Poppe Informed Comment JD Vance recently sat down with “Interesting Times” podcast host Ross Douthat. When Ross Douthat pointed out that the Trump administration had been “more hostile than any prior Republican administration…to the way we do humanitarian aid,” the vice president argued that conservative or centrist parties “keep winning landslide elections in Latin America” because [before President Trump retook office] aid dollars “went to fund a left-wing NGO complex that actually tilted Latin American elections in favor of the far-left parties. Now, maybe that was the policy preference of the Biden administration, but those things, those…

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[ad_1] Photograph by Michael Leonardi We are long past the moment when we could pretend the warning signs were not there. Just as climate scientists have spent decades warning of tipping points — the irreversible collapse of ice sheets, the die-off of coral reefs, the sudden release of methane from thawing permafrost — a different kind of catastrophe has been building in plain sight. This one is political, constitutional, and strategic. And like climate change, it has been enabled by denial, short-term thinking, and the capture of power by entrenched interests. The latest National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) moving through…

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[ad_1] With the midterm elections rapidly approaching and polls showing Republicans in serious trouble with voters, they have become frantic to pass the SAVE America Act. Twenty-five House members are now promising to vote no on everything until the act is passed. Their panic is based on the entirely unfounded belief that passing the act would make some meaningful difference in the midterm results. There are two principal provisions of the SAVE Act. First, it imposes a photo ID requirement to vote in any federal election. Second, it requires proof of citizenship for anyone to register to vote in a…

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[ad_1] Decentralization Just Became More Urgent Than Ever Three years ago, I launched Decentralized TV with a simple conviction: centralized power is the root of all tyranny, and the only path to freedom is through decentralization. Back then, the idea seemed ahead of its time to many. Now, it feels suddenly urgent. The Middle East war has exposed how fragile global supply chains are, and the energy grid is cracking under the weight of data centers and geopolitical chaos. The lessons we shared in our numerous interviews and episodes have become even more urgent since the day we filmed them.…

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