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[ad_1] Labour’s most successful former leader, Tony Blair, has just thrown a hand grenade into the stuttering Labour leadership race. In a five-thousand-word j’accuse, published by his Institute for Global Change, Blair criticizes the tax-and-spend orthodoxy of the current Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer while also excoriating the radical posturing of his wannabe challengers, Wes Streeting, the former health secretary, and the favorite, Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester.  Blair, who was the UK’s prime minister from 1997 to 2007, warns all three of them that their retreat into Labour’s “comfort zone” of high taxation and low growth will…

[ad_1] Image by Koshu Kunii. An outreach mental health client of mine, years ago – I’ll call him Gregory – had (as a very young child) been beaten across the head by his step-father, molested multiple times by caretakers, slapped in the face routinely by his mother, and then, as the ultimate confirmation that reality had run astray, been told by his siblings that he had made up these allegations out of some spiteful delusion. Both his older sister and brother, Gregory, told me, had an intense, unshakable belief in the goodness of their parents. This left him broken, powerless,…

[ad_1] A ceasefire to the Iran War entered its 50th day on Wednesday as President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with his cabinet to discuss an emerging deal to end the conflict. Iran’s Tasnin News Agency reported Sunday that the first phase of the memorandum of understanding being considered to end the war would include the U.S. lifting its blockade of Hormuz and waiving sanctions on Iranian oil during the negotiation period, allowing Tehran to sell oil without restrictions. The deal also reportedly includes “an understanding in which the end of the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, is…

[ad_1] Perhaps with everything going on in the Middle East and gasoline prices rising here at home, President Trump was hoping the settlement agreement entered into between the Trump family and the Department of Justice last week would attract little attention. Unfortunately for congressional Republicans seeking reelection, that wasn’t the case. The roughly $1.8 billion fund is purportedly intended to compensate victims of the Biden administration’s “weaponization” of the Justice Department, a cohort that apparently includes those convicted of crimes after storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. President Trump’s “payout pot for punks,” as retiring Republican Sen. Thom…

[ad_1] According to Danish state authorities, there were no major foreign influence campaigns to speak of in the lead-up to Denmark’s March 2026 parliamentary election. Local fact-checkers and journalists tracked pro-Russian narratives and fringe propaganda channels, but nothing resembling a broad, coordinated campaign with significant reach emerged. Monitoring and analysis by Defense Innovation Highway and OpenMinds of part of the Danish online information environment during the campaign reached similar conclusions. Given the widespread reports of Russian election interference worldwide, it may seem surprising that Denmark, a NATO member and strong supporter of Ukraine, was largely untargeted. Examining the Danish election…

[ad_1] Memorial Day 2026 should have centered on flags at graves and the quiet dignity of remembering Americans who died in uniform. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Photo by J. Amill Santiago I sit down to write this the morning of Memorial Day 2026, a holiday to hold in memory all who have lost their lives serving in U.S. wars. The day has its origins in memorials to Civil War veterans that started not long after the war ended. It occurs on a day when the world is on edge fearing that the next round of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran could happen any day. A broken ceasefire could have shattering global economic impacts with wholesale destruction of Persian Gulf oil infrastructure. At the same time,…

[ad_1] A century ago, aviation pioneer Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell advocated for the potency of properly-applied air power. In his seminal treatise from 1925, “Winged Defense,” he wrote: “Aircraft do not need to pierce the line of either navies or armies. They can fly straight over them to the heart of a country and gain success in war.” Striking at the heart of the enemy – a concept now known as strategic interdiction – has been at the forefront of air force planning ever since. Through Mitchell’s dazzling foresight, it has been considered a decisive element of warfare, diligently described…

[ad_1] The Illinois Legislature is busy advancing a bill that’s one of the most egregious examples yet of the grift between professional sports teams and state and local governments.  Under House Bill 910, projects designated as “megaprojects” would have their assessed value frozen at a base-year level, effectively shielding all new construction from property taxation for up to 45 years. Just two developments would qualify for the maximum duration under the current language: the proposed Chicago Bears stadium in Arlington Heights and the One Central mixed-use development near Soldier Field in Chicago. Rank-and-file property owners in Illinois pay the highest…