Tugendhat eliminated from leadership race
Tom Tugendhat was eliminated from the race for the next leader of Conservative party. The Tonbridge-Malling MP received 31 votes. Former chancellor Rishi Unak received 115 votes. Penny Mordaunt remains in second place, but with one fewer vote (82) than in the second ballot. Kemi Badenoch placed fourth with 58 votes. However, she received more […]
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Sanders Denounces Manchin for “Intentionally Sabotaging” Democratic Agenda
After conservative Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) He declared his opposition to imperative climate provisions in Democrats’ new reconciliation bill on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) castigated the West Virginia senator for his role in killing his party’s agenda over the past year. In an interview on Sunday on ABCSanders stated that Manchin never intended […]
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Idaho GOP Votes Against Life-Saving Exception for Abortions in Party Platform
Idaho Republicans, at their annual convention over the weekend, affirmed anti-abortion stances in their official party platform — and voted to make no exceptions to abortion bans when a person’s life is threatened due to pregnancy. When given the opportunity to vote on a single exception to allow for abortion when a person’s life depends […]
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The Coup Allegations Against the Secret Service Are Astonishing
“I made my peace with the Secret Service early in ’72,” journalist Hunter Thompson recountedTo High Times magazine in a 1977 interview, “when I went to a party in the Biltmore Hotel here in New York after McGovern’s primary victory, and there were about ten agents in a room. They were clearly passing a joint […]
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PM: This government ‘one of the most dynamic of modern time’
MPs debate a motion of confidence in the government. Prime minister Boris Johnson vented his frustration at the deabte but took the opportunity to label his government as “one of the most dynamic of modern times”. Labour leader Keir Starmer focused on the words of Conservative MPs who had resigned, including the MP for Richmond’s […]
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Use 14th Amendment to Block Trump 2024 Run
As former President Donald Trump weighs announcing a potential 2024 presidential run this fall — which would be his third run for president in as many election cycles — a constitutional law professor is calling on Democrats to act now to prevent him from doing so. Alan B. Morrison, associate Dean at George Washington University […]
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“Appalling” European Heat Wave Demands Massive Climate Action
The scorching heat wave continues to heat parts of southern Europe and North Africa, causing wildfires and hundreds of deaths. It also forced thousands of people to flee their homes. The record-breaking temperatures come as Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has effectively killed President Biden’s Build Back Better climate legislation after stringing Biden along […]
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Students Like Me Can Target School Boards to Get Police Out of Schools
Schools have never been safe from the threat posed by policing. Recent narratives by politicians and police departments have made school violence seem astronomically high. They also suggest that more police should be on campus to address the problem, even though campaigns have been pushed to eliminate police from schools in the past two years. […]
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More Than 1,000 Die as Record-Breaking Heat and Wildfires Scorch Europe
Record-breaking heat has claimed the lives of Over 1,000 people have been killed in West Europe over the past week as firefighters struggle to contain flames in three countries. This is all amid a worsening climate emergency. Officials said this weekend. El País reports Between July 10th and July 15th, heat in Spain claimed the […]
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Ukrainian Refugees Now Have Expedited Entry to US But No Pathway to Green Cards
After Russia invaded her homeland in February of this year, Yuliya Z., a Brooklyn-based Ukrainian immigrant and her adult child formed New York Communities for Ukrainian RefugeesThe pair quickly started organizing. The couple, who have been in the United States since 2013, started to organize resources for Ukrainians in the tri-state region. These included lists […]
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