Johnson: I’m leaving “with my head held high”
Outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson today told MPs he will be leaving office “with my head held high” During the first PMQ’s since his resignation, and one that got off to a very raucous start, Johnson reiterated his stance on the success of his tenure. “It’s perfectly true that I leave not at a time […]
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Humanity Faces Two Existential Threats. One Is Nearly Ignored.
We live in disconcerting and dangerous times. Humanity is facing two existential threats that could end civilization as we know it — as well as other life on Earth. International cooperation is lacking in both the cases of global warming and nuclear weapons. Worse, with respect to nuclear weapons, there has been a growing trend […]
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Hunt and Zahawi eliminated from leadership contest
Jeremy Hunt, Nadhim Zahawi and Nadhim Zahawi were removed from the Conservative leadershipContest after the first round. The results were announced by Sir Graham Brady (chairman of the 1922 commission). Here are the 8 results.The names of the candidates and the number they received in votes: Badenoch 40Braverman 32Hunt 18Mordaunt 67Sunak 88Truss 50Tugendhat 37Zahawi 25 […]
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New Documentary Film Evidence Shows Trump Wanted GA Lawmakers to Overturn Result
In footage never seen before, documentary filmmaker Alex Holder shows how former President Donald Trump wanted the Georgia state legislature to engage in illegal actions so that they could give him the state’s 16 Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential race, even though he lost the election to President Joe Biden. Trump’s calls for […]
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Former Trump Adviser John Bolton Admits on Live TV He “Helped Plan Coups d’État”
John Bolton, a longtime Republican official, admitted Tuesday during a televised interview that it was his responsibility to help plan coups in other countries. Bolton, who served as former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, appeared on CNNto discuss the investigation by the congressional committee into the attack on U.S. Capitol, January 6, 2021 After […]
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Logging Is Slashing US Forests’ Ability to Absorb Carbon by Over One-Third
Everybody’s heard about the importance of protecting the Amazon rainforest. Many people in government, business and the environmental movement have a willful ignorance about how to protect forests in the United States. This must change. U.S. forests must be protected immediately. We must end government policies that are shaped by the logging industry and wood […]
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Will “Aid and Abet” Abortion Laws Be Used to Target Insurers Too?
What will your health plan do now that the Supreme Court has ruled against you? Roe v. Wade? Even before the June 24, ruling, insurance coverage for abortion was varied. Now the issue is even more complex as states set varying rules — about half are expected to limit or ban abortion in almost all […]
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Conservative MPs will cast first votes in the party’s leadership contest today
Boris Johnson’s party will be replaced by the winner of this contest.leader and becomes prime minister. Voting will begin at 13:30, with a result expected by 17:00 BST. The closing of the candidacy nominations was at 18:00 BST last evening and the eight candidates were electedParticipated in a hustings in parliament to try to secure […]
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4 Takeaways as Jan. 6 Panel Argues That Trump Sparked Capitol Riot
The House panel investigating last year’s Capitol riot argued during a hearing Tuesday that a tweet from then-President Donald Trump was largely responsible for rioters’ violent breach of the building. The seven Democrats and two Republicans on the panel have said that Trump’s use of the phrase “Will be wild” in that tweet encouraged violence. […]
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The Right Wants to End Teacher Certification. It’s Already Starting to Happen.
Just days after Arizona’s legislature passed the legislation, it was last week. most expansive school voucher lawAnywhere in the nation, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into lawAnother education measure provides that public school teachers will no longer need to have a college degree before they are hired. Instead of requiring a masters degree — which has […]
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