Ukraine update: Truss announces further Russian sanctions
Foreign secretary Liz Truss updated House of Commons in a statement. Truss announced further sanctions including on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russia’s children’s rights commissioner. The secretary of state underlined the UK’s continued commitment to Ukraine, telling the House that “Russian aggression cannot be appeased”.
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Michael Ellis: ‘PM continues to maintain honour and integrity’
In response to an urgent question regarding the resignation of Lord Geidt, paymaster general Michael Ellis told the House that prime minister Boris Johnson “continues to maintain honour and integrity”. Ellis told the House of Commons that the government were ‘disappointed” that the prime minister’s personal advisor Lord Geidt has taken the decision to resign. […]
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Labour back calls to release Geidt resignation letter
Labour’s shadow international trade secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, has urged the release of Lord Geidt’s resignation letter. In a statement posted to the government website on Wednesday, Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser tendered his resignation. His statement read: “With regret, I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post as Independent Adviser on […]
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Hawley Unloads on Biden Administration’s Calls for Censorship
During an appearance on Fox News Tuesday, Republican Senator Josh Hawley attacked the Biden administration for encouraging censorship of environmental issues by technology firms. “Laura, this is the most recent example of the most anti-First Amendment administration in American history,” Hawley told host Laura Ingraham of “The Ingraham Angle.” The Missouri senator responded to a […]
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Video Reveals Man in GOP Congressman’s Capitol Tour Threatened to “Take Out” AOC
The House select committee investigating the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, released evidence Wednesday showcasing how at least one individual who took part in a Republican congressman’s tour of the building on the day prior to the attack was also part of the violent mob of Trump loyalists who marched to […]
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Biden Succumbs to Lobbyists in Move Toward Saudi Arms and Defense Agreements
President Biden’s formally announced plan to visit Saudi Arabia next month is a dramatic reversal of earlier promises to treat the Arab nation as a “pariah” in light of its repeated human rights violations. Biden is being called upon to hold the Saudi government responsible for the brutal killing and dismemberment American residents. Washington PostJamal […]
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Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser resigns
According to a statement posted to the government website this evening, Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt has tendered his resignation. His statement read: “With regret, I feel that it is right that I am resigning from my post as Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.” Speaking to the House of Commons public administration and constitutional […]
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Adjunct and Tenured Faculty Must Unite to Resist Pandemic Opportunism on Campus
The disruption caused by COVID-19 in the United States saw college and university administrators use the disruption to reduce the jobs of adjunct faculty. Now, two years into the pandemic, these same administrators are continuing to use the conditions of the pandemic to rapidly accelerate the same neoliberal transformations they had been pushing for pre-pandemic, […]
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Black Patients Are Regularly Denied Comprehensive Info About Pregnancy Options
As a Black woman living in the South, I have many traumatic memories of being treated differently by the health care system than the people around me. I was anxious when I gave birth to my son 24 years ago. I was high risk and wanted him to be healthy. Everything else was secondary. After […]
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Florida Synagogue Sues State, Says New Abortion Law Violates Religious Freedoms
A Florida state law would prohibit abortion after 15 weeks. This is why a Jewish synagogue sued the state. According to its website, Congregation L’Dor Va-Dor, a synagogue based in Boynton Beach, practices “an all-inclusive, universal, and rational approach to Judaism.” The place of worship filed a lawsuit against the state last week in Leon […]
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