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‘Women, Seated’ Shows How Precarity, Wealth, and ‘Having It All’ Are Not Just American Problems
Jezebel
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August 20, 2025
In Zhang Yueran’s new novel, Women Seated, Yu Ling, a nanny to a wealthy family in Beijing, yearns for a more independent life, one where she can marry her boyfriend and leave her cold employers forever. Yet like so many other nannies across the...
Rubio’s warning to UK: Persecuting Christians for prayer is an ‘egregious violation’ of free speech, religious liberty
The Blaze
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August 20, 2025
Marco Rubio's State Department is standing up for free speech in the United Kingdom after the arrests of Christians participating in silent prayer. Individuals in the U.K. can face unlimited fines for protesting or silently praying within 150...
NASA’s New Boss Wants to Abandon Earth
VICE
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August 20, 2025
NASA’s new acting boss, Sean Duffy, yet another Trump administration official who was ripped straight from TV and put in charge of a major government agency, is less a rocket scientist and more Fox News panelist who got the job because he was on...
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, who has MSU ties, faces Trump's fire
Lansing State Journal - Michigan
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Before joining the Fed, Lisa Cook served as a professor in the Department of Economics in MSU’s College of Social Science and a professor of international relations in James Madison College. Lisa Cook faced GOP backlash early on after she was...
Sanctuary cities defy Bondi’s deadline to cooperate: ‘No intention of changing’
Fox News
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Attorney General Pam Bondi discusses a letter she sent to sanctuary city and state leaders, President Donald Trump's DC crime crackdown and the firing of a DOJ worker over a sandwich throwing incident on 'Hannity.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox...
THE NEXT GENERATION SHAPING TAMPA BAY’S CREATIVE FUTURE
Tampa Bay Metro Magazine - Florida
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August 20, 2025
Art Forward By Ronda M. Parag Tampa Bay’s arts scene is thriving like never before, energized by the ‘next’ generation of advocates, philanthropists, and cultural champions. Many of these under-45 supporters grew up tagging along to museum galas...
Former Trump Aide Makes Dire Warning About President’s ‘Secret Blacklist’
The Daily Beast
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August 20, 2025
One of the prominent critics of President Trump from his first administration has warned that the White House’s “loyalty scorecard” for businesses is a step toward authoritarianism. Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official...
Trump’s D.C. Takeover May Be a Prelude to Something Far Worse
New York Mag
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August 20, 2025
Photo: Alex Kent/The Washington Post/Getty Images It’s possible Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to “federalize” law enforcement in Washington, D.C., was just a one-off power grab, reflecting the federal government’s unique control of the capital...
"There is a lot of distrust on both sides": Einar Tangen breaks down India's balancing act with China
India Today
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August 20, 2025
In a rapidly shifting global order, India finds itself at the center of competing geopolitical currents. On the one hand, tensions with China remain unresolved—from border disputes to Beijing’s close ties with Pakistan. On the other, New Delhi is...
Why Has Korea’s Stock Market Gone Wild?
Foreign Policy
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August 20, 2025
Since Lee Jae-myung won South Korea’s presidential election on June 3, the Korean stock market has been on a tear. On June 2, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI)—the weighted index of all common stocks traded in the Korea Exchange—closed...
Smartmatic Filing Details Ex-Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro’s Desire To Boost Donald Trump In 2020 And Her Efforts To Secure Pardon For Ex-Husband
Deadline
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August 20, 2025
A new batch of text messages and emails have emerged in newly unredacted filings in Smartmatic‘s defamation lawsuit against Fox, including ones showing then-network host Jeanine Pirro‘s desire to boost Donald Trump‘s prospects in the 2020...
Meet the extremist running Israel’s settlement program: Bezalel Smotrich
Christian Science Monitor
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August 20, 2025
Twenty years ago exactly, in August 2005, Bezalel Smotrich was a 25-year-old settler activist arrested and briefly jailed on suspicion of launching violent disruptions to protest Israel’s historic withdrawal of Jewish settlements from the Gaza...
Orlando’s new ‘dignity buses’ offer nightly shelter for the homeless
Orlando Weekly - Florida
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August 20, 2025
click to enlarge photo by McKenna Schueler Orlando leaders launch a new 'dignity bus' program for homeless people (Aug. 20, 2025) Beginning Wednesday, the city of Orlando and the nonprofit Christian Service Center will be providing overnight...
ICE director vows to ‘flood’ Boston after Mayor Wu’s refusal to strip sanctuary protections
Boston Herald - Massachusetts
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August 20, 2025
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said federal immigration authorities plan to “flood” Boston in response to Mayor Michelle Wu’s refusal to dismantle the city’s sanctuary protections, as ordered by the Trump administration. Speaking on “The Howie...
Judge denies ex-Speaker Madigan’s request to remain out of prison during appeal
The Freeburg Tribune - Illinois
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August 20, 2025
byHannah Meisel CHICAGO — A federal judge denied former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal arguments that he should remain out of prison while his appeal of both his corruption convictions and 7 ½ year sentence play out. Madigan is scheduled...
California Rep. Young Kim’s newest challenger: An Orange County immigration lawyer
CalMatters - California
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August 20, 2025
In summary An immigration attorney who represented an ICE-detained Orange County father of three military sons is the latest Democrat to challenge Republican Rep. Young Kim in a district that could be drawn redder by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s...
Growth continues in Cherokee Nation’s capital city
Cherokee Phoenix
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TAHLEQUAH – A surge of multi-million-dollar construction projects that began in 2024 continue near the Cherokee Nation’s headquarters in Tahlequah. Among the tribe’s ongoing jobs near its W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex are a $50 million public safety...
Labour’s New Data Law is a ‘Blank Cheque’ for Farage to DOGE Britain
DeSmog
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August 20, 2025
Labour’s new data access law would allow the UK government to replicate an Elon Musk-style DOGE data-grab, experts and campaigners have warned. They believe the new law is “ripe for abuse” and could be weaponised by a future Reform UK...
Hegseth’s expansive security requirements tax Army protective unit
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unusually large personal security requirements are straining the Army agency tasked with protecting him as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and...
What is Work Ethic Camp? See the building that will be Nebraska's ICE detention facility
KETV 7 - Nebraska
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August 20, 2025
*** new detention facility dubbed the Cornhusker Clink will be at the current work ethic camp in McCook, Nebraska. So what is the WEC? The Work Ethic Camp is an all-male facility designed for minimum B custody, so low level offenders. That's...