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The Revolutionary Communist Party and Corbyn and Sultana’s new party: Naked opportunism and political amnesia
World Socialist Web Site
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August 22, 2025
The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) proclaims an agenda shared with all of Britain’s pseudo-left groups of joining and supposedly imparting a revolutionary character to the new party announced by former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and MP Zara...
Education: The Key to Our Nation's Future
Swark Today - Arkansas
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Since the beginning of time, humanity has sought out knowledge and wisdom. The ability to gain a greater understanding of the world around them ensured our ancestors' success, safety, and survival. Over time, as humanity has continued to learn,...
‘Its Still Surreal’: Pierce the Veil Return To The Road After First Leg of Tour Brings Both Pain and Success
Billboard
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August 22, 2025
“The way my wife and I keep describing this year — it’s just the highest highs and the lowest lows,” says Vic Fuentes, frontman for San Diego post-hardcore group Pierce the Veil. After two decades of grinding road work and kinetic live shows,...
Golf great Tom Watson surprises wounded heroes at Vail Veterans Program’s Golf in the Rockies event
Vail Daily - Colorado
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It’s not every day that you run into golf legend Tom Watson and learn a few tips from him. On Tuesday, a few lucky golfers who attended the Vail Veterans Program’s Golf in the Rockies event got the opportunity to spend time with the PGA champion...
Education Department says George Mason University’s DEI policies violate civil rights
WTOP - District Columbia
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August 22, 2025
The Education Department said George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, violated federal civil rights law by using race in hiring and promotion practices. The Education Department said George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, violated...
Christian leaders speak out as DeSantis repeatedly breaks Florida’s execution record
PBS Frontline
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August 22, 2025
Each letter starts the same way: “Dear Governor DeSantis.” On many issues, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis garners approval from the state’s Catholic leaders, but when it comes to capital punishment, “the governor’s out of step,” said Michael Sheedy,...
Search of Bolton’s home shows uneasy mix of retribution and law enforcement
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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But the episode illustrated how Trump’s campaign of retribution has undercut the principle that law enforcement should keep a substantial distance from politics, stoking questions about whether even legitimate investigations are colored by the...
Migrants to Iowa strike different portraits where ‘American Gothic’ was created
Associated Press
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August 22, 2025
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, where Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 portrayal of a stern-looking woman and a man with a pitchfork in front of a white frame house. The...
Petition Calls for Clear U.S.-Palau Defense Agreement to Protect Civilians
Island Times
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August 22, 2025
By: Eoghan Olkeriil Ngirudelsang KOROR, Palau — A petition circulating in Palau calls on the national leadership to open talks with the United States on a separate, detailed agreement spelling out when and how Washington would defend Palau — and...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's national profile soars with latest Trump fight, but there are risks
Yahoo News
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gavin Newsom is having a moment. In the national struggle over U.S. House control, perhaps no politician has more at stake than the California governor, who has emerged as the leading Democratic adversary to President Donald...
Why Moomin Mania Is Finally Hitting the U.S.
The New Yorker
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August 22, 2025
For this week’s Fault Lines column, Jon Allsop is filling in for Jay Caspian Kang. If you were to drop by my apartment, you’d see a lot of Moomins. My girlfriend and I own all sorts of trinkets bearing their likeness: a selection of mugs, a...
U.S. Senate Committee To Hold Hearing On Benefits Of Psychedelics For Military Veterans
Marijuana Moment
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August 21, 2025
A U.S. Senate committee has scheduled a hearing on “alternative therapies” for military veterans, with multiple witnesses expected to discuss the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. The field hearing will take place outside of the Capitol, with...
Sweden’s Vattenfall shortlists Rolls-Royce, GE Vernova to build SMR nuclear reactors The United States has taken a major step toward establishing its first deep-draft Arctic…
Arctic Business Journal
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August 21, 2025
By Reuters August 21, 2025 343 The company Logo hangs at the entrance of the combined heat and power plant, Reuter West, owned by Vattenfall GmbH during its final construction phase before being fully operational in Berlin, Germany June 30, 2022....
License to kill: The nationwide scam turning America's highways into death traps
The Blaze
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August 22, 2025
By now we've all seen the video. An Indian man driving an 18-wheeler on the Florida Turnpike attempts an illegal U-turn, carelessly pulling his rig across two lanes of traffic. A minivan traveling at highway speed crashes into the trailer, killing...
J6 Lawyer on Trump DOJ’s Revenge Team Said Prosecutors Were ‘No Different’ From Nazis
The Daily Beast
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August 22, 2025
A Department of Justice lawyer who is part of the team investigating President Donald Trump’s enemies once represented rioters who stormed the Capitol and compared the criminal cases against them to the Holocaust. Attorney Jonathan Gross was hired...
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Remembering the Mother’s Letter That Secured the 19th Amendment; High Home Energy Costs Hit Women Hardest
Ms. Magazine
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August 22, 2025
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little...
Trump’s Deputies Promise ‘Continuous Vetting’ of 55 Million U.S. Visa Holders Worldwide
Breitbart
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August 22, 2025
President Donald Trump’s deputies are using federal databases for “continuous vetting” of roughly 55 million foreigners who have visas to visit or live in the United States. “We review all available information as part of our vetting, including...
Experts Confirm The Horrific: Famine In Gaza Is Underway Amid Israel's U.S.-Backed Siege
HuffPost
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August 22, 2025
Famine is occurring in Gaza, the leading global tracker of food insecurity announced on Friday, pointing to “catastrophic” conditions for more than half a million Palestinians — including tens of thousands of children edging toward death via acute...
Nvidia Halts H20 Chip Production Amid U.S.-China Tensions
Business Korea
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August 22, 2025
Nvidia has halted production of components for its H20 AI chipset, designed exclusively for China, due to China's export restrictions. The chipset, which has oscillated between production halts and restarts based on U.S. regulatory changes, is now...
They set out to find the American dream. They’re stuck in a Mexican nightmare.
Mint
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August 22, 2025
They didn’t make it. Crossing Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert in a van on a frigid morning, they were stopped by gang members posing as police and kidnapped for ransom. “They told us they had good news and bad news," said Arias, 27. “The bad news was...