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JD Vance's traveler oppression plan
*JD Vance called for "federal response" to block women from
traveling
for abortions.*
That was the utterance of a would-be theocrat trying to impose his religion on everyone.
Howeer, the "warning" about Soros (see the article) was the confabulation of a conspiracist,
like the believers in QAnonsense.
Apparently Vance combines both aspects.
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Labour to respect ICC decisions
*[The UK government] confirmed on Friday that it would not submit a challenge to the
jurisdiction of the international criminal court, whose chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, is
seeking a warrant
against
the Israeli prime minister.*
I don't think we are likely to see Netanyahu arrested for this any time soon,
but it will add to the pressure on Israel to end the bombardment and siege.
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Voter movements to save Gazans from US
*Uncommitted
voters who protested Biden over Gaza warn Kamala Harris must earn their vote.*
I hope they succeed in making her demand forcefully that Israel end the bombardment and siege of Gaza.
Let's not lose sight of
where we want to end up.
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Interest-rate hike to solve Inflation?
Lack of competition due to many
mergers has
caused inflation in the US (and many other countries), which is making life difficult for
those who are not wealthy.
*Many [American food] companies are seeing their profits jump as
they
continue raising prices.* The fix is not raising interest rates — it is breaking up
monopolies. Biden has made a good start by appointing
Lina Khan to head the FTC.
My
proposal for taxing bigger corporations at a higher rate could pressure them to split up,
and avoid the need to sue each one.
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Denying women's rights in the US
Rebecca Solnit:
*The
Republican party remains the party of denying women human rights,* even though it hoping
Americans will forget about this if it keeps quiet from now till November. Many Republican
politicians call for menstrual surveillance so as to catch any woman who has an abortion.
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Adoptions Project 2025, US
Part of Project 2025 is to allow (or maybe require) adoption agencies to
practice
religious discrimination. In Tennessee, a couple have already been barred for not being
Christians. The would be adopters are suing, but we can't count on the Extreme Court to defend
basic civil liberties any more. They might decide that the constitution allows the state to
outsource any activity to entities that discriminate against non-Christians.
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MAGA ipso facto
To magats, any election which their master does not win must ipso facto have been stolen. If
there are no real grounds for that accusation, they will invent something. Now,
for
instance, they are saying that Harris's expected assumption of Biden's candidacy, supposing
the delegates to the Democratic Convention vote for her, would be a "coup".
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