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Politics : NPR

• Journalist Digs Into Sen. Tim Scott's 'Tidy' Origin Story After

  NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post journalist Glenn Kessler about his recent piece looking

• Former Education Secretary On Biden's Plan To Make College More

  NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings about President

• North Korea Warns U.S. Over Biden's 'Big Blunder'

  Citing President Biden's speech to Congress, North Korea says the United States will face a grave

• People incessantly forget to credit Rand Corp. for a policy defending against critics of nuclear genocide. You know :  GWB's 'Axis of Evil'. The usual analysis applies ; Transcend Media's The NPT TRAP

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

9 ways to teach young children to be kind

• A child psychologist tells Lisa Salmon how to raise kind kids.

Double decker bus transformed into €200,000 drive-in diner

'English barn meets American beach house' in Dunmore East

• An unconventional beach house is up for grabs in the picturesque Co Waterford fishing village

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

Six men rescued at Sandymount Strand

• Six men have been brought to shore by a lifeboat after getting cut off by the rising tide in south Dublin.

Man airlifted to hospital after crash between motorcycle and van in

• The man was airlifted to Tallaght Hospital

Minimum unit pricing could see alcohol in Ireland twice as dear as North

• Drinks Ireland said minimum unit pricing should not be introduced in the Republic before it is in the North

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memeorandum

'Just hire a fat actor': Sarah Paulson faces backlash for allegedly

• Ellie Spina / Yahoo Lifestyle : ‘Just hire a fat actor’: Sarah Paulson faces backlash for

Biden economic adviser pushes global corporate tax minimum to counteract

• Evie Fordham / Fox News : Biden economic adviser pushes global corporate tax minimum to counteract

Janet Yellen says critics of Biden's tax hikes are asking the wrong

• John Harwood / CNN : Janet Yellen says critics of Biden's tax hikes are asking the wrong question &

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The Hayride

APPEL: The Advantages And Perspectives Of Age

• I guess one advantage of age is being able to evaluate current events in light of the past. For instance, I

Average Tax Refund in Texas

• The average tax refund for Texans for Fiscal Year 2019 was $3,684. This is the fifth highest among all 50

MARSH MAN MASSON: Super Jacked For This Fishing Trip!

• After a couple of really lean years, speckled trout fishing has exploded across the Louisiana coast, and I

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

Fossilized Finance

• Not only have Canada’s “big five” banks continued to finance the fossil fuel sector since Canada committed

2021 Federal Budget Analysis

• Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our  Alternative

Canadian billionaire wealth up by $78 billion

• There's the super rich and there's the rest of us. The wealth of Canada’s billionaires has

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Times of India

'Getting aggressive calls from powerful people': Serum CEO Adar

Govt working unitedly, rapidly to deal with Covid crisis: PM Modi

Queues for oxygen, for hospital beds and outside crematorium too, thanks to

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

No patient shall be denied hospitalisation, essential drugs for lack of

• The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to formulate within two weeks a national policy on admissions to

Probe ordered into death of 4 Covid patients in Jammu

J&K constitutes crisis management group to tackle Covid-19 spike

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News24 Top Stories

News24.com | SAFA cries foul over media reports linking Benni McCarthy to

• SAFA released a scathing statement on Sunday about the widespread media speculation on whether Benni

News24.com | Lion breeding, bone sales should end in South Africa: Minister

• Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy said South Africa should position itself as

News24.com | King Goodwill Zwelithini’s will to be challenged

• The late King Goodwill Zwelithini’s will is going to be contested in court.

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News24 Voices

News24.com | OPINION | Focus on fighting 'terrorists' ignores real

• Jonathan Whittall writes about his concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado

News24.com | OPINION | Africa’s children are paying for Covid-19 with their

• Smart debt relief is needed in sub-Saharan Africa where 16 of the poorest governments were spending more on

News24.com | FRIDAY BRIEFING | After Ace: Will the ANC make Magashule leave

• Will Ace Magashule step aside or will the party buckle and go for a political solution?

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News24 Africa

News24.com | Nigeria jihadists attack two army bases, 8 killed

• Nigerian jihadists have attacked two army bases in the restive northeast, overrunning one camp and killing

News24.com | Over 600 Europe-bound migrants returned to Libya - navy

• More than 600 migrants hoping to reach Europe from Libya have been stopped since Friday, the navy has said,

News24.com | Nigeria restricts passengers from India, Brazil, Turkey over

• Nigeria will ban entry to non-Nigerian passengers who have been in Brazil, India or Turkey in the last

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• Indian prime minister Modi's ruling party lose crucial state election

  Prime Minister Modi's ruling party lose crucial Indian state election

• Johnson should resign if he broke ministerial code, says Scottish Tory

  The comments came amid signs a string of allegations may be damaging the Tories ahead of Thursday’s

• Thousands flock to pilot music festival in Liverpool

  Sefton Park in Liverpool is hosting the outdoor gig which includes a performance by Blossoms.

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WebMD Health

• Blood Type Might Raise Odds for Certain Health Conditions

  Certain blood types may increase a person's risk of different health problems, a new study suggests.

• Are You Ready for a Post-COVID Dating Tsunami?

  Many singles are emerging from the pandemic equal parts eager and reluctant -- craving intimacy more than

• Will Baby Have Allergies? First Poop Might Tell

  A new study of baby's meconium (what the fetus ingests and excretes while in the womb) may show the

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WhoWhatWhy

• COVID-19 Vaccine Patents Patently Unfair

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Team Biden is divided over a growing push to waive Big Pharma’s patents on

• The Mysterious, Anonymous “Energy Weapon”: Whose Op Is It, Anyway?

  Reading Time: 6 minutes The Defense Department has recently briefed members of Congress on a case of

• Andrew Giuliani Flips Out, but Will Rudy Flip On?

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Rudy Giuliani and his son, Andrew, are defiant now following this week’s FBI

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Science Blog

• Baby Mantis Shrimp Don’t Pull Their Punches

  Mantis shrimp don’t need baby food. They start their life as ferocious predators who know how to throw a

• Spongy Trails

  Sluggishly you sweepacross the sea,ceaselessly stimulatingyour supposed sessilityas you secrete spiky

• How to get salt out of water: Make it self-eject

  About a quarter of a percent of the entire gross domestic product of industrialized countries is estimated

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Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

• 'Trump has never actually been wrong': Supporters of ex-president

  According to a report from the Washington Post, while the GOP leadership is split over pushing Rep. Lynne

• Stephen Miller explains why he's suing 'outrageous' Joe Biden

  Former White House adviser Stephen Miller said on Sunday that he is suing the Biden administration to

• Tim Scott says he realized the 'beauty' of cops after being pulled

  Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Sunday suggested that systemic racism in policing is offset by the "beauty

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Data Breaches Enabling Blackmail, Extortion And Intellectual Property Theft

  Data breaches and cyberattacks are no longer just an online issue as, increasingly, sinister players use

• Trans-Tasman Collaboration Unlocks Genetic Secrets Behind Myrtle Rust

  In a trans-Tasman collaboration, scientists have sequenced the genome of Austropuccinia psidii , the fungus

• Settle In For A Settled Spell

  There is no severe weather on the horizon says MetService. Thanks to a slow-moving high-pressure system in

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Today’s Housing Bubble Commercial Real Estate Bubble Post

  In the years leading up to the 2008 crash I was posting a series called “Today’s Housing Bubble

• Have you been to jail for justice?

  “A song by Anne Feeney dedicated to all activists who have been arrested while they were fighting for

• Senate Dems Are Complicit In These Shootings

  More shootings, nothing happens. Decades of shootings nothing happens. Millions of guns on our streets is

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The Slog

• THE SUNDAY ESSAY: is the Mayflower syndrome eternal?

  Covid19 is the creation of a distractive excuse for ideological economic failure.

• ANALYSIS: how the DNA of internet selling led to our virus/vaccine

  Clinton and Obama begat Biden. Blair and Cameron begat Boris. NOW do you see what it is?

• At the End of the Day

  New Normals, 20/20 hindsight, lying toe-rags, mountains from molehills and pompous ignorance are all things

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Universe Today

• Chinese Company Claims to be Working on a Starship-Like Rocket

  According to a new animation, it appears that China is hoping to build a Starship of its own, one that can

• Instead of Betelgeuse, Keep Your eye on AG Carinae, Another Star That’s

  Astrophotography is one of the most gratifying parts of space exploration, and there’s nothing better at it

• Breakthrough Listen Searched for Signals From Intelligent Civilizations

  If there are aliens out there, they probably aren't in the central region of our galaxy. The post

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Whistleblower Network News

• Colorado AG’s Office Interested in Investigating Whistleblower Allegations

  The Colorado Attorney General’s Office is seeking independent legal services to conduct an investigation

• Irish Nursing Home Whistleblower Files Personal Injuries Case

  A staff member who worked in a nursing home in Dublin, Ireland is “taking a personal injuries case” against

• Defining Moment: Climate Whistleblowing Campaign Off to a Fast Start

  Climate and whistleblowing are defining terms of the 21st century. Both words conjure strong emotions and

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Andy Worthington

• Clinton Advisor Anthony Lake and Close Guantánamo Co-Founder Tom Wilner

  A cross-post, with my own introduction, of a recent op-ed calling on President Biden to close Guantánamo

• A Call to Free Julian Assange on the 10th Anniversary of WikiLeaks’ Release

  Recalling the significance of the release of "The Guantánamo Files" by WikiLeaks, ten years ago

• 24 Senators Send a Letter to President Biden Urging Him to Close Guantánamo

  An important letter from 24 Democratic Senators to President Biden, urging him to close the prison at

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