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The murder of Alex Pretti has been replayed on social media over and over again in the past week. It is part of a fascist strategy or normalising state violence.
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Mark Carney tells a truth most global leaders refuse to acknowledge
In a recent speech to the World Economic Forum, Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney revealed an uncomfortable truth about liberalism and the global…
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Albanese's hate-speech legislation is dangerous. It cannot be fixed.
Stamping out hate-speech is a laudable goal. Yet, we can't achieve this with more legislation and police powers.
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With Venezuela Trump hasn't breached the global rules-based order. Because it never really existed.
In undertaking a coup in Venezuela Donald Trump is following a long tradition of U.S. foreign policy. The only major difference is that he is more…
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Conservatives are gearing up to defend Trump's links with Epstein. It's going to get really gross.
In a recent podcast episode Megyn Kelly foreshadowed a disgusting potential defense of Donald Trump's links with Epstein by claiming it's not actually…
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Why do centrists hate the far-left even more than the far-right?
In his recent mayoral victory Zohran Mamdani faced almost universal opposition, with institutional Democrats even lining up with the far-right to try…
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In making the destruction of the White House a top priority Democrats have shown how out-of-touch they are with modern politics
In focusing their energies on Donald Trump's destruction of the White House, mainstream democrats have shown they care more about the symbols of…
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Abundance Gets It Wrong
Abundance, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson sounds progressive but instead delivers repackaged trickle-down economics, blaming NIMBYs while ignoring…
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