Over recent years and months, British politics has grown accustomed to aberrance. But when the Grimond Room doors were closed for the final time on… Read More »Week-in-Review: A cornered Boris is a dangerous Boris – Politics.co.uk

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All 15 of the Democrats on a House committee last week boycotted a field hearing on the crisis at our southern border, aptly held in… Read More »Turning Blind Eye to Border, Democrats Boycott Hearings in Texas, Arizona

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Last week, I wrote about the far-right groups… Read More »He took part in a right-wing Florida hospital protest. Now, he is losing his board certification for spreading Covid disinformation.

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What are the U.S. elites & their allies seeking to gain through their diplomacy-free policy toward China, Russia and their allies? What is the ultimate… Read More »WILL THE WESTERN POWERS DESTROY ALL HOPE OF A PEACEFUL, MULTIPOLAR WORLD?

Image source, PA Media Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to be questioned by MPs over allegations he may have misled Parliament about Covid rule-breaking… Read More »Partygate: A timeline of the lockdown parties

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The rise of high-profile, right-wing women in politics and positions of power isn’t translating into substantive representation of women’s concerns. Quite the opposite in fact.… Read More »If you think the Tories have found their feminism mojo, think again!