Austerity Is Still A Political Choice By Grace Blakely, Tribune Magazine. November 30, 2020 Austerity Is Still A Political Choice2020-11-302020-11-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/demonstrators-getty-e1606702692999.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Getty images. Britain has not ‘maxed out’ its credit card, but it does have a government that wants working people to pay the cost of the pandemic crisis. That’s what the new austerity measures are really about. When Rishi Sunak delivered the spending review earlier this week, the coverage focused predictably on levels of government borrowing. With GDP set to contract by more than 11% in 2020 – the largest fall in three centuries – and unemployment expected to […]
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Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins, left, faces a tough challenge from Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption toggle caption Robert F. Bukaty/AP Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins, left, faces a tough challenge from Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon. Robert F. Bukaty/AP One of this November’s closest and highest-profile U.S. Senate races could turn on a unique way of voting in the state of Maine. There, Republican incumbent Susan Collins is defending her seat against Democratic state House Speaker Sara Gideon, as well as two independents. Polls show a close contest between Collins, who’s seeking her […]
Lael Brainard, who has been involved with the Fed’s efforts to research a digital dollar, is seen as an ideal choice, Bloomberg sources said. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0f/1079887049_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_1949e0995d192e6cdee268a40829b406.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/viral/202009161080474991-kanye-west-says-slavery-is-a-choice-reveals-yeezy-christian-academys-pillars-in-a-twitter-rant/ The rapper’s mention of slavery appeared to echo a similar remark he delivered during an interview two years ago. Famous American rapper Kanye West has recently dazzled his social media audience with a fresh Twitter tirade, delivering it amid what the Daily Mail describes as a “feud with music labels Universal and Sony”. Musing about the “master ownership” being “everything” in the “streaming world”, as “that is the bulk of the income”, Ye then proceeded to drop a peculiar remark in a subsequent tweet. “Remember they cut our tongues when we were on the […]
President Trump will give his Republican renomination acceptance speech outside of the White House on Thursday night. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images President Trump will give his Republican renomination acceptance speech outside of the White House on Thursday night. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images After the Democrats wrapped up their glitch-free virtual convention, now it’s Republicans’ turn. The four-day event, taking place amid the coronavirus pandemic and as tropical storm systems — yes, two — are set to hit the Gulf Coast, begins Monday morning with a roll call and official renomination […]
The 2020 Democratic National Convention kicked off on Monday, predominantly in an online format due to the coronavirus pandemic and is set to nominate former US Vice President Joe Biden alongside his running mate in the November elections, Kamala Harris. “Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria is one of four celebrities moderating the event. The choice of actress Eva Longoria as emcee for day one of the National Democratic Convention that kicked off on Monday evening, and slated to formally nominate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris, has ruffled more than a few feathers on social media. […]
Thirty-six years after Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman named to a major party ticket, we have a chance as a country to get it right, not just the outcome but the process itself. California Senator Kamala Harris is not a surprise out-of-the-box pick like Ferraro, a congresswoman from Queens. And there’s no expectation that it’s all on her—the way it was for Ferraro—to shake up the campaign and bring Joe Biden across the finish line. The former vice president is doing fine in the polls, thank you. Harris is an added benefit, not the Hail Mary pass Ferraro was when […]
This creepy video of Bill Gates is making the rounds again today. Bill Gates told The Financial Times, “You don’t have a choice… Normalcy only returns when we largely vaccinate the entire population.” Advertisement – story continues below For the coronavirus flu. Bill Gates says getting VAXXed is NOT your choice. pic.twitter.com/T3rImfiNFY — Bruce Adams (@agvBruceAdams) August 2, 2020 TRENDING: Federal Government and Yale Are Holding Clinical Trials on How Best to ‘Persuade’ Americans to Take COVID-19 Vaccines Notice: Bill Gates is using a technique from the government-Yale study on persuading Americans to get his vaccination. Advertisement – story continues below […]
Chris Hedges: America Faces A Historic Choice — “Ugly Corporate Tyranny” Or Revolution By Chauncey Devega, Salon. July 16, 2020 Chris Hedges: America Faces A Historic Choice — “Ugly Corporate Tyranny” Or Revolution2020-07-162020-07-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/salon-e1594946136186.png200px200px Above photo: Police confront demonstrators as Black Lives Matter supporters demonstrate | Protesters hold their fists in the air during the protest against racism following the Black Lives Matter movement. John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency/Ying Tang/NurPhoto/Getty Images. These are “the good times,” says Hedges, compared to what may lie ahead. But there’s real hope in the streets. Time is broken in Donald Trump’s America. Minutes feel like hours, hours feel like days. […]
After Valentina Sampaio became the first transgender model to appear on a Sports Illustrated cover the internet exploded with mixed reactions, some of which didn’t approve the magazine’s choice. Sports Illustrated has continued its policy of promoting inclusivity and diversity by inviting models representing different social and ethnic groups. READ MORE: ‘We aren’t backing down’: New US ruling says letting transgender girls compete in high school sports IS a breach of civil rights Overturning widespread modeling stereotypes, the magazine featured plus-size model Ashley Graham in 2016 and invited Somali-American model Halima Aden to pose in a hijab and burkini for the cover in 2019. […]
This drives the communists nuts.Hundreds of Floridians marched in Sanford, Florida on Wednesday against the facemask laws. Florida is having a surge in coronavirus cases as more younger people are being tested.Most people who get the virus show minor symptoms. Many do not even know they had it. Advertisement – story continues below In fact deaths in Florida from the coronavirus remain constant. RIGHT NOW: Dozens are marching in Sanford chanting “My body. My choice.” They are protesting after a mask order went into place in Seminole County today. pic.twitter.com/kMT7EebDKN — Stephanie Buffamonte (@StephBuffamonte) July 1, 2020 TRENDING: Woke Harvard Senior […]
Health Is A Political Choice June 11, 2020 Health Is A Political Choice2020-06-112020-06-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/01_d29-e1591885359717.jpg200px200px Above photo: 8 May 2020: As part of South Africa’s community screening and testing programme, a Khayelitsha Eastern community team tests farm workers in Faure, where a number of positive cases were discovered. A health worker signals what the minimum social distance should be. Barry Christianson / New Frame In the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), Article 25 offers an expanded vision of what it could mean to be a human being. Human beings, it notes, have ‘the right to a standard of living adequate for [their] health and […]
Back in July 2019 Democrat thought leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the host on Ebro in the Morning that marginalized communities have “no choice but to riot.” Advertisement – story continues below AOC is the loudest voice in the Democrat Party today.And she was excusing mass violence just last year. So it should be no surprise when the leftists took to the streets across America last week to riot and loot. This is outrageous#AOC –Marginalized communities in US “have no choice but to riot” She is legitimizing & inciting the violence that the Left has already begun She now owns this […]
If Beijing imposes its new national security law in Hong Kong, Britain will extend a path to citizenship to almost three million eligible residents of the city, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged. There are some 350,000 people living in Hong Kong who currently hold British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) passports, while some 2.5 million are eligible to get one. The document grants effective permanent residency and the right to work to its holders and “could place them on a route to citizenship,” if China delivers on its plan and ramps up security in the autonomous city, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
Sport 09:59 GMT 01.06.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107948/46/1079484681_0:198:2726:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_5243b23c135e2fa41305e95fcfa8d6c3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202006011079484826-khabib-reveals-his-choice-for-mmas-two-biggest-powers/ In late May, Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagamedov sarcastically named the greatest UFC fighter in the history of Twitter – his nemesis, Irishman Conor McGregor. The UFC lightweight champion of Dagestani origin has turned to Twitter to name MMA’s two biggest powers. To no surprise, they are UFC President Dana White, who signed the Russian fighter in late 2011, and his manager, Ali Abdelaziz. Among other UFC stars, Abdelaziz is also the manager of Justin Gaethje, who will meet with Khabib in the octagon for the undisputed UFC lightweight title following […]
With US President Donald Trump preparing to square off with presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 race, Americans might as well be choosing between Orwell and Huxley, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters told RT. Though the current US president is a “failed landlord” who somehow managed to become “the most powerful man in the western world,” Biden, his likely rival, does not present a better option, Waters said in an interview with Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador who now hosts a show on RT Spanish. “There’s no choice to be made by the American people, this is […]