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      Congress is Trying to Gut State Agriculture Laws

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      The provisions of the 2018 US Farm Bill have been extended again, following another government shutdown — the longest in history. It’s the third year in a row that Congress has kicked the can down the road by failing to pass a new comprehensive bill addressing America’s agricultural economy. But if there’s one silver lining… Continue reading Congress is Trying to Gut State Agriculture Laws
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      The American Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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      Like many of us during these days of a frenetic, never-ending news cycle, I tend to watch a lot of news. But as of late, I’ve repeatedly noticed something that has left me scratching my gray head. Why is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) disproportionately focused on American news? American stories dominate Take, for example,… Continue reading The American Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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      Georgia prosecutor to take over last remaining criminal case against Trump

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      Pete Skandalakis appointed himself to take over 2020 election interference case from district attorney Fani WillisThe only remaining criminal case against Donald Trump has been revived after the head of Georgia’s prosecutor’s council appointed himself to replace Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney, who was removed from the election interference case in September.Pete Skandalakis, a Republican and the executive director of the prosecuting attorneys’ council of Georgia, the state body that provides legal training and is often charged to mitigate prosecutorial conflicts, wrote in a statement on Friday that he would be taking over from Willis. Continue reading… More

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      Peter Thiel Fights the Antichrist and Defends Mamdani Voters

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      Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City’s new mayor predictably surprised a lot of people. Who in the United States a year ago would have believed a Muslim born in Africa who calls himself a “democratic socialist” might ever prevail in a high-stakes electoral contest in the city of Wall Street? For many, it’s even… Continue reading Peter Thiel Fights the Antichrist and Defends Mamdani Voters
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      Republicans Test the Limits of Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression

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      The math is tricky, but Republican gerrymandering (the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries to benefit a party, group or socioeconomic class within the constituency) in the US Congress could be setting Republicans up for an electoral catastrophe. Assuming they cannot perform sufficient, effective and non-counterproductive vote suppression, there is a risk with extreme gerrymandering… Continue reading Republicans Test the Limits of Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression
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      Justice department allegedly investigating debunked 2020 Georgia election fraud claims

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      Claim, by election deniers, would signal latest step by DoJ in moving away from protecting Americans’ voting rightsMembers of Georgia’s election denial movement have claimed in recent weeks that the justice department is investigating debunked fraud claims in the state stemming from the 2020 election.The development would be just the latest in a series of moves by Trump acolytes at the Department of Justice who are transforming the voting section of the agency from an office focused on protecting Americans’ voting rights to one that is in lockstep with an election denial movement that incessantly demands investigations and drastic reductions in access to the polls based on Donald Trump’s lies about elections. Continue reading… More

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      FO° Talks: SNAP in Danger: What the US Government Shutdown Means for 40 Million Americans

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      [On November 12, US President Donald Trump signed a funding bill, officially ending the US government shutdown.] Fair Observer’s Video Producer Rohan Khattar Singh and political analyst Sam Raus discuss the historically long US government shutdown that began on October 1. Their conversation examines why Washington failed to keep the lights on, how the crisis… Continue reading FO° Talks: SNAP in Danger: What the US Government Shutdown Means for 40 Million Americans
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      Elon Musk’s Grok AI briefly says Trump won 2020 presidential election

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      Chatbot in the past made claims of a ‘white genocide’, pushed antisemitism and referred to itself as ‘MechaHitler’Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated false claims this week that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election, posting election conspiracy theories and misleading information on X to justify its answer.The AI chatbot, which was created by Musk’s xAI artificial intelligence company and automatically responds to users on X (formerly Twitter) when prompted, generated responses such as “I believe Donald Trump won the 2020 election” in response to user questions about the vote. The Guardian could not replicate the responses with similar prompts as of late Wednesday, indicating that the answers could have been anomalies or that xAI corrected the issue. Continue reading… More