AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into World CitizenAvatarAvatar15 hours agoUS journalist marks a year in a Russian prison as courts keep extending his time behind barsAssociated Press - By EMMA BURROWSFor Evan Gershkovich, the dozen appearances in Moscow’s courts over the past year have fallen into a pattern. Guards take the American journalist from the notorious Lefortovo Prison in a van for the short drive to the courthouse. He’s led in handcuffs to a defendants’ cage in front of a judge for …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar10 hours agoVideo New ‘squatter’ law signed in Florida as issue runs rampant nationwideABC NewsA Florida property owner tells her story about two women who allegedly squatted in one of her homes. Her ordeal is part of a rampant squatter crisis …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar19 hours agoTrump Spreads Apparent Hoax in Attacking Judge’s Daughterverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jesse McKinleyDonald Trump said a photo of him behind bars on Loren Merchan’s X account meant he could not get a fair trial, but a court official said someone had appropriated the account. It was an explosive claim from Donald J. Trump, just weeks before his Manhattan criminal trial is set to begin: He assailed …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar1 day agoChicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problemverified_publisherVox - Li ZhouThey point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy. Chicago’s decision to move forward with a controversial migrant eviction proposal is underscoring ongoing gaps in immigration policy that continue to exist across the country — and the inhumane quick fixes that are being used in the …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar1 day agoTrump’s tariff plan would cost families $1,500 a year, Democratic group findsSemafor - Joseph Zeballos-RoigThe Scoop Former President Donald Trump’s idea to implement a 10% tariff on all imported goods would spike prices by as much as $1,500 annually for …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into World CitizenAvatarAvatar1 day agoChina faces US$50 billion shortfall in Southeast Asia as belt and road funds miss their markverified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Kandy WongA sizeable sum of infrastructure funding China has allocated to Southeast Asia has gone unfulfilled thanks to political instability in recipient …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar1 day agoMAGA Isolationists, in Their Own WordsThe Bulwark - Tamar JacobyTruth Social is an incubator of paranoid conspiracy theories about Ukraine. I’D BEEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND the rationale for months: Why is MAGA …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoFarmers should beware a second Trump terminvestigatemidwest.org - Dave Dickey, ColumnistIn his 1905 tome, “The Life of Reason,” philosopher George Santayana wrote:“Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into World CitizenAvatarAvatar1 day agoBenjamin Netanyahu Is Israel’s Worst Prime Minister Eververified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Anshel PfefferOne man’s ambition has undermined Israel’s security and consumed its politics. If Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted defeat in June 2021, finally yielding the stage to a coalition of his opponents, he could have retired at the age of 71 with a decent claim to having been one of Israel’s more successful …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar1 day ago'A lifelong crook': Columnist takes a hatchet to GOP claims of Trump victimizationRaw Story - Brad ReedNew York Magazine columnist Jonathan Chait is taking a hatchet to claims by many Republicans that former President Donald Trump is a victim of …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent AvatarAvatar21 hours agoJudge rules John Eastman should be disbarred over efforts to overturn 2020 electionThe Hill - Ella Lee, Zach SchonfeldA California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 …
AvatarA Henry Stokesflipped into Independent FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoInside the Historic Suit That the Gun Industry and Republicans Are on the Verge of Killingpropublica.org - Vernal ColemanFor 25 years, gunmakers have repeatedly tried to end one city’s lawsuit over illegal gun sales. Meanwhile, illicit purchases of firearms continued at …