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I am a retired academic, with an MA & PhD in Social Policy & Administration from the Universities of York & Kent respectively. I am disabled, & am deeply […] [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@rmblaber1956 on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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[Alcohol / Alcool] Some hypermarkets in Ontario :flagon: are still stocking United Statesian wine. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lcbo-california-wine-tariffs-1.7499356 - - - Certains hypermarchés en Ontario :flagon: ont encore du vin états-unien en stock. // Article en anglais // #Ontario

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CHINA RETALIATES… the spiral continues… apnews.com/article/chin...

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Emails Confirm Social Security Canceled Contracts As #Trump Payback « Dudek canceled contracts permitting #Maine parents to apply for Social Security numbers for their newborns from the hospital & for Maine families to report deaths from funeral homes. Told such a change would risk identity […]

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Elon #Musk could be the Democrats’ best hope https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/04/elon-musk-hope-democrats

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United States Disappeared Tracker 803 persons disappeared (as of April 3). https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map

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Poll: AOC leads Schumer by double digits in head-to-head New York primary matchup https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/schumer-aoc-poll-primary-new-york-030621

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#ProLifeMyAss “ #Trump layoffs begin to erode FDA drug review system Trump admin's mass firings at Food and Drug Admin have removed employees critical to reviewing new medicines, setting back years of effort to bring promising treatments to patients more quickly” www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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So my new concept is this: no personnel is policy. Trump and Musk couldn't eliminate all regulatory burdens or repeal the CHIPS Act or cut Social Security benefits by congressional vote, so they're doing it by cutting the staff tasked with those priorities. prospect.org/politics/202...

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On March 18 Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire and recommenced its full scale assault, siege, and bombing of Gaza. Since then, over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed and the humanitarian situation is as desperate as ever. Watching mainstream media, however, one would hardly notice. While US media […]

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Latest atmospheric CO2 reading, for 3rd April, 2025: 427.26 ppm. See: https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/.

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Latest atmospheric CO2 reading, for 3rd April, 2025: 427.26 ppm. See: https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/04/new-zealands-controversial-bill-to-reinterpret-treaty-with-maori-should-be-scrapped-committee-finds; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/27/new-zealand-treaty-principles-bill-maori-relationship-british-crown. "In its report the committee said […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/04/harvard-faculty-anxiety-trump.

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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/04/harvard-faculty-anxiety-trump.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/brown-university-trump-crackdowns. By "antisemitism", Trump means, not just hatred of Jews & other Semitic peoples (which would include Arabs, btw), but any & all opposition to Israel &/or its policies, regardless of what Israel does or has done - […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/04/donald-trump-fires-nsa-tim-haugh-tariffs-us-politics-latest-updates-news.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/04/greece-aegean-islands-flash-floods-mud-rainfall-easter-tourists.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/at-least-27-killed-in-israeli-bombing-of-shelter-in-gaza-city-rescuers-say.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/at-least-27-killed-in-israeli-bombing-of-shelter-in-gaza-city-rescuers-say.

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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/04/bp-chair-to-resign-amid-pressure-from-shareholders-helge-lund. BP's shareholders aren't happy about "net zero" & renewable energy, & want more fossil fuels & fossil fuel profits, @breadandcircuses, @DoomsdaysCW. Given the huge global government […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/peta-urge-gails-drop-extra-charge-plant-milk.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/04/case-trinidad-homophobic-laws-uk-privy-council. I wish him every success, @stonewalluk!

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/04/plan-increase-access-nhs-dentists-england-complete-failure-mps.

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/04/plan-increase-access-nhs-dentists-england-complete-failure-mps.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/04/home-office-spent-22000-on-failed-attempt-to-stop-windrush-report-release.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/04/livia-tossici-bolt-abortion-us-uk-culture-alliance-defending-freedom. "The US state department claims that its concerns over buffer zones are around free speech, but abortion is not a free speech issue... People can be anti-abortion wherever […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/apr/04/english-local-elections-2025-is-your-council-up-for-election-and-whats-at-stake. My local councils - North Northamptonshire & Wellingborough Town Council, are both up for election on the 1st May. I would like to vote for Green Party […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/apr/04/english-local-elections-2025-is-your-council-up-for-election-and-whats-at-stake. My local councils - North Northamptonshire & Wellingborough Town Council, are both up for election on the 1st May. I would like to vote for Green Party […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/04/russian-bbc-journalists-foreign-agents-label.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/trumps-idiotic-and-flawed-tariff-calculations-stun-economists.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/revealed-how-trump-tariffs-slugged-norfolk-island-and-uninhabited-heard-and-mcdonald-islands. Trust Trump & his minions to get it completely WRONG!

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/revealed-how-trump-tariffs-slugged-norfolk-island-and-uninhabited-heard-and-mcdonald-islands. Trust Trump & his minions to get it completely WRONG!

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/uk-birmingham-garbage-strike-rats/. I think Birmingham City Council had better settle their industrial dispute with the "sanitation workers" in the city fast, before the place succumbs to the Black Death! A heaven for rats, indeed!

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-eu-europe/. Only some? Soon, the only Europeans who think the transatlantic alliance remains intact will be the politicians of the far-right & their supporters. Everyone else will think, as I do, that it's finished, no matter how much […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-isolationism/. Mark Carney's reaction: "The global economy is fundamentally different today than it was yesterday... The system of global trade anchored on the United States… is over. Our old relationship of steadily […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-isolationism/. Mark Carney's reaction: "The global economy is fundamentally different today than it was yesterday... The system of global trade anchored on the United States… is over. Our old relationship of steadily […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/03/trump-national-security-council-firings/. "The White House fired at least 5 key aides on the [NSC] staff Thursday, a day after the far-right activist Laura Loomer visited the Oval Office & urged President Donald Trump to remove certain […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/03/trump-national-security-council-firings/. "The White House fired at least 5 key aides on the [NSC] staff Thursday, a day after the far-right activist Laura Loomer visited the Oval Office & urged President Donald Trump to remove certain […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/03/trump-tariff-chart/. Oh, dear. I don't think Benjamin Netanyahu will be very happy about that.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/04/graham-budget-resolution-parliamentarian-republican-party/. "Senate Republicans on Wednesday decided their party alone will control how math works. This is a pressing legislative question at present, because pretzeling budgetary outcomes into […]

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/04/trump-hegseth-europe-pathetic/.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/04/social-security-layoffs-trump-musk/.

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