politics
Tehran's Corruption Has Put the City on the Brink of Catastrophe
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/26/tehran-iran-water-quakes/
Moving the capital is an old idea and a perennial nonstarter.
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Who deserves a state funeral less? Lawsie or Richo?
https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/who-deserves-a-state-funeral-less
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, by Omar El Akkad
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777485/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-by-omar-el-akkad/
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Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/22/elon-musk-discovers-what-hierarchy-actually-means/
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What happens when Chinese resolve meets American rent-seeking?
https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/what-happens-when-chinese-resolve
How Movements Win
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/how-movements-win/
On the importance of a strong inside strategy.
Added 1 month ago
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires-are-hoarding-power-not-money/
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
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I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/palestinian-foreigners-protests-campus-ai-ice-trump-us-migrant
I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson
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Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/#
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
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The senator, the ex-PM and the lobby group: Price’s crusade to remake the Liberals
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-senator-the-ex-pm-and-the-lobby-group-price-s-crusade-to-remake-the-liberals-20250911-p5mueu.html
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When is a tent too big?
https://publiccomment.blog/p/when-is-a-tent-too-big
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