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Owen Smith: stay in customs union to avoid Irish hard border | Politics | The Guardian - 0 views

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owen smith politics US

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  • Owen Smith, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, has waded into the row about Labour’s Brexit stance, warning the return of border posts in Northern Ireland will be unavoidable without the UK “effectively retaining membership of the single market and the customs union”
  • Asked about Labour’s policy, he said: “The position we’ve got at the moment is very clear, which is that we’ve got to stay in for the transitional period
  • “It is incredibly important for the peace process that we do not have, cannot countenance, a hard border on the island of Ireland,” he said
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Leftwingers set to sweep Labour NEC election in boost for Corbyn | Politics | The Guardian - 0 views

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election politics US

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  • Jeremy Corbyn is expected to bolster his dominance of Labour’s key decision-making body on Monday with the election of three leftwing candidates, paving the way for party changes that may include the reselection of MPs.
  • The balance of the NEC has been in Corbyn’s favour since the unexpectedly positive result in last June’s election but the changes should give him a large majority on the body
  • “They are in the strongest position possible if they go out and engage with members regularly. They can sign up people who support them. Often the agitators are only a handful of individuals.”
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The 'genius' of Trump: What the president means when he touts his smarts - The Washingt... - 0 views

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genius trump president US politics

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  • The genius in the White House has always believed that what makes him special is his ability to get things done without going through the steps others must take.
  • From his earliest days in the real estate business, Trump boasted frequently about being smart, said Barbara Res, who was Trump’s top construction executive when he built Trump Tower on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in the 1980s.
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The false alarm in Hawaii revealed an abdication of leadership by Trump - The Washingto... - 0 views

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alarm hawaii US

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  • 90 minutes earlier, a warning had gone out over the state’s emergency alert system: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL”
  • Over the ensuing hours, a number of people have relayed their experience after receiving the incorrect message. Near panic. Comforting children while worrying about loved ones. Confusion and uncertainty from officials
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American Politics Is Swamped With 'Bad Faith' Actors - The New York Times - 0 views

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american politics US faith

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  • The biggest political contests of 2017 were defined by their asymmetries: in funding, in ideology and, most viscerally, in strategy
  • The month before he lost his state’s special Senate election, the Alabama theocrat Roy Moore was accused by multiple women of extensive sexual misconduct
  • To many, “bad faith” is the phrase that seems to capture our entire moment, in all its mendacity and duplicitousness and engineered confusion
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Training Early for Post-Putin Politics - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • Vladimir V. Putin is so used to presidential elections that he almost forgot to announce his candidacy for the next one. On Dec. 6, he finally confirmed that he would run for a fourth term on March 18 — incidentally, the fourth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
  • Among pollsters, “apathy” is the word that best describes voter sentiment.
  • While experts speculate on what kind of successor President Putin might groom or on which group might take over in the unavoidable infighting after he leaves, others see an opening in this “fin de règne.”
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Have They No Sense of Decency? - The Atlantic - 0 views

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  • If only two of those senators would stand up against Donald Trump, with their votes rather than just their tweets or concerned statements, they would constitute an effective majority.
  • If any of these two, or some other pair from the thirty-plus remaining Republicans, decided to take a stand, they would not change everything about  this perilous moment in politics. But they would do something, about the open secret of a destructive presidency that nearly all of their colleagues are aware of and virtually none is doing anything about.
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A Romney Who Is Unfailingly Loyal to Trump - The New York Times - 0 views

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politics US trump Romney

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  • This was not lost on Mr. Trump when he picked Ronna McDaniel to be the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee. Neither was the fact that her father is Mitt Romney’s oldest brother, and that bringing her into the fold would put an exclamation point on his sublimation of the establishment wing of the party.
  • Ms. McDaniel has tried to leave little doubt about where her loyalty lies.
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DACA Negotiations With Trump Caught Up in Politics | Fortune - 0 views

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  • Republicans and Democrats are set to meet with President Donald Trump on Tuesday about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, the program that allows immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to work and live without fear of deportation.
  • Their bill provides a way to enact DACA through legislation instead of as an Obama Administration order that Trump declined to renew in September, giving DACA its current March end date.
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#MeToo Movement: Meaning Must Go Beyond Identity Politics | National Review - 0 views

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politics identity US

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  • Obviously inspired by the #MeToo movement, the #Resistance, and the Women’s March, this sentiment illustrates what’s wrong with identity politics. Is it really the case that membership in any of these groups renders a person more qualified for public office?
  • Social movements go awry the instant they move from justice to identity politics. Movements like #MeToo are immensely valuable when they can lead to awareness and — crucially — accountability for the individuals who commit legal and moral wrongs
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UK government's Brexit impact assessment 'shameful' says Sturgeon | Politics | The Guar... - 0 views

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  • Nicola Sturgeon has described as “shameful” Westminster’s failure to consider the impact of Brexit on the economy, as her own government prepares to publish a “clear-eyed, hard-headed” analysis of potential outcomes of leaving the EU.
  • Sturgeon continued to put pressure on the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to join the SNP in coalition against a hard Brexit
  • The leader of the SNP at Westminster, Ian Blackford, invited opposition leaders from across the Commons to a new year summit last Tuesday to coordinate cross-party efforts to limit the “catastrophic damage” of a hard Brexit, but Corbyn did not attend.
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The one-year-old Trump presidency - American politics - 0 views

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politics US trump

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  • ALMOST one year into Donald Trump’s presidency, you have to pinch yourself to make sense of it all
  • Despite his grenade-throwing campaign, Mr Trump has not carried out his worst threats. As a candidate he spoke about slapping 45% tariffs on all Chinese goods and rewriting or ditching the North American Free-Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico
  • His opportunism and lack of principle, while shameful, may yet mean that he is more open to deals than most of his predecessors.
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Pakistan's internal politics may worsen problems | The Daily Star - 0 views

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politics pakistan policy

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  • Self-serving Pakistani politics threaten to aggravate the country's myriad problems that have strained its relations with the United States and could heighten tension in the restless, key geo-strategic region of Balochistan
  • The Trump administration said last week that it was cutting almost all security aid to Pakistan believed to total more than USD 1 billion until it deals with militant networks operating on its soil.
  • Associates of Saeed said that their participation in this summer's election was in part designed to prevent the PMN-L from returning to office
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Texas teacher groups forging into politics but is activity legal? - 0 views

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  • Incensed by lawmakers’ recent attempts to divert state money from public education and curtail the power of employee unions, public school teachers could prove to be a formidable force in upcoming Texas elections.
  • The efforts haven’t gone unnoticed by conservative groups and lawmakers, who have questioned the legality of tactics used by one of the groups, Texas Educators Vote, and participating school districts including Austin, Eanes, Del Valle and Pflugerville
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President Trump is playing politics with the 2020 Census. It could backfire. - The Wash... - 0 views

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politics US trump policy census

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  • The 2020 Census is set to take place at a time of political turmoil, when Americans are experiencing a crisis in confidence in federal institutions. Unfortunately, the census is likely to exacerbate that crisis, because the Trump administration has enlisted it in the work of maintaining Republican political control.
  • An accurate count of the American people is the foundation of much of our politics: Everything from the allocation of congressional seats to billions of dollars in federal funds is determined by how many heads are counted and where
  • The Trump administration’s attempt to game the census by adding a last-minute question about citizenship to the questionnaire may have the intended effect of intimidating immigrants who would otherwise turn out to be counted
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Rep. Liz Pike announces retirement from politics | The Columbian - 0 views

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politics US liz pike rep retirement

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  • Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, announced late Friday evening she is withdrawing from the race for Clark County council chair.
  • She said after her 58th birthday she “realized I want to spend more time with the people I love,” according to her post. “I’ve been truly blessed with the best friends and family a girl could ever have.”
  • Clark County Republican Party Chair David Gellatly said he wishes her the best of luck but is not surprised to hear Pike’s announcement.
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We shouldn't allow politics to impede disaster relief | TheHill - 0 views

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politics US disaster relief

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  • Communities across the country are grappling with a new paradigm for both intensity and recovery from weather activity. Yet even as the storms change, the politics around disaster recovery remain entirely predictable.
  • As evidence of this issue, look no further than the recent letter penned by California Governor Jerry Brown to President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE asking for federal funds to help those affected by recent wildfires
  • Instead of engaging in familiar yet predictable rhetoric, it’s time for lawmakers to take a hard look at the current system and ensure response capabilities match the new weather reality.
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US immigration to resume requests under Dreamers scheme | US news | The Guardian - 0 views

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politics US Obama immigration

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  • US immigration authorities will resume accepting requests under the so-called Dreamers scheme that shields young people brought to the country illegally from deportation
  • Former president Barack Obama enacted Daca to keep the undocumented immigrants, known as dreamers, from being deported. 
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North Carolina's 'partisan gerrymander' could prompt supreme court action | US news | T... - 0 views

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  • The last time North Carolina Republicans redrew the state’s 13 congressional districts, they made absolutely no secret of their ambition to rig the system and lock in a 10-3 balance in their favour – regardless of whether they or the Democrats won a majority of the votes in future elections.
  • The court ordered the legislature to come up with new, fairer maps within two weeks and said if they did not, a court-appointed expert would redraw the maps for them.
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Trump calls Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff 'mentally deranged' | US news | The Guar... - 0 views

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trump US author

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  • Donald Trump on Saturday called Michael Wolff, the writer of a bestselling book about his White House, “a mentally deranged author” who “knowingly writes false information”
  • Wolff has said he conducted more than 200 interviews and stands by all his sourcing and reporting. News outlets have pointed to inconsistencies in Fire and Fury and in past work
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