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Archives: December 2024

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Keir Starmer played the China card in Rio – and sent a message to a hawkish Donald Trump

The PM and other western leaders are cosying up to Beijing. If the president-elect imposes punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, he will give Xi the upper hand

The Guardian - UK

Kamala Harris had a whirlwind 107-day campaign. What’s next for her?

Vice-president’s next move could involve California politics, a re-run for 2028 or a thinktank, among others

The Guardian - US

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What is impoundment? How Trump wants to circumvent Congress and slash spending

Trump has promised to drastically slash federal spending by using Elon Musk as an adviser to a new committee and possibly by impoundment

The Independent UK

Abolish the EPA

Climate change is a serious environmental concern, but it is not clear how the EPA helps.

Reason

Trump, Xi and Putin: a dysfunctional love triangle with stakes of global significance

Reports of a phone call between the US president-elect, Donald Trump, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin (although quickly denied by the Kremlin) have given a first flavour of the tone and direction of their relationship in the immediate future. According to the Washington Post, Trump spoke with Putin on…

The Conversation

Federal Judge Rescinds Decision to Take Senior Status

Donald Trump will have at least one less federal district court vacancy to fill.

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Trump and the imperial presidency

Presidential powers have expanded dramatically throughout American history. Now we've handed them back to him

Salon

Former First Lady Pat Nixon Predicted Trump's Presidential Win

Former First Lady Pat Nixon predicted Trump's presidential win based on his 1987 TV appearance, as revealed in a letter from Richard Nixon.

Top News

After Losing The Election, Kamala Harris Will Have To Certify Donald Trump's Victory on Jan. 6

Trump's victory will be made official on Jan. 6 by Harris, the Senate's President, on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol insurrection he inspired.

Latin Times

Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828

As the nation prepares for a second Donald Trump presidency, some history-minded people may seek understanding in the idea that it wasn’t until Richard Nixon’s second presidential term that the serious consequences arrived.

The Conversation

Voices: If the world’s biggest chancer – Nigel Farage – is warning Trump to go gracefully, we know he’s in trouble

COMMENT: For all his faults, the Reform UK leader has offered some sage advice to Trump, writes Sean O’Grady. But only time will tell if his ‘friend’ will listen

The Independent UK

Donald Trump thinks he should influence Fed rates—here's what history and the law say

“It could be used to boost up the legacy of one president, only to destroy the economy in the future,” said Jamie Cox, managing partner at Harris Financial Group.

Fortune

‘There are images no leader ever wants to be seen’: 33 pivotal US presidential moments captured on camera

From the intimate to the infamous, these pictures of US commanders-in-chief (and a few also-rans) capture moments of tragedy and hope at the heart of the White House

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Newspaper Endorsements Die in Daylight

More than presidential politics or #AnticipatoryObedience, economics is to blame (or thank) for the long, slow death of a publishing anachronism.

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Vice President Harris Declines To Discuss Pardoning Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris avoids commenting on potentially pardoning former President Donald Trump if elected, focusing on the upcoming election and the...

The Conversation

Donald Trump and Peter Dutton have both embraced populism. Are working-class voters buying it?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has often been accused of copying former US President Donald Trump’s tactics. Some analysts even refer to Dutton, like Trump, as a “populist” who seeks political gain by pitting ordinary citizens against corrupt “elites”.

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The Guardian - US

Bob Woodward’s new book War is a sober but alarming must-read

Watergate reporter says Trump is far worse than Nixon and ‘most reckless and impulsive president in American history’

The Guardian - UK

Robert Coover obituary

One of the leading lights of US postmodern fiction best known for his 1969 short story The Babysitter and The Public Burning

The Guardian - UK

‘An incredible echo of today’: Kevin Macdonald on his film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono

The director speaks about his documentary exploring the couple’s life after moving to New York in 1971

Tom’s Guide

I tried Apple Intelligence to improve my writing — here’s what happened

How good is Writing Tools at improving your tone?

Salon

How John and Yoko radicalized daytime TV

Erik Nelson's documentary shows how John Lennon and Yoko Ono transformed daytime TV into a platform for change

France 24

Kremlin denies report of Trump, Putin private phone call after Ukraine invasion

Former US president Donald Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Vladimir Putin in 2020 when he was in the White House and spoke multiple times to the Russian president after leaving office, an explosive new book by US journalist Bob Woodward reveals. The Kremlin on Wednesday denied reports in the…

Al Jazeera

New book claims Trump spoke seven times to Putin since leaving White House

Reporter Bob Woodward’s new book alleges Trump kept close ties with Putin. Trump’s team has called Woodward ‘deranged’.

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