6 hours ago Trump’s inauguration will be held on MLK Day. His daughter Bernice King is glad

Civil rights leaders are worried Trump’s administration could roll back the rights of US residents

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6 hours ago The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US. In truth, he has been doing exactly that for two years nowThe unprecedented firing by Ukrainian forces of British-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles at military targets inside Russia last week means the UK, along with the US, is now viewed by Moscow as a legitimate target for punitive, possibly violent retaliation.In a significant escalation in response to the missile launches, Vladimir Putin confirmed that, for the first time in the war, Russia had fired an intermediate-range ­ballistic missile, targeting the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Putin also said Russia now believed it had the “right” to attack “military facilities” in countries that supply Kyiv with long-range weapons. Though he...

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32 hours ago Chilling WW3 nuke map reveals exactly where in UK will be destroyed if missiles hit cities

Fears of World War 3 are rife among leaders, and with Russia given rights to use nuclear arsenal is he feels Russia is under threat, here's what would happen if the UK were struck

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34 hours ago From the Women’s March to Occupy, the mass protests of the 2010s were a mixed bag. What lessons can we learn?

Many features of recent protest movements also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect changeThe day after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the freshly minted junior senator from California addressed the crowd at the Women’s March in Washington. “Let’s buckle in,” Kamala Harris declared, “because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”She wasn’t kidding. Continue reading...

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34 hours ago From the Women’s March to Occupy, the mass protests of the 2010s were a mixed bag. What lessons can be learned?

Many features of recent protest movements also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect changeThe day after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the freshly minted junior senator from California addressed the crowd at the Women’s March in Washington. “Let’s buckle in,” Kamala Harris declared, “because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”She wasn’t kidding. Continue reading...

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34 hours ago Many protest movements of the past decade have backfired. What would it take for one to succeed under Trump?

Some features of mass protests in the 2010s also held them back – but years of study have made journalist Vincent Bevins believe solidarity and structure can effect changeThe day after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, the freshly minted junior senator from California addressed the crowd at the Women’s March in Washington. “Let’s buckle in,” Kamala Harris declared, “because it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”She wasn’t kidding. Continue reading...

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35 hours ago Bitcoin rises after SEC chair says he is to step down when Trump is inaugurated

Gary Gensler, a critic of the cyrpto industry, will leave the US financial regulator on 20 JanuaryCryptocurrencies have risen sharply after one of the industry’s biggest critics, Gary Gensler, said he would stand down as the head of the US financial regulator when president-elect Donald Trump was inaugurated in January.In a post on X, Gensler confirmed he would resign from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 20 January. Continue reading...

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