4 h. ago Michigan Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr, alleging ‘abuse of authority’

Haley Stevens accuses health secretary of undermining public health, but Republican-run House is unlikely to actUS politics live – latest updatesA Democratic lawmaker from Michigan has introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F Kennedy, the US health secretary, accusing him of “abuse of authority and undermining of the public health”.Representative Haley Stevens, who is currently running for Senate, formally introduced the articles on impeachment on Wednesday, several months after she announced that she vowed to file the articles. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real

Our UN report reveals the link between the online misogyny and offline crimes that are hounding women out of public lifeNetworked misogyny is now firmly established as a key tactic in the 21st-century authoritarian’s playbook. This is not a new trend – but it is now being supercharged by generative AI tools that make it easier, quicker and cheaper than ever to perpetrate online violence against women in public life – from journalists to human rights defenders, politicians and activists.The objectives are clear: to help justify the rollback of gender equality and women’s reproductive rights; to chill women’s freedom of expression and their participation in democratic deliberation; to discredit truth-tellers; and to pave the way for the consolidation of authoritarian power.Dr Julie Posetti is the director of the Information Integrity Initiative at TheNerve, a digital forensics lab founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. She is also a professor of journalism and chair of the Centre for ...

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4 d. ago Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi ‘mutually’ agree to part ways after new RFK Jr. allegations

The departure comes after Nuzzi’s ex-fiancé published a series of blistering Substack posts accusing her of journalistic ethical violations.

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6 d. ago Gavin Newsom launches portal for California residents to snitch on federal agents who ‘abuse their authority’

Golden State officials said the tool would help push back against a ‘campaign of terror’ by Trump administration

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8 d. ago How to flirt like RFK Jr. – write 'cringe poetry' and take hardcore psychedelics

US Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s pulling game allegedly involves lots of writing poetry and necking the mind-altering substance DMT that will make you 'see your own death'

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8 d. ago Olivia Nuzzi’s first job since alleged RFK Jr affair may already be under threat: report

Insider sources at Vanity Fair claimed that the scandal-prone reporter could be let go once again after allegations that she secretly aided Kennedy’s campaign

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2 w. ago RFK Jr's erotic 'poem' allegedly sent to lover revealed by jilted ex: 'You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you'

Ryan Lizza claims RFK JR told Olivia Nuzzi, 32: ‘I mean to subdue and tame you’ during an alleged affair

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3 w. ago Review into safeguarding failures ‘shows Sara Sharif’s murder was preventable’

Despite a ‘great deal of information’ available to various authorities during her lifetime, Sara ‘was not protected from abuse and torture’.

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last month Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero

Suharto presided over a period marked by rampant corruption, nepotism, censorship and allegations of mass human rights abusesIndonesia has awarded former authoritarian leader Suharto the title of national hero, in a move that has sparked accusations of historical revisionism in the world’s third-largest democracy.The award has deepened fears about attempts to whitewash Suharto’s rise and decades-long rule, a period marked by rampant corruption, censorship and accusations of mass human rights violations. Continue reading...

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