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'Very reductive': Experts warn against major HHS changes coming from Trump's nominee
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Very reductive': Experts warn against major HHS changes coming from Trump's nominee

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised questions about the legalization of many alternative remedies scarcely being tested by researchers. “Having a healthy skeptic is totally fine,” said Ramachandran, “but that skepticism needs to come with at least some humility.” Kennedy has also attacked selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, like Prozac, Zoloft,Viibryd and Lexapro or ADHD …

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'Putin and Assad got their pick': Ex-Pence aide despairs over Trump's Cabinet picks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Putin and Assad got their pick': Ex-Pence aide despairs over Trump's Cabinet picks

Raw Story  

A former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence attacked one of Donald Trump's picks for his Cabinet as being the dream candidate for authoritarian leaders. Marc Short told MSNBC that there are several Cabinet appointees that conservatives are excited about, but former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who became an independent in 2022, isn't one of them. Trump …

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Trump's Cabinet of horrors exposes his totalitarian drift
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump's Cabinet of horrors exposes his totalitarian drift

Raw Story  

Donald Trump nominated an alleged rapist and sex trafficker to be attorney general. These choices aren’t just controversial; they require us to stay vigilant about how each potential new Cabinet member could negatively affect our lives.” But I think we’re missing the bigger picture. As a Trump attorney said recently: “You’ve got to own when you lose and say: this …

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"The Handmaid's Tale," "1984" and more: See which books got a boost in sales post-election
2 months ago

"The Handmaid's Tale," "1984" and more: See which books got a boost in sales post-election

Salon  

We're all Under His Eye once again. With the reelection of Donald Trump as president this past week, sales of Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" have experienced a surge in sales The novel saw a 6,866% rise in sales based on Amazon figures early Thursday, reports CNN. Written in 1985, "The Handmaid's Tale" presents a totalitarian society known as Gilead …

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The Trump effect: Why sale of dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘1984’ is on the rise
2 months ago

The Trump effect: Why sale of dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘1984’ is on the rise

Firstpost  

Donald Trump’s victory has left his critics, especially America’s liberals, worried. Dystopian books like ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘1984’, and ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ quickly rose to the top of bestseller charts after the results Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch …

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The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and other books are flying off the shelves after the election
2 months ago

The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984 and other books are flying off the shelves after the election

CNN  

– Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a novel set in a totalitarian society, has shot to the top of Amazon’s bestselling books list following Donald Trump’s reelection. “The Handmaid’s Tale” takes place in a theocratic, male-dominated future America where the US Constitution is suspended, media is censored and women are forced to bear children for the ruling class. When speaking …

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Hong Kong activist defiant during landmark trial: ‘No one wants to be ruled by a totalitarian regime’
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong activist defiant during landmark trial: ‘No one wants to be ruled by a totalitarian regime’

The Independent  

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s detention extended following arrest in France
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s detention extended following arrest in France

Al Jazeera  

French authorities have extended the detention of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov after he was arrested at a Paris airport over allegations that his messaging app facilitates criminality including money laundering and drug trafficking. “It is absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse of that platform.” The Russian embassy in France has demanded …

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Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence in Hong Kong is an insult to justice – and deeply hypocritical
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence in Hong Kong is an insult to justice – and deeply hypocritical

The Independent  

One of the oddities of the Hong Kong legal system is that it still, a quarter century after the end of the colonial era, has British judges sitting on its Court of Final Appeal. Mr Lai, who is 76 and a British citizen, may wonder what “support” Lord Neuberger supplied during the proceedings – and whether the judge’s presence served …

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British judge upholds conviction against Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai despite link to prisoner rights charity
4 months, 3 weeks ago

British judge upholds conviction against Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai despite link to prisoner rights charity

The Independent  

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Germany bans Islamic Centre Hamburg for pursuing radical Islam: Read about its links with Iran and Hezbollah
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany bans Islamic Centre Hamburg for pursuing radical Islam: Read about its links with Iran and Hezbollah

Op India  

On Wednesday, the German government imposed a ban on the Islamic Centre Hamburg and its related organisations, citing their alleged support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group and the promotion of Iranian leadership ideology. The Islamic Centre Hamburg has been under surveillance by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency due to its connections to Hezbollah, which Germany deems a “Shiite terrorist organization” and …

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Review: Orwell’s Ghosts; Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century by Laura Beers
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Review: Orwell’s Ghosts; Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century by Laura Beers

Hindustan Times  

Seventy-five years after the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, it has become commonplace to describe worrying political and technological developments as “Orwellian”. Kamila Shamsie suggests that writers responding to today’s unsettling circumstances could benefit by asking, “What would Orwell write?” Accordingly, many recent works have cast an appraising eye on his life and legacy, dealing with subjects as various as the …

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Jimmy Lai’s son urges foreign judges to quit Hong Kong
6 months, 1 week ago

Jimmy Lai’s son urges foreign judges to quit Hong Kong

The Independent  

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Madrid leader accused of ‘deep disloyalty’ to Spain for hosting Javier Milei
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Madrid leader accused of ‘deep disloyalty’ to Spain for hosting Javier Milei

The Telegraph  

The leader of Spain’s Madrid region has been accused of “deep disloyalty” to the country for hosting Argentina’s controversial leader, Javier Milei. Isabel Díaz Ayuso received Mr Milei on Friday despite him recently launching a tirade against the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, calling him “totalitarian” and a “coward”. Mr Milei’s current visit to Spain was initially scheduled so that he …

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Top Canadian judge will step down from Hong Kong’s top court following other resignations
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Top Canadian judge will step down from Hong Kong’s top court following other resignations

Associated Press  

LONDON — A former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada is stepping down from Hong Kong’s top court, city officials said Monday, the latest overseas judge to resign from the court amid concerns about judicial independence. Hong Kong’s judiciary confirmed said Beverly McLachlin will complete her term as a non-permanent overseas judge at Hong Kong’s Court of Final …

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Five novels that imagine dictatorship in America
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Five novels that imagine dictatorship in America

The Economist  

N OVELISTS HAVE long imagined, and warned of, the threat to liberal places from totalitarian rule. British writers of the 20th century, including George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and Robert Harris, won mass audiences for their depictions of anti-democratic dystopias. All owed a debt, in turn, to a disillusioned Russian revolutionary, Yevgeny Zamyatin, whose novel “We” described a dictatorial “OneState” of …

We Don't Operate In A Totalitarian State, Govt Can't Exercise Blanket Power Over Every Institution Under The Sun: Calcutta High Court
7 months, 4 weeks ago

We Don't Operate In A Totalitarian State, Govt Can't Exercise Blanket Power Over Every Institution Under The Sun: Calcutta High Court

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has recently allowed a plea by the Associations, working for the Malda Districts Central Cooperative Bank and the Mugberia Central Cooperative Bank, directing that the Election Commission of India shall not requisition them for the purpose of any parliamentary elections, since the organisations which they worked in, were not created by any statute. The Calcutta High …

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Book Review: Tathagata Bhattacharya’s ‘General Firebrand and His Red Atlas’ shines in moments of poignant clarity
8 months, 1 week ago

Book Review: Tathagata Bhattacharya’s ‘General Firebrand and His Red Atlas’ shines in moments of poignant clarity

The Hindu  

Published : May 02, 2024 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ In the strange world of Tathagata Bhattacharya’s debut novel, the promise of profundity beckons, inviting the reader to embark on a journey fraught with peril and adventure. This world is populated by fire-breathing revolutionaries and evil world leaders, strange spectres and apparitions, circling ospreys and deadly flying saucers, and …

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Dozens in Italy give a fascist salute on the anniversary of Mussolini’s execution
8 months, 1 week ago

Dozens in Italy give a fascist salute on the anniversary of Mussolini’s execution

Associated Press  

ROME — Dozens of people raised their arms in the fascist salute and shouted a fascist chant during ceremonies Sunday to honor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini on the 79th anniversary of his execution. After a rendition of Taps, the leader of the commemorations shouted “Comrad Benito Mussolini,” and the crowd responded with a stiff-armed fascist salute and chant of “present.” …

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‘Haunting’ last words of the man who self-immolated during Trump's NYC trial: ‘Rotten truth of post-truth America’
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Haunting’ last words of the man who self-immolated during Trump's NYC trial: ‘Rotten truth of post-truth America’

Hindustan Times  

On April 19, during former President Trump's trial in New York City, a man set himself on fire and uttered haunting last words before succumbing to his injuries. Max Azzarello of St. Augustine, Florida, who police identified as the man who set himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump's historic hush-money trial was taking …

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'Hitler was influential': Elise Stefanik buried after being named to Time's top 100 list
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Hitler was influential': Elise Stefanik buried after being named to Time's top 100 list

Raw Story  

Rep. Elise Stefanik this week was named one of Time's 100 most influential people, sparking an almost immediate comparison to fascist and totalitarian leaders the magazine has similarly honored in the past. Stefanik was chosen as the highest-ranking woman in the House GOP, a leader in conservative causes such as diversity and inclusion policy challenges and attacks on Ivy League …

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This L.A. director made a film in Russia. The Kremlin wasn’t happy. Then came death threats
9 months ago

This L.A. director made a film in Russia. The Kremlin wasn’t happy. Then came death threats

LA Times  

Soon after Russian tanks crashed into Ukraine, Michael Lockshin realized he was making a dangerous movie. In 2020, Lockshin’s first full-length feature, “Silver Skates,” a family-friendly film set in 19th century St. Petersburg, was Netflix’s first Russian-language original. Director Michael Lockshin’s “The Master and Margarita” depicts life in Stalinist Russia, a totalitarian state where dissent is criminalized. A Russian-language website …

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The Wire reaches out to the Taliban to oppose CAA
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Wire reaches out to the Taliban to oppose CAA

Op India  

On Thursday, in an attempt to borrow legitimacy to its anti-CAA argument, leftist Islamist propaganda portal The Wire published a report titled “CAA Should Be for All Persecuted People ‘Irrespective of Religion’, Says Taliban” written by Devirupa Mitra. According to this report, the Taliban’s head of political office in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, said, “This should apply to all whether they …

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Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China
1 year ago

Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Prosecutors on Wednesday alleged that Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai had encouraged the city’s residents to protest and urged the U.S. to take action against the Chinese authorities in Beijing. Prosecutor Anthony Chau on the fifth day of the trial presented what he said were Lai’s instructions to senior management and editors at Apple Daily …

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