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Biden administration launches Africa strategy. But the real targets seem to be China, Russia

PRETORIA, South Africa — With Russia and China looming in the background, America’s top diplomat pitched a “new chapter” in U.S.-African relations on Monday, promising robust trade and calling for democracy despite political upheaval in much of the continent.

Los Angeles Times

America Needs More Foreign STEM Talent To Produce Semiconductors. The CHIPS Act Won't Fix That.

The U.S. is missing out on necessary high-skilled workers by faltering on immigration reform.

Reason

Scots lawyer John Watt jailed for 10 years over sex abuse against children in the Edinburgh area

John Watt QC was extradited from America and was found guilty of one charge of rape, one of indecent assault and three of indecent conduct committed at houses in the Edinburgh area between September 1973 and August 1987.

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Top Scots lawyer John Watt jailed for 10 years over catalogue of sex abuse against children

Daily Record

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds

Insured or not, one in five said they couldn't get treated for serious illness, while preventive and elective procedures were neglected. Disruptions in care hit Black and Native Americans the hardest.

WEKU

Poll: Black, Native American and Latino families face serious problems from inflation

Those households are struggling to stay afloat, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

WEKU

Commentary: Fact-free speech is not free speech

The proliferation of lying in the body politic and certain news media has reached proportions so great that America finds itself on the brink of a revolution that threatens our entire system of government.

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Commentary: America needs a Declaration of Independents

Whether one watches Fox News or MSNBC, reads The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, it has become difficult to view the United States as anything but a game of political dodgeball, with two opposing teams that loath one another trying to knock the other out by whistling…

Tribune News Service

What's in Democrats' big bill? Climate, health care, savings

The estimated $740 billion economic package from Democrats is nowhere near what President Joe Biden first envisioned with his effort to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems

The Independent UK

Time to tone down Taiwan tensions

It was a picture-perfect shot, really. That was my thought when I saw US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing side by side with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei last Wednesday. But the one-day visit to the self-ruled island by the 82-year-old American politician has created no end of tension,…

Bangkok Post

‘No place in America’: Biden denounces killing of four Muslims

Police investigating the murder of Muslim men in New Mexico state as a possible hate crime.

Al Jazeera

Gun makers appeal to masculinity, white supremacist groups to sell guns: Report

"The gun industry is profiting off the blood of innocent Americans."

Axios

Stephen Breyer says America goes the wrong way "from time to time"

Breyer made no mention of the string of conservative rulings the Supreme Court issued at the end of its last term.

Axios

Trump’s worst toadies hold degrees from Harvard and Yale. Did they learn anything?

Politicians educated at some of the US’s most elite universities are spreading conspiracy theories that they surely know are untrue. What happened to ‘service and stewardship’?

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Want to know if US is in a recession? You’re asking the wrong question

America is simply too big for generalizations. The right question is whether your industry is in recession

Wales Online

Gareth Bale rolls back the years with wonder goal for new club LAFC as Wales and Major League Soccer wowed by moment

Wales captain Bale scored a solo stunner in America overnight, although standard of defending questioned by some

The Guardian - US

Forward! Is America’s latest third party marching to power – or oblivion?

A new centrist grouping including Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman aims to tap into Americans’ wish for a third political option – but history is not encouraging

The Guardian - US

Pelosi’s ‘reckless’ Taiwan visit deepens US-China rupture – why did she go?

The speaker insisted she was promoting democracy but critics suggest a last hurrah before she loses the gavel in November

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The big picture: a painterly vision of suburban America

American photographer Julie Blackmon choreographs the lives and objects around her to create witty, unsettling make-believes

Tribune News Service

Blinken vows to stand by Philippines amid China tensions

Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to bolster America’s alliance with the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., calling the Southeast Asian nation an “irreplaceable” ally as tensions between the U.S. and China spike.

Chicago Sun-Times

Failure to take action after Jan. 6 would be an existential threat to America

From an American Muslim perspective, the MAGA movement represents people who would rather burn down America than share it with all citizens equally.

Reason

Biden's Giveaways Largely Benefit Well-Off Americans

Perhaps not coincidentally, the makeup of the Democratic Party has recently been trending toward high-earning professionals.

WEKU

How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

Salon

Sanders pushes to shape up Medicare

"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people"

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 6 August 2022

Finally. Some information that Alex Jones can't go to war against.

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