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The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

FICTION: After Obama wins the presidency in 2008, a group of Republicans — led by "The Big Guy" — vow to retake the country.

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Editorial: Liberating Iran: Biden learned from failures of Obama-era approach

With dozens of protesters now killed in Iran as unrest sparked by the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country’s morality police engulfs the country, U.S. leadership finds itself in the familiar yet uncomfortable conundrum of how to respond. So far, the Biden administration is threading…

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Editorial: Solitary confinement is torture. Gov. Newsom can limit it in California

Extended solitary confinement in California prisons was supposed to have ended, for all practical purposes, after a 2015 legal settlement in a case brought by plaintiffs who had been held in isolation for 10 years or longer in the security housing unit at Pelican Bay State Prison, near Crescent City.

Los Angeles Times

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Sinema: Give GOP more filibuster power

Fellow Democrats lashed out at Sinema over the speech: "Bad history, bad policy, and bad politics"

Salon

How to get away with torture, insurrection, you name it: The techniques of denial and distraction that politicians use to manage scandal

The U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection intends to hold another public hearing, likely the last before it releases its official report. The hearing had been scheduled for Sept. 28, 2022 but was postponed because of Hurricane Ian.

The Conversation

Fascism: It's really back this time

A neofascist party will likely take power in Italy — and if economic collapse continues, there will be more

Salon

Matthew Yglesias: Republicans have a special obligation to Venezuelan migrants

The idea of tackling the “root causes” of migration and asylum flows is the kind of high-minded notion likely to be dismissed by politicians such as Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, who brag that they are actually doing something about the immigrants showing up at the U.S.-Mexico border while other…

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Federal court says California ban on private ICE detention facilities is unconstitutional

LOS ANGELES — A California law banning private prisons and immigrant detention facilities in the state violates the U.S. Constitution when applied to facilities operated on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal appellate court ruled Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Is this Mitch McConnell's darkest hour?

Mitch's legacy is a damaged Senate and a thoroughly corrupted Republican Party. Losing in 2022 could be the end

Salon

Liz Truss and her team are taking us for a ride

From fracking happy Jacob Rees-Mogg to Nadhim Zahawi and his warm horses, the Tory top table is beyond parody

The Guardian - UK

The Long Alliance review: sure guide to Biden and Obama’s imperfect union

Gabriel Debenedetti masters the crosscurrents of the Democratic party as well as relations between two presidents

The Guardian - US

Union Station: Appellate courts issue rulings in three public-sector union lawsuits

Two three-judge appellate panels, one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and one from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued rulings in three lawsuits involving public-sector union fees or dues in the past week.

Ballotpedia

US and Russia engage in a digital battle for hearts and minds

The battle over Ukraine extends across the world: Information warfare is quickly evolving as key nations seek to influence public opinion and gain political support.

The Conversation

VIEWPOINT 2: Trusting Iran compromises our national security

Last month, the Department of Justice unsealed a case against an Iranian agent charged with plotting the assassination of former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton. In the alleged murder-for-hire scheme, the defendant attempted to pay operatives $300,000 to carry out the assassination on American soil.

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The Hindu

Should the ECI insist on inner-party elections?

‘The ECI expects political parties to abide by their constitution. It is not for the commission to step in or criticise if anyone is elected unopposed’

Tribune News Service

Former President Obama, Bill Gates headline Illumina's Genomics Forum next week in San Diego

Tailoring healthcare to an individual's genetics has long held the promise of transforming medicine. Next week, San Diego's Illumina hosts a check-up on the science and policy around precision health — with the help of some heavyweight speakers.

Belfast Live

Hopes Joe Biden set for Belfast as part of UK Good Friday Agreement anniversary tour

The US President is understood to want to mark 25 years since the 1998 peace deal

Belfast Live

Joe Biden: A look back at other US Presidents’ trips to Northern Ireland down the years

Several American leaders have landed on our shores down the years

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The Conversation

The Republican party's cruel migrant stunts have very deep roots

The Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, is facing a criminal investigation for sending two planes full of Latin American asylum-seekers to Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy Massachusetts island where former president Barack Obama owns a home.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s President Says He’s Serious about Reviving Nuke Deal

Iran’s president said Wednesday his country was serious about reviving a deal to put curbs on its nuclear program but questioned whether it could trust America's commitment to any eventual accord. In 2018, former US President Donald Trump withdrew from a deal brokered by the Obama administration. That has led…

Salon

Can Larry Summers please shut up now?

Former Harvard president has been playing inflation Cassandra on TV for months. Can we hear other views?

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Infamy taints Guantanamo’s 20-year history. It’s past time to shut it down

Just two days after taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the shutdown of Guantanamo. The detention compound at the U.S. naval base on the southern coast of Cuba was built to hold militants captured in the course of the post-9/11 war on terror. But by the time of…

Chicago Sun-Times

An unsung hero of our Supreme Court

Retired justice David Souter, who turned 83 a few days ago, exemplifies the kind of humility and grace that receives scant attention in our celebrity-driven, 24/7 news-cycle world.

Reason

Expected Interest Rate Hike Will Add $2 Trillion to the Deficit

So much for the idea that low interest rates meant the government could borrow endlessly with no consequences.

Chicago Sun-Times

State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigation

The son of former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. is also charged with lying to the FBI.

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