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Netflix Teams Up With the Obamas To Produce Big Government Propaganda

The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.

Reason

They perfected the "art of polarization"

Historian Nicole Hemmer talks to Salon about how Rush, Newt, Buchanan and an obsession with Clinton remade the GOP

Salon

BBC Antiques Roadshow viewers horrified by Margaret Thatcher teapot and it was worth a surprising amount

Manchester Evening News

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US President Joe Biden brands Liz Truss's mini-budget a 'mistake'

Ahead of a meeting between Biden and Truss in New York last month he hit out at "trickle down" economic policies, associated in the United States with former President Ronald Reagan and Republicans.

Daily Record

What the 1970s Can Teach Us About Today's Inflationary Politics

Inflation is a problem for politicians. Unfortunately for them, it's not a problem they know how to solve.

Reason

The ‘October surprise’ and the November election in U.S.

Faced with an event that not only sets the political tone for the next two years but also the general framework for the showdown in 2024, Democrats have every reason to be concerned

The Hindu

Why is trickle-down economics still with us?

This gonzo economic theory continues to live on, notwithstanding its repeated failures

The Guardian - US

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How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

WEKU

Historian admired by Truss says she completely misunderstood his work

Rick Perlstein says the Prime Minister missed the cynicism in his book The Invisible Bridge.

The Independent UK

Liz Truss: a brief guide to her economic ideas and what the evidence says about them

For some, Liz Truss’s headline policies since she became the UK’s prime minister have been shocking. Markets have been shocked, voters have been shocked, and many of her own colleagues in the Conservative party seem a little uncomfortable.

The Conversation

Michael Hiltzik: How did America get addicted to a policy that fails everyone but the rich?

Here's the central riddle of U.S. politics since the Great Depression:

Los Angeles Times

Trickle-down Truss is carrying on the dirty work of Thatcher, Blair and Osborne

Britain has endured 40 years of decline thanks to this faulty economic theory. Will Keir Starmer finally kill it off?, says Yanis Varoufakis, leader of MeRA25 in Greece’s parliament

The Guardian - UK

How the GOP weaponized ignorance

Satirist Andy Borowitz on deliberate dumbness in America, and how it became central to the Republican brand

Salon

Roger Stone and Jan. 6: Big news coming?

Did the master of Republican "black arts" finally go too far? It may be Roger Stone's time in the barrel at last

Salon

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Former Abscam Congressman ‘Ozzie’ Myers is headed back to federal prison — this time for election fraud

The last time former U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers stood before a federal judge to face sentencing in a bribery case, Ronald Reagan was president and Abscam — the 1970s scandal that sent Myers and a host of other elected officials to prison — dominated newspaper headlines.

Daily Mirror

Queen met all 14 US Presidents during her reign apart from one - and overlooked blunders

During her incredible 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II shared recipes with Dwight D. Eisenhower and poked fun at George W. Bush - but there was one President she never came face to face with

The Guardian - UK

‘I want a president who has been gaybashed’: America’s underground anthem

Zoe Leonard wanted a leader who had been on welfare, lost a lover to Aids, and much more. Sadly her plea, penned in 1992 and later displayed beneath New York’s High Line, is just as relevant today

The Guardian - UK

1984: was the year quite as awful as George Orwell predicted?

Big Brother wasn’t watching you, but there was the IRA Brighton bombing, famine in Africa and the miners’ strike to think about

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Texas Observer

Arms Makers Target Kids to Boost Sales

With gun ownership declining in the United States, manufacturers and industry lobbyists like the NRA are deliberately marketing to children.

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have made a declaration of class war

This unofficial budget is morally indefensible, economically reckless and so risky it suggests a political death wish, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - US

Toledo faces Title IX complaints over failure to address allegations against women’s soccer coach

Exclusive: The University of Toledo’s failure to adequately address allegations against former women’s soccer coach Brad Evans has led to multiple Title IX complaints following a Guardian investigation

The Independent UK

Special Relationship no more? Joe Biden and Liz Truss have much to disagree about ahead of their first meeting

The US president is governing on an agenda that is the polar opposite of the new prime minister’s plans for Britain, writes Richard Hall

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss favours trickle down economics but results can be trickle up

UK PM is reviving the idea that cutting taxes for the better off ultimately benefits everyone. The IMF disagrees

Evening Standard

How many US presidents has the Queen met?

Harry Truman was the first president she met, while Joe Biden was the last

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Starr obituary

American lawyer whose 1998 Starr report led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton

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