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* Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Enters into Force * Religious Freedom?
“Fifty countries have ratified an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the United Nations has announced, allowing the ‘historic’ text to enter into force in 90 days.”
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“Leverage Over the Duopoly” and the Problem with Polling
“A voting strategy that advocates that people vote for their actual preferences by pairing up with someone on the other side of the Democratic-Republican divide.”
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Barrett: “Is Social Security Safe from the Courts?”
“It is important to remember that when Social Security became law, most thought it would be struck down as unconstitutional.”
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For First Time Ever, Ranked Voting for Presidential Race: Maine is Set to Have It, Why Won’t Everyone?
“Every voter in Maine will be able to vote for the candidate they like the most without fear of helping electing the candidate they like the least. And Mainers will be sure their electoral votes go to candidates who have truly earned them.”
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Bolivia: Nearly One Year After Coup, Democracy, and the Left, Appears to Triumph
“De facto president Jeanine Anez has posted a message on Twitter congratulating Luis Arce and David Choquehuanca [of Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism party] on their apparent victory in today’s election.”
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Barrett and Injustice: Jesuit Priest Being Sentenced for Nuclear Weapons Protest
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Barrett: Farcical Roots of “Originalism” — Bork Precedent
“Barrett promises to be Scalia on steroids. She has criticized his ‘faint-hearted’ version of ‘originalism.'”
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“Justice” Barrett?
“Donald Trump rushed to nominate Barrett and enlisted his consigliere, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), to ram [Barrett’s] nomination through the Senate so she can support Trump’s legal challenges to any election results that favor Joe Biden.”
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* Problems with Nobel Peace Prize * CRISPR: Engineering Future People?
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Are they “Debates” or Joint Televised Appearances?
“The debate rules and moderators are dictated by the two major parties — operating behind the fig leaf of a ‘Debate Commission’ set up to remove control over debates from the nonpartisan League of Women Voters.”
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“With a tiny staff, it has managed to place on the air and in newspapers, points of view otherwise excluded from the national debate.”
Howard Zinn