Monday, June 10, 2019

What will it take to win a Green New Deal? – New Socialist

"GND supporters should set our course in the direction of a social movement larger and more powerful than any in Canadian history."


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What will it take to win a Green New Deal? by David Camfield / June 10, 2019 79 Views The push for a Green New Deal (GND) that’s become a big topic of political discussion in the US has come north. At the beginning of May 2019, the Pact for a GND was launched publicly in Canada. It was endorsed by...
DEMOCRATS SET UP STRAW MAN FOR REPUBLICANS TO GO DON QUIXOTE ON 
OUCH! Republicans humiliated themselves today, big time.
GOP’s Matt Gaetz attempts to corner John Dean — but his failed interrogation results in nothing but laughter
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) used his time in the House Judiciary hearing Monday to go on a bizarre rant that ultimately got him laughed at by the hearing room. The moment came as former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance was finishing her remarks and former White House counsel John Dean was about to answer q...


Nothing but an outright joke on the taxpayer dime.

Republican Jim Jordan ridiculed for ‘making a certified ass of himself’ in hearing on Trump’s obstruction
A far-right Congressman was mocked on Twitter after his abrasive questioning of John Dean before the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) was shut down by Dean in the hearing when the former White House counsel lectured the former assistant wrestling coach. Video of the exchange was sha...



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Kim Jong Un’s murdered half-brother was an informant for the CIA: report
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Kim Jong Un’s assassinated half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, was an informant for the Central Intelligence Agency and had met with U.S. officials on multiple occasions, including a meeting in Malaysia in February 2017. He may also have been in touch with ...





Just a few minutes ago Trump tweeted promoting his poll numbers.
Trump busted telling aides to lie about his lousy poll numbers: New York Times
President Donald Trump is notorious for his well-documented pattern of constantly lying, a habit was caught attempting to pass on to his aides. In a story on his 2020 re-election campaign, The New York Times reported how the president reacted to devasting internal polls. “After being briefed on a ...



Donald Trump actually thinks that the Stealth Fighter is invisible. Not invisible on radar -- actually invisible.
Windmills and invisible planes: Bill Maher walks through all of the insane fake-facts Trump believes
On Monday’s edition of “Cuomo Prime Time,” CNN’s Chris Cuomo interviewed HBO comedian Bill Maher about his view of Trump’s pathological lying. “The pushback … is that both sides are distorting the facts. Both sides are stretching what is real and true,” said Cuomo. “Do you accept t...



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Iranian women are forbidden from watching football games
TWO MONTHS AGO STADIUMS WERE OPENED UP FOR WOMEN  
FOR A GAME 
A CULTURE OF RACIST XENOPHOBIC ISOLATIONISM DOOMS ITSELF
Difficulty of juggling work and bringing up children blamed as one of the major reasons behind decline
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THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BUT WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE
Tánaiste warns 'more needs to be done' after man availing of homeless support dies in Cork
TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney warned that more needs to be done to tackle homelessness as a third person who was availing of support services in Cork died in tragic circumstances.
"Whenever somebody dies tragically on our streets it is a reminder that the Government needs to do more"



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'Origin Green is painting a false image to the world and it will come back to bite us' - newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett
While questions were raised last week whether the farming community had actually voted for the Green Party, newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett is certain that they did as, after all, she is a farmer herself.


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"Two more gray whales were found dead this week in Alaska amid the mysterious surge of deaths within the species this year along the US West Coast, CNN affiliate KTUU reports. That makes seven in Alaska and at least 75 total, in what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls an "unusual mortality event," the station reports."


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Meet AMUBA, Indonesia's First All-Trans Girlband
We follow AMUBA's struggle to build a music career in a country where the LGBTQ community is deeply maligned.

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'It is odd to take a club home. You think he’d take a piece of turf or something'

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US President Donald Trump's decision to fly home from his golf course in Doonbeg with a shiny…









What it's really like when Trump is your boss... and why those who underestimate him are at risk

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A big belly of cloud is rolling over Doonbeg on US President Donald Trump's final day in Ireland.…


"This is a very poignant reminder of the horror and abject suffering of that time"

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The Government is set to liaise with Canadian authorities after scientists there linked…

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Women TDs and senators may breastfeed their babies at Leinister House - including inside the Dáil and Seanad chambers

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Women TDs and senators given green light to breastfeed in Dáil and Seanad
Women TDs and senators may breastfeed their babies at Leinister House - including inside the Dáil and Seanad chambers.
Northern Irish play The Ferryman triumphs at the Tony Awards
Northern Irish drama The Ferryman picked up the prestigious accolade for best play at the Tony Awards, while its director Sam Mendes was also honoured.
The production, penned by James Bond co-writer Jez Butterworth, tells the tale of a former IRA man in rural Co Armagh during The Troubles.

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Psychic didn't see this one coming....
It was the State's case that four Irish men, including two farmers, who were unable to secure bank loans as a result of the global financial crisis approached Gold seeking loans of large sums of money.
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A former psychic has been convicted by a jury of the theft and money laundering of €1.6m.