#Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies

#Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said she has “serious concerns” about President Biden’s border policies during a House committee hearing on Thursday. “There is so much fear-mongering going on that it is difficult to know exactly where to start. But let me say this first, the Biden administration is enforcing immigration laws. In fact, the administration…

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#Scandinavia is boosting its defense spending even as Sweden’s NATO entry is stalled

#Scandinavia is boosting its defense spending even as Sweden’s NATO entry is stalled

After a needless two-month delay, the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee finally approved Sweden’s application for NATO membership earlier this week. But Fuad Oktay, the committee’s chairman, made it clear that full parliamentary ratification was still some time away. Since the parliament, like the committee, is controlled by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK…

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#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

Who is indigenous to Israel and Palestine: Jews or Arabs? The answer depends on how we interpret history. Radically diverse starting points invoked by both parties have led to the terrible conflict we are witnessing. Starting with the past century, we can count backwards to see what history tells us. As both the Christian-European and Muslim-Ottoman colonial empires…

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#Scaramucci on Trump’s rhetoric compared to Hitler: ‘It’s a total dog whistle’

#Scaramucci on Trump’s rhetoric compared to Hitler: ‘It’s a total dog whistle’

Former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci claimed former President Trump’s remarks that drew comparisons to Adolf Hitler, “Mein Kampf” and Nazi Germany are “a total dog whistle.” Scaramucci, who served on the former president’s campaign team and just 11 days in the administration, said Trump “knows exactly what he’s doing” with his comments. He also…

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#Federal judge bars separating migrant families for 8 years

#Federal judge bars separating migrant families for 8 years

A federal judge on Friday blocked the federal government from separating families solely as part of border enforcement policy for the next eight years, stopping any potential return to the short-lived zero tolerance policy of 2018. The decision came as part of a settlement between families who were separated during that period and the Justice…

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