Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has urged young people not to join nationwide cost-of-living protests planned for next week, saying they are the work of “sinister” people “capitalising” on the country’s…
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Political IdeologyPoliticsUnited Kingdom
Conservatives Name Telford Election Candidate
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettThe Conservatives have announced Hannah Campbell as their candidate for the Telford constituency at the next general election. The current Conservative MP for Telford, Lucy Allan, announced in June she…
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Political IdeologyPoliticsUnited States
Right-Wing Lawmakers Give Johnson a Pass on Government Funding Plan as McCarthy Allies Cry ‘Hypocrisy’
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettSpeaker Mike Johnson’s decision to avoid a government shutdown by relying on Democratic votes will not cost him the gavel, despite it being the exact same strategy that got Kevin McCarthy the…
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EconomyNewsPoliticsUnited StatesUS
Conservatives Aren’t Just Boycotting Bud Light. They’re Trying to Build a Parallel Economy
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettThe controversy started, like so many things nowadays, with an internet rumor. “Dear Women, Tampax pays this man $10,000’s to MOCK YOU,” tweeted a right-wing influencer in April. “Don’t buy Tampax.” The…
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CanadaFeaturedNewsPolitics
From Harper to Poilievre: What is the Conservative Vision for Indigenous Peoples?
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettOTTAWA – When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks about what his party’s relationship with Indigenous Peoples would look like should he become prime minister, it’s often about “economic reconciliation,” or the…
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Activist RightsEuropeGlobal NewsNews
Activist Groups Target 9 Insurance Firms in New Protest
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettCertain insurance companies have again been targeted by activist groups that are demanding that the insurers rule out covering the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), and the campaigners promise…
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EuropeGlobal NewsNewsPolitics
Spain’s Sanchez Rebuffs Conservative Government Offer
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettActing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists on Wednesday dismissed the conservative Popular Party’s bid to form a government as “doomed.” A conversation between Spain’s conservative and socialist leaders on Wednesday…
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Activist RightsFeaturedLifestyleNewsPolitics
‘Stop the Dirty Deal’: Activists Decry Schumer and Manchin Over Pipeline Plan
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettClimate activists have stepped up protests over the inclusion of a provision to speed up a controversial gas pipeline’s completion in the deal to raise the debt ceiling as Congress…
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EuropeFeaturedNewsPolitics
Greece’s Conservative Party Wins Big in National Election
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettGreek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his conservative party had unleashed a “political earthquake” with a thumping win in Sunday’s election but hinted that he would seek another election in…
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FeaturedGlobal NewsPolitics
Texas Judge in Abortion Pill Lawsuit Often Rules For Conservatives
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettU.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former Republican President Donald Trump, had a long track record of opposing abortion and LGBTQ rights before the U.S. Senate confirmed him…