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Censured, James Cavallaro, Human rights

lundi 20 février 2023 à 17:03

Biden nominated James Cavallaro for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, then withdrew the nomination after seeing how Cavallaro criticized Israel's human rights record.

That position has nothing to do with Israel, but what Professor Cavallaro said about Israel is valid.

As for Jeffries, what Cavallaro said about Jeffries seems plausible and I suppose Cavallaro spoke based on his knowledge.

It was posted before he was selected as the House Democrats' leader.

High tax millionaires

lundi 20 février 2023 à 15:33

In California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Maryland, and Washington, state legislators are pushing to tax millionaires more. The campaign is looking for legislators who want to do this in other states. I am curious about their target for the highest tax bracket, which is not stated in the article.

Massachusetts voters (including me) voted for a higher tax on high incomes in the November 2022 election.

Journalist who exposed plot to kill Alexei Navalny claims family banned from Baftas

lundi 20 février 2023 à 06:47

Journalist Christo Grozev wrote about Putin's plot to poison Alexei Navalny. A documentary about this is up for an award in London, but he cannot attend: he and his family have been banned from attending.

In effect, they are being treated as terrorists.

Blundering U.S. Accidentally Stabilizes Foreign Country

lundi 20 février 2023 à 06:47

(satire) *Blundering U.S. Accidentally Stabilizes Foreign Country.*

Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries

lundi 20 février 2023 à 06:47

Oregon is considering a bill to allow victims of organized intimidation to sue the intimidators.

The idea is to discourage right-wing bullying.