Salon.com
How one fan turned Global Beatles Day into a worldwide tradition
Global Beatles Day founder Faith Cohen sees a dream decades in the making come true
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Bloomberg Politics
WFP's Skau on Middle East Crisis and Global Hunger
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Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, says the world has seen a 'three-fold' increase in world hunger over the last five years and discusses the humanitarian crises in the Middle East as well as countries like Sudan and Sri Lanka. He speaks with Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz on Bloomberg's Balance of Power. (Source: Bloomberg)
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The New Republic
DOJ Investigates California for “Voter Fraud” in Middle of Election
The Trump administration says it’s looking at election fraud in California.First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Friday that his office is investigating multiple instances of election fraud in the state as it continues to count votes from Tuesday’s primary elections, but he didn’t give any specifics.“Protecting the integrity of California’s elections is a top priority for my office,” Essayli wrote on X. “We will follow the evidence wherever it leads and prosecute any violations of federal election law to the fullest extent.”The day before, President Trump complained on Truth Social about “big cheating by the Democrats in California” and announced that federal prosecutors were investigating California’s gubernatorial election.“The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. Here we go with the very late and massive numbers of MAIL IN BALLOTS,” Trump also posted.Trump hasn’t provided any proof for his claims, but it appears he has enlisted Essayli to try to find it, even though the prosecutor was reprimanded in October for staying as acting U.S. attorney for too long.California, the most populous state in the U.S., with a strong Democratic voter majority, has an election system with all of the things Trump and Republicans rail against: universal vote-by-mail, no voter ID laws, and late deadlines for mail-in ballots. State officials aren’t paying heed to Trump’s attacks, and note that state law allows counties up to 30 days to count eligible ballots.“Accuracy comes before speed,” California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said in a statement. “California is the nation’s largest voting state, with millions of ballots to process and count. Taking the time to do this work correctly protects voters’ rights and ensures the integrity of our elections.”California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office had more blunt words for the president on election night, posting on X, “Trump is lying about California again—time to take the phone away from grandpa and put him to sleep.”
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A global World Cup tradition catches fire in the U.S.: Panini sticker collecting
Collecting Panini stickers is a World Cup tradition beloved in Europe and Latin America. In the U.S., interest has been building steadily, and this summer, the buzz is bigger than ever.
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RealClearPolitics - Homepage
Diplomacy With Iran: Another Middle Eastern Mirage?
President Donald Trump keeps telling Americans that diplomacy with Iran is going well, a deal is close and "it will all work out well in the end."
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Democracy Now!
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba's Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation
The Trump administration five months ago launched an energy blockade against Cuba, coming on top of the over six-decade-long embargo, the longest in U.S. history. The expanded U.S. sanctions have exacerbated the island’s economic crisis, forcing Cubans to live with rolling blackouts, inflation and shortages of basic goods. “The situation there is dire,” says Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer. “It has been for quite some time, and it’s gotten worse and worse over the last five months.” Acknowledging the devastating effects the U.S. embargo has on the island, Ferrer says the Cuban government’s priority “is not the well-being of the Cuban people.” She points out that despite the current deterioration of the industry, Cuba continues to invest in tourism, “ignoring sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, education, health — all of which are in horrible decline.” Ferrer also discusses her new book, Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter.
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Truthout
Outrage Mounts at Assaults of Journalists and Hunger Strikers at Delaney Hall
Press freedom groups and hunger strikers detail abuses and retaliation by ICE agents, police, and GEO Group staff.
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Washington Examiner
The mother of all oil shocks: Even larger crisis looms over Strait of Hormuz standoff
The Strait of Hormuz standoff has created an oil market crisis far greater than the one caused by the 1970s oil embargoes. This is not “Europe’s problem,” as some U.S. government officials suggest, or China’s problem, or something purely temporary. Nor can the damaging impact be lessened by record U.S. petroleum exports — besides, how […]
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Truthout
Trump Says a Ceasefire in the Middle East Means “Shooting in a Moderate Manner”
Trump’s comments excuse his failure to end the Iran war, and justify Israel’s violations in Gaza and Lebanon.
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