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Biden's Giveaways Largely Benefit Well-Off Americans

Perhaps not coincidentally, the makeup of the Democratic Party has recently been trending toward high-earning professionals.

Reason

How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories become part of American life

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

WEKU

Sanders pushes to shape up Medicare

"Adding dental, vision, and hearing benefits to Medicare is supported by 84% of the American people"

Salon

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 6 August 2022

Finally. Some information that Alex Jones can't go to war against.

inkl Originals

American YouTube star Randy Santel visiting Ayrshire for two mammoth food challenges

The social media favourite has 1.7 million followers and will visit venues in Kilmarnock and Prestwick.

Daily Record

The Guardian view on the Kansas abortion vote: voice of America

Editorial: This week’s vote to defend women’s rights mirrors US opinion on the issue more generally and may shape the midterm elections

The Guardian - UK

Why Hungary's Orbán is a CPAC rockstar

Over the last two years, Orbán has become an icon of American conservatives rivaled only by Donald Trump

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How a British sense of justice saved black American GI wrongly sentenced to death in WWII

Eighty years ago this summer, 150,000 American servicemen were in the UK to support the allied campaign against Nazi occupied Europe. The British government hoped their presence would strengthen the “special relationship”. But controversy over the administration of justice soon challenged that assumption.

The Conversation

Anti-U.S. protests erupt in Afghanistan

Hundreds of Afghans carried anti-American banners on Friday to protest against a U.S. drone strike that Washington says killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri this month.

Reuters

Puppy's extreme makeover turns him into a Pokémon - and he loves his new look

Dog groomer Gabriel Feitosa, from California, America, has transformed a white-furred poodle into 'Arcanine', a character in the Pokémon franchise - and TikTok users can't get enough of the pooch's new look

Daily Mirror

A second Trump term could destroy us

Donald Trump as president again would pose an extreme danger to the American people and the country's democracy

Salon

Martin Schram: Guess who’s playing voter manipulation games now

Private citizen Joe Biden and the Democratic Party were absolutely right way back when they kept demanding an investigation of what we’d just learned: Russia had interfered big-time in America’s 2016 elections — running video ads and doing lots more that helped Donald Trump win the presidency.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Bill Russell and Nichelle Nichols, American heroes

There’s a reason for the simultaneous mourning and celebration of the lives of a basketball player and an actress, both out of the public eye for years. Nichelle Nichols, 89, and Bill Russell, 88, were born during the Great Depression into a society that defined them as second-class citizens simply…

Tribune News Service

We visited a Taliban leader's compound to examine his vision for Afghanistan

On the day a U.S. drone strike killed the leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan, NPR sat down for an interview with the man in charge of the country's defense.

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Auto review: Toyota Sequoia benefits from Tundra's best assets

It’s been 14 years since Toyota offered a new Toyota Sequoia. Given its long life with little change, you can be forgiven if you forgot the model even existed. But with the Land Cruiser leaving the American market, the Sequoia now takes on its role as Toyota’s largest and most…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

DeSantis a willing warrior as conservatives lean into gender and sexual identity fights

Few fronts in America’s heated culture wars have been more active recently than the fight over sexuality and gender identity.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Nancy Pelosi departs Taiwan and leaves behind a precarious crisis

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan. Though the California Democrat didn’t stay long, less than 24 hours, the fallout from her visit plunges the Biden administration into a tricky — and arguably unnecessary — period of brinkmanship with China.

Chicago Sun-Times

Enact historic bill to fight climate change to benefit America — and Illinois

More so than most other states, Illinois has projects on tap that are more than shovel-ready and primed for federal dollars.

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A real ‘America first’ immigration policy

Trump distorted the Republican Party into a xenophobic, blinkered cult that wrongly sees immigrants as a drain instead of a boon.

The Guardian - US

Orbán urges Christian nationalists in Europe and US to ‘unite forces’ at CPAC

Hungary’s prime minister delivers opening address to American conservatives at CPAC in Texas

Tribune News Service

Taliban say they were unaware of al-Qaida leader’s presence in Kabul

Top Taliban officials didn’t know al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in Afghanistan, a spokesman said, and an investigation is underway to check the veracity of U.S. claims he was killed in an American airstrike in the capital Kabul over the weekend.

The Canberra Times

'I feared for my life': MLA tells story of getting an abortion in America

Nicole Lawder said anti-choice protesters were throwing blood at the windows of the clinic.

ABC News

How could a secret Hellfire missile kill Ayman al-Zawahiri without leaving a scratch on his house or family?

Some experts suspect the CIA might have used the Hellfire R9X — a highly secretive missile sometimes called the "knife bomb", the "ninja bomb" or the "flying Ginsu" — to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The Independent UK

Why does Biden want to hire 100,000 more police officers?

Advocates fear plan is repeat of 1994 crime bill, ‘one of the great mistakes this country has ever made’, Josh Marcus and Alex Woodward report

Daily Mirror

Serial killer family who murdered travellers and dumped their bodies down trapdoor

The 'Bloody Benders' are America's first-known serial-killing family and would lure unsuspecting guests into their inn before smashing their skulls then cutting their throats

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