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Blair’s rush to make friends with Bush revealed in newly released files

Aides to the then PM warned at the time that the new US president would not be as helpful as his predecessor Bill Clinton.

The Independent UK

Democrats have become the war party

Democrats long since gave up challenging the war economy — which may kill us all, and is definitely bankrupting us

Salon

From Queen Elizabeth to Coolio, the celebrities and public figures who left us in 2022

From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths.

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Tony Blair was told to meet Orange Order to ‘influence’ Protestant voters

Declassified records also reveal John Major was worried loyalists would walk away from ceasefire in 1996

The Independent UK

Bill Clinton 'lethal force' comments caused concern among officials, papers reveal

"I am sure you are right to anticipate a period of turbulence now Clinton is elected"

Belfast Live

Officials feared ‘turbulence’ because of Clinton letter about Northern Ireland

Declassified papers show the future US President had said the UK Government needed to establish safeguards against the use of lethal force.

The Independent UK

Hurd wondered whether Irish believed Adams to be ‘on the side of angels’

Former UK foreign secretary Douglas Hurd made the comment during a meeting in 1994 with then-Irish deputy premier Dick Spring.

The Independent UK

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How Democrats won the West

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s win in Nevada guaranteed that Democrats would retain control of the Senate after the 2022 midterm elections. It also confirmed the strength of the Democratic Party in the West.

The Conversation

How child welfare law destroys families

A law aimed at speeding up adoptions of kids in foster care stripped parental rights for hundreds of thousands

Salon

Hey, Democrats: No more "triangulation"!

After the 2022 midterms, the Bill Clinton strategy of constant rightward shift is bound for history's dustbin

Salon

A moderate in a ‘toxic’ place, Fred Upton says goodbye to Congress

WASHINGTON — When Michigan’s Fred Upton retires in a few weeks after 36 years in Congress, it’s possible Democrats will miss him more than his fellow Republicans.

Tribune News Service

A moderate in a ‘toxic’ place, Fred Upton says goodbye to Congress - Roll Call

The long-serving Republican from Michigan built a bipartisan legacy and took flak for impeaching Donald Trump.

Roll Call

‘A blow against hate and all its forms’: Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act, repealing 1996 anti-LGBT+ law

Mr Biden’s signature on the Respect for Marriage Act repeals a 1996 law banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage that he voted for as a senator, 16 years before he endorsed letting same-sex couples marry during his term as vice-president

The Independent UK

Historic US treasurer's memorabilia on display in Ohio

When Mary Ellen Withrow first ran for public office, she was not allowed to have a credit card in her name

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David Trimble remembered by Jonathan Powell

Tony Blair’s former chief of staff recalls the Ulster Unionist party leader’s courage in getting the Good Friday agreement over the line – at the cost of his own political career

Evening Standard

The Game Awards: Bizarre moment stage invader dedicates award to Bill Clinton

The man who hijacked this year’s Game of the Year acceptance speech with a bizarre tribute to former president Bill Clinton has been arrested, according to the show’s organiser.

Evening Standard

Stage invader pays bizarre tribute to Bill Clinton at annual game awards

Stage invader tried to “nominate this award to my Reformed Orthodox Rabbi Bill Clinton” before being ushered off stage

Chicago Sun-Times

Gary LaPaille, former state senator, Democratic Party of Illinois chair, Madigan staffer, dies at 68

He was “a Democrat’s Democrat. ... His blood was blue,” said former Virginia Gov. and ex-Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe.

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Salon

Crushing unions: Both sides do it!

Democrats and their "proud pro-labor president" say the right things and do the wrong ones, over and over again

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Politics will never be the same when Democrats replace Iowa caucuses with South Carolina

Every presidential election year, when the pundits start buzzing about the Democrats’ nominee for president before Black voters have weighed in, that’s a lot like decorating for Thanksgiving — just something to do until the main event.

WEKU

Perspective: Jiang Zemin's passing marks the end of an era for China

As China holds a memorial service for its late leader Jiang Zemin, an NPR correspondent who met Jiang reflects on the figure and his transforming country.

Salon

Hunter Biden's laptop: Theme of 2023?

Of course it's a non-issue: Republicans hope to force the media to cover it, and hope to make Joe Biden cry

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: The FTX saga is hard to understand, but the greed behind it isn't

Back in 2001, precious few Americans could have explained what Houston-based Enron did as a company and how it got so spectacularly wealthy. But when it filed for a record-breaking bankruptcy, Americans got schooled fast about not putting their trust and money behind swaggering, fast-talking con artists. But fools and…

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Americans love to hate their politics

In the 2018 midterm elections, 50% of eligible U.S. citizens turned out to vote. Because Americans are always less inclined to show up at the polls in years when the presidency isn’t on the ballot, half of the nation feeling sufficiently motivated to vote was a remarkable event. Heading into…

The Guardian - UK

Longtermism: how good intentions and the rich created a dangerous creed

Tech billionaires seem intent on giving away a lot of money. But are those who support ‘longtermism’ and ‘effective altruism’ ignoring the very real problems of today?

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