Instead, those interested in promoting liberal and democratic societies should shift the discourse away from the radical-right playbook. Politicians should stand up against the racism, sexism and homophobia promoted by these parties and should emphasize how these parties fail to provide solutions to the pressing policy questions of our time. In the long term, parties must address the increasing inequalities produced by the socioeconomic transformations of our time — inequalities that will not be solved by adopting policies from the radical right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/why-germany-europe…/
Author: Matt C.
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Government defeats by MPs for each Prime Minister
Thatcher – 4 in 11 years
Major – 6 in 7 years
Blair – 4 in 10 years
Brown – 3 in 3 years
Cameron – 10 in 6 years
May – 33 in 3 years
Johnson – 3 in 24 hours
Breaking:
Breaking: The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Homeland Security department for documents connected to Trump’s alleged offer to pardon officials who break the law while carrying out his wishes on immigration policy https://t.co/3l8hgD6Rv4?amp=1
Greg Craig
UK
UK lawmakers pass a no-deal Brexit bill, another major blow for Trump ally Boris Johnson https://t.co/GQFxe5feaG?amp=1
Infowars
Conspiracy theorist and lawsuit magnet Alex Jones lost another legal battle last week when a court struck down an appeal related to a defamation lawsuit against him and his website Infowars https://yhoo.it/30URkiB
Hong Kong
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced the formal withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into its worst political crisis in decades. Read more: https://reut.rs/2zQ3Ggk
BREAKING:
Turkey President Erdogan says that Ankara might need to obtain nuclear weapons
UAW
The charges come with 30-year combined maximum prison sentence — a maximum of 20 years for wire fraud and 10 years for money laundering — but the government is recommending Grimes serve less than five years. https://t.co/VPQmhGEZcK?amp=1
JUST IN:
JUST IN: Mattis: “I don’t know how I could have spoken more loudly” against Trump than by quittinghttp://hill.cm/YxbWEKB