Month: August 2023

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Bad Faith - Episode 299 Promo – Post Coup-lonializm (w/ Ndongo Samba Sylla & Alex Rubinstein)

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast    Briahna is joined by Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla, who focuses on Fair Trade, labor markets, social movements, democratic theory, and monetary sovereignty; and Alex Rubinstein, contributor to The Gray Zone, to discuss last month's coup in Niger, neo-colonialism, and the new "NATO" proxy war.

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Focus on Africa - South Africa to host Brics summit from Tuesday

South Africa to host Brics summit but Russia’s President Putin will only join by video link. On the agenda global economic and security matters and the creation of new financial institutions.

More than 1,400 people starve to death in Ethiopia's northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because of theft

And Ghanaian immunologist Yaw Bediako on how to expand research and keep African scientists on the continent.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Peruvian Aliens, the Sackler Family and Prison, Robotaxis and Newspaper Raids

Peruvian authorities attempt to calm a rural community by telling them they're not being harassed by aliens -- but by illegal gold miners who, for some reason, have jetpacks. When a newspaper in Marion County irritates a local restauranteur, she orders the police to raid the premises under false pretenses. Robotaxis breakdown, causing mayhem in San Francisco. Join Ben and Matt for all this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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CBS News Roundup - 08/21/2023 | World News Round Up

A rare tropical storm soaks California. President Biden is set to view the fire devastation in Hawaii. No debate this week, but plenty of support for Donald Trump. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, August 21, 2023:

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Youth Climate Activists Scored A Major Win In Montana. Could Illinois Be Next?

Held v. Montana is the first lawsuit of its kind to go to trial, with plaintiffs ranging from age 5 to age 22. It’s also a landmark ruling: climate change must now be considered when approving or renewing future fossil fuel projects in the state. Reset gets reaction from Danica Sun and Natasha Bahtia, youth climate activists in Illinois, and what they’re working on here. Then we turn to two policy experts: Howard Learner of the Environmental Law and Policy Center, and Karen Weigert, director of Loyola University, to learn what kind of related lawsuit could be possible in Illinois.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Latin lessons: two contrasting elections

Ecuador and Guatemala faced similar preoccupations with violence and corruption—one of Ecuador’s candidates was assassinated on the campaign trail—but their electoral outcomes were very different. What does that reveal about the region? Once rare in America, leprosy is on the rise again, particularly in Florida (8:04). And how Singapore leads the charge for “alternative proteins” (14:08). 


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 8.21.23

Alablama

  • Unemployment drops to 2.1 % for month of July, labor participation the same
  • ADPH passes regulations on birth center operations, despite opposition
  • ADPH State Health officer enjoys a 7% pay raise in annual salary
  • State treasurer to consult with AG Marshall over education loan program
  • MS 13 gang member arrested in Chelsea, to be returned to El Salvador
  • Wreckage found in Lake Huron links back to the Tuskegee Airmen of WW2

National

  • DC appeals court rules in favor of pro life protestors treated unfairly
  • Matt Gaetz to offer resolution against DC judge presiding over Trump case
  • GOP primary challengers to debate this Wed, Trump to do interview instead
  • Death toll rises in Maui, while more mismanagement issues emerge