‘No Way to Enforce Mask Mandate,’ Says Rat Fink State Rep Who Punished a Woman for Wearing Jeans

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You may not know Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley at all, but if you do know the name, it’s probably because his grandfather Chuck Grassley is the only current U.S. Senator to have held office since the freshman class of Senators following the Revolutionary War. Since that war Grassley the Wizened has chosen primarily…

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Navalny’s team suspends further protests until the spring, refocusing on campaign efforts ahead of Russia’s fall parliamentary elections

Opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s associates announced on Thursday that they do not intend to stage further protests in the coming weekends, suspending a campaign that has mobilized thousands of Russians in recent weeks and led to arrests across the country for supposedly unlawful assemblies. 

Greta Thunberg effigies burned in Delhi after tweets on farmers’ protests

Indian Nazis love to burn things, books, effigies, truth…

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Celebrity interventions inflame sentiments in India as police investigate pro-farmers toolkit

Counter-protesters in Delhi have burned effigies of the Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg after she tweeted support for India’s protesting farmers in posts that have prompted an investigation by Indian police.

Crowds gathered in Delhi to protest against several international celebrities including Thunberg and the pop singer Rihanna, who inflamed sentiments in India and angered the government after tweeting about the continuing farmer protests this week. Photos of Thunberg and Rihanna were set alight and banners were held aloft warning that “international interference” in Indian affairs would not be tolerated.

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Turkey student protests: teargas, pepper spray and pot-banging – video

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Escalating protests over the appointment of a state-approved rector at a prestigious Istanbul university have become an unexpected catalyst for Turkey’s disillusioned and underemployed youth to vent their frustrations at President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government.

Demonstrations by both staff and students erupted last month after the former political candidate Melih Bulu was appointed. The decision was denounced as undemocratic

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