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Brexit Will Bring a Baby Boom, Boris Johnson Promises

no connection between facts, mouth and brain Another head-scratching claim has drawn attention on the campaign trail in the lead-up to British elections on Thursday.

Trump is the natural consequence of our anti-democracy decade | Robert Reich

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The president knows how the system works: the rich give money and get what they want in return. His defeat is imperative

We’re coming to the end of what might be called the anti-democracy decade. It began on 21 January 2010 with the supreme court’s shameful decision in Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission, opening the floodgates to big money in politics with the absurd claim that the first amendment protects corporate speech.

Related: Nancy Pelosi is bungling the impeachment inquiry into Trump | Moira Donegan

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Amazon indigenous leaders killed in Brazil drive-by shooting

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Gunmen opened fire on a group from the Guajajara tribe on a highway in Maranhão state, killing two and wounding others

Two indigenous leaders have been shot dead and two others wounded in Brazil’s Maranhão state, in an attack not far from where a prominent tribesman who defended the Amazon rainforest was killed last month, authorities said.

The attack on the members of the Guajajara tribe, which is known for the forest guardians who protect their territory against illegal deforestation, occurred on the margins of a federal highway near El-Betel village in the country’s north-east on Saturday.

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Father of London Bridge attack victim calls Johnson a fraud

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David Merritt says prime minister made political capital out of his son Jack’s death

The father of a man killed in the London Bridge attack has accused Boris Johnson of lying and making “political capital” from his son’s death during the BBC leaders’ debate.

David Merritt – whose son Jack was stabbed to death by convicted terrorist Usman Khan – called the prime minister a fraud following his appearance on Friday night’s TV debate, six days before polling day.

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US considers putting Amazon overseas websites on counterfeit blacklist – report

Amazon is no angel but this is just Trump – illegally – thumbing nose at Bezos.

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Amazon says in response it ‘strictly prohibits’ counterfeit products and invests heavily to protect customers from them

The Trump administration is considering putting some of Amazon.com Inc’s overseas websites on a list of global marketplaces known for counterfeit goods, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The action would be taken by the US Trade Representative’s Office through its annual “notorious markets” list, the report said, adding that no decisions had been made and that similar proposals last year were eventually discarded.

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Chilean anti-rape anthem becomes international feminist phenomenon

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  • A Rapist in Your Path performed by women at mass protests
  • Performances staged across Latin America and Europe

A Chilean protest song about rape culture and victim shaming has become a viral anthem for feminists around the world.

Related: Chile security forces’ crackdown leaves toll of death and broken bodies

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