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Pennsylvania top court redraws voting map in boost to Democrats
Turkey’s Afrin assault wins Syrian Kurds unlikely friends

The Turkish military operation in the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin is uniting unlikely players behind Syria’s Kurds.
Op-Ed Columnist: Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now
He either believes Putin’s denials, or more likely, is afraid of what the Russians have on him.
Israel’s Netanyahu could act against Iran’s ’empire’
Benjamin Netanyahu is the greatest threat to peace as he tries to get his public to ignore his crimes to enrich himself and friends with citizens of Israel and Palestine paying for his ego. MUNICH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would act against Iran, not just its allies in the Middle East, if needed, reiterating that Tehran was the world’s greatest threat.
Labour will win the next election if it becomes the party of Remain | Eloise Todd
Only a tiny proportion of the party’s voters last year strongly wanted to leave the EU – opposing a disastrous Brexit will shake up the electoral map
Recently, there has been story after story about Brexit ministers giving speeches laying out a road map. This is apart from the chancellor, who has been sent to the Arctic. While the focus for this last week might have been on the Conservative government and its road to nowhere, soon the pendulum will swing back towards the Labour party and its position on Brexit.
Labour fought the election on a mandate that has been hailed as a brilliant middle way between Remain and Leave. MPs on the frontbench Brexit team want to find a solution “somewhere between in and out”. But there is a decision still facing our country and it doesn’t involve a middle way.
Israel’s Netanyahu condemns Polish PM for ‘Jewish perpetrators’ comment
Does not change fact that he has probably abused his own power to stay n power and enrich his family and friends-supporters at Israel’s people’s cost. WARSAW (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned his Polish counterpart on Saturday for saying Jews were perpetrators in World War Two as well as Poles and others, just weeks after Warsaw drew criticism over a new Holocaust law.
Facebook plans to use U.S. mail to verify IDs of election ad buyers
Duh!?! Why sell space-time for any political ads by anyone? Better yet – everyone should assume that Facebook is not capable of keeping Russian, Fundamentalist, Nazi, Fascist trolls from abusing free speech and advertising terms of use! WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities and location of people who want to purchase U.S. election-related advertising on its site, a senior company executive said on Saturday.
Echoes of ’68 haunt Poland 50 years on
As Poland marks the 50th anniversary of a notorious anti-Semitic campaign, some of its leaders call for a clampdown on historical debate and speak darkly about enemies within. The echoes of ’68 are hard to ignore.
After Florida, I see the NRA as nothing less than a terrorist organization
What else would you call a group that ensures I need to have a conversation with my daughter about how to survive a school shooting?
I try so hard not to let tragedies like the one that happened at a Florida high school this week feel like just another shooting. This happens so often, it’s easy to fall into frozen despair. If child after child is killed, and still our politicians do nothing – how can we expect anything to change?
The truth is that we have to stop voting for Republicans; we have to stop voting for people who take money from the NRA. At this point, I consider them nothing less than a terrorist organization – what else would you call a group that ensures I have to have a conversation with my seven-year-old about playing dead should she be unable to run away from a shooter.
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