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The clash between the supreme court nominee and his accuser exposed the ugly truth about power and the law in the US The US supreme court is best known, in the modern era, for its landmark 1973 ruling in the case of Roe v Wade , which upheld a woman’s legal right to an abortion. That may have changed last week. The case of Ford v Kavanaugh , fought out before the judiciary committee of the US Senate, in front of a riveted national audience, provided both a dramatic spectacle worthy of Hollywood and a startling insight into the travails and traumas of contemporary American life. It is not over yet. And neither will it soon be forgotten. The Observer is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, founded in 1791. It is published by Guardian News & Media and is editorially independent. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/30/kavanaugh-v-ford-us-senate-hearing-exposed-ugly-truth via TV In Wigan
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EU humiliated: Why disastrous economic policy had to be abandoned within WEEKS

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BORIS JOHNSON will soon be leading the UK out of the EU on January 31 - and, as Britain will be able to control its own economic laws and regulations once again, it can be revealed that the EU's first economic policy was a disaster which fell through within weeks, according to newly resurfaced reports. from Daily Express :: News Feed https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1230853/brexit-news-uk-eu-margaret-thatcher-boris-johnson-euro-the-snake-monetary-policy-spt via Wigan Services
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Socialism is no longer a dirty word in the US – and that’s scary for some | Arwa Mahdawi

Since Trump took power, membership of the Democratic Socialists of America has leapt from 6,000 to 47,000 – and even conservatives are struggling to articulate what is so bad about free education and healthcare

Here’s a fun game to play with a right-leaning American: say the word “socialism” and count the number of seconds it takes for them to scream “VENEZUELA” in response. It is unclear how many conservative Americans could identify Venezuela on a map but, boy, they all seem keen to inform you that the beleaguered country is a shining example of why socialism will never work, certainly not in the US.

For a recent example of how Republicans go completely Caracas at the mere mention of the S-word, please see Meghan McCain, the daughter of the 2008 presidential candidate John McCain. Last week, Meghan McCain had a meltdown on the daytime television chatshow The View when the subject of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old Democratic Socialist who recently unseated a 10-term New York congressman, came up.

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from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/socialism-no-longer-dirty-word-us-scary-for-some
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