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President Trump Congratulates Record Breaking Astronaut (NHQ201704240005)

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Today, we heard that  Donald Trump has given his approval for the AUKUS deal. Why wouldn’t he? In this deal, Australia pays billions of dollars to the US to boost their nuclear submarine building capacity. There are, however, no iron clad guarantees that we will receive any submarines. Donald Trump would love such a deal with billions going to the US military industrial complex and delays are always par for the course with these kinds of arrangements. Australia is kissing the ring of Trump by relinquishing our sovereignty by allowing a greater US military presence within our territory and becoming further subservient to American interests.Continue Reading

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The overhyped AI bubble, which the US has been blowing up with nationalistic fervour has been rocked. Deep Seek bursts American AI bubble. Right at the time, when Trump 2.0 has been making its MAGA fuelled craziness felt this comes as a wake up call on the global stage. The Big Tech realm is no longer an exclusively stars and stripes affair, it seems.Continue Reading

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Oligarchies have been around for a very long time in modern terms. The word itself comes from the ancient Greeks, like many of our words for social structures and types of government. What can we do about the oligarchs? Oligarchy versus democracy was first billed as a clash of governing systems some 3 millennia ago in Athens. The original Greek oligarchies were based on class and wealth, as the two most often went hand in hand. Democracy came about as a means to break the grip of noble families on governing Athens, the city state. This new expansionary form of government spread to other Greek city states.Continue Reading