Friday, January 17, 2025

Will Donald Trump be allowed to serve a third term? This is what the law says

Story by Calum Roche, Andy Hall

As the US Election campaign trail came to an end last year, voters made their decision, one that could have very lasting repercussions for them, and the entire world. Following the counts, it was confirmed that Donald Trump had won by a clear margin over Kamala Harris. That’s right, American would have a convicted felon as president before she chose a woman. Can Trump run for president in 2028?

Is Donald Trump a William McKinley or Andrew Jackson?


The Trump presidency is not a pathology of mass politics. It’s a problem of our billionaire political economy.

Story by Corey Robin

Democracy in America is not well, but what ails it? According to one diagnosis, the country is suffering from multiple strains of one-man rule — tyranny, fascism, authoritarianism. Variants of the virus originate in the people and their passions. Citizens vote the tyrant into power. Racism, misogyny, or some other affliction of cruelty and fear fuels their votes. Democracy is not just threatened by disease. It is the disease.

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Χρόνια Πολλά Tom Waits - Rockpalast 1977 FULL SHOW PROSHOT


The Greek Courier
"Μη φυτεύετε τις κακές σας μέρες. Μεγαλώνουν σε εβδομάδες. Οι εβδομάδες γίνονται μήνες. Πριν το καταλάβετε, είχατε μια κακή χρονιά. Πάρτε το από μένα - πνίξτε αυτές τις μικρές κακές μέρες. Να τις πνίξετε μέχρι να γίνουν τίποτα." 

One of the greatest filmmakers of all time, David Lynch dead at 78

A man poses for photos.

'There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us,' reads a Thursday Facebook post

CBC News · Posted: Jan 16, 2025 10:41 AM PST | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch has died at 78, according to a social media post made by his family. "It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate some privacy at this time," reads a post on Facebook. "There's a big hole in the world now that he's no longer with us. But, as he would say, 'Keep your eye on the doughnut and not on the hole.' It's a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way."

We have prepared a tribute to his life and work

Nobel economist Paul Krugman says Trump's policies will leave his blue-collar base feeling 'brutally scammed'

  • Donald Trump champions the working class but his policies are bad news for them, Paul Krugman says.
  • The Nobel-winning economist says tariffs and deportations will hurt instead of help the poor.
  • "A lot of people are going to get brutally scammed," Krugman said.

Donald Trump rode to victory in the US presidential race by pledging to put America first and fight for blue-collar workers. Paul Krugman says he'll only make their lives harder.

The economist, who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2008, criticized the president-elect's plans to raise tariffs and cut taxes during Tuesday's episode of "The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent" podcast.

Q&A for Gaza ceasefire: Stages One, Two and Three explained

Associated Press

Wishful thinking or the real deal? Despite some celebrations, only time can tell whether Israel and Hamas have really agreed on a deal that could halt the war in Gaza and see the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. What could be in the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas? To begin with, it would be the most dramatic breakthrough in 15 months of war, which began when the armed Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023. Yet, details of the deal reportedly approved by both sides have not been announced.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Πώς φτάσαμε ως εδώ και τί μας επιφυλλάσει το μέλλον;

Γιάννης Δαμέλλος

Σε μερικές ημέρες ο Ντόναλντ Τραμπ θα επιστρέψει στο Λευκό Οίκο για να στρογγυλοκαθίσει για δεύτερη φορά στο θώκο του Προέδρου των ΗΠΑ. Ενόψει της τελετής ορκωμοσίας του θα προσπαθήσω με λίγα λόγια να πω τη γνώμη μου σχετικά με το τί αντιπροσωπεύει ο Τραμπ, οι νέοι Ρεπουμπλικάνοι αλλά και το σύστημα που υπηρετούν. 

Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 14, 2025

Monday, January 13, 2025

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Ολοκληρωτικό έλεγχο του Εθνικού Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας θέλει ο Τραμπ και ξεκινά τεστ αφοσίωσης του προσωπικού


Ο νεοεκλεγείς πρόεδρος Ντόναλντ Τραμπ ξεριζώνει τους επικριτές του στο Συμβούλιο Εθνικής Ασφάλειας κι αυτοί φοβούνται πλέον για την τύχη της Δημοκρατίας. 

Γιάννης Δαμέλλος / Πηγή: Salon

Σε μια άνευ προηγουμένου κίνηση, κορυφαίοι εισερχόμενοι αξιωματούχοι της κυβέρνησης Trump αναπτύσσουν ερωτηματολόγια αφοσίωσης σε δημόσιους υπαλλήλους καριέρας εντός του συμβουλευτικού Σώματος Εθνικής Ασφάλειας, της γνωστής NSA. Οι ερωτήσεις επικεντρώθηκαν στο ποιον ψήφισαν οι γραφειοκράτες το 2024, τις πολιτικές συνεισφορές τους και αν έχουν κάνει αναρτήσεις στα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης εναντίον της νέας κυβέρνησης, σύμφωνα με το Associated Press.

A $30 million campaign to free social media from billionaire control is now underway

Story by insider@insider.com (Pranav Dixit)
Tech leaders, including an early Facebook investor, launch a $30M campaign for independent social media. Free Our Feeds aims to counter billionaire control with the open-source AT Protocol. The campaign is led by executives from Mozilla, Social Web Foundation, and other tech nonprofits.

Trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon set to begin


SEOUL, Jan 14
- The trial of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to start on Tuesday with oral arguments over his short-lived bid to impose martial law which threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades. However, the Constitutional Court session is likely to be cut short as Yoon, who has been holed up in his hillside villa in Seoul for weeks, is not expected to attend.

Biden’s parting gift: Student loan debt relief



More than 5 million borrowers have had about $183.6 billion in student loans forgiven since President Joe Biden took office, according to Education Department officials. 

By Rebecca Carballo

In the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency, his administration announced on Monday that it will provide student debt relief to 150,000 borrowers. Almost 85,000 attended schools that defrauded their students; 61,000 have total and permanent disabilities; and 6,100 are public service workers.

Secret UK files detailing confessions of Cambridge Five spies released

A file about spy Anthony Blunt from the exhibition "MI5: Official Secrets" is pictured at the National Archives in London, Britain, January 13, 2025. REUTERS/ Marissa Davison© Thomson Reuters

By Michael Holden

LONDON (Reuters) - Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents including Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt who spied for the Soviet Union were released for the first time on Tuesday.

Russia's Greenland plot: Danish intel exposes forged letter


Source: BKW

Danish counterintelligence has revealed that the suggestion for the U.S. to acquire Greenland was allegedly influenced by Russian intelligence and communicated to Donald Trump. The Danes determined that Russia forged a letter from Greenland's Minister of Foreign Affairs to U.S. Senator Tom Cotton.

Justice Department can publish Jack Smith report on Trump’s election interference case, judge rules


Alex Woodward for the Independent

After a last-minute legal battle, Jack Smith’s final report on his criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election is one step closer to becoming public. 

On Monday, Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon rejected arguments from Trump and his now-former co-defendants in the classified documents case who have tried to stop the Department of Justice from releasing the entire report.

Top U.S. & World Headlines — January 13, 2025