County cricket talking points: old timers show that class is permanent Tom Abell, Keith Barker, Keaton Jennings and Sam Robson all enjoyed a good week in the County ChampionshipBy the 99.94 Cricket Blog

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An image of a person with a pushchair down a residential street near inconsiderately parked cars. The person is wearing striped clothing and walking past a black car. The setting includes brick buildings and a view of houses on a hill in the background.

It's happening! 📢

On Tuesday, MPs will consider an amendment to enable local leaders to ban pavement parking in their area. We need you to help us get this amendment on to the Bill.

Ask your MP to agree to Amendment 265 when it's considered on Tuesday: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4tMU2Uq

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

#Trump

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‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards’

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No link between COVID vaccines and sudden cardiac death A comprehensive study reveals that COVID vaccines do not increase the risk of sudden cardiac death among young, healthy adults.

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Thousands march against far right in London in biggest ever multicultural protest More than 100 charities, campaign groups and trade unions marched in London in a show of unity against far right politics

#London

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Huge crowds take part in London march against the far right – live Tens of thousands are marching through central London, protesting against the rise of the far right

#London

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Using alternative medicine to treat cancer, even alongside conventional therapies, is still a bad idea With the MAHA movement poised to introduce a lot more "integrative" or "complementary and alternative" treatments into oncology (and medicine in general), a new study shows the likely result.

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Dear allies of America, please don’t confuse our president with us | Robert Reich We are trying our best to resist him, contain him and remove him from office as quickly as we possibly can. Thank you for your patience

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Trump wages war on Iran his own way: commander-in-chaos Erratic rhetoric, shifting goals and mixed signals leave allies, foes and voters unsure what the president wants from war

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‘He’s no Winston Churchill’: why Starmer can shrug off Trump’s insults over Iran The prime minister’s cautious stance about helping the US against the Tehran regime mirrors that of the electorate

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Donald Trump is currently lashing out against Spain, UK, and Germany for not doing enough to help the U.S. against Iran.

That is how you know this is going horribly for the United States. The Trump administration is in complete shambles right now.

The Iran War Is God’s Plan, Say U.S. Military Leaders (Who Believe Trump Was Anointed by Jesus) Didn’t the Bible tell us to beware false prophets?

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“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,”

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After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war | John Crace As for Keir Starmer, even when he tries to make a reasonably sound judgment he somehow ends up losing both sides of the argument

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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first

Trump, Musk and now UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe – they are the enablers, making racists feel great again | Jonathan Freedland With their profile and vile words, these malign provocateurs are tearing down decency’s guardrails, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Mandelson will probably end up joining Reform UK - they welcome traitors and elite sex offenders in their ranks

Donald Trump prompts fury after posting racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama – US politics live The US president posted a racist video on Truth Social that included disproven allegations about ballot-counting

#Trump #Obama

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The Data Is In – Exercise Is Good For You Many times in my career I have sat across from a patient who expressed that they are getting serious about their health, and then rattle off a list of things that they are doing to improve their heal

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Two are dead in Minneapolis. Trump is to blame | Kenneth Roth The US president bears political responsibility for having greenlighted ICE agents’ regularly lawless conduct

#ICE
#Trump

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Gruppenführer Bovino slinks away We’ve gotten very familiar with Greg Bovino, the short stormtrooper who dresses in Hugo Boss and struts around the streets of Minneapolis surrounded by masked thugs — he’s almost …

#Bovino #ICE

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Border Patrol commander to leave Minneapolis after shooting of Alex Pretti Gregory Bovino, aggressive promoter of Trump’s deportation agenda, also said to have been stripped of ‘commander at large’ title

#Bovino #Ice #Trump

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Execution in Minneapolis. Is this the beginning of the end for US Democracy?

Execution in Minneapolis.
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The destruction of public health in the United States The US stands on the precipice of the destruction of public health. This might be best exemplified by the loss of its measles-free status. In 2000, the U.S. had been classified as having "eliminated" ...

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Donald Trump doesn’t want us to believe our own eyes | Steven Greenhouse Renee Nicole Good’s killing is the latest example of the president’s outrageous – and blatant – assaults on the truth

#Trump
#ICE
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The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: an international body in service to one man’s ego | Editorial Editorial: It was supposed to give Gaza a future, but the US president is using it to attack the UN, international law and multilateralism

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Thursday briefing: What’s going on with Trump’s board of peace? In today’s newsletter: What began as a temporary mechanism to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction is quietly mutating into a permanent system of external control, raising urgent questions about who​ will go...

Thursday briefing: What’s going on with Trump’s board of peace?

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Moon Landing Hoax In School - NeuroLogica Blog Last week a child of one of my cohosts on the SGU, who is in fifth grade (the child, not the cohost), came home from school and declared, rather dramatically, "Mom, Dad - did you know that we never we...

#Moonlanding
#NASA

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Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It? YouTube video by Robert Reich

Donald Trump has lost his mind. youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?...

WHO On Traditional Medicine Recently the World Health Organization published their guidelines on traditional medicine, actually referring to the category of "traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) practices.

#TraditionalMedicine

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