The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase

American Progress, 1872.

The Louisiana Purchase is usually presented as an incredible, inspiring moment in American history in which President Thomas Jefferson, wise, benevolent eyes twinkling under his powdery white wig, made an incredibly shrewd real estate deal with notorious, disgraced French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and, with one stroke of his giant quill pen, doubled the size of the United States of America for the bargain price of $15 million, or just three cents an acre. What we don’t usually learn about is the negative domino effect this treaty had in terms of inspiring the concept of manifest destiny or the belief that white colonists had a God-given duty to expand across North America and redeem and remake the land in their own image.

The Messed Up Truth About The Louisiana Purchase

All the theories why Tucker Carlson got fired, from offensive texts about his bosses to too much prayer talk and Rupert Murdoch’s personal disdain

All the theories why Tucker Carlson got fired, from offensive texts about his bosses to too much prayer talk and Rupert Murdoch’s personal disdain

Murdoch was displeased with Carlson’s stance on the Ukraine war—a graphic on Carlson’s show had previously called the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky a “Ukrainian pimp.” The host also repeatedly chided the U.S. for providing military aid to Ukraine. Murdoch’s opinion of Carlson’s commentary had become so negative that he complained about it during a newsroom meeting, according to anonymous sources cited by the Washington Post

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Bannon, Guo, Yan: Where a Populist Right Idol Gets His Funding

As we roll into the 2024 political season, you can rest assured the political right will be posturing more and more against China, while rightfully calling for an end to Ukraine aid. This trend was highlighted by a long line of recent Republican congressional and senatorial candidates (Joe Kent, Blake Masters, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, J.D. Vance, Mehmet Oz, etc).

Bannon, Guo, Yan: Where a Populist Right Idol Gets His Funding (archived)

G20 Beautification: Blossoming Tulips Cover Delhi But At What Cost?

The perceptive image of a ‘world-class city’ hardly allows slums to grow. It is against the ‘global aesthetics’ that determines the ‘beautiful’. So, whenever there is any event of global importance — be it the Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games or G20, the first victims of the beautification drive are the poor and the homeless.

G20 Beautification: Blossoming Tulips Cover Delhi But At What Cost?

Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson

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The Rupert Murdoch-owned network has announced the immediate departure of the star host

Fox News parts ways with Tucker Carlson

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Abby Grossberg, a producer who had worked on Carlson’s show, filed lawsuits against the company last month related to the Dominion case, including claims that she and other women faced sexism and harassment from coworkers and officials.

Tucker Carlson has left Fox News

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‘Either Our People Go to Prison, or We Comply With Laws’: Elon Musk on Indian Social Media Rules

‘The rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict, and we can’t go beyond the laws of a country,’ the Twitter owner told BBC’s James Clayton, when asked about the take downs.

‘Either Our People Go to Prison, or We Comply With Laws’: Elon Musk on Indian Social Media Rules

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‘Free Speech’ Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical Of The Modi Government

UN high court finds US seizure of Iranian assets violated treaty + More

In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered nearly $2 billion in assets of Iran’s state bank, frozen in the U.S., to be paid as compensation to relatives of victims of attacks linked to Iran.

UN high court finds US seizure of Iranian assets violated treaty

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International Court of Justice orders US to compensate Iran for frozen assets

ICJ judgments are legally binding, however, the court has no means of enforcing them. Previously, both the US and Iran have ignored the court’s judgments.

US Hails ICJ Ruling On Iran Assets As ‘Major Victory’

“The court’s decision today rejected the vast majority of Iran’s case, including notably Iran’s claims on behalf of Bank Markazi,” said acting legal adviser Rich Visek of the US State Department.