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‘Neymar isn’t on the same street as Messi or Ronaldo’ – Joey Barton stands by ‘Justin Bieber of football’ claim about PSG star Neymar

‘Neymar isn’t on the same street as Messi or Ronaldo’ – Joey Barton stands by ‘Justin Bieber of football’ claim about PSG star

Joey Barton stands by his famous claim that Neymar is the ‘Justin Bieber of football’, telling talkSPORT he ‘isn’t even on the same street’ as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The Neymar debate has been reopened this week after his dazzling display as Paris Saint-Germain sealed their place in the…
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August 14, 2020
The Douglass Republic Paul Newman

The Douglass Republic

As our country grapples with a deadly pandemic, responds to still more outbreaks of police brutality, and bears astonished witness to street after street filled with fed-up citizens calling for change, I find myself thinking of Frederick Douglass. The former slave, orator, political organizer, and self-taught man of letters in…
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August 14, 2020
A Novel Way to Fund a Green Economy Bubble

A Novel Way to Fund a Green Economy

The government has been pretty kind to fossil fuel companies these last few months. Recent disclosures from the Federal Reserve’s secondary bond-buying program show that it has now bought $17 billion worth of ExxonMobil debt and $28.5 million from Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. Private…
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August 14, 2020
US decision to file new charges against Julian Assange ‘astonishing and potentially abusive’ Julian Assange

US decision to file new charges against Julian Assange ‘astonishing and potentially abusive’

A decision by the US government to lodge new charges against Julian Assange was slammed as “astonishing and potentially abusive” by the WikiLeaks founder’s lawyer today. Assange, 48, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May…
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August 14, 2020
Trump wants to force a ban or sale of TikTok. Here is what political activists on the platform are saying. TikTok

Trump wants to force a ban or sale of TikTok. Here is what political activists on the platform are saying.

Nicole Girten and Henry Ren Medill News ServicePublished 5:00 AM EDT Aug 14, 2020Political content creators have not shied away from the social media app TikTok despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that could potentially ban the app. In fact, banning the app, some creators say, could have the unintended…
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August 14, 2020
Covid-19: French government declares Paris, Marseille high-risk zones Paris

Covid-19: French government declares Paris, Marseille high-risk zones

/ Europe Issued on: 14/08/2020 - 09:42 People wearing protective face masks visit the Montmartre neighbourhood, in Paris, on August 11, 2020. © Alain Jocard, AFP France declared its capital Paris and the port city of Marseille high-risk zones for the coronavirus on Friday as the government reported more than 2,500 new infections for…
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August 14, 2020