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Scotland

The Strange Death of Social-Democratic England

Far-reaching though the effects of this moment in the Brexit story will be, the 2019 general election may change the landscape of British politics and the fabric of its society in even more profound and decisive ways. With renewed calls for a referendum on in…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Obamacare

Obamacare insurance mandate is struck down by an appeals court

By: New York Times | Washington | Published: December 19, 2019 8:02:22 am A storefront of Sunshine Health and Life Advisors, a Florida insurance enrollment company, in Miami on Nov. 16, 2016. (Angel Valentin/The New York Times)Written by Abby Goodnough A…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

NSA

Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment

Government attorneys had argued that the Constitution didn't address the use of private email and phone call data. The US had charged Hasbajrami in 2011 with providing material support to a terrorist group in Pakistan, and the suspect initially pleaded guilt…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Donald Trump

Impeachment Won’t Protect This Country From Donald Trump

By any reasonable measure, Mr. Trumps own conduct in office clears the bar for impeachment set by the founders. The case against him is that he solicited foreign interference to help in his 2020 re-election campaign, that he used hundreds of millions of taxpa…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Times Square

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial

Image copyrightReutersImage caption President Trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that wi…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Doping in Cycling

The defining moments from the decade in cycling

In a couple of weeks its not just a year thatll come to an end, but an entire decade. And whilst weve catalogued the products and content that have made up the year for us and that feels like a pretty long lens lets zoom out a little further. A lot…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

CCTV

Birmingham Prison: Funding dispute stopped CCTV installation

Image caption The Prison Service and G4S could not decide who should pay for the CCTV system, the report said HMP Birmingham has been making "steady progress" under new leadership but CCTV "promised for years" has still not been installed, prison inspector…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

NSA

FYI: FBI raiding NSA’s global wiretap database to probe US citizens probably illegal, unconstitutional, court says

Analysis The FBI is likely breaking the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches, when it investigates domestic crimes using an NSA database created from international wiretaps, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. In a decision that…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Little Italy

5 destinations to make the holidays special with that special someone

Traveling during the winter holidays does not have to be the same, predictable trip back home to see family. The season can be a great opportunity to travel, not just take a trip. Travel mean much more: It is exploring a new destination, and any destination …

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Bubble

RCS is the Future of Android Texting, Tell Your Friends

The story of RCS is a long, multi-year tale filled with early unrealized promises, ounces of hope crushed by wireless carriers, the snakiest of moves by those same carriers, and an eventual power play by Google to help establish the future of text messaging o…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

The Strange Death of Social-Democratic England

Obamacare insurance mandate is struck down by an appeals court

Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment

Impeachment Won’t Protect This Country From Donald Trump

Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial

The defining moments from the decade in cycling

Birmingham Prison: Funding dispute stopped CCTV installation

FYI: FBI raiding NSA’s global wiretap database to probe US citizens probably illegal, unconstitutional, court says

5 destinations to make the holidays special with that special someone

RCS is the Future of Android Texting, Tell Your Friends

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