Mira Kamdar
@mirakamdar.bsky.social
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Paris-based author of four books, gardener, NYT Editorial Board alumna, words in New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, more.
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Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide.
The report warns that Trump administration policies risk driving US inequality to new heights, but points out that both Republican and Democratic administrations have exacerbated the US’s growing wealth gap. Continue reading...
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"Equator is founded on our conviction that the storied titles of the Anglophone West cannot be internally reformed, nor redeemed by their periodic U-turns and belated mea culpas. The time has come to create something new."
Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration.
Join us: www.equator.org
Today we publish Equator's editorial declaration.
Join us: www.equator.org
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As the Border Patrol heads to the Bay Area, Nancy Pelosi today said local law enforcement may arrest federal troops who break California law.
The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them.
W/ @kellen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them.
W/ @kellen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Pelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law
www.nytimes.com
« Russian Secrets » : comment la Russie a bâti un réseau d’espionnage dans l’Arctique avec des équipements européens
« Russian Secrets » : comment la Russie a bâti un réseau d’espionnage dans l’Arctique avec des équipements européens
Grâce à des sociétés-écrans, Moscou a acquis des technologies occidentales de pointe qui ont alimenté un réseau sous-marin secret visant à protéger ses armes nucléaires. L’affaire interroge la capacité de l’Europe à empêcher l’exportation de technologies sensibles vers la Russie.
www.lemonde.fr
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Le Monde
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Les services de renseignement des Pays-Bas restreignent leur coopération avec ceux des Etats-Unis, jugés trop « politisés »
Craignant des fuites et une utilisation partisane des données partagées, les services néerlandais prennent leurs distances avec la CIA et la NSA. Ils entendent à l’inverse renforcer leur coopération avec les services européens, français notamment, compte tenu de l’accroissement de la menace russe sur fond de guerre en Ukraine.
www.lemonde.fr
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NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.
After being sued for violating state-level human trafficking laws, GEO Group, the nation’s largest private prison company, is pushing the Supreme Court to grant private government contractors like itself blanket immunity from such lawsuits. #legal
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ICE’s Private Prison Contractor Is Hoping to Get Blanket Immunity
After being sued for violating state-level human trafficking laws, GEO Group, the nation’s largest private prison company, is pushing the Supreme Court to grant private government contractors like its...
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