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In a recent article in liberal Pakistani newspaper Dawn, columnist Rafia Zakaria said that Israel has entered "a precarious time" with the country facing "internal dissent and geopolitical alliances changing fast." In the article, titled "Israel Flounders," Rafia Zakaria observed: "Today, the zeal with which Israel's far-right is trying to erode the powers of the instruments

He also hopes the MCU is around for 80 years or more. See the details at Empire.

Bradley Schurman, author of The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny, said that increasing lifespans will require Americans to fund more years in retirement, something he said our society is not prepared to do.

Turner-Smith reveals hopes on ‘fictional normalising’ of black women in military Jodie Turner-Smith in Without Remorse (Nadja Klier/Paramount Pictures) Jodie Turner-Smith has said she hopes to be part of a “fictional normalising” of black women in senior roles in the military with her new film role. The Queen & Slim star plays a Navy Seal team member in Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, starring opposite Black Panther actor Michael B Jordan. The movie is an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s 19...

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UpdatedFri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:08 am CT Replies(3) WISCONSIN—When Law Forward launched in October with the goal of reversing the right-wing assault on democracy, there was "skepticism about how real these threats to our democracy are," says Jeffrey Mandell, one of the founding attorneys at Wisconsins new progressive, nonprofit law firm Since then, a violent mob, incited by President Donald Trump, has rampaged through the U.S. Capitol. The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison is boarded up and p...