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Singapore recorded its strongest economic growth in 11 years in the second quarter of 2021, rebounding from its worst economic slump on record a year ago due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Southeast Asian economy surged 14.3% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago, according to advance estimates by the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
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Men and women from different religious groups march toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington Aug. 2, 2021, during a protest for voting rights and economic justice organized by the Poor People s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. (CNS photo/Melissa Cedillo, National Catholic Reporter)
Washington Hundreds of people marched and over 200 of them were arrested Aug. 2 at a Moral Monday rally for voting rights and economic justice near the Capitol.
Among those arrested were the Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose involvement in civil rights goes back to being a companion of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the day he was assassinated in 1968. Also arrested was the Rev. William Barber II, the Black Protestant minister who originated the Moral Monday marches in 2013 in North Carolina.
 There are two things one can be sure of when politicians denigrate government programs as âsocialist.â One is that they donât know anything about âsocialism.â The other is that they donât know anything about the programs theyâre trying to smear.
So here comes Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking member of the House Republican leadership, with an especially absurd example of the genre.
Marking the birthdays of Medicare and Medicaid, which were enacted on July 30, 1965, she took to Twitter to celebrate âthe critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families.â Then she pivoted to add, âTo safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.â
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There are two things one can be sure of when politicians denigrate government programs as âsocialist.â One is that they donât know anything about socialism. The other is that they donât know anything about the programs theyâre trying to smear.
So here comes Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., the third-ranking member of the House Republican leadership, with an especially absurd example of the genre.
Marking the birthdays of Medicare and Medicaid, which were enacted July 30, 1965, she took to Twitter to celebrate âthe critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families.â Then she pivoted to add, âTo safeguard our future, we must reject socialist healthcare schemes.â