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Did the Anti-Defamation League conflate protesting government actions with antisemitism in their 2024 audit? (re. CNN/Ryan Enos interview)
In CNN's April 24, 2025 video Harvard's lawsuit against the Trump admin sets up a titanic clash over academic freedom after about 04:04, is this exchange between CNN and Prof. Ryan Enos (and website) ...
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Are there long-term, world-wide, stable trackers of sentiment towards the US?
I want to know how international sentiment towards the US has changed over the last two decades.
Is there a tracker of that sentiment that is worldwide (covering different regions in the world), long-...
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Which countries are named as US allies by the second Trump administration?
The US under the second Trump administration currently seems to isolate itself somewhat from the rest of the world, with not being part of the Paris Agreement, TPP, wanting to acquire Canada or ...
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How do the 2023-2024 university pro-Gaza protests compare to other political protests in the US in terms of violence/illegal acts?
President Trump has taken big steps to curb the independence, some would say say free speech, at elite American universities, justifying that by the need to curb "extremism" and "anti-...
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Is religion-based political decision making compatible with democracy? [closed]
The title question, as it stands. For context, it occurred as a natural generalisation and distillation of cases such as "Is it [truly] democratic for a voter to choose their representatives ...
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How does the German constitutional court make decisions with even votes?
Each senate of the German constitutional court has eight judges. How does it make decisions if the votes are four for the plaintiff and four against?
In reality, I think the decision is about opinions,...
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Is the USA legally allowed to pay El Salvador to imprison non-US citizens without trial or charges?
The US government is paying El Salvador to indefinitely detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as well as many Venezuelans. As far as I know, none of these people have been charged with a crime in either ...
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What measurable outcomes has Pakistan achieved compared to Iran, given their differing foreign policy alignments and sanction statuses since 1978? [closed]
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Iran and Pakistan are both self-identified Islamic Republics, with Iran predominantly Shia and Pakistan predominantly Sunni. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has faced extensive U.S....
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Why is it so hard to take back control of Haiti's capital from gangs?
Reportedly, gangs still control 80% of Haiti's capital, despite the internationally supported police effort, etc., which has been going on for a year, as I recall.
Why is this mission apparently so ...
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What are the main provisions of the mineral deal with the US that Ukraine did sign?
It's been a months-long saga and I can find press coverage of some of the US demands from earlier stages of the negotiations, but what are the main provisions of the mineral deal with the US that ...
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How common is for US presidential envoys to pay for their own travel and receive no remuneration?
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Witkoff also takes no salary from the US government and pays for travel on his personal plane without reimbursement from the federal government, according to an administration official....
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How much US trade used to pass through the Red Sea, before the Houthis started their attacks?
There is a bit of a disagreement within MAGA whether the US should be fighting against the Houthis. For now Trump has settled it by saying that the Houthis attacked US ships, therefore they will be ...
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Why are people getting trapped at CECOT by Trump? [closed]
President Trump of the United States has made people who haven't committed crimes get sent to CECOT in El Salvador without warning or due process. These people, Trump thinks, he "doesn't have ...
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Why doesn't the Department of State always notify international students when they revoke their student visa along with the reason for the revocation?
According to ‘It’s unfair’: International PhD student at BYU speaks after his student visa was revoked:
The university didn’t get anything, I didn’t receive anything, so we just found out it is ...
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Did surviving an assassination attempt substantively improve Donald Trump's chances of reelection? [closed]
There are mixed opinions on whether surviving an assassination attempt improves a candidates chances in general.
Answers to the more general question included a specific analysis on former Brazilian ...
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