Political Operations

Saturday, 25 September 2021

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Hundreds of Bethamcherla, Banaganapalle mines running without EC

Deccan Chronicle 26 Sep 2021

Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, the Banaganapalle assistant director (Mines) maintained that without EC, mine owners will not be allowed to operate their quarries ... Though operation of these mines is illegal without environmental clearance, officials are forced to look the other way because of the political pressure brought in.

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As insurgents limber up for a federal election, the Coalition is worried about its restive right flank

The Observer 26 Sep 2021

These days, he’s the federal leader of the United Australia party, fronting ads for Clive Palmer’s political operation ... One of the sharpest political operatives I know thinks the coming contest will be a seat-by-seat slugfest rather than an election with a clear national focal point.

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David Olusoga: ‘Black people were told that they had no history’

The Observer 26 Sep 2021

Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga has been the face of a decolonial turn in British broadcasting that, in recent years, with series including the Bafta-winning Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, A House Through Time and Black and British ... He was a skilled sailor, a political operator ... Black History Month in Britain has been an amazing success ... .

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Pranksters target German far-right party with election campaign stunt

Metro USA 25 Sep 2021

The AfD, which polls show with support of about 11%, said the “fraudulent operation” appeared to have been carried out by members of a Berlin-based art group called the Centre for Political Beauty ... The Centre for Political Beauty did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

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Muscogee citizens approve press protections for tribal media

San Francisco Chronicle 25 Sep 2021

While freedom of the press is guaranteed in the U.S ... The Muscogee amendment allows the tribe's news enterprise — which includes print, broadcast and digital operations — to operate “free from political interest or undue influence, harassment, censorship, control or restrictions from any department" of the tribe's government ... Citizens' Sept ... .

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to Michigan Republicans: Talk to your liberal friends

Michigan Live 25 Sep 2021

When her father died, she took on farm operations, and got involved in politics based on her agricultural interest. She was the first one in her family to do anything political, starting with showing up to local meetings, then going into the legislature, then Congress, then the governor’s office.

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An Indian photographer’s hateful wrath against a wounded man is not an isolated crime — it has govt's backing

Dawn 25 Sep 2021

Decades of politics in Assam have led up to this moment ... A poisonous lexicon has flowed from this politics ... What was not spelt out in the party’s early political rhetoric was that it meant communities considered indigenous and non-Muslim ... the police had “full operational liberty”.

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Jim Hartman: GOP gubernatorial field takes shape

Elko Daily Free Press 25 Sep 2021

Steve Sisolak in 2022 ... Rep ... Former U.S ... However, in the 2018 midterm election, Heller lost reelection by a 5-point margin to political newcomer Sen ... Mike Slanker and Ryan Erwin are veteran GOP Nevada political operatives ... Joey Gilbert, a Reno personal injury and criminal defense attorney, has position himself on the political outer fringe of the race ... .

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UUP leader rejects call from DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson for a unionist pact in North

The Irish Times 25 Sep 2021

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Doug Beattie has rejected a call by DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson for a unionist pact in Northern Ireland ... Mr Beattie said ... “All unionist parties reject it and want to see it replaced, and I will co-operate with others to try and achieve that ... “As a political party we are confident in our pro-Union message ... .

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Glancing back: When the Lockport papers competed

Lockport Union-Sun 25 Sep 2021

Animosity ran deep between the newspapers and the political parties ... While some of these papers have taken up the call of one political ideology or another, most simply vacillate between whichever point of view will sell the most copies, operating under growing conglomerates of industrial media.

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State Sen. Bryan Hughes spotlights victories from this year's legislative sessions

The Marshall News Messenger 25 Sep 2021

A big thing the bill does is prevent ballot harvesting, where paid political operatives try getting between the voter and their ballot, Hughes said ... HB 20 makes it illegal for large social media platforms to ban users based on their political or religious beliefs.

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Most-hated large consumer brand in Oregon stands alone; Big Tech dominates U.S. dislike list

The Oregonian 25 Sep 2021

Would you like to buy the world a Coke?. That old advertising slogan applies to Oregon today. Or at least the inverse of it apparently does ... The methodology is ... creative ... Got that?. Social-media-based “sentiment analysis” is widely used these days by marketers and partisan political operations, among others. Which hardly means it’s foolproof ... .

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UUP leader rejects call for unionist pact

Belfast Telegraph 25 Sep 2021

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has rejected a call by DUP chief Sir Jeffrey Donaldson for a unionist pact ... Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie (Liam McBurney/PA) ... “All unionist parties reject it and want to see it replaced, and I will co-operate with others to try and achieve that ... “As a political party we are confident in our pro-Union message ... .

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International Sister City Programs – Diplomacy of the Simple Citizen

The National Herald 25 Sep 2021

His path to City Hall began with community service and administrative experience gained as general manager for Verizon with responsibility for network operations support. Alahouzos' message to Greek-Americans who are active in their communities and in local politics is that ...

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The Climate Crisis: an essential guide

The Irish Times 25 Sep 2021

It has long passed, because the response to the climate emergency so far has been tardy, insufficient and marked by lack of co-operation – time to avoid catastrophic impacts is running out ... Good COP outcomes show it’s possible to act in unison despite political tensions and economies operating at different paces.