- Meta to Drop Fact-Checking Program Because It’s ‘Too Politically Biased,’ Adds Community Notes on Facebook and Instagram https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/meta-drops-fact-checking-program-politically-biased-1236268293/ 132 comments privacy
- Meta scraps fact checking program, is bringing back political content https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/meta-eliminates-third-party-fact-checking-moves-to-community-notes.html 270 comments nottheonion
- Meta scraps fact checking program, is bringing back political content https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/07/meta-eliminates-third-party-fact-checking-moves-to-community-notes.html 256 comments politics
- Florida Bill Would Ban “Identity Politics” in Teacher Preparation Programs https://truthout.org/articles/florida-bill-would-ban-identity-politics-in-teacher-preparation-programs/ 14 comments law
- Supreme Court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness program | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/supreme-court-student-loan-forgiveness-biden/index.html 2 comments worldnews
- Supreme Court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness program | CNN Politics https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/supreme-court-student-loan-forgiveness-biden/index.html 4 comments worldnews
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a major political conference before year’s end where he’s expected to address his increasingly tense relations with Washington and Seoul over the expansion of his nuclear and missile programs https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14782102 12 comments worldnews
- The Trump Administration Used Its Food Aid Program for Political Gain, Congressional Investigators Find https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-used-its-food-aid-program-for-political-gain-congressional-investigators-find 144 comments politics
- Joe Biden Shouldn't Shy Away From the Radicalism of the New Deal | ‘Why the New Deal Matters’ author Eric Rauchway explains why embracing FDR’s signature programs is not just a moral imperative—it’s good politics. https://inthesetimes.com/article/joe-biden-shouldnt-shy-away-from-the-radicalism-of-the-new-deal 19 comments politics
- A large scale Universal Basic Income-style program has existed in the US since the early ‘80s (in Alaska!). Came across this interactive documentary that tells the story of the creation of Alaska’s UBI program through the eyes of one of the political aides who helped shape it and secure its passage. https://frame.media/stories/alaska-model/?s-rt=7 6 comments economy
- How Medicaid Expansion Is Transforming Politics As We Know It | Even in deep-red states, voters vigorously defend the program—and they know which party is attacking it. https://www.thenation.com/article/kentucky-medicaid-expansion-voter-turnout/ 3 comments politics
- Beto O'Rourke rolls out immigration plan: No border wall, citizenship for 11 million, new guest worker program | Politics https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/05/29/beto-orourke-rolls-immigration-plan-no-border-wall-citizenship-11-million-new-guest-worker-program?fbclid=iwar2bl3hymnvieo3kyxvlex1mwqlzlxsirno6yclpvfc9ycn0_djewdpkivc 20 comments politics
- UN Report - 'Rapid, Far-Reaching, and Unprecedented' Global Action Needed to 'Prevent Climate Catastrophe': "The climate crisis is here and already impacting the most vulnerable," notes 350.org's program director. "Staying under 1.5ºC is now a matter of political will." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/08/un-report-rapid-far-reaching-and-unprecedented-global-action-needed-prevent-climate 757 comments worldnews
- China offers $105m to Arab countries, political support to Palestine | Chinese President Xi Jinping pledges $15m to Palestinians for economic development programs at China-Arab States Cooperation Forum http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/china-offer-100-million-aid-palestine-339542495 7 comments worldnews
- The catalonian regional channel (TV3) children's news program explains to Catalan children what political prisoners are.(This TV channel is still umder the command of independentist supporters, the 155 direct rule still doesn't affect them) https://amp.elmundo.es/cataluna/2017/11/07/5a01a902e5fdea3d038b45e5.html 74 comments europe
- States that expanded Medicaid had greater political participation (measured in terms of voter registration and turnout). This is consistent with the theory that social policy programs increase political engagement. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/politics-of-policy-the-initial-mass-political-effects-of-medicaid-expansion-in-the-states/246aa0f10b44efd62a7b27c661730823 1995 comments science
- Hi Reddit, this is Faiz Shakir, National Political Director for the ACLU. We’re launching a new grassroots organizing program on 3/11 to resist Trump and want your help. Interested? Ask our team anything! (We'll be on starting at 2pm ET) https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/5xuwu6/hi_reddit_this_is_faiz_shakir_national_political/ 467 comments politics
- Edward Snowden: Augmented reality will bring political awareness | He doesn't play much Pokemon Go, but the man who disclosed massive government spy programs thinks the game's tech will change how we relate to the world. https://www.cnet.com/news/edward-snowden-augmented-reality-could-bring-political-awareness/ 18 comments technology
- The RNC Will Be a First Amendment Disaster - "The ability to disrupt the ordinary routines of city life or the program of a political convention is the ability to demand recognition and compel attention, and the First Amendment protects these moments of interruption." http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2016/07/rnc_protesters_are_facing_a_first_amendment_disaster.html 16 comments politics
- Top 2014 recipients of Koch foundation cash. Koch brothers consider the higher educational programs they fund a “fully integrated” part of a massive network fighting to enact deregulatory government policies and elect conservative political candidates. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/12/15/19007/koch-brothers-supersize-higher-ed-spending 25 comments politics
- Our Sex-Crazed Congress -- "To appreciate the dumbing down of American politics, consider this: Conservative Republicans, indignant about abortion, are trying to destroy a government program that helps prevent 345,000 abortions a year." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-our-sex-crazed-congress.html 3 comments politics
- To appreciate the dumbing down of American politics, consider this: Conservative Republicans, indignant about abortion, are trying to destroy a government program that helps prevent 345,000 abortions a year http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-our-sex-crazed-congress.html?smid=tw-share 320 comments politics
- GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush suggested that the United States should figure out a way to “phase out” Medicare, the federal program that provides insurance to more than 50 million elderly and disabled people, at a political event on Wednesday night. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/07/23/3683804/jeb-bush-medicare/ 5 comments politics
- Oslo university admits mass killer Breivik to political science program; he will study in jail https://ca.news.yahoo.com/oslo-university-admits-mass-killer-breivik-political-science-142421778.html 7 comments worldnews
- Out in the Open: Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft: The web forum 4chan is known mostly as a place to share juvenile and, to put it mildly, politically incorrect images. But it’s also the birthplace of one of the latest attempts to subvert the NSA’s mass surveillance program. http://www.wired.com/2014/09/tox/ 5 comments technology
- US Air Force cancels Taiwan's F-16 upgrade program｜Politics｜News｜WantChinaTimes.com http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&maincatid=11&id=20140311000018 8 comments geopolitics
- COINTELPRO 2.0: "JTRIG and its associated programs at the NSA have nothing whatsoever to do with stopping a real (or imagined) "terrorist" threat. They are about keeping tabs on--and destabilizing, if possible--radical political activism" http://socialistworker.org/2014/03/05/cointelpro-version-2 6 comments politics
- NSA, GCHQ mapping “political alignment” of cellphone users: The programs do not primarily target “terrorists,” but workers, intellectuals, and students. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/28/nsar-j28.html 40 comments worldnews
- Politician suggests using NSA spy program to investigate other political scandals "If they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/11/inside-the-beltway-steve-stockman-connects-the-dot/ 5 comments politics
- Father of Pakistan's Nuclear Program Enters Into Politics http://nottheology.com/2012/09/20/pakistans-father-of-nukes/ 20 comments pakistan
- Scott Walker Kills Women's Cancer Screening Program for Political Gain http://www.readersupportednews.org/news-section2/314-18/8979-scott-walker-kills-womens-cancer-screening-program-for-political-gain 3 comments politics
- Carl Sagan on the true political motivations for the Apollo space program, plus the often-overlooked benefits. [Original Video] http://milkywaymusings.tumblr.com/post/1049062073/carl-sagan-tribute-series-part-4-the-gift-of 13 comments science
- Sign the Petition: The script for the upcoming "The Kennedys" miniseries on The History Channel is right-wing character assassination, not "history." Until The History Channel stops running politically motivated fiction as historical "fact," I will refuse to watch their programming. http://stopkennedysmears.com/?utm_source=rgemail 11 comments reddit.com
- Gorbachev never tires of reminding people of his political program at the time that the Berlin Wall fell: “We made an agreement [with Western leaders] to build a free Europe, a unified system of security … that would serve the interests of Germans, Russians, Europe and the whole world." http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/very-little-to-celebrate/388949.html 3 comments politics
- Political dithering has led to an end of Canada's program to send generic AIDS medication to Africa. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/abandoning-our-responsibility/article1301942/ 5 comments worldnews
- Programming and politics: A Tipping Point for Scala http://fupeg.blogspot.com/2009/08/tipping-point-for-scala.html 24 comments programming
- Sarkozy government implements police state measures. These changes are designed to curb mass resistance and political opposition to him and his programs. http://wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/fran-j23.shtml 58 comments worldnews
- Japan's government may abolish political fairness clause in broadcasting law as part of industry shake-up - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is considering abolishing a legal clause demanding broadcasters ensure political fairness, claiming it would spur competition and diversify programs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/15/national/japans-government-may-abolish-political-fairness-clause-broadcasting-law-part-industry-shake/#.wqqhd9is-uk 6 comments worldnews
- Pres. Eisenhower: "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history." http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/10942-eisenhower-today-would-be-considered-a-socialist-by-the-modern-radical-gop 43 comments politics
- In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared: "The government will not, so long as I am here, have a positive political doctrine in its program that has to do with the problem of birth control. That’s not our business.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-catholic-church-almost-came-to-accept-birth-control/2012/02/21/giqady1jyr_story.html 68 comments politics