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What could Russia hope to gain by continuing their war against Ukraine?
I'm struggling to understand what Russia hopes to gain by continuing the war.
In my understanding, if Russia somehow "won" (I appreciate there are different ways of thinking about what winning would be for Russia), capturing Ukraine or at least…
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Why is Germany still opposed to nuclear power despite the energy crisis?
Germany has recently announced that while they’ll keep two of their nuclear power plants operational during the winter, they’re still planning to shut them down in the spring. But why aren’t they doing a complete U-turn and keeping the nuclear power…
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Why does Germany ban RT but not France24 or Voice of America?
Germany has banned RT, apparently because it is considered to be not independent of the Russian government (Die Medienkommission sieht die Staatsferne nicht gewährleistet), which funds it directly. In response, Deutsche Welle was banned in Russia. …
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Why did Germany hurry to phase out nuclear energy usage increasing the risk of fossil power use and Russian gas dependency?
This article mentions the difficulties posed by Germany's decision to phase out nuclear energy usage:
Germany's decision to phase out nuclear power means that it must
replace the energy source with climate-harmful coal and gas
On the other hand,…
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Why does Joe Biden always tweet from @POTUS and not @JoeBiden?
I have noticed that ever since Joe Biden took office, he has tweeted from @POTUS. However Donald Trump, for example, tweeted primarily from his personal account, which is suspended. When @JoeBiden tweets, it is solely retweets, mostly of @POTUS…
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How do politicians scrutinize bills that are thousands of pages long?
The recently passed stimulus bill is said to be 5,593 pages long, and allocates $900 billion in funds. It's no surprise that there was no chance to read or amend the bill.
The logistics of revising a 5,593-page document must be nearly overwhelming.…
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What could Trump hope to gain from a *second* Georgia "recount"?
Trump campaign asks for another Georgia recount
I understand that Georgia law required an audit, and that it although they counted all votes again it was not a recount.
Given that
Campaign-requested recounts involve rescanning paper ballots, which…
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What are the fundamental reasons for indirect presidential vote in the US?
I am French and therefore have understandably a hard time understanding the cultural aspects of indirect voting in the United States. I read the history of this approach and some of the main technical consequences (Wikipedia's United States…
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Why are people protesting against Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett?
I saw on the news that people are protesting against Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
I am not looking for any opinions, but would appreciate some background on these protests against her.
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How do dictators maintain their grip on power?
Take, for example, Alexander Lukashenko. He is in power for the last 26 years. How does he maintain the chain of command? Why do his ministers obey him? Why do bureaucrats obey him? Why does the Army obey him?
Why wasn't he toppled yet?
The same…
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What benefit does the USA gain when it withdraws from WHO?
According to the Financial Times, Donald Trump has threatened to quit the World Health Organization (WHO).
Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw from the World Health
Organization unless it demonstrates independence from China, in an
escalation…
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Why is it ethical for Ambassador Sondland to have been given an ambassadorship for campaign contributions?
Ambassador Sondland donated 1 million dollars to Trumps inauguration, and then was appointed to a high profile ambassadorship. He never worked in the government previously, has no credentials, no experience in international diplomacy, but somehow…
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Why is the UK still pressing on with Brexit?
Before Monday I have always taken an impartial stance when ingesting information produced by clearly pro-Leave and pro-Remain groups, to analyze the information and take time to cross-reference it with the information available on the internet.…
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Why don't countries like Japan just print more money?
Modern Monetary Theory states that a sovereign country will never go bankrupt. It can just print more money.
Of course, printing more money would lead to inflation.
But some countries have the opposite problem. Japan has deflation, not inflation.
So…
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Why the color red for the Republican Party
The US Republican Party's official color is Red yet in general political circles that color has been used by Socialist groups and movements. Since the party publicly condemns Socialism why would they brand with Red?
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