Escalation

Things are mostly getting worse.

My neurologist referral has stalled, with my symptoms degrading further, so I reached out to my GP last week to expedite the next step. Despite a separate optician appointment confirming my blurred vision isn't just a sudden change of prescription, I still need to know what's wrong with that and the rest.

To that end, I was advised to go to the local hospital's…

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Price monitoring committee directs Sindh govt to take corrective measures against rising fares in Karachi

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Saturday reviewed the prices of essential commodities, transport fares and directed the Sindh government to take corrective measures regarding rising fares in Karachi.

On April 5, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had announced that the government had secured a province-wide fare freeze after successful negotiations with…

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What the Democratic Moderation Debate Gets Wrong

_You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here._

Even with Democrats doing very well in recent elections and poised to flip the U.S. House and perhaps even the Senate in November, center-left pundits continue to complain that the party has not moderated enough, particularly on issues such as…

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The UAE Is a Cornerstone of Coercive Capitalism

As the US-Israeli war machine embarks on a new adventure in Iran, it’s worth examining one of the key states facilitating this aggression. The United Arab Emirates has pioneered a militarized corporation-state at the center of our international disorder.


As explosions light up Middle Eastern skies, the UAE’s military fortunes remain grafted onto the American war machine. When the…

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Pakistan requests alternative oil supply route from Saudi Arabia after closure of Hormuz Strait

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday formally requested that Saudi Arabia provide an alternative oil supply route through Yanbu to maintain its fuel supply chain in the wake of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the United States-Israel attack on Iran.

The request was made by Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik to the Saudi ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki…

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Europeans Outraged at ICE Should Also Be Resisting Frontex

Reports of ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have sparked outrage in Italy. In Europe, too, multibillion-euro border agency Frontex is taking on increasingly troubling powers.


A Frontex Rapid Border Intervention Teams (RABITs) member prepares for a patrol at their headquarters in Orestiada, near the Greek-Turkish borders. (Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP…

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Governor Kathy Hochul Is Undermining Striking New York Nurses

As a historic nurses’ strike enters its fourth week, New York governor Kathy Hochul has protected hospitals from the strike’s impact by making it easier to hire scabs and doing little to stop executives from dragging out a fight over staffing and safety.


The New York City nurses strike has entered into week four. It has become a test of physical, financial, and political endurance,…

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