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[Link] Senator forced to backtrack after saying Republicans will repeal Obamacare
Read: 9/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson said Republicans should try again to repeal the Affordable Care Act if they take back power – then retreated, under fire from the Biden administration.
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[Link] Dwayne Johnson appears to withdraw Joe Rogan support after N-word video
Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
Dwayne Johnson, the actor and former wrestling star known as The Rock, has retracted what had seemed his unconditional support for Joe Rogan, amid continued fallout from the controversial podcaster’s use of racist language.
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[Link] Michaelia Cash shelves pledge on federal Icac as Liberal MP urges debate
Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The government will abandon an election promise to establish a commonwealth integrity commission, with the attorney general, Michaelia Cash indicating there is not enough time to legislate before voters return to the polls.
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[Link] Brisbane Christian school withdraws controversial sexuality contract after community backlash
Read: 3/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
The contract demanded families denounce homosexuality and that students identify by birth gender, or risk being excluded from the school. Citipointe Christian College's contract describes homosexuality as a sin and compares it to bestiality and paedophilia.
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[Link] More Than 80% of NFTs Created for Free on OpenSea Are Fraud or Spam, Company Says
Read: 30/1/2022 www.vice.com
As the NFT market has exploded, so has the amount of theft and fraud associated with it. Artists are by now familiar with the experience of finding, like in a horror movie, their own art staring back at them in OpenSea's digital gallery, being hawked by an anonymous stranger.
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[Link] Calls for French minister to resign after announcing Covid protocol from Ibiza
Read: 19/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
France’s education minister is facing calls to resign after it emerged he had announced a strict Covid-testing protocol for schools shortly before the start of the January school term while he was on holiday in Ibiza.
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