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Do countries which still supply arms to Israel have plausible deniability? [closed]
Most democratic countries have laws which prohibit providing arms to countries which violate human rights: for instance the Leahy law in the US, or a similar law for EU countries.
There is strong ...
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Does Democratic Socialism conflict with the US Democratic Party's core values, or has any Democrat leader spelled out why they oppose it?
Established Political parties have some core values that define them, which they protect staunchly (e.g., core values of the INC party).
Democratic candidate Mamdani, the next Mayor-elect of New York ...
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Does any survey show that American voters rejected female Presidential candidates specifically because of their sex?
Mrs. Michelle Obama recently claimed that Americans, especially American men, do not find the idea of a woman President appealing to them:
Washington Post (Nov 2025): Former first lady Michelle ...
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Can a political group advocating Islamic Sharia participate legally in politics in the US?
I am trying to understand the legal boundaries for political participation in the United States. Suppose a U.S. political group, e.g., the Muslim Brotherhood, wants to implement Islamic Sharia ...
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Are there any differences between evicting a business and evicting a person? [migrated]
Are there any legal differences between evicting a business out of a premise vs evicting a person? Is the legal process of eviction the same regardless if it is a natural person or a legal entity ...
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Were there any long-lasting confederacies? [closed]
Have there been any long-lasting confederacies in history? Are there any confederacies now? I would not consider the Confederacy in the history of the United States long-lasting.
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Would nuclear deterrence stop a modern coalition from intervening if a Boxer Rebellion–type event happened in China? [closed]
In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion in China led to an international alliance of several nations (including Britain, the United States, Japan, Germany, and others) that intervened militarily to suppress the ...
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How do those reading into Reeves' and Starmer's hints explain the lack of explicitness? [closed]
When asked on BBC Radio 5 Live whether she will fully end the two-child benefit cap in the next budget, Rachel Reeves said:
I don’t think we can lose sight of the costs to our economy in allowing ...
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Would abolitionism, decolonialism, women's suffrage and Lutheranism be considered extremism by todays definition? [closed]
The term extremism is generally used as a negative label to beliefs. In the past there have been a number of movements that at the time were very different from societal norms but have since become ...
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How do I track a bill that has been passed out of committee?
This is a general question about the U.S. House of Representatives, but for specifics I will use HR 1320 of the 119th U.S. Congress. This bill was introduced Feb 13, 2025 and referred to the ...
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Why don't food stamps buy diapers in the United States? [closed]
Some people are in favour of food stamp (SNAP) recipients in the USA being able to buy diapers, but currently they aren't allowed to do so: Bill would allow families to use public assistance to buy ...
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What reasons has Trump stated for not wanting to fund SNAP?
Hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund the food stamp program, Trump “Appeals to Supreme Court After Losing Bid to Curtail Food Stamp Aid”.
Has Trump stated a reason why ...
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Is there any legal or procedural reason not to pass spending bills piecemeal?
I'm curious whether there is anything preventing the government from funding parts of the federal budget piecemeal, rather than with a single appropriations bill. Surely there are funding categories ...
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What does political science say about how people ascribe responsibility for a change to a particular politician? [closed]
What does political science say about how citizens attribute political responsibility for policy outcomes in multi-level governance systems; or even in single level systems with multiple politicians ...
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Do any movements for the restoration of jus soli exist in countries that have eliminated it?
Per Wikipedia's article on jus soli (meaning 'right of soil', the right of anyone born in the territory of a state to nationality or citizenship):
Since the early 1980s (with the British Nationality ...
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What laws allow or restrict changes to the White House buildings?
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Trump plows ahead with East Wing demolition despite calls for caution — NPR
Trump says 'existing structure' of White House East Wing to be torn down — BBC
Nixon installed a bowling alley […] ...
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Can the US State governments deposit funds into EBT Cards for their residents?
Virginia seems to be the only state at this time that is unaffected by the Federal Government's distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Virginia has decided to self-...
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Why is Ronald Lauder lobbying for Israel to release Marwan Barghouti?
There have been multiple calls for the release of Marwan Barghouti, who is a popular Palestinian leader and is widely seen as the "Palestinian Nelson Mandela". So far, Israel refused to ...
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What exactly was in this in JNIM-Boni agreement?
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In Mali, the JNIM* ended a nearly two-year blockade on the central city of Boni as well as the road linking it to the key cities of Douentza and Gao in March, after signing an agreement ...
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Has anyone applied the Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson analysis to Russia's former colonies?
The 2024 Nobel prize for economics was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for their work on demonstrating the relationship between pre-colonial conditions and current ...
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If the Supreme Court confirms that the U.S. tariffs aren't legal, will they disappear immediately the day the Court will rule?
On November, 5th the Supreme Court will hear the case and several weeks after (or even a few months) give its final verdict.
If it decides that Donald Trump tariffs are illegal (by their nature or by ...
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Why does Indian constitution preamble contain the term "socialist"?
The Preamble of the Indian Constitution reads:
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its ...
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In the Rohingya deportation, has the Indian Government deported legal Indian Muslim citizens who lost their documents?
Indian public sentiment is very low towards the Rohingyas who have come to India. The government views them as potential drug smugglers or armed insurgents who ran away from Myanmar and Bangladesh. ...
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Did the Canadian ad about fair trade misrepresent President Reagan's views on tariffs?
From New York Times article Trump Called a Canadian Ad Fake. It Faithfully Reproduces Reagan's Words dated Oct 24, 2025:
But the advertisement, which Ontario’s provincial government purchased to air ...
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Could a subordinate of a cabinet-level official become eligible to succeed the US president without first being reconfirmed in the higher position?
I thought I fully understood the eighteen person presidential line of succession until I read this passage from the book Raven Rock by Garrett Graff:
Each of the nearly twenty offices in the ...
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Is there a move from direct to indirect taxes over the past decades for several countries and if so why?
Over time I got the impression that several countries have been moving from direct to indirect taxation over the past decades in that now a larger share of their tax revenue than in the past comes ...
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What percentage of federal employees are living "paycheck to paycheck"?
During the current government shutdown, I'm hearing stories about government workers who are either furloughed or working without pay taking on second jobs and making use of food assistance. The last ...
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Who can save someone from the ICC? [duplicate]
There is a recent news that the next round of the Trump-Putin negotiations might happen in Budapest (example source). Here is an obvious problem, namely that Putin's aircraft should fly over at least ...
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Was the state's decision to close Interstate 5 for live fire exercises political?
It is reported that Interstate 5 in California was closed by state officials during live fire exercises.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/california-highway-closure-military-celebration
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The 2025 French political crisis is partially about budgetary economics. What do the 2 main challengers, RN and LFI, propose to do differently?
Macron's center-right government, not unlike its predecessors, is seeing strong challenges from Le Pen's Rassemblement National (RN) on the far right. It is a relatively new development however that ...
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Does the word "wing" add any meaning when applied to "left" or "right"? [duplicate]
I often hear the term "wing" applied to political ideas. To me, "wing" — like in a building — suggests some distance from the center. However, I have often heard people on the left ...
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What specific conditions did Hamas agree to in its 2025 ceasefire with Israel?
Maybe I'm missing the forest for the trees, but why are is there talking about this ceasefire deal as if it's done, when we're still speculating if Hamas will agree to it?
The remaining hostages have ...
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Portuguese civil parish - what happens when the winning party doesn't have majority
In Portuguese civil parish ("Freguesia"), what happens when the winning party (who automatically elects the President of the "Junta de Freguesia") doesn't have majority and the ...
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Precedents for the Qatar security Executive Order?
The "Assuring the Security of the State of Qatar" EO seems to promise a lot
Sec. 2. Commitment. (a) The United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or ...
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In simple terms, what is the commonly accepted difference in meaning between "nation" and "state" in a political context? [duplicate]
It is not infrequent that users post lengthy arguments and rebuttals based on their claims about finer points of nuances in meaning between those two words.
Based on my knowledge of the general usage ...
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Where do I find a picture of a sample ballot for the 2024 Puerto Rico State referendum?
In November 2024, Puerto Rico held a referendum on whether to become independent, independent with associations to the U.S., or to become a State of the U.S.
Searching for a picture of the sample ...
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What are "Nationalist Socialism" and "Socialist Nationalism"?
Let me state beforehand: the question is not about National-Socialism (commonly known as Nazism.) I understand that the semantic coincidence is unfortunate, but neither should it prevent from ...
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Has the Nobel Peace Prize ever been awarded for trying (but not succeeding) to end conflicts?
(Asking about the conditions under which conflict resolution efforts are rewarded by Nobel Peace Prizes is motivated by Trump's ongoing efforts to gain that prize).
It seems to me that Trump has tried ...
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Why does Emmanuel Macron shun La France Insoumise, the major extreme left party?
Emmanuel Macron has been consistently boycotting both the Rassemblement National and La France Insoumise, e.g.:
Macron brings party leaders together for talks, excluding RN and LFI
Nouveau premier ...
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What is *convergence des luttes*?
I am trying to understand better the concept of convergence des luttes (convergence of struggles ??):
the first problem is whether the concept exists/applied at all in English-speaking countries, or ...
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Why did the former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir call Benjamin Netanyahu the "Angel of Destruction"? [closed]
A Middle East Eye article on Israel's current Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu says:
MEE (Jan 2025): Childhood friend Uzi Beller, who spoke at protests, said in the 2024 documentary The Bibi Files: “...
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Do any modern right-wing movements declare themselves anti-capitalist or anti-liberalism?
Fascist movements in pre-war Europe often described themselves as anti-capitalist or anti liberalism. To give a few examples:
Nazis Strasserist wing was strongly anti-capitalist until Hitler did away ...
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Does the continuing resolution to provide funding for the Affordable Care Act include $200 billion for undocumented immigrants over the next decade?
The funding for the federal government of the United States has been shut down, and the official stance of the president, from WhiteHouse.gov, is that the chief argument against the Democrat's ...
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Has there been any significant change to DOGE, or has it simply faded out of prominence?
I've noticed that the "Department of Government Efficiency" has received hardly any media attention in recent months, and its website shows no updates since August 13. Has there been any ...
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Conditions for early presidential elections in France
Macron's first PM has suggested these.
Emmanuel Macron should name a prime minister to push through a budget and then call early presidential elections to solve France's political crisis, his first ...
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Perception of USA presidential powers and elections
Do Americans view the organisation of their politics as flawed and if so where/how do they discuss how to fix it?
Prior to the 2nd election of Trump, 82 year old Biden was to be the Democratic ...
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If political parties weren't always ideologically aligned, why did they exist in the first place?
I keep hearing that until recently, the two major political parties in the US weren't ideologically aligned, i.e., both the Republicans and the Democrats had liberal and conservative wings. The ...
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Could the Republicans pass the continuing budget resolution by abolishing the filibuster?
Back when the Democrats controlled the Senate, their supporters were frustrated that they couldn't get much done due to the fillibuster, and they felt that the Democrats should abolish it. If I recall ...
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How common is it for France to criminally charge commercial ship captains for failing to comply with orders?
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The captain of an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of vessels used to evade sanctions has been charged by French authorities.
The Chinese national was ...
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Why will the government have to lay people off if the government shutdown continues?
VPOTUS JD Vance stated:
We are going to have to lay some people off if the government shutdown continues.
Why will the government have to lay people off if the government shutdown continues? I ...
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