Global politics

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Mexican prosecutors consider treason charges after US jails drug lord 'El Mayo' Zambada

The United States managed to arrest Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over

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https://x.com/RyanMcbeth/status/1823909839631941756

Ryan McBeth breaking it all down lol

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The Tax Justice Network said trillions could be raised with a 'featherlight' tax on the 0.5% of richest households, copying a current Spanish tax

https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/aug/19/wealth-tax-on-super-rich-could-raise-15tn-globally-campaigners-say

I know this is a sensitive topic because the minute you mention a tax on the super rich they go all mental and threaten to unleash all sorts of skullduggery in the media like watch out nuclear war is close; watch out for that crazy bastard with a knife; the poor will have to make a choice to heat or eat this winter; your kids aren't safe etc. etc.

But honestly, raising taxes a tiny bit on the top 0.5% of earners does not strike me as unjust. After all, the majority of their earnings are on passive income, built up on previous generations or on family businesses who employ teams of lawyers and financial advisors to ringfence and protect their investments. I'd say they can very easily afford this tiny transfer of wealth.

If there was ever a time for Keir Starmer's (who the fuck is this bloke) UK Labour government to step up and behave like a proper labour government, then now is their time to show it.

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Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close

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The UAE accepts credentials of Taliban ambassador in a major diplomatic win for Afghanistan's rulers

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Thousands of Indonesians attempt to storm parliament to protest election law

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German warship blasts the Darth Vader theme on the Thames

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A regional war seems perpetually around the corner in the middle east lately.  I wonder if we're seeing the beginning stages of that or if this is another set of tit for tat hostilities that eventually pass without boiling over into all out war.

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Hungary says it will provide free tickets to Brussels for migrants trying to enter the EU

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Mexico to bring charges against cartel leader — for turning over another drug lord to U.S.

The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. 

The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel founded by his father, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Instead, Mexican prosecutors are bringing charges against the younger Guzmán for apparently kidnapping Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada — an older drug boss from a rival faction of the cartel — forcing him onto the plane and flying to an airport near El Paso, Texas.

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Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women's voices and bare faces in public