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Sanae Takaichi Is Set to Be Japan’s First Female Prime Minister. But Will She Advance Women’s Rights?

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back.

Here’s what politicians said about ‘No Kings Day’

Millions of Americans gathered together for “No Kings Day” protests across the country on Saturday, with elected leaders also participating in — or lampooning — the marches. About 2,600 demonstrations aimed at criticizing the Trump administration were planned across all 50 states. Protests were held in small towns and major cities, including New York City,…

Bondi’s DOJ is backing warrantless invasion of gun owners’ homes

The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi is advancing an argument that threatens to hollow out the Fourth Amendment’s core protection: that Americans may be secure in their homes against warrantless searches. The lawsuit is Case v. Montana. After a difficult breakup, William Trevor Case was at home alone when police arrived for a so-called “welfare check.” They spent nearly an hour outside his house. Officers walked around the property, shined flashlights through windows, and even discussed calling his relatives or reaching him directly. They never did. Instead, they retrieved rifles and a ballistic shield, broke down his door without a warrant, and shot him. The Montana Supreme Court upheld the police’s warrantless entry. Apparently, the government’s “reasonable suspicion” that Treavor Case might need “help” was sufficient to justify an armed warrantless intrusion into his home. That standard is alarmingly low. The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause and…

Dugin dissects the hermeneutics of Putin’s ‘philosophy of complexity’ for the new ‘multipolar order’

Alexander Dugin, a philosopher characteristic of traditional Russian thought, described Vladimir Putin’s definition of multipolarity. Far from the simplistic Western view that several powers would replace the US hyperpower, he emphasizes that the Russian president breaks with linear thinking and evokes that of quantum physics. Yesterday, Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin dissected Putin’s speech to the Valdai Club (which I approached from a geopolitical perspective [ 1 ] ) – which he defines as “a philosophical cyanotype for the multipolar world” and “shows how quantum complexity, civilizational sovereignty and strategic realism form a new world order that defies Western simplifications [ 2 ] .” Alexander Dugin comments: Putin’s “philosophy of complexity” constitutes “an alternative to the Western globalist model.” He contrasts Trump’s cyclothymic, kaleidoscopic style with Putin’s definition of “multipolarity,” which is based on biospheric biodiversity: “It represents something…