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Today is Loser's Day. How did that election go, Limeys?

A Feminist Changes a Lightbulb waxes patriotic.

Longish read involving legal concepts from Lawfare.

Rude Pundit.

Annie asks we not give up hope.

Nothing to see here but some hypotheticals, to quote the Court, so let's move on. Joe. My. God.

An M. Bouffant thing. Send submissions/suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com.

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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

In France, three-way election battles could bring more far-right MPs

Emilie Chandler, a centrist candidate, is steadfast in her pursuit of a parliamentary seat in Magny-en-Vexin, despite the risk of amplifying the far-right National Rally (RN)'s chances in the three-way race. This constituency, located in Val d'Oise, an hour northwest of Paris, is crucial in the RN's quest for an absolute majority in Sunday's election.

Top Stories (uk) - Google News (com) 

FTSE 100 Live: Stocks steady following Labour landslide, housebuilders rally, Shell's billion-dollar hit - Proactive Investors UK

  1. FTSE 100 Live: Stocks steady following Labour landslide, housebuilders rally, Shell's billion-dollar hit  Proactive Investors UK
  2. Markets left barely stirred by Labour’s thumping election win  The Guardian
  3. Stocks, property, bonds, the pound: Here’s what a new Labour government means for investing in the UK  CNBC
  4. Investment impact of Labour's win  St. James’s Place
  5. FTSE 100 and Sterling Rise After Conservative...  Morningstar

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Political Deepfakes Are Legal In Louisiana

by Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator
June 30, 2024

Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal to deceive voters with false impersonations or depictions of a political candidate through audio or video manipulation techniques called “deepfakes.”

House Bill 154, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, was one among 31 bills the governor vetoed from the 2024 regular session. The two Landrys are not related.

In his letter explaining the reasons for his veto... Читать дальше...

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 

Swedish-Iranian Drops Hunger Strike Over Exclusion From Swap Deal

The wife of Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic condemned to death in Iran, says he has ended a hunger strike eight days after launching the protest at his being left out of a prisoner swap between Tehran and Stockholm.