The Daily Populous

Friday October 22nd, 2021 night edition

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(CNN) Five military veterans on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's advisory board resigned from their roles this week, slamming the Arizona Democrat as one of the "principal obstacles to progress.".

In a letter to Sinema, the veterans expressed frustration with her refusal to change the Senate filibuster to protect voting rights, failure to support prescription drug negotiations, her opposition to parts of the Democrats' sweeping budget reconciliation package that make up President Joe Biden's agenda and criticized her for not voting on the January 6 commission.

"You have become one of the principal obstacles to progress, answering to big donors rather than your own people," the veterans wrote.

"We shouldn't have to buy representation from you, and your failure to stand by your people and see their urgent needs is alarming.".

"We do not know who has your ear, but it clearly isn't us or your constituents," they added.

The criticism from the five veterans, whose resignations were effective Wednesday, adds to the growing backlash within the Democratic Party and from Arizona activists against Sinema for not backing elements of Biden's Build Back Better plan. »

Workers Dress As Squid Game Guards In South Korean General Strike

Authored by thegamer.com

Union workers in South Korea donned Squid Game costumes during a rally this week after the show's themes hit a little close to home.

As you can see in the tweet above, a number of the union workers protesting dressed like Squid Game guards.

Squid Game has also gained popularity so quickly that the guards' masks are already instantly recognizable on a global level. »

The New Cold War

Authored by foreignaffairs.com

Yes if we mean a protracted international rivalry, for cold wars in this sense are as old as history itself.

What, then, might previous contests—the one and only Cold War and the many earlier cold wars—suggest about this one?.

There’s no way to know for sure what deterrence in the Cold War deterred: that’s a history that didn’t happen. »

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes sells economic benefits of green investment with $1.5b pledge

Authored by abc.net.au
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Key points: Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and his wife will invest $1.5b in an effort to help fight climate change.

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and his wife will invest $1.5b in an effort to help fight climate change He says regional areas stand to benefit greatly from green investments that will create jobs and boost the economy.

Mr Cannon-Brookes and his wife Annie have already invested $1 billion in their effort to reduce the impacts of climate change. »