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China's internet censors are trying to crush dissenters' memes and puns. It's a losing battle.
Chineses authorities have launched a campaign to crack down on the use of wordplay to avoid censors…
Mikhaila Friel
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The Fed's lone dissenter on the big rate cut says she's concerned about 'premature declaration of victory' over inflation
Michelle Bowman said such a big initial rate cut could complicate the Fed's mission of getting infl…
Kelly Cloonan
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A lone dissenting vote on the Fed's rate cut marks the first split by a central bank governor in 2 decades
The Fed's decision to cut rates by 50 basis points garnered support from 11 of 12 voting members, w…
Kelly Cloonan
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli fined 50 percent match fee for dissent after dismissal in KKR match
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Virat Kohli, has been fined 50 percent of his match fees f…
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Universities are making it worse with their 'overreaction' to pro-Palestinian protests, expert on American dissent says
Ralph Young, a history professor who has studied and written extensively about protest movements in…
Katie Balevic
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Sotomayor dissents after SCOTUS underlines protections for LGBTQ+ people: 'a sad day in American constitutional law'
"The opinion of the Court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: 'Some services may be denied to…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Putin critic Navalny rumored to have been moved to an infamous Russian prison described as 'a monstrous place even by such insane standards'
"There is no law there," Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman said about the prison. "And that's where Puti…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Clarence Thomas wrote a scathing, nearly 50-page dissent about why the Supreme Court should have gutted voting rights
Thomas was one of four conservative justices who dissented in Thursday's 5-4 ruling that backed the…
Kelly McLaughlin
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In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch compared the Navajo Nation's plight to the experience of 'any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles'
Gorsuch's 26-page dissent in Arizona v. Navajo Nation was twice as long as the majority opinion wri…
Sonam Sheth
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Angry investors protested outside a Chinese shadow bank that missed payments. The rare public show of dissent point to serious trouble in China amid debt and housing distress.
The protest in Beijing came after Zhongrong International missed payments on dozens of investment p…
Huileng Tan
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Samuel Alito used his dissent in the abortion pill ruling to call out 3 justices in an act of judiciary 'theater,' SCOTUS expert says
Alito called out Kagan, Sotomayor, and Barrett, but a SCOTUS expert told Insider his apparent accus…
Kelsey Vlamis,Erin Snodgrass,…
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the rare lone dissenter in a union strike ruling that involved drivers walking off the job with trucks full of wet concrete
Brown Jackson said the ruling would "erode the right to strike." Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Tea…
Lauren Steussy
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The Supreme Court allowed a transgender girl to continue playing sports, but a Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissent signals their willingness to review the hot-button issue
Alito and Thomas wrote that the dispute "concerns an important issue that this Court is likely to b…
Oma Seddiq
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Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel says he's disturbed by the Fed's groupthink as there are no members who have dissented with Powell's hawkishness
"Their talking points are getting them into the feeling that the only thing we have to do now is ki…
Matthew Fox
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Apple restricted AirDrop capabilities in China ahead of anti-government protests, leaving dissenters without key communication tool as demonstrations spread
The restrictions, which limit the ability to receive AirDrop content from "Everyone" to just 10 min…
Bethany Biron
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A federal judge condemned US media as 'dangerous' in his dissent to a defamation case
Judge Laurence Silberman issued a dissent criticizing top US news outlets, Silicon Valley, and a la…
Taylor Ardrey
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One of Putin's inner circle confronted him over the failing war in Ukraine, report says, an incredibly rare show of dissent
The disagreement in the Kremlin was described in President Joe Biden's regular intelligence briefin…
Tom Porter
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In pointed dissent, Justice Kagan accuses fellow liberal Justice Sotomayor of hypocrisy in Warhol decision, says the court is 'trying too hard' and anti-artist ruling will 'stifle creativity' and 'make our world poorer'
In her dissent against the 7-2 majority decision, Kagan utilized "Sound of Music" lyrics to illustr…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Supreme Court keeps Trump-era immigration policy in place, with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch dissenting: 'We are a court of law, not policymakers of last resort'
The policy, first enacted at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, allows the United States to quickl…
Oma Seddiq
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Russians are flocking to VPNs as Putin closes off the Russian internet in a crackdown against dissent
Downloads for the top 10 VPNs in Russia increased by 4,375%, according to estimates from analysis s…