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Businessinsider.co.za | Wanted urgently: South Africans to work a four-day week on full pay

You may have to convince your boss to join South Africa's four-day week pathfinder study – but you'll have help. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/125pCU3 via sinceretalk

News24.com | PODCAST | SA Money Report: Untangling 'blackmail' and vindication at the AG's office

This week SA Money Report discusses how well-respected Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke recently faced a barrage of allegations from an employee who also allegedly attempted to blackmail her, and how she ended up being vindicated. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/Y0mFjev via sinceretalk

Com | Anxiety, frustration and outrage – load shedding is taking a toll on our mental health

The ongoing energy crisis is causing a wave of stress and anxiety for millions of South Africans. A psychiatrist shares ways to cope with the uncertainty. from News24 Top Stories https://ift.tt/HKpN89h via sinceretalk

Donald Trump 'has not even attempted to show' why he needs classified documents: federal appeals court

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In a top national security case the U.S. Dept of Justice Wednesday evening was granted its request for a partial stay of a ruling handed down by a federal district judge who refused to allow DOJ to access or use the 100 classified documents it seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and residence. In its scathing 29-page rebuke of Trump and U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, published by Politico , the three judges on the 11th Circuit court of appeals – two appointed by Trump, one by President Barack Obama – blasted the arguments Trump’s legal team had made. “For our part, we cannot discern why Plaintiff [Trump] would have an individual interest in or need for any of the one-hundred documents with classification markings,” the judges wrote in their opinion. “Classified documents are marked to show they are classified, for instance, with their classification level.” “They are ‘owned by, produced by or for, or . . . under the control of the United States Government.'” “An...

Marjorie Taylor Greene says GOP should be 'cutting the head off the snake' to beat Mitch McConnell

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On Wednesday's edition of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's podcast "War Room," Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — and outlined how she believes voters in Arizona could end his career. This comes as McConnell has butted heads with Trump on candidate choices in key races around the country, and in particular pulled all support from the far-right Senate candidate in Arizona, venture capitalist Blake Masters. "Give us your thoughts and observations," said Bannon. "Well I have to say I was so happy hearing you interview Doug Mastriano and Mark Finchem," said Greene. "You know how much I love Kari Lake, and I'm so happy that you bring these candidates on, because these are the candidates that America is going to elect. And you know what, Steve? Everyone knows this nation is, we're about to have a complete revival. Because Americans know who our identity is. We are a Christian nation, ...

Mike Lindell's lawyers post search warrant showing he is under investigation for identity theft

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Mike Lindell , the far-right extremist and conspiracy theorist who is also CEO of My Pillow is suing the U.S. Dept. of Justice in an attempt to get his cell phone returned after federal agents, he says, executed a search and seizure warrant on him at an Indiana Hardee’s fast food restaurant drive-thru on his way back from a duck hunting trip. Lindell’s attorneys posted a copy of the warrant. Lindell is reportedly under investigation for identity theft, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and other potential crimes. Lindell, a top Trump ally and advisor who is now financially supporting a fascist white supremacist and Christian nationalist , “is under U.S. federal investigation for identity theft and for conspiring to damage a protected computer connected to a suspected voting equipment security breach in Colorado,” Reuters reports. “The new details about the focus of the investigation were confirmed on Wednesday after Lindell’s attorneys uploaded a copy of a search and seizur...

Warm ocean waters due to climate change are 'supercharging' tropical cyclones

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One day before President Donald Trump took office in 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a public warning that climate change had caused Puerto Rico's climate to warm by more than one degree Fahrenheit since the mid-20th century. The surrounding ocean waters had warmed by almost two degrees since 1901. As a result of these trends the EPA warned that "rising temperatures are likely to increase storm damages, significantly harm coral reefs, and increase the frequency of unpleasantly hot days." By the time Summer 2017 had come and gone, Hurricane Maria had caused roughly 3,000 fatalities in the American commonwealth as well as an estimated $90 billion in damages. Then-President Trump aroused controversy for neglecting Puerto Rico and focusing more on victims in conservative states like Texas . Five years later, history appears to be repeating itself as the tiny Caribbean island — which has yet to recover from the battering and neglect it received in...