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The Utter Stupidity of Building High Speed Rail in a Small Country Like England

During all the furious arguments about the cancellation of HS2, why has nobody mentioned the utter stupidity of having high-speed trains in a tiny country like England, asks David Craig.
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Another Big Win For The Bernie Wing Of The Democratic Party-- This Time In Birmingham, Alabama

Alabama is a badly gerrymandered state in one very predictable way: packing. The racist GOP-controlled state legislature created one congressional district, AL-07, that twists and turns and shoots out tentacles to segregate as many African-Americans in one district as humanly possible. Alabama's population is 26.5% black and has a PVI of R+14.