Catarina Martins considera que “novo impulso refundador da democracia” é “tarefa fundamental”, 15 de agosto 2025, in Esquerda.net 

Na sequência da decisão de Sampaio da Nóvoa de não ser candidato à Presidência da República, a eurodeputada bloquista insiste que é preciso “uma esquerda dialogante e capaz de propor um novo caminho para Portugal”.

Num comentário à decisão de Sampaio da Nóvoa de não se candidatar à Presidência da República, Catarina Martins destacou nas suas redes sociais que esta poderia ter sido “uma candidatura importante”, mas acrescenta que respeita os seus argumentos.

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Paul Krugman in Conversation with Jeff Asher, Aug 16, 2025

Urban crime is a longstanding obsession for Donald Trump. Inaugural addresses are normally devoted to uplift and hope; his first inaugural was about “American carnage,” the wave of violent crime he claimed was destroying our cities. Last week he seized control of the DC police and sent in the National Guard to deal with what he claimed was out-of-control crime.

But what do the data say? I’ve come to rely heavily on Jeff Asher, whose Substack is an invaluable source of analysis and whose Real Time Crime Index lets us track recent developments in many cities. Jeff wrote presciently about DC just before Trump moved in.

So this week I talked with Jeff about crime trends and his views on the recent apparent plunge. Transcript follows:

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