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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Golden Age of So Much Winning.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/01/2026
A Minneapolis driver was shot and killed by ICE officer during immigration-related operation. DHS says it was a "vehicle ramming related" incident. Mayor Jacob Frey says it did not appear that the vehicle was being weaponized against the agent. nbcnews.to/4qI7AiA
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/01/2026
Some Minneapolis protesters throw snowballs at law enforcement officers as demonstrators march after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman. Law enforcement earlier deployed pepper spray and tear gas, KARE reports.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/12/2025
Hours before it was set to air an episode about the treatment of migrants shipped to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison, “60 Minutes” mysteriously pulled the episode. Just like that, the beloved show we have known is dead, Marc Elias writes. bit.ly/4b7yj3p
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“60 Minutes” Obeyed in Advance
Read more here.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 16/12/2025
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
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Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 18/12/2025
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
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Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/12/2025
A retired Tennessee policeman who spent more than a month in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook post is suing the authorities responsible for his arrest. “In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
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A retired policeman was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he’s suing.
Attorneys for 61-year-old Larry Bushart say a Tennessee sheriff violated the First Amendment: “In America, we do not jail people for political speech.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/12/2025
NEW: A Utah plastic surgeon was on trial for falsifying COVID-19 vaccine cards. Then Pam Bondi stepped in. Bondi’s dismissal of the case signals the increasing clout of “medical freedom” activists and vaccine skeptics under the leadership of RFK Jr. With @sltrib.com
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Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/12/2025
When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard. City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup. With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
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NPR @npr.org · 17/12/2025
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it. n.pr/4oUB8rT
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Trump's economic approval hits a new low at 36%, poll finds
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/12/2025
Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. With @theassemblync.bsky.social
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Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
It cannot be an offense to repeat what the law itself clearly states: Soldiers are not required to follow illegal commands. This is political persecution, and it must end now.
Tweet from Sen. Mark Kelly stating the Pentagon has escalated its review of him into an official command investigation, with an image of Kelly speaking in an office with military memorabilia behind him.
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babagahnoosh.bsky.social @babagahnoosh.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨 Alberta’s Two-Tier Healthcare plan is a threat to all Canadians from coast to coast to coast. While the rich get a fast lane to care, your costs and wait times are set to increase dramatically. Tell Ottawa to act now and stop it. Sign the petition and send a letter: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
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URGENT: Stop Two Tier Care. Prime Minister Mark Carney Must Act Now.
We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/11/2025
Never forget: Dick Cheney's dishonesty led to 4,400 dead US troops and 200,000 or so dead Iraqi civilians.
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Dick Cheney and the big lie that should never be forgotten
It led to 4,400 dead US troops and 200,000 or so dead Iraqi civilians.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/09/2025
Voters in southern Arizona have picked Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, and be the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress. She defeated Republican candidate Daniel Butierez on Tuesday in a special election.
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Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for southern Arizona congressional seat
Voters in southern Arizona have picked Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2025
Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study. www.wired.com/story/human-...
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The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward Breaking Point
Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2025
‘Don’t pay any attention to what Trump says about medicine’, Wes Streeting tells Britons – UK politics live
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‘Don’t pay any attention to what Trump says about medicine’, Wes Streeting tells Britons – UK politics live
Medical experts concerned alarms after US president warned pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol in move contradicted by research
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/09/2025
Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
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Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
Celebrating a bigoted rage-baiter sends a clear message to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks and women
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WIRED @wired.com · 23/09/2025
Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress. www.wired.com/story/kat-ab...
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She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress
Kat Abughazaleh, 26, made her name swatting down right-wing talking points on social media. Now she’s hoping internet fame can propel her to Congress.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 09/09/2025
A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
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New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court
A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2025
Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.
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Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.
If I got mugged in broad daylight, what could those National Guard members really, legally, do?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2025
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion. It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make. (Published May 2025)
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The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 31/08/2025
A Texas Republican lawmaker suggested in 2022 that a way to deal with immigrants is to “shoot, shovel and shut up.” The comments could strengthen the legal challenge to the state’s gerrymander by demonstrating racial discrimination against Latinos. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Texas GOPer Who Blocked Filibuster Shared Approach to Immigrants: ‘Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up’
Read more here.
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This is the third such incident to be uncovered in two months. We are going to be spending billions on the Canadian military - they need to go beyond words of outrage and demonstrate that they are taking steps to address this. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges | CBC News
The Canadian Army is now dealing with another incident of alleged hateful conduct that involves Quebec-based soldiers caught on video allegedly partying while some people at the event delivered Nazi s...
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Canada has bent over backwards to meet Trump's demands—on defence spending, border security, taxation, and foreign policy—yet the tariffs keep coming. If free trade means surrendering sovereignty with no return, maybe it's time to walk away.
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Forget free trade
When compared to price that Canada is already being asked to pay, the cost of walking away from a trade agreement with the US is not so high. Free trade with the US was always a mixed bag. The origina...
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12/07/2025
Such a ludicrous premise. Imagine an existence where "Fight me, bro!" is the raison d'être. Bluesky ..."The Left-wing social media site that’s become a digital insane asylum. Nothing good comes from talking to a mirror. Humans need to argue." www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
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The Left-wing social media site that’s become a digital insane asylum
Nothing good comes from talking to a mirror. Humans need to argue
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12/07/2025
An example of not obeying in advance.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/07/2025
BREAKING: Israel has killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces again target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to treat the wounded. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9f3hg8
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Oops guess I could add the video snipped I meant to include:
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Canadian governments will go to unimaginable lengths to shore up the "hewers of wood and drawers of water" economy rather than face up to the fact that what the world values is knowledge and IP. Shotgun, meet foot. And....reload.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 15/05/2025
Canadians are facing multiple crises in critical public services like health care and child care, notes @laurentdcar.bsky.social. So why does the government expect citizens to pay Canadian businesses back more than half of what they pay in taxes? thewalrus.ca/corporate-welfar...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/05/2025
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia won a second term on Saturday, completing a stunning turnaround for his governing center-left Labor Party. It was a resounding defeat for Peter Dutton, who was associated with some of President Trump’s messaging and policies. nyti.ms/4cZTmEd
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pictured with his fists in the air and wearing a black suit and red tie. Text reads: "Australia’s Prime Minister Clinches Second Term in Center-Left Comeback." Photo by Mridula Anim for The New York Times
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/05/2025
Mexican president says she told Donald Trump that Mexico ‘will never accept the presence of US army in our territory’.
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Sheinbaum says she rejected Trump’s offer to send US troops to Mexico
Mexican president says she told Donald Trump that Mexico ‘will never accept the presence of US army in our territory’.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/05/2025
If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
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If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
We are tottering on the edge of dictatorship. Powerful voices across institutions, from politics to academia and religion, must speak out
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2025
Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin, a Democrat, used his veto power to increase school funding limits for 400 years longer than Republican lawmakers in the state had intended.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Governor’s 400-Year Edit Was Within Veto Authority
Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, used his veto power to increase school funding limits for four centuries longer than Republican lawmakers in the state had intended.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/04/2025
More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests
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More than 400 anti-Trump rallies planned in another wave of US protests
Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’ The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot box. More than 400 rallies are anticipated across the nation loosely organized by the group 50501, which stands for 50 protests in 50 states, one movement. Continue reading...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/04/2025
Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.
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Immigrants prove they are alive, forcing Social Security to undo death label
The immigrants who have requested a reversal and been reinstated in Social Security databases include a Haitian asylum seeker and a minor child.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/04/2025
‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down
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‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down
Casual attitude as markets fall suggests man detached from anxieties of ordinary voters – and surrounded by yes men After lighting a fuse under global financial markets, Donald Trump stepped back – all the way to a Florida golf course. A week later, having just caved to pressure to ease his trade tariffs, the US president defended the retreat while hosting racing car champions at the White House. Trump had spent the time in between golfing, dining with donors and making insouciant declarations such as “this is a great time to get rich”, even as the US economy melted down. Continue reading...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/04/2025
US hairdressers and aestheticians report clients are opting for less expensive services and canceling appointments—worrying signs that US consumers are retrenching
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The Beauty Salon Recession Indicator
Hairdressers and aestheticians report clients are opting for less expensive services and stretching out the time between appointments—signs that US consumers are retrenching.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a federal court on Friday to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against him, arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recently announced decision to do so was “explicitly and unapologetically political.”
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Luigi Mangione Says Bondi’s Death Penalty Bid Is an Instagram Stunt
Lawyers for the man accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan said the attorney general was trying to create content for Instagram by announcing she would pursue the death penalty.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/04/2025
NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance. By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 03/04/2025
Trump’s Tariff Formula Slammed As ‘Fake’ And ‘Incredibly Stupid’ By Experts
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Trump’s Tariff Formula Slammed As ‘Fake’ And ‘Incredibly Stupid’ By Experts
The approach appears to punish countries based on their trade imbalances with the U.S., rather than the taxes they impose on the U.S. and a combination of other trade barriers Trump claimed the new tariff rates would be based on.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2025
Breaking News: The EU is said to be readying major penalties against X, Elon Musk’s platform, over a law that targets illicit content and disinformation.
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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X
European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump.
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/04/2025
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 04/04/2025
Europe's message to American scientists purged by Trump: We’ll take you in. The EU’s body for scientific research and local, regional and national governments are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe to burned American scientists: We’ll take you in
The EU’s body for scientific research, as well as local, regional and national governments, are mobilizing to poach top U.S. scholars.
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