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Emma-Kate Symons

@eksymons.bsky.social
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Paris-based writer, correspondent. Bylines in @franc-tireur @TheNewEuropean @ConspiracyWatch Global @ForeignPolicy @wsj @PostOpinions @reuters. Alum @columbiajourn 🇦🇺

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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pour les 25 ans du 11-Septembre, les complots antisémites accusant les Juifs et Israël d’être derrière les attentats terroristes ressurgissent. Sur Meta, Reddit, TikTok, X : ils les auraient planifiés, en auraient eu connaissance, les auraient orchestrés. @conspiration.bsky.social
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CyberWell flags resurfacing antisemitic theories blaming Jews for 9/11 | The Jerusalem Post
Some of the posts used a juice box emoji to subtly refer to the Jewish people in a way that would prevent the post from being flagged by moderation systems, according to CyberWell.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Autre révélation sidérante d’Anthropic : les Houthis au Yémen ont utilisé Claude pour développer 3 programmes d’armement : un missile balistique d’une portée visée de > 2 000 km, une roquette à guidage terminal et un missile « R2000 » avec variante à planeur hypersonique !
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"9/11 truth was the first major conspiracy theory of the internet as we know it today. And The Big Lie by French activist Thierry Meyssan (2002) was the first major work of that theory" ✏️ @rothschildmd.bsky.social Conspiracy Watch @conspiracywen.bsky.social www.conspiracywatch.info/en/conspirac...
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Conspiracy Theory Book of the Month #7: 9/11: The Big Lie - Conspiracy Watch
9/11 truth was the first major online conspiracy theory—and The Big Lie was its trailblazer
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There is a straight line between outlandish early 9/11 truther claims of remote-controlled planes backing up a shadow government coup, and wild fantasies of QAnon, and 'deep state' fantasies of conspiracy influencers @rothschildmd.bsky.social Conspiracy Watch www.conspiracywatch.info/en/conspirac...
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Conspiracy Theory Book of the Month #7: 9/11: The Big Lie - Conspiracy Watch
9/11 truth was the first major online conspiracy theory—and The Big Lie was its trailblazer
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“Hamas should have no role in Gaza’s future but, appallingly, so many in the West who consider themselves allies of the Palestinian people still see the group as honorable resistance fighters. Their support only helps perpetuate the degradation of Gaza.” @alkhatib www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...
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Opinion | For Gaza to Recover, Hamas Must Be Expelled
If Western supporters of the Palestinians want to help Gaza, denounce Hamas.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So why write this nasty, sexist line @nytimes.com? “And so the girl from Toledo became Gloria Steinem, a powerful figure on the national stage, not just because she was pretty and, as the old Hollywood saying used to go, “free, white and 21.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Gloria Steinem Deserves to Be Remembered as a Writer Too
Her 1983 book “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” is a master class in grit, empathy, curiosity and hustle.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
France’s Corbyn is helping Le Pen win the 🇫🇷 presidency. Ex-Trotskyist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, aided by Socialists, Greens, Communists, is squeezing out the moderate left, trying to sink strong candidates like Raphael Glucksmann. My ✏️ @thenewworldmag.bsky.social ⤵️ www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-sy...
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France’s Corbyn is helping Le Pen win the presidency
Firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon is squeezing out the moderate left - and wants to sink autumn’s budget too
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
More than 100 homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the legal minimum energy standards for landlords. Many have black mould, with draughty single-glazed windows. Gaps in the regulations exploited to continue letting properties out.
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Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards
Exclusive: More than 100 homes on King Charles and Prince William’s inherited estates have EPC ratings of F or G
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Niall Ferguson claims historians have lost the battle vs Holocaust denial. This overlooks the extraordinary collective achievement of 80 yrs of scholarship. Historian @stephanieshare.bsky.social responds to @nferguson.bsky.social for Conspiracy Watch Global⤵️ www.conspiracywatch.info/en/have-hist...
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Have Historians Really Failed in the Fight Against Holocaust Denial? - Conspiracy Watch
Anyone wishing to understand the history of the Holocaust today has access to a wealth of knowledge that previous generations could scarcely have imagined. To claim historians have failed is to overlo...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Jerusalem’s Armenians are under attack, and the world is looking away - opinion Bedross Der Matossian www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
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Jerusalem’s Armenian community facing rising attacks, religious harassment | The Jerusalem Post
For decades, the Armenian community of East Jerusalem has endured harassment, intimidation, and discrimination by extremist haredi (ultra-Orthodox) and nationalist Jewish youths.
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The Economist @economist.com · 08/08/2026
Donald Trump was jubilant after a progressive won the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan. Our midterm model suggests he may be right about Abdul El-Sayed’s chances against a Republican in November
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Republicans are the real winners of Michigan’s primary
Three reasons why our midterm prediction model sees Abdul El-Sayed as a relatively weak candidate
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
NYT stating this like it’s normal when it’s absolutely berserk.
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franceinfo @franceinfo.fr · 08/08/2026
À Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), voilà deux mois que les températures ne sont pas descendues en dessous des 30 degrés l’après-midi. Les habitants cherchent désespérément un peu de fraîcheur.
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Antibes n'a pas connu de températures en dessous de 30 degrés depuis deux mois
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I literally - as in "literally" - wrote this: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem
How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tucker Carlson invited brazen antisemite and rabid anti-vaxxer Kim Dotcom on to his show. Read @rothschildmd.bsky.social for Conspiracy Watch Global on the German-born hacker’s insistence on invoking a vast, nonexistent Jewish plot to run the world 👇 www.conspiracywatch.info/en/kim-dotco...
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Kim Dotcom’s Long History of Conspiracism - Conspiracy Watch
Since German-born hacker Kim Dotcom fled to New Zealand to avoid extradition for numerous copyright violations by his website Megaupload, he has been spreading conspiracy theories about every subject ...
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Conspiracy Watch Global @conspiracywen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"And so Tucker Carlson invites Kim Dotcom, who in 2024 was legitimizing the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," that historic antisemitic forgery, by presenting them as a possible key to reading the current world. That's where we've come to." @tmf.bsky.social @conspiration.bsky.social
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
For all the success, the billions and the international fame, the boss of LVMH is revealed as a man made miserable by his own success ✏️ @eksymons.bsky.social
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The miserable triumph of Bernard Arnault, richest man in Europe
For all the success, the billions and the international fame, the boss of LVMH is revealed as a man made miserable by his own success
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Europe's richest man, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey (LVMH) luxury boss Bernard Arnault is furious. The 'last king of France' is out for revenge, launching on X amid a bitter Succession-style war among his 5 offspring from 2 marriages that would make Rupert Murdoch blush. Read our ✏️ in The New World 👇
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Confused by Trump whisperer Laura Loomer's conversion on Russia and Ukraine? Read Conspiracy Watch Global for all the receipts on the anti-Muslim, 9/11 truther, election denying, Andrew Tate-defending influencer. ✏️ #Conspiracypedia @conspiracywen.bsky.social www.conspiracywatch.info/en/brieffing...
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Laura Loomer - Conspiracy Watch
Laura Loomer (born 1993) is an American far-right conspiracy merchant and a powerful figure in Trumpism. A supporter of Israel in foreign policy, she describes herself as a "proud Islamophobe." She be...
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
NEW PODCAST 🚨 The Matts answer listener questions including: Has Burnham made a mistake appointing so many loyalists; why aren’t the courts more honest about what time prisoners will actually serve, plus more! Tune in 🎧 buff.ly/fOzZh8m
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 26/07/2026
🇫🇷 The iconic D-Day landing beaches in Normandy were on Sunday inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, marking the culmination of a project launched nearly two decades ago. ➡️ u.afp.com/SrBo
This 2024 photograph taken in Sainte-Marie-Du-Mont in Normandy shows a view of Utah Beach, one of the beaches used during the Second World War D-Day landings.
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 26/07/2026
Assassinat du père Hamel en 2016 : la France rend hommage au prêtre tué dans un attentat à Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
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Assassinat du père Hamel en 2016 : la France rend hommage au prêtre tué dans un attentat à Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray
Le 26 juillet 2016, le prêtre catholique avait été égorgé pendant qu’il célébrait la messe. Il fut « pris pour cible parce qu’il incarnait le refus de la haine, la fraternité et l’espérance », a écrit Emmanuel Macron sur X.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Another book review of Emily Eakin's ode to the postmodernist 'French Theory' men's club that waves away Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser's 1980 cold-blooded murder of his sociologist wife Hélène Legotien Rytmann - a femicide victim whose name is even erased. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/b...
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How a Band of Difficult Thinkers Shaped One Author, and the World
In “The Frenchmen,” Emily Eakin traces the rise and fall of postmodernist philosophy, and the surprising ways its influence lingers.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The men who made theory French? What about masculinist Marxist Louis Althusser who murdered his wife, resistant, sociologist Hélène Rytmann-Legotien in 1980. Her name is erased in this review treating femicide as ‘dissociative psychotic episode’ @francesca-b.bsky.social voxeurop.eu/en/femicide-he…
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
GOING LIVE NOW 📽️
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The martial arts star wrote down his philosophies and hopes as a means of enacting them ✏️ John Osborne
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Inside the notebooks that built Bruce Lee
The martial arts star wrote down his philosophies and hopes as a means of enacting them
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WIRED @wired.com · 18/07/2026
This year’s World Cup has faced sweltering heat and humidity. Now it may need to deal with wildfire smoke. www.wired.com/story/fifa-d...
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FIFA Doesn’t Have a Plan to Deal With Climate Change
This year’s World Cup has faced sweltering heat and humidity. Now it may need to deal with wildfire smoke.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Expecting to escape scrutiny over that £5m donation was a huge blunder – and a gift to Burnham ✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social
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Alastair Campbell’s diary: Britain isn’t America – and that’s why Farage had to fall
Expecting to escape scrutiny over that £5m donation was a huge blunder – and a gift to Burnham
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Open warfare between supporters of the far right rivals has turned the National Rally party into an episode of Succession ✏️ @eksymons.bsky.social
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Le Pen’s rift with Bardella could wreck her run for power
Open warfare between supporters of the far right rivals has turned the National Rally party into an episode of Succession
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Sticking 2 fingers up the establishment would be refusing to re-elect a man who threw a tantrum because he was asked to explain millions he failed to declare, and was held to account for first time in his long slimy political life”. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/lucy-reade-f...
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Farage’s meltdown was the worst speech in modern British political history
Reform’s leader triggered a by-election at the end of a rant that veered wildly between incoherent defences and bizarre anecdotes
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
LIVE SOON 🎥 Join @jamesrball.com and @zoegrunewald.bsky.social tomorrow at 1pm BST as they unpack how Andy Burnham should treat Donald Trump Join here 👉️ buff.ly/QaxGlQV
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
European football's governing body has somehow become the moral voice of FIFA's increasingly absurd competition 🐀 Rats in a Sack
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How UEFA became the true star of the World Cup
European football's governing body has somehow become the moral voice of FIFA's increasingly absurd competition
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The world is changing. We help you make sense of it 🌍 🌱 Big ideas 🌎 Global stories 💡 Fresh perspectives 📲 Join The New World's WhatsApp channel for your daily dose of what's next Scan the QR or visit 👇 buff.ly/cUGnsFJ
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
As thousands die in France's deadly hot summer, and after years of climate scepticism and obstruction, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally has cynically reinvented itself as the party of cooling. It now calls for a national AC plan and the tactic could help drive it to power. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare ✏️ Jonty Bloom
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The 13 people most to blame for Brexit
From liars like Johnson, Farage and Gove to incompetents like Cameron, May and Corbyn, here are the guilty men and women responsible for a nightmare
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
In New York, left-wing Mayor Mamdani is mandating right to aircon for renters, installs green-tech heat pumps for heating+cooling in public housing. In Paris 1500 died of heat in 3 days amid widespread eco-left aversion to AC. Read ✏️ @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-sy...
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The politics of air conditioning
As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"We can debate defeating capitalism or building climate-adapted housing, but the reality today is our hospitals are operating under wartime conditions because we have no air conditioning.” The French AC wars are getting deadly. My ✏️ @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-sy...
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The politics of air conditioning
As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Heat pumps can reduce emissions by enabling a transition from gas-powered boilers, running on renewable electricity, and providing both heating and cooling". NYC under Mayor Mamdani is doing it for public housing and mandating AC for renters. France should follow! shelterforce.org/2026/05/26/w...
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What NYCHA’s Heat Pump Strategy Says About the Future of Green Affordable Housing — Shelterforce
NYCHA's installation of tens of thousands of green appliances shows how large-scale procurement could help lower the cost of green upgrades.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Blood on their hands: deaths in Paris surged 1457% yesterday, more bodies will be found. Will 🇫🇷 anti-AC ideologues, civil servants+politicians who blocked even clean cooling take responsibility for this preventable catastrophe? My 📝 @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-sy...
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The politics of air conditioning
As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The French are dying in droves because 40°C+ rooms+homes lack AC. The eco-left anti-aircon brigade has long used bureaucracy to ban clean cooling in hospitals/schools/buses/creches/elderly homes. Is 🇫🇷 over with 'ecological sin'? My✏️ @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-sy...
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The politics of air conditioning
As a killer heatwave grips France, an argument over air conditioning has become so fierce that it could sway the national political mood.
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
When antisemitic conspiracy merchant ‘Kremlin Candace’ Owens goes to Moscow…in ecstasy just like Tucker Carlson before her on his pilgrimage to pay homage to Putin. Follow our Candace Owens’ coverage ✍️ Conspiracy Watch Global @conspiracywen.bsky.social www.conspiracywatch.info/en/will-brig...
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🙏Thanks @f24debate.france24.com @francoisf24.bsky.social for a wide-ranging discussion about the perils of the populist far right in Europe and 🇺🇸 and beyond. Read Andy Pemberton's excellent analysis for The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social ✏️ www.thenewworld.co.uk/andy-pembert...
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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 27/05/2026
How long can the far-right cling to conspiracies? @thenewworldmag.bsky.social's @eksymons.bsky.social tells #F24Debate how ‘The Great Replacement Theory’ links together conservative leaders across the globe
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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 26/05/2026
Where does Europe’s far-right turn? As #Hungary returns to the fold after ouster of MAGA favourite Viktor Orbán, Tuesday's #F24Debate asks if Europe's populists can make do without support from Trump and Putin. Tune in live at 7:10PM Paris Time ➡️ go.france24.com/p7pM
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WIRED @wired.com · 27/05/2026
The email instructs workers to report behavior that predates Donald Trump’s second inauguration. One employee tells WIRED it felt like a “reminder to narc on your coworkers.” www.wired.com/story/depart...
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Department of Labor Tells Employees to Report Anyone Prioritizing DEI
The email instructs workers to report behavior that predates Donald Trump’s second inauguration. One employee tells WIRED it felt like a “reminder to narc on your coworkers.”
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In a Vanity Fair interview, the star footballer said he was worried by the rise of the hard right. The result was a wave of race-baiting, and the return of the big Le Pen lie: that unless you’re white, you’re not really French ✏️ @eksymons.bsky.social
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The far right declares war on Kylian Mbappé
In a Vanity Fair interview, the star footballer said he was worried by the rise of the hard right. The result was a wave of race-baiting, and the return of the big Le Pen lie: that unless you’re…
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Emma-Kate Symons @eksymons.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It's almost World Cup, so Le Pen's cabal has declared war on football superstar Kylian Mbappé, Les Bleus' captain, the most admired Frenchman today in the world. His 'crime'? Daring to restate his opposition to the extreme right. My✏️ @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/emma-kate-sy...
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The far right declares war on Kylian Mbappé
In a Vanity Fair interview, the star footballer said he was worried by the rise of the hard right. The result was a wave of race-baiting, and the return of the big Le Pen lie: that unless you’re white...
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
SPECIAL EPISODE 🚨 The Matts consider just how much is at stake in the Makerfield by-election, assuming Andy Burnham is allowed to stand. Who will Reform put up against him (we have one idea) and what will Zack Polanski’s move be? Listen now 🎧 buff.ly/pDykQh0
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A fearless, restless pioneer, the jazz legend was an imperfect man, but a musician of unique genius ✏️ Peter Jones
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Miles Davis is 100 – and this is why he still matters
A fearless, restless pioneer, the jazz legend was an imperfect man, but a musician of unique genius
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
If you are appalled by the gains Reform has made, one effective way you can actually do something to resist it is by subscribing to The New World Join us today: buff.ly/C7cl4nm
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