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When will the press corp finally stand up for humiliated colleagues and boycott covering this President until he changes how he engages with the media? You’ve got to stand up to bullies. washingtonpost.com/business/…
An Aspen Mansion Rented by Celebs Like Rihanna Sells for $63.5 Million, via @WSJ.
Not our shining hour:
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For mail-in voters: use drop boxes, vote early in person or mail ballots at least two weeks before Election Day - via The New York Times
A wider view shows that 41 percent of U.S. residents live in states they weren’t born in, via @nytimes
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Typical BS from a draft dodger like @realDonaldTrump
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If you watch one thing today I strongly recommend it is this …. It is so good I will even forgive him for talking to @restisfootball ahead of @restispolitics
Mayor Mamdani Delivers Address Marking America’s 250th Birthday - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=XcxRUkGA…
"$821m. That’s how much Shankh Mitra was paid in 2025 from Welltower, a real-estate investment trust focused on senior housing and healthcare...nearly[sic] a dozen [US chief executives]] topped $200m." via @WSJ
Nearly 100% (specifically 99.9%) of Iceland's electricity is generated from renewable sources.... Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) currently account for roughly 98% of all new passenger car sales in Norway this year - via @The Rest is Politics @campbellclaret
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If Africa's top referee is inadmissible in America, who qualifies? Many are calling it racism.
Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan was denied entry into the US "due to vetting concerns" even though he had a 3-month multiple entry visa and was traveling on a diplomatic passport
Spot on.
“It’s been easier to ship items from Ghana to Liverpool than it is to ship the same items from Ghana to Kenya.” — President John Dramani Mahama
Speaking during a discussion with the Chatham House Africa Programme, President John Dramani Mahama used the comparison to highlight the infrastructure and logistics challenges holding back intra-African trade, calling for stronger regional connectivity and deeper economic integration across the continent.
Mahama argued that improving transport links and trade networks is essential for unlocking Africa’s economic potential and strengthening the continent’s position in a changing global order.
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This video is credited to @ChathamHouse
"Thanks to advancements in engineering, materials and safety technology, today’s cars last longer than vehicles of generations past. The average vehicle on U.S. roads is about 13 years old," via @WSJ wsj.com/business/autos/ameri…
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37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.
