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March 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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The European Commission proposed new joint EU borrowing of $157.76 billion to lend to EU governments for defense as part of an overall 800 billion total financing effort to boost Europe's defense capabilities reut.rs/41Dr3XU
EU Commission proposes joint borrowing as part of 800 billion euro defence plan
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday new joint European Union borrowing of 150 billion euros ($157.76 billion) to lend to EU governments for defence as part of an overall 800 billion financing effort to boost Europe's defence capabilities.
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March 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The European Commission proposed new joint EU borrowing of $157.76 billion to lend to EU governments for defense as part of an overall 800 billion total financing effort to boost Europe's defense capabilities reut.rs/41Dr3XU
How Trump has operated in the past weeks puts the US election in a different light. People blamed Harris and the Democrats for losing it but this is all on the voters. Harris clearly warned them and was correct. They ignored the warning. Trump has blown up in their faces like a grenade.
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
How Trump has operated in the past weeks puts the US election in a different light. People blamed Harris and the Democrats for losing it but this is all on the voters. Harris clearly warned them and was correct. They ignored the warning. Trump has blown up in their faces like a grenade.
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Voters also oppose taking ownership of the Panama Canal, Greenland, Canada, and Gaza — and owning Gaza is the least popular of the four.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
February 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Voters also oppose taking ownership of the Panama Canal, Greenland, Canada, and Gaza — and owning Gaza is the least popular of the four.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
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NEW: By a -37-point margin, voters strongly oppose Trump's proposal to "take over" and "own" Gaza.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
February 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NEW: By a -37-point margin, voters strongly oppose Trump's proposal to "take over" and "own" Gaza.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...
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FT Editorial Board | Elon Musk’s dismantlement of federal agencies, freezing funding and pushing staff to resign goes far beyond a mere restructuring. It aims to shift the constitutional separation and balance of powers. www.ft.com/content/f766...
February 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
FT Editorial Board | Elon Musk’s dismantlement of federal agencies, freezing funding and pushing staff to resign goes far beyond a mere restructuring. It aims to shift the constitutional separation and balance of powers. www.ft.com/content/f766...
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/s... An interesting chat on the songwriting process with Eli and Josh from #Inhaler #U2fam
Eli Hewson and Josh Jenkinson of Inhaler
Podcast Episode · Songwriters on Process · 10/02/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/s... An interesting chat on the songwriting process with Eli and Josh from #Inhaler #U2fam
February 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Great news: Trump/Musk cuts to USAID temporarily blocked in court.
Keep chipping away. They're not invincible.
Keep chipping away. They're not invincible.
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Great news: Trump/Musk cuts to USAID temporarily blocked in court.
Keep chipping away. They're not invincible.
Keep chipping away. They're not invincible.
Antipathy towards Trump might be a great unifying factor in the outside world.
January 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Antipathy towards Trump might be a great unifying factor in the outside world.
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Excellent piece on the factional and philosophical divides in the new Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Excellent piece on the factional and philosophical divides in the new Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
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It’s the reign of King Donald: now a people who fled cruel monarchs have their own | Martin Kettle
It’s the reign of King Donald: now a people who fled cruel monarchs have their own | Martin Kettle
We see untrammelled power with fawning courtiers. George Washington would have recognised the new system at the White House
Donald Trump’s triumphal return to the White House was American political theatre on steroids. This was, of course, exactly the…
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It’s the reign of King Donald: now a people who fled cruel monarchs have their own | Martin Kettle
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other US funders said they will cover US financial obligations to the UN climate framework after Donald Trump called for the US to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement reut.rs/3E2AGGu
Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.
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January 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other US funders said they will cover US financial obligations to the UN climate framework after Donald Trump called for the US to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement reut.rs/3E2AGGu
www.independent.ie/entertainmen... “Simon Schama’s surprising story of post-war British culture”. This was really good. Schama has instinctive emotional intelligence and natural empathy. I loved the focus on the landscape. Looked like #Bono was in his study?
Bono has his say in Simon Schama’s surprising story of post-war British culture
Every country has questions about its identity – God knows we have. The French are always going on about it as well. And presumably every country loves watching television programmes about what makes ...
www.independent.ie
January 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
www.independent.ie/entertainmen... “Simon Schama’s surprising story of post-war British culture”. This was really good. Schama has instinctive emotional intelligence and natural empathy. I loved the focus on the landscape. Looked like #Bono was in his study?
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Dear America,
This is what a monarchy looks like.
Best Wishes,
Someone who lives in a monarchy
This is what a monarchy looks like.
Best Wishes,
Someone who lives in a monarchy
January 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Dear America,
This is what a monarchy looks like.
Best Wishes,
Someone who lives in a monarchy
This is what a monarchy looks like.
Best Wishes,
Someone who lives in a monarchy
The advantage of suffering through Trump Part 2 on Bluesky rather than the other place is that it’s devoid of the sharks, and the frenzied nastiness about everything, that you’re forced to swim in there.
January 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The advantage of suffering through Trump Part 2 on Bluesky rather than the other place is that it’s devoid of the sharks, and the frenzied nastiness about everything, that you’re forced to swim in there.
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Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
January 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
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JFC. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg are in the front row at the #inauguration.
They are sat IN FRONT of Trump’s Cabinet.
The era of oligarchy.
(📸: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)
They are sat IN FRONT of Trump’s Cabinet.
The era of oligarchy.
(📸: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)
January 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
JFC. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg are in the front row at the #inauguration.
They are sat IN FRONT of Trump’s Cabinet.
The era of oligarchy.
(📸: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)
They are sat IN FRONT of Trump’s Cabinet.
The era of oligarchy.
(📸: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)
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Trump says he will withdraw US from Paris accord after hottest year on record
https://www.ft.com/content/cc7f60ea-6f42-49d0-8fde-5151e170c780
https://www.ft.com/content/cc7f60ea-6f42-49d0-8fde-5151e170c780
Trump says he will withdraw US from Paris accord after hottest year on record
Move deals blow to worldwide efforts to slow global warming
www.ft.com
January 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump says he will withdraw US from Paris accord after hottest year on record
https://www.ft.com/content/cc7f60ea-6f42-49d0-8fde-5151e170c780
https://www.ft.com/content/cc7f60ea-6f42-49d0-8fde-5151e170c780
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This is almost such an obvious point, it feels slightly crazy to point it out, but a politician winning a national election does not mean that the criticisms of that politician were wrong. Nixon and Bush both go reelected and everything their most unsparing critics said about them was right.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is almost such an obvious point, it feels slightly crazy to point it out, but a politician winning a national election does not mean that the criticisms of that politician were wrong. Nixon and Bush both go reelected and everything their most unsparing critics said about them was right.
My own tiny protest today is logging out of the Musk Machine. I’m staying here.
January 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My own tiny protest today is logging out of the Musk Machine. I’m staying here.
Well at least that’s end of the myth of American ‘moral leadership’ in the world. The real political and commercial ugliness is front and centre. They can’t preach to any other country.
January 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Well at least that’s end of the myth of American ‘moral leadership’ in the world. The real political and commercial ugliness is front and centre. They can’t preach to any other country.