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Birgitte Bønding
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Opera singer & speech language therapist based in Brussels
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Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age.

We won. This is from my closing statement.

There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.
June 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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In the interest of balance #news
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Zelenskyy flew to Washington and got a meeting with the Kremlin.

A day of national shame.
February 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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This was one of the more edifying (and entertaining) conversations I’ve listened to in a long while. If you want to understand Musk’s radicalization and what he wants to do.
Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.

@karaswisher.bsky.social discusses Elon Musk's goals in government — and the factors that have led to his radicalization.

open.spotify.com/episode/5GXG...
What Elon Musk Wants
The Ezra Klein Show · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Trump Rolls DEI Back to 1965 & Exec Order Ending Birthright Citizenship Hits a Wall

youtu.be/B2oa2IpKgn8
Trump Rolls DEI Back to 1965 & Exec Order Ending Birthright Citizenship Hits A Wall | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
Airbnb and Booking.com are the market leaders, but a new wave of smaller accommodation platforms are offering an alternative – and trying to give something back to local communities Accounts of tenants illegally subletting rental properties by listing…
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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New from me: Trump is a lame duck, an old, tired, easily manipulated one, whose vanity is a useful tool. Foreign leaders like Claudia Sheinbaum are right to mock him, and American elites should uncurl from the fetal position and get in on the fun.
Poke The Bear
Donald Trump is a lame duck (not a bear)—an unusually weak one, in some ways—and he knows it.
www.offmessage.net
January 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM