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This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized.

The ADL literally had ONE JOB.
February 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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NEW REPORT: How much public money is spent supporting people in their last year of life, and what services does it pay for?

Our latest research – with the #NHS Health Economics Unit and @mariecurieuk.bsky.social – begins to answer these vital questions 👇
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/pub...
Public expenditure in the last year of life
Supporting people at the end of life is a crucially important element of public spending, yet there is remarkably little evidence available on how much money is being spent on it, and what that money ...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
February 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Interesting list. Would need flanking policies on imports and immigration to get the materials and labour for all that building, though.
New: Britain's economic stagnation has gone on for too long.

So, Sam Bowman (@sambowman.co) and I have produced a list of 11 policy ideas that would really shift the dial on growth.

www.sambowman.co/p/growth-is-...
Growth is a policy choice
So here are some pro-growth policies to choose from
www.sambowman.co
January 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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AI adoption does not negate the need for investing in civil service’s capabilities, for instance; in fact it only heightens that need.

Clifford is right to say the UK government needs to become “a great customer” - and that means focusing on unglamorous but vital areas like procurement reform.
January 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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a ditadura venezuelana escarnece do Acordo de Barbados e até o momento o Brasil vai mandar representante pra “posse” do ditador

muito bonitinha a ciranda pela democracia ontem em Brasília, mas ações valem mais do que esse tipo de palhaçada
January 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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You, adorable: But a shutdown makes Biden look weak just as he leaves office!
Me, hardened with experience: Most swing voters probably think Trump is president
December 19, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Wir stolpern, doch fallen nicht
trvpicamvs sed non cadimvs
didi.is.camp didi @didi.is.camp · Dec 18
we trupicate. however, we don't fall
December 19, 2024 at 12:36 AM
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

Ozempic no aquífero do guaraní pra ONTEM
The Ozempic Flip-Flop
West Virginia gave obesity drugs to teachers and state employees—then took them away.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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The jihadist who liberated Syria is a Yimby by the way
December 10, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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France's "strategic autonomy" is cheap talk until you have to put something on the table.

Latest exhibit: EU-Mercosur.
December 10, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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The latest Public Administration Review editorial: study of "public administration" begun by Europeans in the 17th century. Progress over the view that it was started by Woodrow Wilson, I suppose. But still wrong. The Han dynasty was running a bureaucracy of +100K two thousand years ago.
December 8, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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There is a bill in Congress which does quite literally give opponents of clean energy money to sue clean energy that’s not “participating in decision making”—lawsuits are not democracy, elections are
November 27, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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Every week we will learn about new forms of corruption that we hadn't thought of before
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Trump camp rivalries come to fore over efforts to oust top adviser
Boris Epshteyn accused of asking potential administration nominees to pay monthly fee for lobbying president-elect
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:14 AM
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Mais?!?
Qui est la?

👉 bsky.app/profile/vrmt...
November 13, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Announcing Mission Public. An initiative to support the debate about mission-driven government.
medium.com/@jamestplunk.... Shared on Twitter too for reach but for people who wisely don't spend time there...
Announcing Mission Public
Supporting the debate about mission-driven government
medium.com
June 3, 2024 at 8:44 AM