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Options for Bolsonaros after elections are over: i) The President's House ii) The Jail House iii) Flee the country www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
This sort of thing is reckless for a public figure even if it's consenting adults. But "unsolicited" ? www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
This is an agreement between one institution in Italy and another institution in Benin.* It is not a cooperation between Italy and Africa. Africa is a continent not a country. * Benin is a country in Africa.
Cooperation between Italy and Africa is focused on training, traceability and the restoration of cultural heritage.
Haley Stevens. It's hard being a sore loser. Being a good loser is so much better, even if you hate doing it. Better for you, career wise, and better for everybody else on the team. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/25/p...
I'm wondering if his hair could be playing a roll as well. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
This @nytimes.com headline below is really something. Mishmash ? Really ?
At the time when it was reported and confirmed by Democratic senators who were at the meeting, others like Republican senator Tom Cotton, who was also at the meeting, denied that it happened. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Trump: "Libya, Hemen, Haiti, Somalia -- remember what I called them? Shit house countries."
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36% approval is high given where he is. I suppose it’s the decrease since the previous polls that matters . Nevertheless … www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/u...
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You just can’t find good Republican hecklers these days.* * Also Abdul El-Sayed is really good at this. youtu.be/j0YGL3iH4bY?...
Just listened to this. Compelling. pca.st/episode/4b78...
So now it’s Friday morning and Ms. Zacharia is out. Yep, she was awful and is awful, but this public humiliation says a lot about the people who put her there.
What is she unqualified for ? The position of press secretary under this president is what exactly ? The lesson here is that someone who was supposedly fine for the job last weekend is being fed through the Hannity wood chipper by Thursday night. That is not a statement about her.
What is she unqualified for ? The position of press secretary under this president is what exactly ? The lesson here is that someone who was supposedly fine for the job last weekend is being fed through the Hannity wood chipper by Thursday night. That is not a statement about her.
Wow -- Hannity is moving in for the kill: "Why not just say 'I went to Pepperdine Law School and then took a different career path'? Why get into this long drawn-out thing about the difference between a lawyer and an attorney?"
“ … very bad and evil man, …” Perhaps Trump knows people who are bad but not evil, or evil but not bad.
Trump: "I think streaming the execution might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists & SCUM like Hasan but, many very good & well meaning people would rather not watch...He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed."
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14 October 1919 | A Pole, Lucjan Sikora, was born in Końskowola. In #Auschwitz from 30 July 1941. No. 19596 He perished in the camp on 14 March 1942. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/
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14 October 1922 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Rosa Labzowski, was born in Zierikzee. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 2 September 1943 in a transport of 1,004 deported from #Westerbork. No. 58008 She perished in the camp. --- Women at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
My expectations are such that this seemed bad but not shockingly so.
😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan
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The “take him seriously but not literally” crowd have been looking pretty foolish* for quite a while now. * pretty foolish is generous.
Trump: "We need a river and we need an ocean. So I was thinking either the Atlantic or the Pacific, we call it 'Trump ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas.' Something like that. We have to. We should have, before I get out, I think we should have an ocean and we need a great river."
30-40 years ago Leon Botstein was hailed as a model for liberal arts college presidents. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
The thing about expensive Swiss watches is that they're high quality, last a long time and hold their value. Not for everyone, but there are many who can afford them and like them. Me ? I like my Apple Watch. Sadly, not as much as I used to before Tim Apple started cozying up to "You Know Who".
Trump: "If we decided not to buy watches from Switzerland, they wouldn't be elite anymore and we would save about $40 billion"
Guys like Romo get paid a lot and they could easily have a driver wherever they go. Also CBS could have insisted on it. But the truth is that they're not that valuable a commodity anyway. I haven't tuned into a game based on the announcer since Howard Cosell. www.nytimes.com/athletic/765...