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“Trump wanted Marco Rubio to take part in Iran talks, but we insisted on Witkoff, and the US backed down," said Mahmoud Nabavian, deputy head of the Iranian Parliament's Foreign Policy Committee. “In every aspect of the negotiations, whatever we said was accepted, and the American side gave ground.”

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This is what its like to work in the Trump administration now. When a career official objected to declaring that living immigrants were dead on legal and ethical grounds, security guards went to his office and told him to leave. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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It's like Badenoch complaining that Lib Dem MPs are good at getting the church roof fixed as if that's a bad thing. Baffling.

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The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work. The evidence it has published found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty. I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the gov’t to rethink

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Witkoff touching his heart the moment he sees Putin to show admiration and respect is also nauseating. The representative of the most powerful country in the world fawning over a tyrant of an almost broken imperialist nation. That would have tipped the balance of power towards Putin in that meeting.

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Portrait of the Artist's Wife Seated, Holding Her Right Leg, 1917 https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25867

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The £104bn plan to stop water companies treating UK rivers 'like an open drain' Environment Secretary Steve Reed explains how he intends to clean up Britain's rivers www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

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💥💥💥 Our latest huge poll just landed in The Observer, & shows its trade with Europe that Brits want HMG to prioritise at the reset, over defence, tackling small boats, & certainly before trade with 🇺🇸 #tomorrowspaperstoday 👇

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The European Union must start acting like the global power it already is, as the bloc confronts the shifting trade policies of US President Donald Trump, says former EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton www.politico.eu/article/thie...

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Dreadful hayfever this year!

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it's Saturday and it's time for "this week in stupid: April 12 edition" — Jesse prevents it, zealots lament it, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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Government bonds have been selling off while stocks have plunged. That’s unusual, and it’s raising concerns that global investors are losing some of their long-standing confidence in America www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...

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Billionaire Ray Dalio of Bridgewater points out why America is increasingly failing to compete with Europe and Asia: “60% of the US population has below a 6th grade reading level. “It’s tough to be productive.”

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Who would have guessed newrepublic.com/post/193850/...

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More than 30 people were killed and at least 80 others wounded by in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy today, officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks on Ukraine this year.

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Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into a bustling city center in northeastern Ukraine on Sunday morning, officials said, killing at least 32 people in what appeared to be the deadliest attack against civilians this year.

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BREAKING: Over 15,000 people have already packed into the Fighting Oligarchy Tour stop in Los Angeles—and Bernie Sanders and AOC don’t even speak for another two hours. If this kind of turnout keeps up, Republicans could be facing real headwinds in 2026.

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Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Coachella 2025 last night. So he went from the LA rally to Coachella. He's 83 and fighting like this. This should be an inspiration to all of us. If he can do this, we can all do a little more.

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L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week. R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday. Putin’s stooge.

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RFK Jr giving families ‘false hope’ on autism, says outgoing US vaccine official

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BREAKING: Famed Economist Paul Krugman just told Ari Melber: "This Tariff pause is [still] a tariff rate that is higher overall than Smooth-Hawley. This is a bigger shock to the economy than any trade policy in any country’s history."

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Last week, Reform won almost half the votes in a local election, from a standing start. But the turn-out was only 18%. So four out of five voters were too angry or confused to vote for anybody. @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social

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Incredible. He truly has no idea what he's going www.bbc.com/news/article...

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If you have the sheer skill to bankrupt a string of casinos… Your next challenge is bankrupting a Western country.

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Make it make sense

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