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Per a source, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who has required that he approve all contracts over certain thresholds personally, has over 5000 review requests on his desk. Apparently he approves around 15/day.

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Me normally now I'm in my late 30s: Hey the system isn't too bad. Sure there are problems but ultimately the status quo is working out pretty well. Me on boat race day: We need a proletarian revolution.

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Excellent article. Unrealistic nostalgia. Very reminiscent of Brexit. on.ft.com/4ltkLSx Nostalgia for manufacturing will make the US poorer

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The largest individual gainer Wednesday was Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk, who added $36 billion to his fortune as the EV manufacturer’s stock jumped 23%, followed by Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, who gained almost $26 billion.

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Heartbreaking scenes from Sumy this morning as residents gathered for Palm Sunday only to be met by Russian missiles. Horrific example of Russia intensifying attacks while Ukraine has accepted an unconditional ceasefire. My thoughts are with the Ukrainian people today.

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Again: Britain (not just this government but all of the recent ones) has a problem with knowledge work. Fishing, steel are manly proper jobs with a Victorian sense of place and history. Creative industries & HE are treated as secondary; derided or ignored.

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Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, study shows theprogressplaybook.com/2025/03/22/s...

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British Steel shut site after Richard Tice's firm threatened to hike rent www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...

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John Lanchester is one of the best big picture political commentators out there. And a top class writer.

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‘It makes no sense for a government to trash-talk its own economy – unless the plan is to blame somebody else for how bad things are.’ John Lanchester on Labour’s problems with growth and GDP: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Today's university shedding jobs is Hull, which is going for voluntary redundancies just months after a compulsory scheme. Every day is like this in UK Higher Education, and every day will be like this until someone gets a grip. 🇬🇧

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Seriously? America is vanishing down a very deep rabbit hole.

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The aftermath of the Russian missile strike on Sumy this morning. 21 people dead. 83 people injured, seven of them children. Rescue works continue.

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Morning all. Photograph by Peter Donnelly, Birmingham 1962.

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Meanwhile on Facebook, everyone's getting misty-eyed about 1970s racist series "Love Thy Neighbour". I mean, seriously?

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Esteemed scientist, prof. Steve Hydrocarbon responds to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's outrageous CEO-shaming posters, on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.

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One month ago, Ukraine agreed to a full 30-day ceasefire in the U.S.-mediated talks in Jeddah, and Russia did not. Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed over 160 civilians in March alone.

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2,500 years ago, & Lao Tzu had a better grasp of reality than any of our leaders have today.

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“In the face of Trump’s mayhem, Europe is the direction to which the UK must turn – and Keir Starmer knows it” Tom Baldwin www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

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UK-US trade deal is a joke: minimal US concessions, whilst U.K. will be forced to shrink food standards, product rules, and digital services. Frontier Economics shows US tariffs = -0.7% GDP EU deal = +1.5% GDP Kiss Trump’s arse or rebuild prosperity with Europe? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. Populations get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner. nymag.com/intelligence...

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The easiest and best way for the UK to promote free trade would be to rejoin the EU. But Labour won't do that. Until it does, columns in newspapers about promoting free trade are just a waste of ink. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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No statement from the Leader of the Opposition backing Beijing up on this one, no?

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"The US and China’s dizzying tariff tit-for-tat has spurred Brazil’s agricultural sector and pummelled American farmers, as Beijing looks to Latin America’s largest economy for a swath of goods from soyabeans to beef" - on.ft.com/3RKgZqm So much FO in the FAFO this morning

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The scary concept of acid rain helped drive a successful campaign to regulate emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Will plastic rain finally convince us enough is enough? 120 million water bottles are falling from the sky over our national parks and wilderness areas.

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All The President’s Perp Walks: Filmed over 6 yrs. All of Trump's indicted associates. Steve Bannon 2024 Paul Manafort 2018 Allen Weisselberg 2024 Charles McGonigal, 2022 George Santos 2023 Lev Parnas 2019 Thomas Barrack 2022 Donald J Trump 2024 To support my work see profile

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"He took his case to Europe. For closed-door meetings with EU’s heavy hitters. Japan was in the room too, listening closely. The pitch was simple: if Trump went too far with tariffs, Canada would start offloading Treasury bonds. A slow, steady bleed...." deanblundell.substack.com/p/carneys-ch...

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“The damage has been done,” said George Saravelos, the head of foreign exchange research at Deutsche Bank. “The market is reassessing the structural attractiveness of the dollar as the world’s global reserve currency and is undergoing a process of rapid de-dollarisation.”

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Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals

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Donold sends people with soccer tattoos to El Salvador and lets people with swastika tattoos go free.

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I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.

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This is not policy. It’s global uncertainty and its chaos. www.reuters.com/world/trumps...

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When do you think the White House will announce that they've had a beautiful call with Xi and the China tariffs are going to be lowered or paused?

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Today's GB News TV advertisers include Solar Centre RagingBull Snacks Belgica Salus Mortgages Arden Parks RepairMyKitchen LeShuttle TrailFinders Dr Ho Vitadora Polish Tourism Organisation Freshpet Appeal Shading AllClearTravel Rangeford Living bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/g...

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A reminder that it was Brexit which stuffed British steel. And thatcher stuffed British coal - Thatcher who Farage loves. Farage feasting on grievances having ensured this catastrophe! youtu.be/U-iGG4ffrVQ?...

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🔥 FARMER: “This I-told-you-so, it’s I-wish-you-would’ve-listened… China is more prepared this time… they just canceled the 3 largest soybean contracts… Trump isn’t playing chess or checkers with China - they’re sitting in a corner playing with themselves.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIW56aF...

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