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Scoop: Jens Spahn, a high-ranking member of Germany's CDU party who will likely be part of the next government, thinks 0% tariffs on US goods should be on the table in future trade negotiations with Trump. "If you start negotiating, you always can find a deal." @semafor.com

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some of my favorite puns we've crafted recently

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memes are transcending language on Xiaohongshu, which is apparently not super thrilled about an influx of US users:

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he's out www.semafor.com/article/01/0...

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Germany's liberals are divided over the proposed Milei- and Musk-ification of the party (via @table.media)

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in last night's @semafor.com Media newsletter: The world's first martial law declaration motivated by YouTube algorithm??

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Overwhelmed with "best of 2024" lists? boy do I have a list for you www.semafor.com/article/12/2...

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let's check in on the r/drones subreddit shall we

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The leader of every main BRICS country is a septuagenarian

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Another victorious rebel group discovers the horrors of bureaucracy as they prepare to govern: www.ft.com/content/7efc...

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"Will the weeks, months, or years ahead bring utopia? No. Will tyranny return? Perhaps. Could it be more brutal than what we’ve endured? Unimaginable." www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

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Bitcoin is legal tender in El Salvador, where the government's holdings apparently total $603M www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

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A pro-Yoon lawmaker in South Korea: The president "was lonely" and needs "a friend to talk to": www.news1.kr/politics/ass...

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Thinking about the time South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol serenaded Joe Biden with a cover of “American Pie” at the White House last year

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uh

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Last year Tina Turner lowered taxes for everyone in the small town of Stäfa, Switzerland by buying a 70M-Franc estate. The government had a windfall in property gains tax revenue and was able to lower the tax rate <3 https://www.derbund.ch/tina-turner-beschert-staefa-tiefere-steuern-906384285433

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The Philippines Swifties deserve the world (and an Eras Tour show) https://www.semafor.com/article/05/22/2023/taylor-swift-fans-in-the-philippines-put-on-their-own-eras-tour

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"Bitch, I've never seen a donor list in my life. Is the party supposed to help you fundraise?" https://www.semafor.com/article/05/19/2023/megan-hunt-doesnt-want-to-be-your-democratic-hero

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🟡NEW: Megan Hunt doesn’t want to be your Democratic hero. She just wants to protect her trans son. @meganhunt.bsky.social talks to @daveweigel.bsky.social in the latest edition of Semafor Americana

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completely forgot that Trump canceled a trip to Denmark in 2019 because the Danish PM apparently refused to discuss selling Greenland https://www.semafor.com/article/05/17/2023/biden-cancels-papua-new-guinea-australia-trip

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if a member of Congress is given a Bluesky invite code, does that count as a gift they'd have to report

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the successful opposition parties in Thailand hope to form a government and could make it legal to insult the Thai monarchy and their pets https://www.semafor.com/article/05/15/2023/thailand-elections-outcome

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Linda Yaccarino, last November: "Give me a break, I think we can teach him" https://www.semafor.com/article/05/12/2023/linda-yaccarino-twitter-ceo

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Is Pop Crave on Bluesky yet?

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My son did everything he could to get out of going to school today and we had a long chat about why and he finally admitted that it was because they’re singing Owl City’s “Fireflies” in choir.

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- 7 counts of wire fraud - 3 counts of money laundering - 1 count of theft of public funds - 2 counts of making false statements to the House of Representatives https://www.semafor.com/article/05/10/2023/santos-surrenders-federal-authorities

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Finally made it onto this cloud app! Hey, what are posts called on Bluesky? Surely they're something wholesome like "Blues" or "Sky's," right?

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