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So, once everything is exempted from the tariffs, the only tariffs left with be the Chinese tariffs on American goods? Genius. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Local planners: 7 years and $1.2 million. #Beavers: just vibes and sticks. Nature's engineers get it done. No permits required

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He may believe that America is great again, but the planet does not.

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“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

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Sir Keir - just put ‘Great British..’ before everything…. ‘Great British Customs Union’ ‘Great British Single Market’ ‘Great British European Union’ Then dare them to vote against it. #SoSimple #EU #Brexit www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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What do they see in this guy?

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So far, it’s been a very dry Spring in the UK. What do you know about the water firms, who have given untold billions to their shareholders rather than prevent our rivers and seas being clogged with sewage? They haven’t built any reservoirs. They’ll be rationing water later in the year.

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This Passover I’m thinking hard about the holiday’s history of resistance to tyrannical leaders, and the imperative for Jewish people to stand with all oppressed peoples of the world.

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Make it make sense

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I just got back from a couple days in Montreal and the city is wonderful but it's a little weird being around unarmed citizens with healthcare who understand three syllable words.

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When you’ve lost the DAILY MAIL

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Trump gives away something for nothing. No wonder people want to do business with him - he’s such a pushover. news.sky.com/story/smartp...

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So Trump got played by China before the world. They refused to call him, raised tariffs 34%, the # of Trump felonies, just to rub it in. Now Trump has caved & waved tariffs on computers, electronics & cell phones, much comes from China. Trump rolled & showed other nations exactly how to play him. 😂

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i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery

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Imagine all the time he spent practicing to blow a giant bubble He could’ve probably solved world hunger by now!

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Hernandez: Why is there always money to bomb children in Gaza, but not enough to make sure every kid has a safe place to sleep in this country. We don't have a budget crisis. We have a crisis of our values

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My latest book is a collection of idioms, proverbs and slang from around the world. It's called The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead and in the UK you can get it from these places (geni.us/yDxa). Outside UK, Blackwell's do free/fast international delivery... blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

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Are they taking Keir Starmer in for questioning? He has form on carrying these… www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Quality entertainment, obviously..

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This is great news - she’s so under-used, and Pride & Prejudice is an overlooked classic simply crying out for a TV adaption. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...