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Nicolas Veron
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Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics

Nicolas Véron is a French economist. He is a senior fellow at Bruegel in Brussels, which he co-founded in 2002–05, and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC, which he joined in 2009. In 2012, he was included in the global 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. .. more

Economics 79%
Business 9%
EU countries are piling pressure on the European Commission to get serious about turning around the bloc’s sluggish economy, amid fears it could be left at the mercy of other big players like the U.S. and China.

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Time to grow up
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www.politico.eu

Hatred or loathing?

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The video is even more powerful. (h/t David Axelrod)
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.

Biden himself said they were fabricated!

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com

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Stockholm, Warsaw & Helsinki as a result of NATO Power.

Vovchansk as a result of Russian power.

Proving the 2 sides are exactly the same

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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
The Winklevoss twins:
▶️gave $1M+ each to a Trump cmte in 2024
▶️donated to the WH ballroom
▶️backed a crypto firm co-founded by Eric Trump
▶️were founding members of Don Jr.'s private club

The SEC has now agreed to dismiss a case against the twins' crypto exchange, per a filing made public on Friday.
S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins
www.nytimes.com
Seen in Los Angeles

(Credit: Zurita Carpio)

“People are afraid to speak out about being afraid to speak out” (quote from Bill Gates) is the crispest summary yet of the mood in the US business community www.ft.com/content/ed08...
Decoupling from Trump’s America
Washington’s allies are looking for a new strategy after a week that has demonstrated what some see as the risks of subordination and coercion
www.ft.com
OTD in 1935 Hitler assured Poland he would not invade them. A few years later he said Germans were being oppressed & killed so he attacked, carried out genocide and spent the last years of his life in bunker detached from reality.

Imagine all that happening today.

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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
Kyiv.
Electricity is back.
I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack.

Glory to Ukrainian engineers.

Suddenly it’s happening everywhere
India’s holdings of US Treasury bonds have fallen to a 5-year low as the nation pushes to support its currency and diversify its reserves, Bloomberg reports.

People “are looking to diversify away from US assets, and I would kind of describe it as quiet-quitting of US bonds,” Katie Koch said.

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India’s holdings of US Treasury bonds have fallen to a 5-year low as the nation pushes to support its currency and diversify its reserves, Bloomberg reports.

People “are looking to diversify away from US assets, and I would kind of describe it as quiet-quitting of US bonds,” Katie Koch said.
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'

- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest

“I think we have learned something in the last days and weeks.” www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
This was the moment EU leaders agreed Europe must go it alone
A subdued gathering in Brussels became a wake for a decades-old world order that’s slipping away.
www.politico.eu
“When an individual enters their residence, conceals themselves behind a closed door, and attempts to go about their everyday life, they are willfully impeding the important work of law enforcement officers and engaging in domestic terrorism,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin
ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice
WASHINGTON—Warning that any attempt to spend time inside a personal residence constituted hostile interference with federal operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Thursday...
theonion.com
Vance on the economy:

"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

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📊 The ECB’s recommendations for banking policy simplification [ONLINE ONLY]
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“Leave Greenland alone!”

Heckler interrupts Star-Spangled Banner at NBA game in London, wins cheers from crowd. (Video via Reddit)
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.