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September 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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September 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Please come out (or participate via livestream) for our #ScienceUnderSiege event at the storied DC bookstore @politicsprose.bsky.social, featuring my co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly,
Thursday Oct 2: politics-prose.com/mann-hotez
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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In July, reports emerged that Blair’s thinktank worked on developing a postwar Gaza plan that included creation of “Trump Riviera” and a manufacturing zone named after Elon Musk. The project was led by Israeli business people using financial models developed by Boston Consulting Group
Under a White House plan that is being proposed to Arab and Israeli leaders, former U.K. leader Tony Blair would serve as interim administrator of Gaza, overseeing a body known as the Gaza International Transition Authority, or GITA
September 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Singapore pharma firms seek clarity on US tariff exemption, deputy PM says reut.rs/4ocyyOf
Singapore pharma firms seek clarity on US tariff exemption, deputy PM says
Pharmaceutical companies in Singapore are seeking clarity on whether they would qualify for an exemption from steep tariffs imposed by the United States on their goods, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Saturday.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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The United States is simply not politically stable enough, nor sufficiently committed to democratic and international principles, to host the UN.
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Many people and institutions that fight back are winning.

This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.
Kimmel won. Winning matters, wins are how we’re going to prevent this autocratic slide.
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Today’s shameful shadow docket decision from the Supreme Court—allowing Trump to unilaterally cancel $4 billion in aid—is not behavior that any healthy democracy tolerates of its judiciary. It is a sign of constitutional rot that precedes the rule of law’s collapse. slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers
The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid.
slate.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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I’m telling you, there’s just not enough outrage about the craven actions of Speaker Mike Johnson.
Grijalva: I was looking at the example of now-Representative Walkinshaw from Virginia, who was elected two weeks ago Tuesday. The following Wednesday—less than 24 hours later—he was sworn in, with unofficial results.

So for me, apparently the rules have now changed in just two weeks.
September 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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“I’m not an educator, Bill… and neither are you. You have a tv show.” 👀 🔥
Bill Maher questions whether schools talk too much about gender identity.

Aidan Walker: "Everybody should have a chance to be who they are in America and receive respect and dignity."
September 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?
gizmodo.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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China sends 2,000 workers to build battery power in Europe on.ft.com/4ns79rx
China sends 2,000 workers to build battery power in Europe
Massive labour import to Spain spotlights EU’s dependence on Beijing’s EV tech
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September 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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'I’m proud that it’s all finding a new generation. Those films always had a parallel life.'

Kirsten Dunst in conversation with Sofia Coppola: on.ft.com/3KrAqDT
September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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US soyabean farmers squeezed as China blocks imports and stockpiles rise on.ft.com/3VzQhmn
US soyabean farmers squeezed as China blocks imports and stockpiles rise
Overseas sales of top US export crop plummet as trade talks between Washington and Beijing stall
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September 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Here’s our POLITICO Confidential newsletter with some of our best stories of the week.
Have a read 👇
See you in the POLITICO pub
The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Senior Executive Editor Kate Day. By KATE DAY View in your browser Dear readers, Tomorrow I’m off to Liverpool for the annual jamboree that is the …
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September 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Just a quick reminder that polls close tomorrow in the year's most anticipated election: #Birdoftheyear2025 #BOTY2025
Make sure you get your votes in, and if you aren't sure who to vote for, here are nine worthy but sometimes overlooked candidates. theturnstone.substack.com/p/time-to-vote
Time to vote!
The year's most contentious election - that's right, it's Bird of the Year 2025 (5 minute read)
theturnstone.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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My key point is support independent publishers and creators, especially as that's where all the really interesting and creative stuff is happening.
September 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Denmark says new drone sightings overnight at military installations reut.rs/4gMCKSj
Denmark says new drone sightings overnight at military installations
Unidentified drones were observed near military installations in Denmark overnight, the Armed Forces said on Saturday, according to broadcaster DR, following several drone incursions near airports and critical infrastructure this week.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Researchers analysed more than 100 minutes of Taylor Swift interviews across three distinct eras of her career. Their findings show how accents can evolve over time.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Shake it off’: Taylor Swift’s changing voice shows how our accents evolve
An analysis of Swift’s interviews suggests her speech pattern has changed over her career.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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China to drop claim to WTO developing economy benefits on.ft.com/4pCx4hD
China to drop claim to WTO developing economy benefits
Move follows long-standing US objections to the practice
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September 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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For decades, European leaders have walked into international environmental meetings with the swagger of the world’s self-proclaimed climate quarterback.

Today, that image will be shattered.
Europe’s climate clout melts away
China stands ready to fill the gap as EU infighting leaves a vacuum in global climate talks.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Several vessels belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza were targeted by Israeli drones in international waters south of Crete yesterday, organizers said.
Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid flotilla swarmed by Israeli drones, crew says
Organizers say at least 13 explosions were heard during late-night incident.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I spoke at the Rockefeller Foundation's #UNGA event on Regenerative School Meals for People and Planet to launch our report on a mission-oriented approach to school meals.

Read our report with the School Meals Coalition ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/pub...
September 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis reut.rs/4myL7lB
Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis
Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shrivelled the green trees and life in the apiaries that dot the riverbank is under threat.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM