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Trump inverts reality as he lambasts Zelensky | Caitlin Allen

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Trump inverts reality as he lambasts Zelensky

The US President has lashed out at a “dictator without elections” who is allegedly responsible for starting the war in Ukraine.

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February 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM

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RFK Jr's mad experiment will upend America’s approach to healthcare | David Waywell (@davidwaywell.bsky.social)

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RFK Jr's mad experiment will upend America’s approach to healthcare

That said, the US health secretary's experiment in search of a methodology is very American.

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February 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM

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Labour should scrap its ill-conceived family farm tax | Maggie Pagano

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Labour should scrap its ill-conceived family farm tax

On Tuesday, the NFU president has a chance to persuade the Treasury that wiping out a generation of small farmers will gravely impact Britain's food security.

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February 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM

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Vance's lecture to Europe is gaslighting in its purest form

Trump’s technique, learned at the knee of vicious lawyer Roy Cohn, has always been to accuse his adversaries of whatever he himself is up to.

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February 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM

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Daily Briefing: Riyadh leaves us none the wiser on any concessions Russia could make

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Riyadh leaves us none the wiser on any concessions Russia could make

Today’s talks were "not unsuccessful", is the non-committal conclusion from Russia’s top diplomat, a man still sanctioned by the West, who sat down for 4.5 hours of negotiations in Riyadh today with U...

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February 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM

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Trump’s technique, learned at the knee of vicious lawyer Roy Cohn, has always been to accuse his adversaries of whatever he himself is up to, writes Adam Boulton. (@adamboulton.bsky.social)

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Vance's lecture to Europe was gaslighting in its purest form

Trump’s technique, learned at the knee of vicious lawyer Roy Cohn, has always been to accuse his adversaries of whatever he himself is up to.

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February 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM

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Ukraine boasts one of Europe’s largest reserves of critical minerals, worth an estimated £12 trillion and largely untapped, writes Caitlin Allen.

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Ukraine's untapped mineral reserves could be a game-changer

Ukraine boasts one of Europe’s largest reserves of critical minerals, worth an estimated £12 trillion and largely untapped.

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February 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM

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We need to talk about Gen Z | Adam Boulton (@adamboulton.bsky.social)

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We need to talk about Gen Z

We should be most worried by the increasing gloominess manifested by Gen Z. Things are not getting better in their eyes.

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February 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM

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The end of alliances: Trump treats friends much the same as rivals | Adam Boulton (@adamboulton.bsky.social)

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The end of alliances: Trump treats friends much the same as rivals

This is not just about trade. The enormity of what is happening with the return to power of an “America First” president should not be overlooked.

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February 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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Trump embodies the politics of the heffalump | David Waywell (@davidwaywell.bsky.social)

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Trump embodies the politics of the heffalump

The US President is just going to park America’s weight on any issue or any prize he covets and wait for the other side to capitulate.

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February 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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We are being forced to get the bots involved in even the simplest of tasks. Tasks we derive pleasure from doing ourselves, writes David Waywell (@davidwaywell.bsky.social)

The fundamental misunderstanding at the heart of the AI revolution

We are being forced to get the bots involved in even the simplest of tasks. Tasks we derive pleasure from doing ourselves.

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January 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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Israel, Palestine and the impossible challenge of peaceful co-existence | Adam Boulton (@adamboulton.bsky.social)

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Israel, Palestine and the impossible challenge of peaceful co-existence

The future of peoples and their mass movement are proving to be as much an issue in the twenty-first century as it was in the twentieth.

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January 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM

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Reeves remake really takes the biscuit. My latest newsletter for subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/reaction...

Reeves remake really takes the biscuit

The Chancellor is in trouble and changing course. A touch of humility on the way wouldn’t go amiss.

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January 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM

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Trumpism looks like a bitcoin-style bubble that will burst bigly - David Waywell on Reaction @reactionlife.bsky.social

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Trumpism looks like a bitcoin-style bubble that will burst bigly

America is undergoing a radical experiment with a distinctly tech-valley liberation flavour

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January 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM

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Daily Briefing: Trump 2.0 is more radical but faces less resistance

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Inauguration day: Trump 2.0 is more radical but faces less resistance

"January 20th 2025 is liberation day", declared Donald J.

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January 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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Trump inauguration: from now on, it will be every nation for themselves | Adam Boulton (@adamboulton.bsky.social)

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Trump inauguration: from now on, it will be every nation for themselves

The leader of the free world had nothing to say about allies in his speech. The only countries mentioned by name were upbraided.

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January 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM

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What the sad tale of Percy Verence reveals about Elon Musk's psychology | David Waywell (@davidwaywell.bsky.social)

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What the sad tale of Percy Verence reveals about Elon Musk's psychology

Musk's gaming antics have relevance to those of us wondering about his influence in politics, media, and popular culture.

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January 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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Daily Briefing: Yoon's arrest shows South Korea's fragile democracy has prevailed - just

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Yoon's arrest shows South Korea's fragile democracy has prevailed - just

South Korea is attempting to draw a line under six weeks of political chaos, that have severely tested the country’s fragile democratic institutions, after its president Yoon Suk Yeol was finally arre...

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January 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM

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Why captured North Korean soldiers in Ukraine may decide to defect | Caitlin Allen

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Why captured North Korean soldiers in Ukraine may decide to defect

Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed today that he is ready to exchange two captured North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russia, before hinting at another possible fate for the two yo...

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January 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM

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History shows us that prime ministers tend to go down with chancellors

Adam Boulton (@adamboulton.bsky.social) for Reaction.

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History shows us that prime ministers tend to go down with chancellors

The closeness between Reeves and Starmer may well save her in the short term and damage him in the long term.

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January 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM

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The Reform leader has been soaring. But he now faces splits on his own side and further difficulties to come, writes Iain Martin (@iainmartin1.bsky.social) in his newsletter for Reaction subscribers.

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