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Gerard Farrell
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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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'Clown show': Obama speaks out on Trump racist monkey clip, Minneapolis crackdown
Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday addressed a racist video posted on President Donald Trump's social media account, telling a podcast host that the "decorum" that once guided public officia...
www.france24.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Democrats to probe Trump, Lutnick links with Ambassador bridge owner after Gordie Howe bridge threat | CBC News
Democrats in Washington say they’re launching an investigation into the Trump administration and its links to the wealthy owner of the Ambassador Bridge after the U.S. president threatened to block th...
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Kristi Noem Fired—and Immediately Rehired—Someone Over a Blanket
Yes, you read that right.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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CBS Staffers Jump Ship Ahead Of More Layoffs From Another Pointless Media Merger
U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies and deal benefits. Post-merger, not only do those benefits generally never arriv…
www.techdirt.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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The “niceties” that President Trump’s advisers disparage, Leighton Woodhouse writes in a guest essay, “are the values of Christianity, the faith the Trump administration purports to defend and uphold.”
Opinion | Donald Trump, Pagan King
The president is returning to an ancient world, before morality mattered and when human actions were governed only by power.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Is This the Real Reason Trump Threatened Bridge to Canada?
Donald Trump threatened to block the construction project after a call with a billionaire buddy.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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The first signs of burnout are coming from the people who embrace AI the most | TechCrunch
Because employees could do more, work began bleeding into lunch breaks and late evenings. The employees' to-do lists expanded to fill every hour that AI freed up, and then kept going.
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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America Won’t Be Easily Forgiven—Even After Trump Is Gone
The president’s belligerence against Greenland and Canada was no joke to Europeans and Canadians, some of whom say they’ll never trust or visit the U.S. again.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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February 11, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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Opinion | Donald Trump, Pagan King
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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Business - What's behind Trump's threats on the US-Canada Gordie Howe International bridge?
US President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of a new cross-border bridge between the US and Canada over concerns Washington has been treated unfairly over the course of the project.…
www.france24.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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The Banality of MAGA Evil
Instead of criminal masterminds we got amoral, stupid grifters like Howard Lutnick
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February 11, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Trump Demands Obama be Named After Him
The demand appeared in a flurry of late-night Truth Social posts.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Mark Carney reminds Trump that Canada paid for key border bridge US president says he won’t open
Trump earlier had ranted against bridge and also warned that China would ‘terminate’ hockey in Canada
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Has anything good ever followed the words "Republican from Texas"?
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...
Opinion | I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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Opinion: Data, data everywhere but nothing to connect it to health care
Proposed new legislation aims to improve interoperability and patient access to data
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Olympics Update: Trump Wins Gold in Downhill Presidency
“Obama never won this," he boasted.
www.borowitzreport.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Trump’s toxic, racist video surpasses previous levels of debasement
Video deleted by White House breaks through numbness barrier and raises further questions about fitness for office
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:17 PM