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As long as they’re worth less than 150 euros.

The measure was originally thought up against China — Temu, Alibaba, Shein, and the like. But Minister Alfonso d’Urdo ignored (yes… a minister? Yes, a minister…) the fact that such taxes fall under “customs duties.”

And since they’re friends of Trump ⤵️

— but not as smart as he is — he DIDN’T know that customs duties are under the exclusive competence of the European Commission.

In short: they can’t do it.

Any normal person would have given up. But he thought it best to extend the measure to ALL small-value shipments, both outgoing from ⤵️

and incoming to Italy…

Needless to say, it’s going to be a bloodbath. Economically speaking.

So now he’s, as we say in Italian, “trying to climb up mirrors,” claiming that the implementing regulation, once published in the Official Gazette, will specify the exclusion of EU parcels. ⤵️

Moreover, this measure effectively creates a CUSTOMS DUTY TOWARD OTHER MEMBER STATES…

a real legal swamp, as we’d call it.

The whole thing is so laughable — and the statements by the minister and the government so ridiculous — that the totally “free” TV ⤵️

news and newspapers have simply stopped talking about it.

That gives an even better measure of the situation.
Because many liberal governments call Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, “the little Orbán.”

So that’s Italy these days: a country where problems are simply swept under the rug. 🤭🤣⛵️

Congratulations to the indefatigable National Security Archive on 40 years of clawing back the self-serving veil of government secrecy.
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New York Magazine
A powerful essay by Palestinian journalist Mohammed Mhawish about life in Gaza “under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.”
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CNN (26/29)

Navy quietly reactivated Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico earlier this year, some residents saw the promise of new jobs, while others saw it as a painful reminder of past harms from the American military presence on the island.
Puerto Ricans — and Americans everywhere — deserve (17/29)

And FPF Executive Director Trevor Timm spoke to Columbia Journalism Review about another subpoena from Lively that’s testing whether celebrity blogger Perez Hilton can claim the privilege. “Hilton is gathering information, talking to sources, (8/29)

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and I think the way that we treat it is going to be very decisive on their future,” she said. (9/14)

For more on how journalists are working harder than ever to protect vulnerable sources, watch the full event recording here.
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Harlo Holmes, the chief information security officer and director of digital security at FPF, said these patterns mirror what journalists usually experience under authoritarian regimes, but — until now — have not been seen in the United States. (17/20)

Lawrence has found that more government sources want to talk about what’s happening in their agencies, but often only if they’re not named. (8/20)

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