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Bronwyn Jones@bronwynjones.bsky.social |
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I write on Kosovo + Balkans; run women’s rugby league Revolution Rugby in KS; Executive Director new-perspektiva.com Subscribe to my newsletter at bronwynjones.substack.com
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Andrew Stroehlein
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Let's hope the results of the #UKElections2024 will mean an end to the cruel and costly attempts to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. A vicious, nonsensical policy to punish the powerless, a sick effort to feed xenophobia for votes - which didn't work.
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Dan O’Sullivan
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There is a 7 foot tall guy behind Rishi Sunak who likely ran for office just to be able to hold a printed out L behind him during his concession speech.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer
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jacob rees-mogg has to lose while standing next to a guy wearing a baked beans-themed balaclava
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Ian Martin
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Liz Truss getting pushed out is the cherry on the cake. Didn't even stay to acknowledge, congratulate and thank people, just slunk off. She represented everything that was selfish and stupid about the Tories. Yeah, fuck off.
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POLITICO Europe
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🚨 BREAKING: The Tory party is set to suffer total annihilation, according to a final mega poll.
Full story: trib.al/BeoNk1z
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David Kaye
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gift link for this outstanding paul mozur/adam satariano piece in the times about weaponized tech and AI, focused on Ukraine. Highly recommend.
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Josh Chafetz
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1/ I'm agnostic as to whether Biden should withdraw from the race. It's a genuinely tough question IMO. But I have clarity on one thing: He should absolutely not step down as president. If Harris becomes President, the Vice Presidency is empty. Under the 25th Amendment ...
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Radical Graffiti
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Stickers seen in Oslo, Norway
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Bronwyn Jones
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Have been told this many a time by EU officials. Last 1 described the Uk as an annoying little brother who wants to be a part of things but is always told to go play in his room.
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Laura Seay
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One thing that's been very clear this past week is that most of those writing & pontificating about Biden's future as the party's nominee have a little to no experience in state and local Democratic Party activities. A brief 🧵:
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Shayan Sardarizadeh
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A viral story that alleges Ukraine's Olena Zelenska recently bought a rare Bugatti car in Paris is the work of an AI-powered disinformation operation, run by an ex-Florida cop now based in Moscow, that pumps out a network of fake news websites aimed at Americans.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Washington Post
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Breakdancing gave Manizha Talash a sense of purpose, but it put her life at risk after regime change in Afghanistan. “I do it for me, my life. I do it to express myself and to forget about everything else going on if I need to,” said Talash.
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Ian Martin
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Zadie Smith, tribune.
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Max Berger
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FT and NYT are up with stories about how those close to Biden have recognized a noticeable cognitive decline in the past weeks. Notably, there are security and intel sources who question his capacity to carry out his duties as President. This is not a joke.
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Bronwyn Jones
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Or him
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Brendel
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Stop making jokes and recognize that your account on a microblogging site known by 4% of the American population and whose most famous user is Weird Al Yankovich could single-handedly win or lose this election
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Bronwyn Jones
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... So basically, the key point here is the misogyny that Trump puts out crosses all ethnic groups.
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Bronwyn Jones
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www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p... “the President is now a King above law”
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Eric Gordy
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Okay, so US Supreme Court made exactly the evasive opinion that was predicted with exactly the vote that was predicted. Their main intervention was to delay issuing the predicted decision until the date that was predicted, which is today.
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southpaw
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Sotomayor points out why this distinction between absolute and presumptive immunity that the majority introduces is essentially meaningless.
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Pwnallthethings
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The central thesis of the case here is just ... wrong. That's not the crux of the dispute. USG always always always maintained official acts are immune and non-official acts are not. That's the easy bit. The hard bit is deciding if an act is official, and SCOTUS just punts on that actual core
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George Pearkes
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Opinion basically comes down to "official actions are immune, unofficial aren't" and the court says that since lower courts have not made a determination on that question, they need to go do that. Beyond me to determine how feasible that is, but absolutely delays the trial.
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Bronwyn Jones
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Bronwyn Jones
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www.theguardian.com/books/articl... Kadare dead
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Bronwyn Jones
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www.theguardian.com/world/articl... The Hungarian EU presidency starts today using the phrase: Make Europe Great Again.
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Municipal Dreams
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Council housing in Woodgreen, Hants, built by Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District Council; built here on the High Street in the 1960s and shown complete with photogenic New Forest ponies.
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Anthony Zacharzewski
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I think everyone is opining way too soon about the French elections. The game Macron was playing was to show that a majority will stand against the RN. We won’t know that till next week.
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Bronwyn Jones
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I suggest you take a good look at the past VPs in this country bc that's perception not reality. Right now she polls lower than Biden so I don't care if Quayle sat around working on his spelling. Harris needs to look capable at this moment.
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Bronwyn Jones
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In fact the party needs to get its media campaign in gear & start putting out some viral spots & get that old man in some interviews starting w/ the NYT. He ought to be on every media out there plus the socials.
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Bronwyn Jones
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No one listened to the media when they kept pointing out Biden was declining so why listen to calls of fascism? He is a convicted felon & proven rapist. No one hid this or played it down. Some ppl don't care, others can't be bothered. Others are fully into it.Biden needs to address this.
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Max Berger
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France's second round elections will pose a fairly literal choice between socialism and barbarism.
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Bronwyn Jones
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1st round
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Bloomberg
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Breaking: Le Pen’s far-right party is projected to come first in French vote
Read more: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
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Rima I Anabtawi
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Mark Harris
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I'm seeing a lot of "Why didn't the NYT tell Trump to leave the race?!" Come on now. The editorial said explicitly that if Biden stays in, the paper will unhesitatingly endorse him over Trump. The piece wasn't about who's worse. And what it WAS about is real, and can't be wished or shouted away.
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Bronwyn Jones
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Yes because writing about Trump's court cases, all of his racism,multiple wives, lack of money didn't keep an entire eco system of media going in NYC throughout the 80s & 90s & now he is a global phenomenon, a convicted felon; w/additional court cases & loads more to publish on him.
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Bronwyn Jones
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This is why women do all the roles in International development and then when it comes to senior positions they are usually men.
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Quinta Jurecic
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it feels like the whiteness of big political media spaces right now is having a big effect on how people are thinking about the debate. eg I have seen relatively little discussion of trump's "black jobs" comment, which immediately exploded on black twitter
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Bronwyn Jones
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I would disagree. I mean the NYT openly says he's a liar & a convicted felon. I think ppl misread dispassion for being biased. & I want my news to challenge the stories, the narratives being laid out there. I tell journalists I work w/to challenge & question no matter the "side" you're on.
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Bronwyn Jones
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I think this happened in the 19th century but not sure. Anyway 1. choose someone else 2. choose someone else 3. VP 4. VP I would assume there would be court cases tho challenging the VP. So this would be drawn out. But basically, the slot goes down the constitutional line I would think
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Bronwyn Jones
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And she would finish the term. So the elex would run as the normal sked. The thing is if he resigned now and Harris took the campaign over there is real worry she wouldn't win.
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Bronwyn Jones
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Yes. But Harris' image & ratings aren't great. Her ratings lower than Biden's that's the worry.
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Bronwyn Jones
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I think a lot of ppl ought 1. Not confuse editorial w/reportage 2. understand that telling you things that you *don't* want to hear is part of the job of news media. Things like Biden is declining faster than we are being lead to believe.
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Bronwyn Jones
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No
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Bronwyn Jones
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The NYT & Post both have leader writers that are exceptionally diverse. & don't make the mistake that just being black & a woman makes you correct. this is where identity politics get you fucked up. The reality is most in the media are not voting Trump.
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Bronwyn Jones
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Many of these ppl driving these editorial positions these days are not white, women & don't vote republican.
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Bronwyn Jones
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This is a v. French style: "Just keep the Nazis out." And that's exactly where most people are right now.
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Bronwyn Jones
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No its not & I may feel v. often certain things aren't covered the way I want them to be but as someone who regularly covers a v. polarized environment I get where ppl like Ezra Klein & Astead Herndon are coming from. Dems should look at themselves.
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