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fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Mamdani Went From One-Hit Wonder to Legit Power Player By Playing Trump Like a Fiddle

The Oval Office gaggle wasn't supposed to change anything. It was supposed to be content President Donald Trump and his newly elected progressive foil, each performing the roles cable news has spent months codifying. Conservative media had already settled on its narrative. The White House press corps arrived expecting friction, spectacle, maybe even fireworks. What they got instead was a different story not about conflict, but about alignment.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges it's Labour's great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Steve Reed's populist housing rhetoric contrasts with massive shortfalls in housebuilding, risking failure to meet Labour's 1.5 million homes pledge.
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fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The United States Has Always Been a Trickster Land

Coyote, a powerful yet selfish trickster, embodies transformation and contradictions that help explain why charismatic, self-aggrandizing leaders like Donald Trump appeal to people.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Trump says the American dream is on hold because 'big homebuilders' are 'sitting on' 2 million empty lots | Fortune

"They're sitting on two million empty lots," he wrote. "I'm asking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to get Big Homebuilders going and, by so doing, help restore the American Dream."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

A desperate, opportunist press and vicious politicians: no wonder the debate on refugees is so awful | Jane Martinson

UK media and politicians have framed refugees as threats, fuelling anti-migrant outrage and producing real-world consequences.
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