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James Bennet
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Lexington columnist, The Economist
New York, NYJoined August 2008
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In the UK passengers are entitled to a partial refund if their train is delayed. should have the same incentive.
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What can the lame-duck session of Congress accomplish? On our “Checks and Balance” podcast:
🎧 makes the case for reform of the Electoral Count Act
🎧 A particularly productive lame-duck session
🎧 on the Dreamers
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The contempt for Elon Musk says something about the press and about Mr Musk, and a lot about Twitter
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Something is breaking, changing very fast
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BREAKING: #Iran football team captain defies regime, backs protests: “We have to accept that conditions in our country are not right & our people are not happy. They should know that we are with them. And we support them. And we sympathize with them regarding the conditions.”Show this thread
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A Russian spent weeks stuck on a Chinese reality TV show, begging viewers to vote him off. They finally did.
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“This is ruining human lives”: One European country has determined that parts of Syria are safe and stripped refugees of residency
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“The killer whales must have each grabbed one pectoral fin and pulled, until the sharks tore down the middle.”
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“They were overthrowing the Capitol, the seat of democracy, and I f---ing went."
I love this quote from a D.C. cop who joined the fight to hold the line.
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"All of the nation’s top Cabinet departments overseeing the nation’s security are run by acting officials who have been in the job just weeks—or even hours."
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'“It’s the first time I ever heard of a Secret Service detail having to go to these extremes to find a bathroom,” said one law enforcement official familiar with the situation.' washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/
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This will leave a serious gap, in life.
Thank you Kojo NNamdi for all the great years of making public radio an essential part of America.
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Big news here at @wamu885: after 23 years, @nnamdikid
will be stepping away from his daily duties as host of The Kojo Nnamdi Show in early April. We are going to miss your daily presence on the radio - calm, informative and essential to our community. Thank you Kojo!
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looking forward to twitter banning iran's supreme leader, various chinese government entities, and other assorted global villains
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They may all have their finger to the wind, but at least that means that the wind is blowing in the right direction.
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"6MWE" -- a slogan on T-shirts seen at the Capitol yesterday. It stands for, "Six Million Wasn't Enough."
Nice friends you have there, Jared.
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“Americans are not the ones who will suffer most from the terrible damage....”
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The lasting damage will be profound. This, by @anneapplebaum, is so beautifully written. The kind of essay that stays with you: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
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"That calm confidence in its capacity to deceive is a mark of the mature ruling class. This accounts for its wild fury when it runs up against the type which never pays any attention to its most solemn protestations." -- C.L.R. James
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Honestly I think so many Americans would pitch in to help give shots, bring people to vaccination centers, whatever is needed, if they were just given some instructions and perhaps a slight incentive.
Victory gardens, but for vaccines.
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I just watched the president’s address. The whole time I was thinking about this, by :
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This past spring, I realized quickly how disastrous remote learning would be for many kids, through the vantage of one in particular. I assumed this would be moot, that schools would reopen where cases had fallen. I was wrong. The story of how we got here:
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I am forever grateful for all of you who remember those held hostage and help to bring the home! Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🦃💕💕
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