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2024-06-18T22:32:00Z
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, spoke for the first time about the turmoil the publication is facing, writing in a letter to staff that “the journalistic standards and ethics at The Post will not change” in light of damning media reports about Will Lewis, the incoming publisher. Lewis has been the subject of multiple stories in the past several weeks that raise questions about his journalistic and ethical standards. Read more from CNN.https://flip.it/TdQhcu#CNN #WaPo #WashingtonPost #Bezos #Media
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2024-06-26T14:19:45Z
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the Biden administration in case about false info on social media.NBC News reports: "In reaching its conclusion, the court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues if allowed to go into effect."https://flip.it/s1C1MrFor more stories about the U.S. judicial system, follow @the-courts-ElectionCentral #SupremeCourt #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia #Misinformation #USPolitics #Biden #Politics #News
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2024-06-27T23:04:04Z
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Bolivian President Luis Arce is basking in a wave of public support after the government resisted a coup yesterday, resulting in the arrest of two high-ranking military officials and 15 others. But experts say the good will may be short lived, as the president is still struggling to control the country’s currency and fuel crisis. Unfounded accusations that the coup was a ruse set up by Arce have also been spreading. Read more from The Associated Press.https://flip.it/cnlDbY#Bolivia #Coup #LatinAmerica #Democracy #Military
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2024-07-04T21:46:48Z
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Exit polls say Britain’s center-left Labour Party will win historic general election by a wide margin, ending the Conservative Party’s rule after 14 years. Keir Starmer will take over as Prime Minister from Rishi Sunak, becoming the fifth person in the role since Brexit was voted through in 2016. Read more from USA Today.https://flip.it/ofKCNS#UK #Election #Labour #PrimeMinister #Parliament
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2024-07-05T19:00:31Z
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After journalist Anna Wolfe won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing a welfare fraud scandal in Mississippi, the former governor has sued her and her editor, Adam Ganucheau, for defamation. They are both resisting a court order requiring them to turn over files and reveal their sources, saying the request is an attack on journalism. “If one of us goes to jail, we will be the first person to go to jail in the Mississippi welfare scandal,” Wolfe says. Read more from NBC News.https://flip.it/O9MHA-#Mississippi #Welfare #Journalism #Pulitzer #Fraud
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2024-07-05T20:26:16Z
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After the Labour Party’s landslide win yesterday, new U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed 22 people to key cabinet positions. The BBC has created a handy guide to the new members.https://flip.it/dGqtZk#UK #Election #Cabinet #Labour #Starmer
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2024-06-21T16:10:14Z
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A U.S. journalist shot by police while covering the 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is dying of her injuries.NPR reports a "nonlethal" foam plastic bullet hit Linda Tirado, 42, in the eye — even though she was wearing protective goggles and press credentials. "While we she has battled, her condition has continued to worsen to the point she is at life's end and receiving palliative care," the National Press Club said in a statement.https://flip.it/nfgQ-p#Journalist #Journalism #LindaTirado #Press #PressFreedom #FreePress #Media #GeorgeFloyd
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2024-07-12T10:43:14Z
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President Joe Biden's NATO press conference was watched closely last night. How did he do?@AxiosNews has key takeaways: https://flip.it/21HYs-Do you think Biden should remain the Democratic nominee?#Biden #USPolitics #Politics #News #NATO #Election
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2024-07-14T12:04:02Z
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There's still a lot we don't know about the apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. A 20-year-old man was identified as the shooter overnight.@ElectionCentral has compiled this package of the latest stories on the incident: https://flipboard.com/@electioncentral/trump-shooting-what-we-know-kuht1kf4vem031nu#Trump #Assassination #USPolitics #Politics #News
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2024-07-15T14:16:39Z
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For the latest news and analysis on the Trump rally shooting, follow this new Magazine (topical collection) curated by @Flipboard's @ElectionCentral @trump-shooting-ElectionCentral #Trump #TrumpShooting #USPolitics #Politics #Assassination #News
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2024-07-21T21:57:07Z
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Is Kamala Harris a shoo-in as the Democratic presidential nominee? Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard from @AxiosNews covering the next stages of the process, and who's saying what.https://flipboard.com/@axiosnews/what-s-next-for-democrats-and-delegates-to-replace-biden-on-the-ticket-c5q05mcvebktaeee#USElection #USPolitics #JoeBiden #KamalaHarris
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2024-07-22T19:26:00Z
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Four leading Democrats emerge as a possible running mate for Kamala Harris.AP reports on the governors and one senator on a potential short list: https://flip.it/Oh2dFTWhich VP candidate would you prefer?#Harris #KamalaHarris #VP #USPolitics #Politics #Biden #Election #Democrats
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2024-12-02T21:53:40Z
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Belgium becomes the first country to give sex workers robust labor rights and protections.@npr reports the country will "allow sex workers to sign formal employment contracts — granting them access to sick days, maternity pay and pension. The new law also guarantees fundamental rights for sex workers, including the ability to refuse clients, set the conditions of an act, and stop an act at any moment."https://flip.it/C59Xk2#Belgium #SexWork #News #Employment #Labor
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2024-12-04T17:48:54Z
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Canada's government is changing its tune on immigration.@Semafor reports the country "has launched online ad campaigns aimed to dissuade prospective asylum-seekers, warning that claiming asylum in the country is 'not easy.' Separately, authorities in Ontario said they would broadcast commercials ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January that promote the province’s ties to the U.S. Notably, the ad will run in places where officials expect conservative viewers, including on Fox News and during American football games, Canadian broadcaster CBC said."https://flip.it/1XA__Z#Canada #Immigration #Trudeau #Politics #Migrants #Trump
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2025-01-13T18:07:56Z
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A federal judge says the Justice Department can publicly release a report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, but the president-elect’s lawyers still have avenues to block it. @AssociatedPress has more.https://flip.it/Ook3Sf#Trump #JusticeDepartment #DOJ #2020 #Election #Investigation
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2025-02-03T11:56:27Z
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Elon Musk said Donald Trump agreed the U.S. Agency for International Development needs to be "shut down."@CNN reports the agency "dispenses billions in humanitarian aid and development funding annually."https://flip.it/wH3PWa#ElonMusk #Trump #USAID #USPolitics #Politics
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2025-10-03T23:41:40Z
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Journalist Mario Guevara, who was arrested when covering a No Kings protest in Atlanta in June, has been deported to El Salvador. All criminal charges against him had been dismissed by local prosecutors and he was legally authorized to live and work in the U.S. Lawyers for Guevara argued that he was targeted in retaliation for his work as a journalist, in violation of his constitutional rights. Here's more from @AssociatedPress.https://flip.it/IiaiHy#MarioGuevara #Journalism #Media #NoKings #Immigration #ICE #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration
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2025-10-29T23:21:19Z
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Back in July, Sidney Reed was recording law enforcement in Washington, D.C., when she was arrested and charged with assaulting law enforcement, because an FBI agent got scratched during the arrest. But it didn't quite work out the way the authorities anticipated. Three times, prosecutors failed to secure an indictment on the federal assault charge, which carries a potential eight-year sentence. Then they switched to charging Reid with a misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty, went to trial, and was acquitted, with one of her public defenders telling the jury: “You should be livid that the government brought this case.” Here's more from Adam Klasfeld of @allrisenews. https://flip.it/mACghy#USNews #USLaw #WashingtonDC #TrumpAdministration #JeaninePirro #JudgeJeanine
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2026-02-06T21:42:29Z
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Canada has opened its first diplomatic outpost in Greenland in a show of solidarity with the territory. @cbcnews explains who was there for the ceremony in Greenland's capital Nuuk, including a delegation of 60 Canadian Inuit. "We feel deeply connected with the Inuit of Canada,” Greenland's Minister of Business Naaja Nathanielsen said. "For us, this is more than just about collaboration on a more diplomatic level, it's also about kinship.”https://flip.it/yxxZgc#Greenland #Canada #Inuit #Indigenous
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2026-02-09T22:04:20Z
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Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has lived in the U.S. for more than 20 years, is married to a U.S. citizen, has no criminal record, owns a business and holds a valid work permit as part of an application for a green card. Yet he's been in detention in Texas for nearly five months. The Irish Times spoke to him about what's happening.https://flip.it/fIuK9g#Ireland #Immigration #UnitedStates #USPolitics