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What the hell is the “lead US negotiator” in the Middle East doing simultaneously raising a private equity fund from Middle East investors? It’s a level of conflict of interest that is dizzying.

England, please stay alert.

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

"I am so thrilled" doesn't sound like something 47 would say.

Very on-brand for Gingrich to seek out a new, younger canal the moment the current canal starts having health problems

CONAN: “For the first time since 2012 no British people are nominated for Best actor or best Actress… a British spokesperson commented, ‘Yeah, well, at least we arrest our pedophiles.’" #Oscars

The first ever Oscar for casting goes to Cassandra Kulukundis for One Battle After Another! So glad they added this category!

'One Battle After Another' wins the first-ever Best Casting award at the #Oscars

Deputy Chief of Qatari mission in DC has been factchecking Ted Cruz and other actors all week

Example

Serbian President Vučić claimed that Croatia, Albania, and Kosovo could be preparing to attack Serbia, alleging they are waiting for wider conflict between Russia and Europe or chaos in the Middle East. He also said Serbia possesses hypersonic ballistic missiles and the country will not join NATO.

Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he feared the alliance could collapse during the Trump years, describing moments when tensions within NATO were extremely high.

China Pulse (News): “A small factory in China is producing civilian products requested by a client. The client was in such a hurry that they paid the full amount upfront.”

PM Carney: Historically, more than 70¢ on the dollar has gone to the US. That's not an effective way to build our industry or to protect our people ... given the maritime and Arctic nature of the security needs we have, the Nordic countries are natural partners for Canada.

PM of Denmark Frederiksen to PM Carney: "The speech you gave in Davos, I have never experienced anything like this. I mean, people in Denmark have been talking about, they have been reading your speech. And I don't think I have ever heard so many reflections on a speech from a colleague."

PM of Iceland Frostadottir: I think there's a lot of not just leaders out there but also general publics in a lot of different countries around the world that are very thankful for the leadership Canada has shown over the past few months.

Per Politico, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that a potential “Polexit” is becoming a real risk, accusing nationalist President Karol Nawrocki and right-wing opposition parties of pushing Poland toward leaving the European Union.

President of Moldova Sandu: Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Novodnistrovsk hydropower plant has spilled oil into the Nistru River, threatening Moldova’s water supply. We declared environmental alert and are acting to protect our people. Russia bears full responsibility.

“KPop Demon Hunters” wins the Oscar for Animated Feature Film. “The KPoppers predictably start off the night with a win—surely the first among many,” Vinson Cunningham writes. Follow along for more live coverage: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9YVdDS

This is Amy Madigan and Ed Harris refusing to applaud Elia Kazan's honorary Oscar in 1999. During the Blacklist Era, Kazan named names.

Good on Amy and Ed.

Remember in his first term when he had a seal team sneak in, and then they shot up a boat full of North Korean fishermen?

Then stabbed holes in their lungs and threw the bodies overboard to hide the evidence?

That was 2019.

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@summerbrennan.bsky.social

Michael McDonald, former acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities:

“Steve Davis was one of Elon Musk’s—for lack of a better word—lieutenants, who was placed in charge of the DOGE operation…My understanding is yes, at the time, that he was functionally running DOGE.”

Ladies and gentlemen,

Introducing Trump's ICE THUGS.

THIS IS WHAT AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE DOING!

This is what our taxpayer dollars are paying for.

#ICELawlessness

Seen any gambling ads lately?

What a crock.

This is so bogus...writing about Ds as if they are Rs. Good ol' rage bait and projection propaganda.

When @mckaycoppins.bsky.social set out to report on the explosive growth of the sports-betting industry, his editors thought he should experience the phenomenon firsthand. Coppins reports on his year as a gambler—and what the industry is doing to America: theatln.tc/Jxl7ryUR

What a stinking betrayal...and maybe worse. Father of six. RIP.