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thought it was bad that HK got china tariffs slapped on it despite having 0% on the US but on the admittedly shaky chance this is completely true the philippines actually *negotiated* a "deal" in which they're subject to US tariffs and don't impose any themselves

state of things: WSJ has a guide to not being hated as an american overseas. but it features advice that could easily apply to brits like “stop wearing sweats/athleisure” and “stop talking so loud” wsj.com/lifestyle/trav…

between DOGE and its social media interns this admin is admittedly very generous with subsidies when it comes to supporting weird gen z digital culture

imagining the bid book emphasizing the need not to worry about additional workers dying to build stadiums since the blood price was already paid for the world cup

every time pett*s publishes or is quoted on this topic he gets closer and closer to saying as clearly as possible "do capital controls" ft.com/content/dc193e…

tfw a question for the US is whether declining press freedom or the corruption is a bigger issue

solicited an academic journal issue on palestine then had to retract it and could only cite "a number of complex issues;" could have been written from a template for reports from authoritarian states