World Affairs Commentator @France24 in Paris. Fighting #disinformation and false equivalency. Lecture at @assasuniversite & @IjbaOfficiel
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I’ve stopped posting on X and migrated to Bluesky (@dougdecodes.bsky.social). X has become a haven for hate speech and #disinformation, pandering to emotions and beliefs, over facts. Bluesky offers a promising space for civil discussion. I look forward to reconnecting there. #F24
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NATO members know that Donald Trump would not value their contribution if they became involved in the Strait of Hormuz, @anneapplebaum argues: “What you’re hearing from America’s European allies is not cowardice. It’s a calculation.”
Read the full article here: theatln.tc/mTyGg0LI
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🪜 Our Executive Board Member & @Konecranes’ @MinnaAila spoke at the @OECD’s "Simplifying for Success: Unlocking #Prosperity", where she underlined the importance of #regulation with less complexity & more #stability.
She joined @FRANCE24’s @dougf24, @Min_Hacienda’s @FranciscoSaffie, @UAEmediaoffice’s Huda Al Hashimi, @Viminale’s @Min_Casellati, @MinDesreg_Ar’s @MaxiFarina & @EACtoPM’s @sanjeevsanyal.
🔎 Our paper ➡️ businessatoecd.org/hubfs/Sim…
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First, a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin appears in the Moscow Metro. Then a Kremlin adviser says that “from a legal standpoint the USSR still exists.” In Russia the past hangs over the present. My report from Moscow.
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Here's the video released by the Kremlin. It clearly shows Witkoff pointing at the young woman and asking "Interpreter?", to which Putin & Co say "yes". Following that, cryptically Witkoff asks "from Embassy?", to which he again gets a confirmation.
Cruise control: The ultimate escape…from #Trump. Travelers (with deep pockets) can join the four-year journey on the high seas at any time. vice.com/en/article/you-can-…
“It is always darkest before pitch black.” #USElection podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcas…
“In the absence of a shared reality, or shared #facts, or a shared threat, reason had no weight beside emotion,” said Nicole Bacharan, a French political scientist. “And so a dislocated world of danger has produced a hunger for the strongman.” nytimes.com/2024/11/08/world… via @NYTimes
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In the mountains above Sochi, praise for Donald Trump & questions over America's superpower status. Russia (and its president) react to the US election result. Our report for @BBCNews Camera @AntonChicherov Producer @LizaShuvalova @BenTavener
“I am pretty devastated and worried. There’s real, imminent danger for people here. There is real danger here ahead for Americans - including many Americans who voted for Trump.” -Representative Veronica Escobar of Texas, a co-chair for the Harris campaign (via @nytimes)
A note to readers from the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair magazine following the #USElection. #F24
Role reversal? A #Republican pollster tells the @washingtonpost that “Donald #Trump has recast the Republican Party into a multiethnic, working-class party that appeals more to those on the lower than the upper end of the income scale.” These groups used to lean #Democratic. #F24
An old old editorial cartoon from
the @newyorker that may resonate louder for some this Wednesday.
The owner of the @washingtonpost, whose decision not to have his newspaper endorse a candidate on the eve of the #USElection provoked an outcry, is quick to congratulate the president-elect. (Compare this with the editorial in today’s @nytimes, on the morning after the election.)
Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.
Lisa Lerer, in a news analysis, says voters gave #Trump a “permission slip” to make good on his threats. (via @nytimes) #USElection
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Serhiy Fursa, a Ukrainian political analyst, said the return of Trump meant “the world once again turned the wrong way”. “Putin celebrates, Orban celebrates, [Elon] Musk opens champagne. Today is a holiday for a lot of very unpleasant people.” ft.com/content/6275096d-c3d2…
