Melanie farrell
178 posts


KEIR DID IT!
HE OPENED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ!!
I'm so proud to be British 🇬🇧🇬🇧
That's MY Prime Minister 🥰🥰🥰
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
It’s good news that the Strait of Hormuz has now reopened. This must be a long lasting and workable solution, without tolls or restrictions on routes. Today we announced our joint plan with France and other international partners to protect freedom of navigation. We need to see a return to peace and stability, and a permanent ceasefire.
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@tvheidihatch I have been a fan of @sharonsaysso but feel the invitation for her to speak was ill timed and a slap in the face to the many who felt she offered justification to those celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Please no more threats of violence, but good decision.
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BREAKING: UVU drops commencement speaker due to 'safety concerns' after intense backlash
"Due to increased safety concerns related to the speaker and in consultation with public safety professionals and Sharon McMahon, Utah Valley University has decided to proceed without a featured commencement speaker for this year’s ceremony," UVU officials said.

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@newstart_2024 What a question. Megyn Kelly has the IQ of a houseplant. Is she even aware that cancer isn't just one disease? Hold off on the inflammatory accusations until you actually know something.
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Megyn Kelly said what a lot of people have been quietly thinking for years.
She looked at the decades-long “war on cancer” with so little real progress and asked the uncomfortable question:
Is the lack of a cure partly because cancer is simply too profitable for Big Pharma to actually solve?
Her take: the incentives for bureaucrats and the industry seem aligned to keep treatments flowing indefinitely rather than delivering cures.
It’s a cynical view, but one that resonates when you look at the money involved and the slow pace of breakthroughs despite massive funding.
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@CNN That’s historic 😳
Palm Sunday is such an important occasion, and barring Catholic leaders shows how tense and complex the situation in Jerusalem remains.
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For the first time in centuries, Catholic leaders have been barred from Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, according to church authorities in the holy city. cnn.it/47s8ybz

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It’s a ban on males, not trans. Try again
Marni Panas 🇨🇦@marnipanas
The IOC’s ban on transgender women is not based on science or evidence. It’s rooted in fear and ideology. Since 2004, over 65,000 athletes have competed at the Olympics—only 1 was a transgender woman—and she didn’t even place. This is not a real problem. It’s a manufactured one.
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🔊 AI is creating anxiety in Hollywood. Actors are worried about deep fakes and job replacement. 'If they can make a movie much cheaper, that is definitely a concern,' entertainment reporter @LARichwine tells On Assignment. Tune in now: reut.rs/470X9iH

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@WSJ Her statements on the deaths in Minnesota warrant this
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Breaking: President Trump is preparing to fire Kristi Noem, advisers say on.wsj.com/4ujl6vN
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“I don’t wake up every day with a crowbar to put in the spokes of the Trump wheel,” the California governor tells The Economist. “But I also know this: you can’t work with him, you can only work for him” economist.com/united-states/…
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The governor has become the de facto leader of the Democratic Party economist.com/united-states/…
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance at the Munich Security Conference — one of the world’s premier foreign-policy events — seemed to be a step in the direction of higher office. It was supposed to be a triumphant foreign visit for Ocasio-Cortez, who is, on the national level, the best current hope for the American left, political columnist Ross Barkan writes.
Though she acquitted herself well in a majority of the interviews and panels in Munich, one stumble stood out, writes Barkan. Questioned directly about whether the U.S. should send troops to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, Ocasio-Cortez stalled for about 20 seconds. “I think that, uh, this is such a, a — you know, I think that — this is a, um — this is of course, a, uh, a very long-standing, um, policy of the United States,” the congresswoman said.
The stumble is “a warning for progressives,” writes Barkan. “It’s vital to approach certain foreign-policy and national-security issues, including China’s potential invasion of Taiwan, in a more sophisticated manner.”
Read the full column: nymag.visitlink.me/UC9HNO

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@RealDonKeith Not fake at all. His tweet makes him the story. First, Don’t compare humans to dogs. Second, call out the insanity of the request for a ban on indoor dogs.
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So you're ok with this?
What's truly disgusting is a key Mamdani advisor saying we must give up our dogs because "NYC is coming to Islam"
We will not be shamed into being conquered like the Europeans.
I choose my dog.
If you're man enough to debate me, I'll come on your show.

Jake Tapper 🦅@jaketapper
Disgusting bigotry.
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@SenMarkKelly So glad AOC was there to correct @marcorubio about the origin of cowboys.
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Observations From The Munich Security Conference -
It took a World War and eight decades to build the strongest alliance that this world had ever seen. It took less than a year to practically destroy it. When Secretary Rubio said the “old world order was dead” during his speech in Munich he was right. It’s dead because Donald Trump blew it up.
It wasn’t perfect, and there were opportunities missed to improve it, but Donald Trump only knows how to break things, not fix them.
He thinks this somehow benefits us. He is wrong. Our allies no longer trust us. It was obvious in the more than a dozen meetings I had with Presidents, Prime Ministers and Defense and Foreign Ministers. And if you’re Denmark and Greenland, a “loss of trust” is a generous characterization of our new relationship. China is now more popular in Denmark than the United States. In Poland, the U.S. is 21 percent less popular than it used to be.
This means these countries are looking elsewhere for trade and security — that makes you poorer and less safe.
It will be incredibly hard to build what comes next, but we have to figure out a better path forward. Make no mistake, China is rising. Our ability to keep up with them and prevent a conflict depends on trusted, reliable alliances. So does ending the war in Ukraine in a way that keeps Putin from moving on to his next target. And so does growing our economy and protecting American workers in the age of AI.
I know there was celebration at the end of the Munich Security Conference. Unfortunately the champagne corks were popping in Beijing and Moscow.
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@business She’s brilliant. And she knows horsies came from Mexico.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is better known for her strong progressive stances than her foreign policy views. An appearance at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference fueled more speculation of a presidential run in 2028. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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@USATODAY Great speech. Not conciliatory. Diplomatic. Unusual for the Trump administration
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@AP This speech will go down in history. Read it or listen to it in its entirety.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized the United States’ desire to preserve the trans-Atlantic alliance, declaring that it “will always be a child of Europe” at the Munich Security Conference. apnews.com/article/munich…
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@AP Fair point. Still, if cities like Minneapolis refuse to cooperate with federal authorities by turning over illegal immigrants that are being detained in prison, they should be penalized.
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BREAKING: Federal authorities announce the end of an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths. apnews.com/article/minnes…
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