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@greaterangrier @BethRigby Good because it could be way worse...

@BethRigby @BethRigby do you not feel ashamed posting spin like this? On what earth does a normal person see losing 800 councillors as "good"?

🚨LOCAL ELECTIONS: Here’s what we will be looking at when the results come in to help gauge state of the parties Analysis by Professors Thrasher & Rallings’ suggests Labour could lose up to 2000 of the c2500 seats its’ defending & Tories up to 1000 in most extreme scenario 🧵

@JulieBorowski I generally agree but the planned wing is too big and overly tall, it dwarfs the historical building. All they need to do is reduce the height by about 10ft. The west and east wing were always lower so that they didn't overshadow the historical building

I think the strong opposition to a White House ballroom is mostly about not liking Trump. I’m honestly surprised the White House doesn’t already have a proper space for large events—hosting them on the lawn in temporary tents is tacky.

@BlackwoodBrief It is mad but true... the capitalist west can no longer compete against the efficiency of communist China. The only way we will stop our economies from dying is to restrict access to superior and cheaper chinese products

🚨 Europe just declared economic WAR on China! While China is flooding the world with cheaper, smarter, and better electric cars… Europe’s response? “Ban them. Tax them. Force everyone to buy our expensive ones instead!” This isn’t protection. This is pure panic. They’re literally admitting Chinese tech is beating them at their own game — so they’re changing the rules. European citizens will now pay MORE for LESS, just to protect outdated industries. How long will people accept this madness? The free market is exposing the truth… and Europe is terrified. 🔥 What do you think — smart strategy or economic suicide? #Europe #China

@MbarkCherguia My first computer....

You might be old, but are you this old?

@MbarkCherguia That was my childhood. I still remember 'IO error' constantly after sitting through 5 minutes of distorted noise

@overton_news The country that is currently choking off the world's trade lectures the world about freedom of navigation...

Secretary Rubio just laid down the law over the Straits of Hormuz. Iran does not get to extort the world and play toll collector on international waters. RUBIO: “If what they mean by opening the the straits is, yes, the straits are opened as long as you coordinate with Iran, get our permission or we'll blow you up and you pay us...” “Thats not opening the straits!” “Those are international waterways.” “They cannot normalize, nor can we tolerate them trying to normalize a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway and how much you have you pay them to use it.”

@Acyn If it's already funded, why are Republicans all falling over themselves to get funds for it???

Rep. Boebert says she’s working on legislation to fund the White House Ballroom: I’m working on legislation to ensure we are getting the ballroom funded. There’s obviously a national security element to that, and it needs to be done. Reporter: Is there any better use for taxpayer dollars? Boebert: Are you kidding? There’s hardly any money here that is going to that. He has it funded.

@WeWillBeFree24 It is too big and overshadows the historical building. It needs to be about 10-20ft shorter like the west wing and previous east wing were

Not the ballroom, but the urgency for which it should be built should terrify you. The ballroom, underneath, will house the most advanced secure military bunker/complex system in history to include; medical facilities, a hospital, and biodefense system. It features missile-resistant and blast proof structures, top- secret military applications to protect from drone swarms, hypersonic threats, and other modern attacks. These details were exposed in the lawsuit. It dwarfs the White House. The ballroom, the opulent "shed" that sits on top was halted by court order, not the bunker system. So why the sudden urgency? Rand Paul even flipped the switch.

@FoxNews Literally nobody has actually articulated what specifically needs to be done to unblock the strait. The only way is a full ground invasion and he honestly expects Europe to do this rather than just paying the toll

BREAKING: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls out America's allies: "The time for free riding is over." "America and the free world deserve allies who are capable, who are loyal, and who understand that being an ally is not a one way street." "We barely use the Strait of Hormuz as a country. Our energy doesn't flow through there, and we have plenty of energy." "We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do, and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and getting a boat."

@MmisterNobody It's the Malthusian Trap

This makes no sense at all...

@7Veritas4 It really shows how inept our so called opposition parties are in the west. If they could only take down our political class half as well as Iran has...

Iranian LEGO videos are doing more to expose Trump than all our mainstream media outlets combined.

@PeriklesGREAT A cloud

If you're right-brained, you'll see a teacup. If you're left-brained, you'll see a fortune cookie. What do you see?

@EshaAA33 20 for me. I expect anybody over 50 would get almost all of these

7 for me!!….I feel confident nobody Has all 20!! How many for you?🤔

@eurofounder Your fault for not getting travel insurance

My wife collapsed in our hotel room in New York today “Call an ambulance, I can’t breathe” she was screaming My heart dropped If she ends up in an American hospital we are financially ruined I went on the Lufthansa app to book a flight back to Frankfurt, but unfortunately pilots are on strike today “Please I’m begging you” she was lying on the floor I sighed and called 911 She is now in surgery as apparently her appendix “almost burst” I am extremely scared This is going to cost us at least $100,000 She could have received much better care, for free, in Germany I will never visit this barbaric country ever again

@accountingetc Aspirin can have bad side effects on the stomach whereas paracetamol is very safe if only the stated dose is taken

When I was a kid, the goto medicine for a headache or a cold was aspirin. Now it's paracetamol. Why the change?

@Palsvig They are

Why not Israel? Why is Iran not bombing Israel?

@StealthQE4 It's a choice between Trump looking humiliated and the country entering into a prolonged conflict, I know for sure which Trump will choose

The only play the USA has left is to break the blockade and come home. It’s just the reality of the situation. We aren’t going to send 500,000 troops into Iran. This country doesn’t have the stomach for it and I don’t think Trump does either so just cut your losses and leave

@DanielJHannan ...and our navy has been ordered to close our own sea lanes to those breaking UK domestic sanctions laws. The royal navy's only current interest and purpose is therefore in closing sea lanes! So much for being a defender of global trade...

Britain’s most enduring interest, as an island nation and global trader, is in open sea lanes. We cannot rely on others to do our work for us. We need a Royal Navy capable of projecting global strength. Instead, we spend five times more on social security than on actual security.

@compliantvc Is this parody?

Just spoke with dozens of European VCs They all agreed: AI is over No one is putting money into AI startups anymore OpenAI is likely going bankrupt I asked what the next big thing is They all answered in unison: Regulation. And the hot spot for the best regulations? Europe. Meanwhile, America is getting left behind

@Razta099 Nobody is saying everything will be infinite, just that everything will be plentiful, but finite. With finite goods, there are always choices to be made, hence the need for money. Only if everything was infinitely plentiful could we do away with money

If robots make everything, why would we need UBI? Why would we need to pay for anything? Who would we be paying? No one asks these questions, they just say the same old UBI talking points.