“We used to be a country that others wanted to emulate. That narrative no longer exists,” said Juliette Kayyem, faculty chair of the Homeland Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School….

Kayyem explained that #SoftPower …is weakening with a filtered story being told to those outside the country: “If you’re a foreigner now, what you’re absorbing about the United States is a #dysfunctional government, #ICE raids, Americans being killed, crime everywhere.”

#economy #Trump #HateSpeech

This #tune should be a #ThemeTune here at #Bluesky. #IFeelThisWay when I come on to #skeet. It is nice to #gather with others online who feel the same way about how #dysfunctional everything is with our #government #Nowadays. open.spotify.com/track/33LQxf...
Blue Skies

Willie Nelson · Stardust · Song · 1978

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This #tune should be a #ThemeTune here at #Bluesky. #IFeelThisWay when I come on to #skeet. It is nice to #gather with others online who feel the same way about how #dysfunctional everything is with our #government #Nowadays. open.spotify.com/track/33LQxf...

Blue Skies
Blue Skies

Willie Nelson · Stardust · Song · 1978

Spotify

@drrjv
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#dysfunctional #frontallobe... calling #PopeLeo

The Man Has #Dementia Dem Governor Says #Trump Decline 'Much More Pronounced'
#JBPritzker said he noticed the change since "day one" of the 2024 presidential campaign
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jb-pritzker-trump-dementia_n_69faac15e4b002c4c4a08334?origin=home-latest-news-unit

Trump Goes Into Detail About Guns And Violence... While Surrounded By Kids⁉️
Critics went after the president over his talk of shootings and "panic" in front of schoolchildren
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-iran-guns-kids-children-presidential-fitness-test_n_69fa2f29e4b002c4c49fea6c

#huffpost

Access to Finance is Hampering UK Small Business Growth | Startups Magazine

In 2023, the Labour Party promised that if it won the election, small businesses would be at the heart of its agenda in government. Days after coming into office it has already announced plans for a £7 billion wealth fund to 'unlock investment' in the UK, with reforms set to be made to the British Business Bank to help improve funding for startup businesses.

Startups Magazine

John Swinney says #Scotland not invited to Cobra meeting on Iran war

It comes after #Starmer told business chiefs in #DowningStreet on Monday that it must be a “joint effort” to tackle the impact of the #war, saying the Government “can’t do it on its own”.

However, #devolved #governments have NOT been asked to take part in the meeting.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25983277.john-swinney-says-scotland-not-invited-cobra-meeting-iran-war/

#DemocracyNOW #Indy2 #KierStalin #ToxicLabour #ToxicStarmer #StarmerOut #UK #arrogance #dysfunctional

John Swinney says Scotland not invited to Cobra meeting on Iran war

FIRST Minister John Swinney has called for Scotland and other devolved nations to be involved in a planned UK Government Cobra meeting on Tuesday…

The National

BBC NI has won the prize stating the bloody obvious!

Of course it is #dysfunctional - mandatory coalition between Sinn Féin and the DUP does not work!

Us Northern Ireland folk have to stop voting for these two parties if they won't Reform #Stormont and let us have grown-up government here. The DUP have never come to terms with losing top spot.

BBC News: Is the Northern Ireland Executive dysfunctional? BBC News - Is the Northern Ireland Executive dysfunctional?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd7jdqjljdvo

Is the Northern Ireland Executive dysfunctional?

Analysis on perceptions that the executive lacks unity and clear communication, despite claims of progress.

BBC News