Fact-checkers had tighter budgets, but reached more people in 2025 — report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/state-fact-checkers-report-2025-ifcn/

6/6 Bottom line: If Article 5 is "braindead," the paperwork doesn't matter. Whether the U.S. officially leaves or simply stops showing up, the map of 2026 is being redrawn by energy prices and regional priorities rather than 75-year-old treaties. 🔚 #GlobalAffairs #EndofAnEra #MastodonPolitics
Paul Krugman asks, "Is America drifting towards autocracy?" He unpacks the concerning connections between Trump's America and the rise of authoritarianism globally. Delve into the complex geopolitical landscape and understand the implications for democracy. #ForeignPolicy #Democracy #GlobalAffairs https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-america-and-the-axis-of-autocracy
Trump’s America and the Axis of Autocracy

The ties that bind Hungary, Russia, European neo-Nazis – and MAGA

Paul Krugman

Top 5 News This Week: Zaldy Co, Sara Duterte, Google & Meta, the Strait of Hormuz

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/video/top-5-news-this-week/march-28-2026/

Top 5 News This Week: Zaldy Co, Sara Duterte, Google & Meta, the Strait of Hormuz

And the looming energy crisis in the Philippines caused by war in the Middle East

RAPPLER

Some of the things being said right now about borders, force, escalation, would have been unthinkable not long ago.

Not because they’re impossible.
But because they carry consequences many people have to live with.

Now they’re said lightly.

And the consequences don’t stay in those rooms.
They show up in people’s lives.

That’s the shift.

Not just what is said, but who is left to carry it.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/the-future-was-in-the-room?r=6l8ed8

#GlobalAffairs #Power #Leadership #Democracy #Politics #WorldNews