Mastodawn

T.J. Crowder Dec 23, 2022

Drew Harwell Dec 23, 2022

"Our country has come too far to allow a defeated President to turn himself into a successful tyrant" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/22/jan-6-committee-trump-should-never-hold-office-again/

Jan. 6 committee: Trump should never hold office again

The committee’s recommendation came as part of an 800-plus page report that marks the culmination of its 18-month investigation

The Washington Post

T.J. Crowder Dec 20, 2022

Good non-paywalled editorial in the Washington Post: "How Elon Musk destroyed Twitter... and how to save it"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/19/elon-musk-twitter-destroyed-fix/

How Elon Musk destroyed Twitter — and how to save it

It took less than two months for Elon Musk to turn Twitter into exactly what he had accused the social media site of being all along.

The Washington Post

T.J. Crowder Dec 18, 2022

Lennard van Otterloo Dec 17, 2022

Le Monde not pulling punches in their editorial about the state of the UK.

"As the United Kingdom, now the most unequal country in Western Europe, sinks into recession, 3 million Britons are struggling to pay their energy bills and food banks are multiplying. The government in London seems to be stuck on an ideology that advocates for a minimal state, tending to place the blame on the disadvantaged for their fate and favoring the wealthy."

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/12/17/the-united-kingdom-is-at-a-a-stalemate_6008103_23.html #UK #UKPol #Brexit #Strikes

The United Kingdom is at a stalemate

A wave of large-scale strikes is hitting the UK as workers across the public sector, who have strong public support, demand wage increases in the face of surging inflation.

Le Monde