39 minutes ago ‘The great capitulation’: why key US figures are seeking Trump’s favor

People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fearWhen “Justice for All”, a dirge-like version of the national anthem sung by defendants jailed over their alleged roles in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, was played last month at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, guests stood with hand on heart.Among them was Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire founder of Facebook. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago How The Apprentice creator Mark Burnett went from east London to Donald Trump's inner circle (via the Falklands)

Donald Trump's new choice of special envoy to the UK is making a return of sorts to his roots - having grown up in east London before fighting for Britain in the Falklands.

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2 hours ago Inside Joe Exotic's sad Christmas behind bars as he begs Donald Trump for freedom

Tiger King's Joe Exotic is repeating his plea for freedom five years after his conviction on 17 federal charges and has opened up on the apparent conditions he'll face in jail this Christmas

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3 hours ago With Assad’s fall, Putin’s dream of world domination is turning into a nightmare | Peter Pomerantsev

Complaints about the president are growing among Russian military and business leaders. Now is the time for the west to turn up the heat As Bashar al-Assad fell, Russian nationalist military bloggers turned on the Kremlin. “Ten years of our presence,” fumed the “Two Majors” Telegram channel to its more than one million subscribers, “dead Russian soldiers, billions of spent roubles and thousands of tonnes of ammunition, they must be compensated somehow.” Some didn’t shy away from lambasting Vladimir Putin. “The adventure in Syria, initiated by Putin personally, seems to be coming to an end. And it ends ignominiously, like all other ‘geopolitical’ endeavours of the Kremlin strategist.” These weren’t isolated incidents. Filter Labs, a data analytics company I collaborate with, saw social media sentiment on Syria dip steeply as Assad fell.It was in stark contrast to Putin’s silly claim at his annual news conference last week that Russia had suffered no defeat in Syria. Unlike social med...

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4 hours ago Christmas shopping is rubbish. I found my best gift in the bin | Eva Wiseman

Sometimes the perfect present is a timely reminder that, even when it absolutely seems like it, all is not lostI discovered the perfect Christmas present at work the other day after eating fish and chips too fast. I was wearing too many layers for the office, where heating is pumped from unusual angles bringing with it the smell of lasagne or sewer, and I was sweating. Partly, it was the layers, partly it was the meeting due in five minutes, which was about the future of our jobs, and I was in a rush to get a seat at our possible execution. By the sinks I removed a jumper and washed my hands, and joined my colleagues in a bright glass room. But, as the meeting began and my hands became fists, I realised something awful. I was missing a ring from my little finger. It was small and silver, in the shape of a tiny safety pin – I’d bought it 20 years ago on my first week at work and worn it every day since. Its loss struck me as ominous.I am largely anti-Christmas present. I write this a...

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5 hours ago Faced with Trump and Farage, Britain’s natural ally is Europe | William Keegan

The Labour party’s determination to stick to Brexit simply condemns the UK to fight a lone hand against the far-right forces ranged against itThe sight of other world leaders toadying up to the US president-elect – the criminal Donald Trump – and his henchman Elon Musk is distasteful enough, but in the world of realpolitik they probably feel they have no option.The great American journalist HL Mencken did not live to see the fulfilment of his 1920 prophecy that “one day the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron” but he is no doubt turning in his grave. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Fox News star quits show after nearly 30 years and as one of the only anchors to criticise Donald Trump

In a statement Fox News said that Neil Cavuto's career was "illustrious" and had been a "master class in journalism"

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6 hours ago UK must not make Putin's mistake as Trump's return increases risk of Ukraine War escalation

Donald Trump’s decidedly lukewarm support for Ukraine have raised fears he will cut off US military support

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7 hours ago Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office

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8 hours ago Wall Street Journal flames Trump and Musk over ‘budget fiasco’ and what it threatens for future

The editorial board said ‘there are bad omens here for 2025’ and questioned the ‘ability of Republicans to govern’

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