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Mastercard is one of 18 corporate sponsors of Trump’s Freedom 250 and now his June 24 “rally to end all rallies.” No one from Freedom 250 sponsor companies has responded to inquiries.

Hoffentlich ein Anlass (positive) außenpolitische Akzente zu setzen. Etwas, das in Ö immer noch eine Rarität ist.

What is happening with CBS shows the US media bias problem. Outlets with actual integrity are regularly accused of liberal bias, even as a large and growing part of the media is owned by the right wing pushes right wing viewpoints at the expense of integrity.

Jarvanka Kushner met Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in 2021 This deal has been in the making since 2021, not 2024 when Ivanka 'suddenly found paradise' www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"Vote for us “precisely because we’re not the Germans,” as one senior Austrian diplomat put it." www.politico.eu/article/insi...

An einem unberührten Küstenstreifen nahe dem Naturschutzgebiet Vjosa-Narta und auf der Insel Sazan in Albanien will die Trump-Familie Luxusresorts für rund 1,4 Milliarden Euro bauen. Es gibt immer mehr Proteste - auch gegen Ministerpräsident Edi Rama youtu.be/D1DbEE9sS5Y?...

The contest between ostensible allies in Berlin and Vienna in a vote set for Wednesday has been unusually cutthroat.

"Mr. Pelley also wrote that senior managers at CBS News had pressured him to insert bias into stories for “60 Minutes” this past season, though he did not provide details about specific segments." Pretty important part of the story re his firing. Maybe *the* most important part. CBS = new Fox.

The long read: Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have spent more than $1bn on an Albanian island that will be a luxury resort – once the unexploded ordnance has been removed

Rubio has come a long way since cosponsoring the legislation that bars POTUS from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO. That legislation is besides the point if POTUS can wreck NATO from within—including by threatening the territorial conquest of NATO allies.

Portugal und Österreich haben sich durchgesetzt: Deutschland ist mit seiner Bewerbung für einen nicht-ständigen Sitz im Uno-Sicherheitsrat gescheitert.

Greg Bovino at the far-right Remigration summit in Portugal: "Martin Sellner, you've invited me here today. Your ideas, we've talked a lot on that and those ideas mirror each other. We've never talked before face to face until yesterday and we're on the same sheet of music almost immediately".

Greenland remains part of Denmark "for now," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during a Wednesday House hearing — a nod to President Trump's repeated threats to take over the allied island.

Proposal for 10-12.5% levies, to also include EU, Taiwan, Canada and Australia, would allow US president to skirt court-imposed limits Donald Trump has threatened tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% on 60 countries including the UK, EU and Australia over alleged forced labour failures, in the latest attempt to revive his signature trade policy. The EU immediately hit back, saying it expected the US to respect the tariff deal it entered into last July and arguing stealth tariffs breached the spirit of that agreement. Continue reading...

@lopatto.bsky.social writes: "I haven’t seen anything as stupid as the WeWork IPO document in a very long time — until Elon Musk filed to take SpaceX public. WeWork was a joke. SpaceX is a threat. And if Musk and his bankers have their way, you are going to be their bagholder." buff.ly/kLPpxLV