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The watchdog group #CommonCause, in cooperation with the #SouthernPovertyLawCenter (SPLC), had arranged for ads critical of #ElonMusk to be placed in the #WashingtonPost. Everything had been approved, then #Trump supporter #JeffBezos cancelled the ads.

Here they are on xcancel.com :
xcancel.com/journalism/status/

(just replace x. com with xcancel.com at the beginning of URL to see any #Twitter post)

You can also see the #ads in large format here: commoncause.org/wp-content/upl

BREAKING: President Javier Milei spoke out for the first time about the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal that resulted in calls for his impeachment.

Milei confirmed he met with the people who proposed and launched a so-called memecoin called Libra. He said he didn’t post about it… t.co/EfTEtF3duB

X (formerly Twitter)unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) on XBREAKING: President Javier Milei spoke out for the first time about the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scandal that resulted in calls for his impeachment. Milei confirmed he met with the people who proposed and launched a so-called memecoin called Libra. He said he didn’t post about it

A New York, le conseil municipal appelle à la démission du maire démocrate Eric Adams
🗞️ Le Monde - 🕐 18/02 00:58
Eric Adams, maire de New York, le 12 février 2025. MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Le conseil municipal de New York a appelé, lundi 17 février, à la « démission » du maire Eric Adams, englué depuis plusieurs jours dans une prof... [4238 chars]
🔗 lemonde.fr/international/artic
#actu #news #presse #lemonde

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Washington Post Caves to Elon Musk and Scraps Ad

The newspaper was all set to run a print ad critical of the tech mogul, but then balked.
newrepublic.com/post/191588/wa

"The #WashingtonPost —owned by #billionaire and #Trump inauguration attendee #JeffBezos— [agreed to print, then] spiked a print ad critical of Elon Musk & his increased influence on the federal #government...

spokesperson for the Post declined to comment"

See #ads here: commoncause.org/wp-content/upl

#ElonMusk#Musk#News

Plane flips on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 17

17 people were injured on Monday after a plane flipped upon landing, ending up on its roof on the Toronto's Pearson Airport tarmac, marking the fourth major aviation mishap in North America this month.

france24.com/en/americas/20250

FRANCE 24 · Plane flips on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 17By NEWS WIRES

"A Florida driver fast asleep beside a store’s gas pumps turned violent when awakened and bit a deputy’s K-9 partner on the head, according to investigators. The driver also bit the deputy, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a Feb. 8 social media post."
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news police1.com/k-9/driver-passed-

Driver passed out at gas pumps awakes and bites deputy’s K-9, Florida sheriff says
Police1 · Driver passed out at gas pumps wakes up, bites Fla. deputy, K-9When Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies woke up the driver, he tried to drive away; a scuffle ensued, during which the man bit both a deputy and a K-9
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Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency

President Elon Musk has set his sights on a new target.
newrepublic.com/post/191591/el

" #ElonMusk is pushing for a massive crackdown on #FreeSpeech...

“...They deserve a long prison sentence.”

Musk’s #fascist threat to imprison #journalists was a deflection written in response to a post from #60Minutes that criticized his efforts to gut #USAID."

#Musk#Trump#Coup

Brandon Sklenar Says He’s “Team It Ends With Us” After Gayle King Asks Where His Loyalties Lie In Lively-Baldoni Legal Battle

Brandon Sklenar said he is “team It Ends With Us” after Gayle King questioned where his loyalties lie amid the ongoing legal battle between former co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Sklenar, who was on CBS Mornings to promote the second season of 1923, explained that he wanted to maintain focus on the film adaptation […]

deadline.com/2025/02/brandon-s

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"It is a fundamental error to believe that #DOGE is a government efficiency project. Cutting 1 in 4 federal employees would cut federal #government spending by 1%. Cost savings are incidental. DOGE is a #political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation of private interests and strengthening a personalist presidency."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dog