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@thomas_taistra Trump and his cronies have turned the hallowed Reflecting Pool into a swamp. If you put a metaphor that perfect into a novel people would say it was too crass and obvious.
Sometimes life is more like art than art.
@JohnSimpsonNews It's Trump's blinkered followers who suffer from the real derangement syndrome.
At least with this truly humiliating Iran 'deal' - an unmistakable capitulation that everyone but Trump saw coming - a few more of them may break free of it at last.
@Bbmorg Fake news! He has agreed to SELL nuclear weapons to Iran in return for a transformative investment in a crypto exchange which will definitely not end up in the President's pockets or those of his sons or son-in-law.
@KenRoth With a younger cadre of clerics now in power, their rule bathed in the glow of matyrdom, overseas assets unfrozen and a new revenue stream from 'fees' on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Epic Fury has vastly strengthened and entrenched the Iranian regime. Epic Failure.
Here’s a spot of good news: in a survey of 125,000 kids aged 8 to 18 in 479 UK schools, 36.1% say they like reading in their spare time — up from 32.7% last year. According to the National Literacy Trust, 20.3% say they read every day. Last year’s figure was 18.7%.