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Anne Applebaum
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Missed this: Renowned curator, respected art historian and the brains behind a series of popular exhibitions was fired from the Polish National Museum before Christmas. Reason? He is more talented than the new director, a political appointee.... warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,544…
Joins the ranks of excellent Polish ambassadors and patriotic civil servants who have lost jobs because the far-right Polish ruling party prefers spineless loyalists, fears talent, and cares more about party than country.
and yes, if you want to see this as an allusion to what is going on in Washington, I won't stop you
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From July 2016
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Trump's links to Russia have always been out in the open
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I keep reading complex explanations for how to end the US government shutdown. But isn't the solution easy? Congress passes a bill opening it up - and then the Senate overrides the president's veto.
And yes, I know that would require Republican Senators to comply.But that's my point: they aren't getting nearly enough attention, or blame, for their total failure to take responsibility
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Significant victory for the European Union, and for European values. The Polish government has been forced to obey Poland's constitution nyti.ms/2Goyqek
Important to note that the majority of Poles supported the EU on this issue too
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