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„My Country, 'Tis of Thee” [„America”] (1831) [1], lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895) [2], tune of the anthem of Great Britain „God Save the King/Queen”[3] (author unknown). Performance of the 1962 piece [4] by The Robert Shaw Chorale [5]
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and the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra [6] conducted by Robert Lawson Shaw (1916–1999) [7], arranged by Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981) [8].
@KenRoth 1).
„ @LuukvMiddelaar [1] [2], a Dutch historian and former E.U. official, called the @marcorubio speech »well-crafted, and therefore all the more dangerous for the Europeans, offering a new pact on the basis of a shared civilization,
@KenRoth @LuukvMiddelaar @marcorubio 2).
but omitting the @VP @JDVance part of a year ago, which comes with U.S. alignment with MAGA allies in Europe«.
@KenRoth @LuukvMiddelaar @marcorubio @VP @JDVance 3).
So in a sense, he argued, »the Europeans are walking into a trap«. Mr. @SecRubio »tried to embrace us in a shared story of history and peoples, kin and religion, while leaving out an awful lot of nonwhite Europeans — and Americans, too«.
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„The files tend to mash these different categories together. That is partly because when Epstein makes allegations it is hard to know if he is lying.
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It is also because @TheJusticeDept's haphazard redactions have shielded criminal abusers, revealed those who briefly came into Epstein’s orbit and too often exposed the identity of victims.
[...]
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The duty to those women and girls is to bring their abusers to justice without delay. It is reprehensible—and, indeed, hard to understand—why @TheJusticeDept has made so little progress filing charges over the past seven years.
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The Orange Malicious Old Fart, „ @POTUS @realDonaldTrump on Monday [Feb. 9, 2026] threatened to block the opening of a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River,
@krz_luksza @Marekwalkuski @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
demanding that Canada turn over at least half of the ownership of the bridge and agree to other unspecified demands in his latest salvo over cross-border trade issues.”
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„Air” of the second movement Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 [1] [2] by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) [3] [4].
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Arranged and performed (2014) by „The Modern Brass Quintet” [5] [6] [7] from LA, with Robert Hovencamp [8] [9], organist of St. Edmundʼs Episcopal Church in San Marino, LA County, Calif. [10].
@BBCBreaking @Shayan86 1).
„Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald, commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in B.C. said Jesse Van Rootselaar, a biological male who began to identify as female six years ago, had first killed her mother, 39, and 11-year-old step-brother at the family home.
@BBCBreaking @Shayan86 2).
Van Rootselaar then went to the school and shot a 39-year-old woman teacher as well as three 12-year-old female students and two male students, one aged 12 and one aged 13.”
@jkbjournalist @Shayan86 1).
„Julie K. Brown has been credited with re-opening the Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse case with a series of reports published in Nov. 2018 [1] [2] [3] [4].
@jkbjournalist @Shayan86 2).
She began investigating Epstein in early 2017 and persisted in uncovering facts about the large number of accusers and the pressure campaign to silence them [5] [6].
@jkbjournalist @Shayan86 3).
Brown uncovered 80 potential victims (as young as 13 and 14 years old when the abuse occurred) and documented the eight individuals who agreed to tell their stories [6].”