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Attention is the new money in American politics.

Attention is the new money in American politics.

This is not your grandfather’s attention. It is not a passive thing, an article read or a news report digested. This attention — via smartphones — seizes you. It energises and angers you. It may change your view of life, of politics, of yourself. The algorithm is the message. Gaining any attention wins elections; that’s why the Democrats lost.

Voldemort — the Brazilian judge who shut down X and went to war with Musk

Voldemort — the Brazilian judge who shut down X and went to war with Musk

Meanwhile in Brazil, Elon Musk has called him an “evil dictator.” Police officers in São Paulo once nicknamed him “Kojak,” after the shaven-headed New York TV detective who would bend the rules to catch the bad guys. His supporters insist he is a “crusader,” the last line of defence for democracy in Brazil. The shaven-headed and conservative Alexandre de Moraes has become an unlikely hero of the left after taking on the X owner over disinformation on social media.

Trumped

Trumped

Here are three writers for The Atlantic trying to explain the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity and what it means for the future of the American presidency.

UK: Complaints ‘covered up’ against tribunal judges

UK: Complaints ‘covered up’ against tribunal judges

A lack of action over reported bullying and intimidation by an employment tribunal judge brings into question how transparently judicial misconduct is handled in the United Kingdom. Alison McDermott, who worked at Sellafield, drew attention to Judge Lancaster’s alleged behaviour when he rejected her whistleblowing detriment claim in 2021. This article was originally published by The Times.

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