Nigel Farage and Nadhim Zahawi’s social media posts reveal history of enmity | Nadhim Zahawi

The former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has been unveiled by Nigel Farage as Reform UK’s newest heavyweight political recruit. However, critical comments that both men made about each other in the past have led to awkward questions for Zahawi and his new party leader. Zahawi on Farage “I’m not British Born Mr @Nigel_Farage I am…

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The Hard Choices Public Media Institutions Are Facing Every Single Day

Recently, I was compelled to do a hard thing: I turned down a grant. The decision was painful because, right now, the organization I lead — Black Public Media — really needs funding. Congress’ rescission of $1.1 billion in public media support stripped $1.8 million of committed funding from our budget. Like many others in the public media sector, and…

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A note to politicians hoping to emulate Mamdani’s social media strategy: without the right policies, it’s pointless | Rohan Sathyamoorthy

While there are many reasons for Zohran Mamdani’s success, the New York City mayor-elect’s meteoric rise was in no small part down to his campaign’s blazing social media game. Across TikTok, Instagram and X, his ads have racked up tens of millions of views, turning his charismatic potential into an electoral earthquake that has shaken…

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