2025.01.27

Welcome to the 2nd reign of Herr Trump. Two teapot tempests every morning, and several more in the after.

The Star Tribune’s Eva Herscowitz reports: “Twin Cities Pride has decided to exclude Target from its annual festival and parade after the retailer’s decision to scale back diversity initiatives.” Via MinnPost
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/01/target-bans-dei-twin-cities-pride-bans-target/

Jay Kolls at KSTP reports: “The old Speedway convenience store, now called ‘The People’s Way’ at the corner of 38th and Chicago at George Floyd Square, now has four private groups bidding to purchase the property.” via MinnPost https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/4-private-groups-bid-on-former-speedway-property-in-george-floyd-square/

Global tech shares fall as China AI chatbot DeepSeek spooks investors Chinese startup’s $6m product raises doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boom Dan Milmo, Amy Hawkins and Julia Kollewe https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/27/tech-shares-asia-europe-fall-china-ai-deepseek

Neil Gaiman dropped by US comics publisher after sexual misconduct allegations Dark Horse Comics has cancelled the Anansi Boys series after seven issues, following accusations of misconduct made against the author by multiple women Ella Creamer https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/27/neil-gaiman-dropped-dark-horse-comics-publisher

Trump wants to reverse America’s decline. Good luck Samuel Moyn Trump and his supporters would like to buck the tide of history, but they could end up pulled further into it, and have no way to stop it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/trump-wants-to-reverse-americas-decline-good-luck

Are government workers going to stand up to Trump? Judith Levine If they capitulate to Maga, the government folds, and we all go down with it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/government-workers-trump

Interview ‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’: Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth Tim Adams https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/26/our-job-is-to-be-truthful-not-neutral-christiane-amanpour-on-trump-tech-and-and-fighting-for-the-truth

Bill to reinterpret founding treaty with Māori would make New Zealand a ‘laughing stock’, MPs told Introduced to parliament by a minor coalition party, the treaty principles bill seeks to abandon a set of principles that guide the relationship between Māori and ruling authorities Eva Corlett in Wellington https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/27/new-zealand-treaty-principles-bill-maori-relationship-british-crown

New Zealand eases visa rules for ‘digital nomads’ to boost tourismSeher Asaf and Kathryn Armstrong https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2k7xvk2vvo