blackmail

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  • Currently, Trump is threatening a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods imported to the US and 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, come February 1.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez cautioned how social media could threaten democracies around the globe.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • Turn the pot on its side and loosen the root ball from the pot's walls by squeezing or tapping the side of the pot a little.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Jair Bolsonaro’s Stay-Out-of-Jail Card: The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, is looking to Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.
    Ruth Maclean, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • Jeffry Figueroa, who purchased his lucky Winter Magic Multiplier scratcher for $10 at Koko’s Liquor in Los Angeles, drove to the California Lottery office in Santa Fe Springs to pick up his winnings, officials said in a Jan. 24 news release.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Their home is on the 56,000 acres Qualla Boundary, about a 45-minutes plus drive west of Asheville.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • Chiquita Brands said that it had been extorted by the paramilitary group and forced to make payments to protect its Colombian employees.
    Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Jackson, whose prodigious feats as a Los Angeles Raiders running back and a Major League outfielder in the late 1980s and early ‘90s put him in the conversation as the best athlete, alleged that Thomas Lee Anderson and Erica M. Anderson harassed and tried to extort $20 million from him.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • The production impressed his co-writers, who had suspected Fox would make sure the song’s message remained central to the final recording.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Washington mightily impressed in upsetting Detroit last week, but Philly has quietly been on form in the playoffs, forcing six opponent turnovers and committing zero in the first two rounds.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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  • The alleged 'hitman' himself, Allen Glover, has admitted his testimony was coerced.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy concluded that such a ceremony subtly coerces students into participating in that prayer.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • Spidey zips, leaps and flips through traffic until his web-shooters run out, forcing him to land on the ground.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • In a recent interview with TIME, Basso spoke about all the ins and outs of Season 2, including the challenging stunts involved, Peter’s complicated relationship with Rose, and a thrilling finale that forces him to become a double agent.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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