Michael Brian Lee
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Aug 13, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Mail & Guardian
- Top 100K sites
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- Jul 23, 2026
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America, remodelled and rebranded (opens the original)
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Last week, two judges told President Donald Trump he could not renovate the United States. A federal appeals court ordered work stopped on Trump’s White House ballroom, ruling that the president did not have the authority to build a 8 400m2 addition without Congress having its say. The ruling was 2–1. The court gave the administration two weeks before its order takes effect, allowing time for the inevitable appeal to the Supreme Court. This is not a small extension for an extra bedroom. The ball
Donald Trump, the podium photobomber (opens the original)
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The cool kids celebrated their victory, lifting the trophy high, while the Lost Boy hovered among them, hoping to catch a little of their shine. Everyone seemed to understand that this was Spain’s moment except the one man who had no intention of giving his moment away. President Donald Trump lingered on the podium with the vacant confidence of a wedding guest who had wandered into the family photographs and begun arranging the bride’s parents. Spain had just defeated Argentina 1-0 to become wor
The Republic of the Replica (opens the original)
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There is something perfect about spending the US's 250th birthday standing in a three-hour line in blistering heat to see the Declaration of Independence.I had travelled down from New York to Washington for the parade and the fireworks.I could not miss the semi-quincentennial being celebrated in America's capital. I wanted the whole patriotic circus: Ben Franklin costumes, George Washington wigs, MAGA hats, marching bands, overheated speeches, flags large enough to have their own weather systems
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