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Peter Daou, the former Democratic advisor to Hillary Clinton, has joined third-party candidate Cornel West's 2024 presidential campaign as his new campaign manager. In a Sunday statement announcing the move, Daou called West "a man of deep personal integrity, great accomplishment, and far-reaching vision." "His presence in the 2024 race gives voters an exceptional choice for truth and justice beyond the corrupt and corrosive duopoly," Daou said. "Democracy means choice, it means options for voters, not coronations and vote-shaming.
A White House staffer sharing "Dark Brandon" memes on social media has sparked claims that the memes promote Chinese propaganda and Nazi-inspired images. Deputy White House Press Secretary Andrew Bates has shared multiple Dark Brandon memes to his Twitter account since Sunday. Dark Brandon is a pro-President Joe Biden rebuke of two memes popular among supporters of former President Donald Trump—"Let's Go Brandon," which has become conservative shorthand for "f**k Joe Biden,"
Supermarkets This article is more than 2 months oldCo-op and Aldi champagnes beat Veuve Clicquot in Which? taste testThis article is more than 2 months oldTop-scoring supermarket fizz costs less than half of the price of its prestigious competitor Money might be tight this Christmas but there is good news for champagne lovers after much cheaper supermarket own brands fared better than the prestigious French label Veuve Clicquot in a quaff test.
SEMANTIC ENIGMASIs it true that butterflies used to be called flutterbys? Mark Wallingford, Dorchester Yes. Garrick Alder, London Yes, by Dr Spooner. David, Le Havre, France This myth is a genteelism, designed to avoid mentioning the fact that the butterfly is so called because of what its excrement looks like. Compare its name in German; 'boterschitt'. David Cottis, London Swift invented (or wrote down) a number of these sort of things, where changing the word in some way is supposed to supply its definition and origin.