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Ana Peraica (Danube): Culture of the Selfie: Self-Representation in Contemporary Visual Culture. Jihadist terrorists have long had Spain in their sights — here’s why. The rise of truck attacks, the terror tactic of today. Aldemaro Romero reviews The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel. Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a “major gift to the Right”. Raffi Khatchadourian on Julian Assange, a man without a country. Carl Icahn’s failed raid on Washington: Was President Trump’s richest adviser focussed on helping the country — or his own bottom line? Trump adviser Carl Icahn resigned ahead of negative magazine story (and more). Total eclipse of the White House: Zero Trump officials brave enough to appear on Sunday TV. RCP/LM as a “far Right” group: It’s about time that it was called out on this publicly, and not just by an obscure US Marxist magazine.

Short on friends, Trump’s White House councils start to unravel (and more). Donald and Melania Trump to skip Kennedy Center Honors (and more) Charities are pulling their events from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump’s frequent travel, large family.