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- [The Athletic] Jim Ratcliffe's minority stake would potentially give him sporting control of the club. Sources say his deal is based on influence over sporting decisions https://theathletic.com/4962239/2023/10/14/manchester-united-ratcliffe-ineos-jassim-glazers/?source=user_shared_article 120 comments soccer
- QAnon Influencer Exposed as Alleged Child Predator https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/qanon-influencer-exposed-alleged-child-predator-1234639034/ 90 comments politics
- Brussels prepares diplomatic offensive to stop the advance of China and Russia in Latin America. An internal document warns that the EU is losing ground in the region, while Beijing’s economic interests and Moscow’s political influence have gained a stronger foothold https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-08-18/brussels-prepares-diplomatic-offensive-to-stop-the-advance-of-china-and-russia-in-latin-america.html 17 comments economics
- Chinese influencer who ate great white shark investigated by police https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/chinese-influencer-who-ate-great-white-shark-investigated-by-police 17 comments environment
- Britt Baker on AJ Lee's influence: Even if she doesn’t know that there are so many girls that still look up to her, myself included. https://www.sportskeeda.com/aew/news-aj-lee-urged-come-retirement-aew-star-exclusive?key2=48108 8 comments squaredcircle
- Allegations of industry influence rock mine safety commission https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/29/allegations-of-industry-influence-rock-mine-safety-commission-00035777 18 comments politics
- “Obstructed, Influenced, or Impeded” https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/obstructed-influenced-or-impeded?s=r&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzYxOTU4OCwiXyI6IjY5eFQ3IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQ2MzIyNDIzLCJleHAiOjE2NDYzMjYwMjMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04NzI3MiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.XL_enkIVMApZWyLqtlvw0iFWkWwRO_10CjwKRdIZom4 4 comments politics
- Trump's corrosive influence on democracy goes global https://theweek.com/politics/1001286/benjamin-netanyahu-apes-donald-trumps-refusal-to-accept-losing 14 comments politics
- French influencer 'offered cash to spread vaccine disinformation' https://www.euronews.com/2021/05/25/french-youtube-influencer-offered-cash-to-spread-vaccine-disinformation 23 comments technology
- Report shows Russia attempted to influence 2020 election by ‘supporting’ Trump https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-2020-election-biden-trump-b1818098.html 19 comments politics
- Tobacco giant bets £1bn on influencers to boost 'more lung-friendly' sales https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/20/tobacco-giant-bets-1bn-on-social-media-influencers-to-boost-lung-friendlier-sales?cmp=share_androidapp_other 52 comments worldnews
- Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan’s Influence With Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/politics/trump-erdogan-halkbank.html 3 comments politics
- How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/rupert-murdoch-fox-news-trump.html%20(murdoch%20and%20his%20children%20have%20toppled%20governments%20on%20two%20continents%20and%20destabilized%20the%20most%20important%20democracy%20on%20earth.%20what%20do%20they%20want?) 8 comments worldnews
- Trump’s White-Nationalist Vanguard — The emails of a key presidential aide show an extremist ideology influencing policy in the White House. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/stephen-miller-alarming-emails/602242/ 5 comments politics
- Steph Curry: “This situation, there’s a huge weight and gravity to it. There’s going to need to be some things to be sorted out. But I just don’t know enough about Chinese history and how that’s influenced modern society...This is not going away. So we’ll come back to it.” https://streamable.com/9580r 1499 comments nba
- Pentagon: Russia outgunning US in race for global influence https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-outgunning-us-in-race-for-global-influence-pentagon-study/ 16 comments worldnews
- US intelligence officials express concern about efforts by Russia, China, Iran to influence American voters, policy https://lex18.com/ap-national-news/2018/10/19/us-intelligence-officials-express-concern-about-efforts-by-russia-china-iran-to-influence-american-voters-policy/ 6 comments politics
- A reddit post detailing the influence of Russian propaganda on “the_Donald” subreddit has mysteriously disappeared https://www.newsweek.com/reddit-spez-donald-sub-russia-1134323 10 comments politics
- FBI launches website on efforts to combat foreign influence campaigns http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/404471-fbi-launches-new-website-on-foreign-influence-campaigns 8 comments politics
- Felons, people under foreign influence got national security clearances? https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/has-trump-backed-himself-immigration-corner-n840396 3 comments politics
- My friend and I built Craater, a platform to connect devs and influencers and would love your feedback! https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/7or5xy/my_friend_and_i_built_craater_a_platform_to/ 8 comments gamedev
- "Despite the consistent wrongness of their predictions, however, tax-cut fanatics just kept gaining influence — until the disaster in Kansas," https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/opinion/republican-health-care-bill-tax-cuts.html 5 comments economy
- Russia, Turkey, Iran eye dicing Syria into zones of influence http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-deal-iduskbn14h12v 6 comments worldnews
- Russia, Turkey, Iran eye dicing Syria into zones of influence http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-deal-iduskbn14h12v?il=0 26 comments politics
- Birth rate seems to be inversely related to wealth and resource availability. Does this phenomenon occur in non-human species? Is there a biological(i.e. hormonal) influence behind it? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5kbs35/birth_rate_seems_to_be_inversely_related_to/ 29 comments askscience
- What Is America Without Influence? Trump Will Find Out. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/opinion/what-is-america-without-influence-trump-will-find-out.html 25 comments politics
- CIA has high confidence Russians tried to influence election in Trump's favor http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-has-high-confidence-russians-tried-to-influence-election-in-trumps-favor/ 47 comments politics
- McConnell Breaks With Trump, Says He Supports Investigating Whether Russian Hackers Tried to Influence Election http://ktla.com/2016/12/12/mcconnell-breaks-with-trump-says-he-supports-investigating-whether-russian-hackers-tried-to-influence-election/ 7 comments politics
- Senate Republican majority leader strongly condemns any foreign meddling to influence U.S. election http://bigstory.ap.org/article/746a56cba5b64e57828c685ab9762a12/senate-republican-leader-strongly-condemns-any-foreign 35 comments politics
- Reince Priebus falsely claims no conclusive report whether Russia tried to influence election http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/11/reince-priebus/priebus-falsely-claims-no-conclusive-report-whethe/ 389 comments politics
- Why Didn't Obama Reveal Intel About Russia's Influence on the Election? https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/12/why-didnt-obama-reveal-intel-about-russias-influence-on-the-election/510242/ 80 comments politics
- Over 1M Fake accounts were used to spread False Political Propaganda to influence Philippine society. http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/148347-fake-accounts-manufactured-reality-social-media?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral 6 comments worldnews
- Euro 2016 violence to influence Qatar World Cup alcohol plan http://herald-review.com/sports/euro-violence-to-influence-qatar-world-cup-alcohol-plan/article_186af3ec-9524-5925-acab-72e217e9e135.html 23 comments soccer
- Just found out about the space-cadet keyboard from a proggit thread. According to wikipedia, it influenced the design of emacs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/space-cadet_keyboard 4 comments emacs
- How much does race influence your perception of a player? Is it different based on the position? http://www.ninersnation.com/2014/1/31/5363764/colin-kaepernick-race-quarterback-49ers-nfl 11 comments nfl
- Santorum Argues For Religion in Government -- “What does [appear] is the term the free exercise of religion. Those words do appear, so religion is to be freed from the dictates of government. But … the government is not to be free of the influence of faith and people of faith." http://nationaljournal.com/2012-presidential-campaign/santorum-argues-for-religion-in-government-20120227 4 comments politics
- Drawings under the influence of LSD [pics] http://artbns.com/drawings-under-the-influence-of-lsd/ 42 comments reddit.com
- WSJ: Though he quit the presidential race, Ron Paul's new campaign may be an even bigger influence. (The article is OK, but the PIC is worth a thousand words:) http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/13/ron-pauls-new-campaign-a-potent-force-in-the-fall/ 15 comments politics
- Smoking to influence movie ratings http://www.webmd.com/news/20070511/smoking-to-sway-movie-ratings?src=rss_psychtoday 2 comments reddit.com