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HEADLINES ON February 11, 2020
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- Headline: ICE Shooting Sparks Trump-NYC Tensions. Impact: This tragic event could potentially lead to an alternate timeline where Brooklyn becomes the epicenter of a new revolution, complete with artisanal coffee shops and protest poetry slam nights. The hipster uprising is imminent!. Fact: In a bizarre twist of fate, the phrase 'Fighting in Brooklyn' might become a new Olympic sport. Who knew politics could be so... athletic?.
- Headline: A New Book Asks: Just How Machiavellian Was Machiavelli?. Impact: This inquiry might spark a global movement where people start questioning the motives of every leader, leading to widespread paranoia and the invention of 'Machiavelli-ometers' to gauge political integrity. Who wouldn't want to measure their government on a scale of conniving to benevolent?. Fact: Machiavelli once said, 'The ends justify the means,' which is probably how he justified all those awkward family dinners..
- Headline: She Wants to Break Up Big Everything. Impact: If successful, this movement could lead to a reality where every single corporation is divided into its own tiny enterprise. Think of the chaos: Starbucks could end up being just a chain of tiny coffee stands run by hipsters who only accept Bitcoin.. Fact: When Sarah Miller talks about breaking up big corporations, she means making them as fragmented as your cousin's explanations about cryptocurrency at Thanksgiving dinner..