– That Donald Trump wins the election would be wonderfully succulent for those of us who work as journalists: impossible to get bored. But if the Tycoon really assigned a role as an advisor or cabinet member to Elon Musk, as he said today, it would be the apotheosis. Do you have any idea how much fun we would have?
– But how ugly is the trophy cup of Cincinnati won by Jannik Sinner?
– Speaking of Sinner, today the bomb explodes. Summary: in March the Italian champion was found positive twice (8 days apart) to a doping substance. In minimal quantities. Tiny. The Itia has conducted an in-depth investigationhe heard from Sinner and the Staff, asked experts and agreed that it was all due to a wound healing ointment used by his physiotherapist. Jannik knew nothing about it. And an independent court confirmed it. Should we believe him? Yes. In the sense that in this case too, due process requires that the investigations conducted by international organizations be acknowledged. Even if the story is strange if there will be no shortage of controversy.
– And in fact there is no shortage of them. There are already three of Sinner’s colleagues who consider Itia’s explanation pathetic: Kyrgios (“you should stay out of the fields for 2 years”), Lucas Chicken (“do they take us for idiots?”) and Denis Shapovalov (“different rules for different players”). One thing is certain: the physiotherapist really screwed up.
– Matthew Salvini denies the split of Roberto Vannacci. The general does the same and does it publicly. But for the backroom workers they are still a couple ready for divorce. Should we believe it? I say, at the moment, no. First of all because of the official denials that, until proven otherwise, must be considered. And then because founding a party from scratch is a huge undertaking that requires roots in the territory, a Grillo-style “vaffa-day”, mobilization or a lot of money. At the moment Vannacci has none of these variables.
– Carlos Taverne has collected millions of euros in prizes from Stellantis despite the closures, divestments and layoffs? Yes. Is it a scandal? Not really, in the sense that private companies, as far as I’m concerned, do what they think is best. If anything, it’s paradoxical that neither the major progressive newspapers (which have always made the defense of workers a battle of principle) nor the red unions have raised barricades in the face of this obvious distortion. What was the story of contiguity, dear Gedi?
– Beppe Cricket beats Joseph Count. While the M5S thinks about changing the name, removing the two-term limit and reviewing the logo, as Giuseppi would like, the Founder and Guarantor sets three limits. Namely: neither the name nor the symbol nor the two-term rule can be changed. Translated: Grillo has so far had a hard time digesting Conte and has let him go his own way, but faced with the collapse of the European elections he has regained courage to send to hell a body that he has always considered extraneous to his creation. Who will win? It is difficult to say. To date Beppe has history on his side, but he has been left without troops. Conte for his part has those who support him, but the votes are lacking. There is certainly a war underway that will tear the Movement apart. They wanted to overturn parliament, and it ended up that the can of tuna is theirs.
– Joe Biden he goes to the American convention and cries. Understandable, since not everyone should have to retire from the role of the most powerful man on earth. However, the portrait that the newspapers make of him today is a bit pathetic and sounds a bit hypocritical: until yesterday, the same people who today praise his step back portrayed him as an old fool, moreover after having denied the evidence for months and months.
– Conte responds to Beppe Cricket. And he does it with a video in which he tells what the Constituent Assembly of a new Movement that is born “from below” will be like, more than Casaleggio and Grillo have managed to do. An “experiment in democracy” in which “there are no hierarchies” so it would make no sense to decide in advance (with Grillo) what can be discussed and what not. Giuseppi has his reasons, let’s be clear. The rule of the second mandate had already been modified with the farce of the “mandate 0”.
And it was a select few of the four-star grillini who decided it. This does not mean that the war with the Founder will be won. But one thing is certain: the M5S as we knew it is dead. And this time for good.