OPEN MIC THURSDAY 9th JULY 2026 + Political Caption Competition

FACT OF THE DAY: The tallest tree in the world is a Coast Redwood in California named Hyperion, standing over 380 feet tall.

POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.”
― John Pilger,

POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:

Bombs bloom in the dust-
One more war sold as “peace talks,”
Ash writes history

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