Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Nobody is safe as long as this man is in office. Impeach now.

Did the Trump Gold Card actually happen?

This whole thread of bad bird exes ❤️😆 #ValentinesDay

Tory MP Matt Vickers is more than a bit of a twat eh? #Newsnight

I do like a good Taco but not every Tuesday.

He killed over 160 young girls at a school and threatened to end their entire civilization out of respect and admiration

Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings

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She should meet us but I doubt she has the courage Prob not me because she'll just say I'm a white liberal who wants to put her in a box I do A box marked "decent human being from Birmingham" which is where everyone who is her constituent should want her to be She should want to be there with us

Birmingham needs to put Shabana Mahmood right on this blue Labour fantasy she's spinning to protect herself from reality. The cruel policies she is enacting will harm our constituency of Ladywood more than most but she doesn't care. She's lucky we can't start a recall petition to get her sacked.

Just like Robert Jenrick, he might claim he was just articulating an observation - but his comment was loaded with racist undertones. Just like Jenrick he probably believed he was speaking to someone who shared his world view, both being white and all. I found it v unsettling

“Nice to see some white people.” He was round the corner and gone before I had chance to fathom and respond (forgive me for not doing better, I don’t think me shouting into the sky ‘you horrid racist twat’ was any use.) I honestly don’t think he would have said that out loud even a year ago?

everyone needs to push back on what Jane highlights here wherever possible because we know where it leads @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social

Birmingham needs to put Shabana Mahmood right on this blue Labour fantasy she's spinning to protect herself from reality. The cruel policies she is enacting will harm our constituency of Ladywood more than most but she doesn't care. She's lucky we can't start a recall petition to get her sacked.

“I do think there is that element of it which is: ‘How dare you, a brown woman, say a thing that we white liberals think you’re not allowed to say?’ No Shabana Mahmood, it's more like "How dare you, a Labour MP, spout far-right white nationalist talking points and remove rights from refugees"

The U.S. military attacked another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three people. This is the 52nd attack since September 25 and the death toll is now at least 180. TAT: [Foreign policy]

Edward?

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Alex Jones is taking it all really well 🙃

I await the breathless news commentary about the dramatic collapse in Reform UK support since November and what that means for the future of Nigel Farage as party leader going into the local elections... any minute now...

New Math. Newsday.com/matt

"Little wonder that a number of senior ministers and former colleagues were seriously wondering whether Mr Mandelson was suffering from some form of breakdown. It had sent his judgment haywire and coloured his perception of the cold reality that his behaviour was making him a liability to his party"

I will report back when I receive a reply to my FoI request

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened. Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah. (h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

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The big picture problem is that Keir Starmer's initial line as to why he had sacked Peter Mandelson was visibly ridiculous and subsequent developments have made it more so. Now it's basically 'well, I would have DOUBLE not appointed him if I had known!'

I for one am absolutely sure he hadn't planned to do this.

Morgan McSweeney is known to have pushed hard for him to get the job in the face of obvious concerns about his suitability He was said in 1 report to be the final holdout among Sir Keir’s advisers, insisting Downing Street needed to defend Lord Mandelson when everyone else was insisting he had to go

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

this is not a good time to replace our Prime Minister but then again, things seem to only get worse every day, so when will be a better time?

Status of the Strait of Hormuz: it's complicated

Headline Voting intention from @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social indicates UK is sobering up Nov 2025: Reform UK 33% Labour 18% Conservatives 16% Green Party 15% Lib Dems 12% Other 6% Reform lead +15 April 2026: Reform UK 25% Labour 19% Conservative 19% Green Party 17% Lib Dems 14% Other 8% Reform lead +6

Just heard about an insane "tax avoidance" scheme being pitched to recruitment agencies, involving paying HMRC with a "bill of exchange". I'd think it was a joke if it hadn't come from an unimpeachable source. If you come across this, do get in touch in complete confidence.