Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

I understand bailing out farmers who suffered some sort of natural disaster or blight to their crops from a parasite, disease, etc. But that’s not what is happening. They can’t sell their abundant crops because of one man. Trump did it, he can pay the farmers out of his crypto.

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying. We ALL need to step up for the first amendment. By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny. mh

They are f*cking lunatics

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public? Yeah, me neither. #ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP

The only thing more disgraceful than having groveling cabinet members so willing to debase themselves in this shameless way is having such a damaged, insecure, and needy president that they know desperately needs to hear this BS.

Good stuff here from @passantino.bsky.social and @status.news www.status.news/p/trump-puti...

This is unfathomable. Far-right populist parties are top of the polls in Germany, the United Kingdom and France simultaneously for the first time. It’s not too late to change this www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/far...

HEH.

We need less gilding in the Oval Office and more gelding in the Oval Office

"Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation...many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president." Trump is the most corrupt president in living memory and it's not even close.

Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social, Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism. Looking forward to following you wherever you land, Your fan, Mar🐫

Just me or is it time for Rod to call it a day?

Sadly I think that the U.K. is about to find out the real price for Trump’s trade agreement.

Rachel Maddow: What Happens Next Is Up To We, The People https://twp.ai/4ioSy5

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

On the left, the guy who ordered his 15-man death squad to kill and dismember American journalist Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. On the right, the former leader of Al Qaeda with a $10m US bounty on his head. And in the middle, the most corrupt US President in history.

As Trump rejects the rule of law, the spirit & specifics of Magna Carta*, while also trying to subjugate Harvard, that self same university goes and discovers an actual Magna Carta? Full marks, no notes

My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger Win the fight

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

Strange that Musk thinks that stepping away from DOGE to concentrate on Tesla will benefit the brand. He doesn’t realise that he’s the problem. The best thing he could do for Tesla is to remove himself completely.

The shame of it.

Trump state visit scheduled for September. Disgusted that this was offered. Why are we pandering to this vile bully? I shall be taking to the streets. Sure I won’t be alone.

"If you can purchase US citizenship for $5 million, the “illegals” are only guilty of being poor." -Feminist News

Think even right wingers know deep down that the free world has a nutter at the helm.

Trump has damaged America forever. We're now viewed as an unreliable partner - business can never trust him and any government policy - our allies don't see us as an ally anymore - our enemies are emboldened. Trump destroyed our soft power advantage.

Crypto guys who said "Bitcoin is recession-proof" never considered what would happen in practice. When recreational Bitcoin holders had real money evaporate, it caused them to pull money out of the imaginary money market and into real cash to buy real things, causing a crash. In short: Duh-doy.

Well bloody thanks a bunch America.

Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.

The Dow is down over 1500 points in a day.

Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 34 MILLION! 👏 LETS DO THIS!

So instead of getting a trade deal from Trump the U.K. is getting tariffs 🤷‍♂️.

"Hold up. Hegseth is texting again."

Reminder. Pass it on.

NEW: Trump/Witkoff say Putin wants peace & they trust him. Today, Russia has attacked a residential area & school in Sumy, in north-east Ukraine. 74 injured, at least 14 children. Putin is the world’s foremost terrorist, now aided by the world’s foremost apologists. (🎥 Andrii Sybiha)

Let’s go. #CanadaStrong

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests. So, best we share all the footage we can here! This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. 🇹🇷 #Turkey

Welp, there goes the US defense industry.

Join Andrea Jenkyns on her march against solar panels today! Just a note team. Steer clear of the ones with a plaque reading: “This solar panel represents the 16,120 solar panels that provide solar electricity directly to Wakefield Manufacturing Site. Opened by Andrea Jenkyns MP 8 September 2017”

Kelly: When I was flying in combat over Iraq during the first Gulf War, I didn’t expect that there was a 10-year-old kid sitting in South Africa who would one day become the richest guy in the world and call me a traitor for doing my job. Now, he kind of acts like a 12-year-old kid

There is an alternative to Government welfare cuts - a 2% tax on wealth. There is no shortage of money here, we just need a fairer approach to tax - take more from the few not the many.

The ever brilliant Susie Dent

Canada didn’t ask for this fight. But in a trade war – much like in hockey – we will win.