As Robert Jenrick accuses David Lammy of having a "chequered past", here's a quick reminder of Jenrick's

Have the right-wing ever been this unwell?

Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.

One guest, a retired major general, was asked about Hegseth's dismissal of the rules of engagement. He answered: "The words the president and secretary of defense are those of potential war criminals."

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One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city. They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.

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I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

About 75% of Chris Philp's conference speech so far - and we are 10 minutes in – has been about crimes committed by migrants. You'd think that's all they ever did, rather than work in hospitals, care homes, merchant banks etc etc etc.

I'm in Manchester for the Conservative conference, where some of the views on show are likely to be fairly extreme. As one example, these quotes from a Kemi Badenoch interview in the Telegraph are the sorts of things which not very long ago would have only *ever* been said by the racist far right.

Convinced that most British people want to live in a functioning, decent country where government improves stuff and everyone can thrive. The vast majority want nothing to do with this imported hate and atmosphere of violence directed at people just trying to live their lives.

I am just so fucking proud of her.

Anyone have their copy of Savage Young Du to hand and can tell me where Insects Rule The World was recorded? Mine is... somewhere in this office? In a box? I don't have the spiritual fortitude to start digging around. Info gratefully received!

Just to let you know that literally everyone I know who got the Covid-19 vaccine is alive and well.

I interviewed the lovely Roddy Woomble of Idlewild about life on the Isle of Iona. thequietus.com/interviews/t...

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador. Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Last year, CNN ran a “fact check” of Kamala HQ that claimed we were lying for saying Trump’s plan is Project 2025. Now Trump is outright admitting it’s his plan. Legacy media failed the country.

Another one www.steviechick.com/imposters-on...

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The idea that being a refugee is somehow a “golden ticket” is genuinely awful. These are people who the government have recognised are in need of protection. Do they think people chose that? That that’s what people wanted? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A simple rule of the right is that it is more egregious to call someone a racist than to be a racist. The latter is understandable, the former unforgivably rude.

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

The Monday Morning Podcast (Series, 2007 - ) 🔈 █████ Comedy Festival (2025)

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would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

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Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Cozying up to fascists never ends well. If anyone should know that, it should be the ADL.

Important to remember it is possible to mobilise coalitions against the radical/far right.

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I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Nine months in and Trump’s America is awash with racist shitheads disappearing people for having the wrong colour skin.

"Here I am, this middle-aged black man, I'm in my best suit. I actually argued the case at the Supreme Court that we were trying to implement. I've got all these degrees and awards. And I'm still required to laugh at my own humiliation." Bryan Stevenson with @katiecouric.bsky.social

It is not just true but sound political strategy. Labour or the Democrats clearly shouldn't waste their time trying to reach the 15-20% of voters who are actively animated by hatred of minorities and the left. You focus on the frustrated, alienated protest voters who are not wedded to that worldview

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A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

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I wrote about what might be my favourite Sonic Youth elpee for The Quietus, on the occasion of its 30th birthday. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

Video below: “I am American. I am American.” A man pleads, “Ayúdame, ayúdame. Help me!” Meanwhile, an ICE officer pulls a gun on innocent bystanders — in Hyattsville, MD. This is happening in America. Right now. What are we doing about this? It MUST stop. @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats

Not saying this argument would be more popular but it would be coherent. You could go in studs up on Reform’s links to Trump/far right thugs/Elon Musk saying mad things about civil war: you could say there’s nothing patriotic about foreign billionaires trying to turn Brits against each other

In this week's Beano, Minnie the Minx is trying a new do. But her hair is a bit unruly without those bows, so... Art by @laurahowell.bsky.social Script by me.

It's SO easy to say: these people are crooks, psychopaths and traitors to this country. Fucking say it.