Important: Dems will seek to force Republicans to vote on a bill blocking Trump's illegal $1.8 billion slush fund, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me. Dems will use discharge petition. Hakeem Jeffries is supportive of Raskin's efforts, I'm told. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2106...

Sixty six Labour MPs have tabled an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, calling for the Government to "get to grips with the broken First Past the Post voting system" Tabled by Alex Sobel MP, the amendment would push the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform

“I hope I’ll be ahead of those who savagely beat police officers and sacked the Capitol,” said the former FBI director and Trump target.

Almost the biggest scandal of all.

“They’re colonizing Memphis.”

Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate, Robert Kenyon, posted about Asian men “assaulting white people en masse” and “an invasion of foreign criminals” on a now suspended X account. Robert Kenyon also claimed the UK “didn’t colonise India” and has “two-tier policing against the native population.”

We do need to have a much better conversation about how parties should prepare themselves for office. Particularly on policy. The tensions between the campaign to win and the platform to govern are even more acute if you’re doing it through the lens of a by-election…

"The media have produced one-off stories about various aspects of Trump’s crooked financial tricks, but they rarely connect the dots into a sweeping portrait of corruption that might actually break through to the broader public," writes @markjacob.bsky.social for COURIER's Stop the Presses.

Top Trump Treasury Lawyer Quits in Disgust Over $1.8B Grift HE KNOWS The president had only just brought the conservative lawyer back into his administration www.thedailybeast.com/top-treasury...

What a joke! Reform UK has shed 22 councillors and counting in the two weeks since the local council elections on 7 May, triggering a series of costly by-elections that will cost the taxpayers 100’s of 1000’s

Oh dear

It's been a busy week in the US! Beyond the big news moments, here are some things you should be aware of: - Republican gerrymandering - So many attacks on opponents - Aggression in Latin America - Corruption (again!) - Undermining science & health youtu.be/mZ6dp_PFjkM subtitles available

The coverage of this sprawling series of crimes by corporate media has altogether failed to encompass its depravities and treacheries. This isn't merely a story of misappropriated funds or a gaming of the legal system. What happened today mandates opening a Treason investigation.

Nor is this the only component of the said Conspiracy. This Conspiracy—which dwarfs all prior presidential scandals—includes the deadly attacks of January 6th, over a thousand traitorous pardons, illicit self-dealing, corrupt nominations, threats, attempted vote-rigging and more.

Today Trump "negotiated" with his private criminal defense lawyer—a man he made AG for this corrupt purpose—the theft of $1.8B in taxpayer money so that it could be given to far-right terrorists in open rebellion against America. It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.

Democrats should be saying anybody who takes this stolen money will see the government coming after them to claw it back.

This is corrupt lawlessness. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

This is THEFT. There is no other word for it. They are stealing almost $1.8 BILLION dollars to pay Trump‘s allies, despite knowing that these people are not legally entitled to any money and be laughed out of court if they filed a lawsuit for money damages.

Everyone in the DOJ/IRS involved with the "settlement" should end up behind bars.

Trump just stole $1.8B. He’s going to give it to his business, his kids, and people like Flynn, Eastman, Giuliani, and the Oath Keepers. He’s doing this without court approval or Congress. This is a crime, but there’s no one to prosecute it because the DoJ is in on it.

Raskin says the fund is unconstitutional. Congress didn't structure it. 14th Amendment prohibits obligations in service of insurrection. Raskin says Dem House will shut it down and compel transparency on payments. He's calling on Rs to legislate against it now. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2105...

This is insanity: Trump's DOJ is about to "settle" his lawsuit against the IRS by creating a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay off victims of Biden "weaponization." I talked to Jamie Raskin about this. It's even more corrupt than it first appears. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2105...

Quite an opening paragraph.

Trump is shaking down his own administration for over a BILLION dollars to help his most dangerous allies. There's no special taxpayer fund to help you with your grocery bill, childcare, rent, or healthcare as prices rise – just a slush fund for Trump’s most extreme friends.

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Big announcement on March 3. No part of this ever happened.

Such an awful debate in every respect. We don't want young people with aspirations. University might be bad for you. Was good for us the successful ones but you don't deserve the same. Mostly because governments have made a mess of financing.

"Can you imagine the outcry if LBC decided that it would have non-stop Reform or Green Party propaganda? So why has GB News, uniquely, been given a free pass?" www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

On the other hand I'm not sure Wes Streeting using rejoining the EU as a tactical trap designed to undermine Andy Burnham's position is the most helpful way to gain a speedy improvement in the UK's relationship towards the EU

How to change this debate. " Being outside the EU costs every UK household an average of £8,300 every year. But being inside again would only cost each UK household £38 every year. Do you still think we should stay out? "

Wes Streeting comes out hard for rejoining the EU. Andy Burnham is seeking election in a constituency that voted 60%+ for Brexit. Make your own minds up, but personally, I wouldn't trust Wes as far as I could spit a rat.

Statement from the Office of the Bretwalda. Immigration has been a net benefit to the United Kingdom. It always was.

Backing Rejoin isn't odd when you consider that: - Brexit is estimated to have hit GDP per capita by 6-8% - The US has embraced protectionism and the UK is being squeezed between rival power blocs - 55% of voters back Rejoin, including 80% of Labour supporters, with just 33% opposed (YouGov)

Donald Trump literally built the legal case against himself with his own unhinged Truth Social posts—and now it's being used to legally block his subpoenas in Georgia. You have to see how badly he just played himself: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/they-cant-...

The UK will not reindustrialise with a shrivelled university sector. You're an MP and you want high quality, high productivity manufacturing jobs in your constituency? You better make sure you have a properly functioning university nearby.

The dude has literally told us twice that he doesn’t give a damn, and the Times still writes it as “critics say.” Some say the NY Times is broken.

She's also the culture secretary ffs. So many artists crying out that they struggle to tour the EU (and viceversa) because of Brexit. Ditto for students/youngs taking gap years to learn different languages, foods, history, different people, different development/work/love opportunities. All gone.

Under a mechanism known as the Dublin Convention, the British government could previously ask fellow EU nations to take people back if they had passed through safe countries en route to the UK -that ended with Brexit & no alternative was agreed making it far more difficult to return any new arrivals

Disturbing, tragic, and so very sad That the people voted for the lies suffer while the one delivering them enriches himself, at their expense

Israel finish second at Eurovision. What a fixed joke. But they are so unpopular they still couldn't manage to win.

SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act two weeks ago diluting the voices of Black/Brown people. Today, thousands crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and marched to Montgomery to say NO! John Lewis bled for that bridge. We are not handing it over without a fight. We are not going back.

While last SCOTUS’ decision to gut the Voting Rights Act was a blow to voting rights progress, the moral arc of the universe still bends towards justice, Christopher Ford writes. “[This] is not an endpoint but a rally cry to continue the work of our forefathers.”

Just watched Sportscene. Embarrassing that the commentator (Gordon?) could not bring himself to comment on what the footage was showing - a game not going to the whistle and Hearts players and management being escorted off by police, presumably for their safety.

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )

Andrew Neil?

I can’t believe that Epstein turned out to be a complete c*nt.