These people should apply for some of the Trump Slush Fund money and force the government to pay up to those actually falsely accused and not the cop-beaters and child sex perverts that Trump wants to reward. crooksandliars.com/2026/05/its-...

The voice of the decent and kind America that I know and love (with a couple of British friends also included!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG0H... #Colbert

Trump's 'friends' are corrupt oligarchs who will turn on him in an instant when it suits their business interests. Stephen Colbert's friends are wonderful people who will stay solid with him for life. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRvW... It tells you much about the character of both men.

I've said it before and I'll say it again-If you want to know why US politics are in such a state listen to the incomparable @bluegal.bsky.social and @driftglass.bsky.social at professionalleft.blogspot.com It's not just Trump-It's decades of right-wing propaganda that is the problem.

I suppose Justin Webb doesn't mention the effects of decades of Fox News propaganda on US politics as it might mean he doesn't get the chance to paid by Murdoch for more nonsense like this www.thetimes.com/us/american-... #Americast

The Green party candidate's withdrawal is more recent, so maybe deserves a headline. The Reform candidate's non-withdrawal and the new-found party formula - he's "not a polished polititician" - continue, so might earn more headlines. #R4Today

The climate emergency is all around us but #r4today editors and presenters think a piece about how many awards a novelist has won is much more worthy of coverage than the isssue of the age. The 'headlines' on this show are out of touch with the realities outside the door.

If over 70 people had died in a luxury block of flats in London I've little doubt that prosecutions would have followed swiftly with intense investigations preceding any inquiry. But for ordinary people 'justice' involves waiting until many relatives will have died. It's Hillsborough over again.

John Kasich is saying that Democrats should not contest the election of Republicans in swing states who've said something "independent" because it will be good for the congress. Fuck that shit. He's talking about Fitzpatrick in Pa. and I don't remember him standing up like Massie.

I want to say thank you, and farewell, to Stephen Colbert before his final show this evening. But I also want to remind folks of the corruption behind his cancellation. Watch.

Another thing this hints at, in my view, is how online trolling has damaged some people's behavioural filters. It has blurred the line between doing something as an anonymous X account and how intimidating it is to do the same thing in real life - especially while driving a car behind someone.

NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

At some stage a UK court case is going to collapse because the defendents lawyers will successfully argue their client can't have a fair trial because of contempt by publication and Musk's Twitter will be the reason.

Trump's criminality sets him apart. Politicians, like all of us, are flawed but Trump has zero redeeming qualities.

Presenters of #r4today are often keen to quote the opinions of their right-wing mates in the overwhelmingly right-wing press but reluctant to go with articles like this www.theguardian.com/environment/... that are a warning of what is to come.

I suggest the #r4today studio be made unbearably hot and presenters then asked to operate under such conditions for just 3 hours. I imagine after that mere touch of what is coming due to the climate emergency it might concentrate minds. I worked wearing PPE in 35°C+ and it isn't much fun.

I've just finishing listening to a mammoth biography of President Harry Truman by David McCullough. The man had his faults and foibles like any other but at heart he was a decent man who tried to do right. Can anyone actually say the same about Trump? #Americast #r4today

When I worked in science I learned much from analysing my mistakes and errors-It made me a better lab technician. However Justin Webb seems to learn nothing and continues to be paid to write nonsense like this (it is from last year I might note). www.thetimes.com/us/american-... #r4today #Americast

Since Justin Webb is on #r4today could he tell us if Trump setting up a slush fund to pay out those who assaulted police officers and those who tried to stage an insurrection on Jan 6th 2021 is part of him 'making America normal again'? www.ms.now/all-in/watch...

The climate emergency will affect the lives of everybody on the planet for decades to come (if we are lucky). Would you know that if you listened to #r4today ? You would however be well-informed about the trivia that the right-wing mates of presenters in the right-wing UK press think important.

BBC: a bit better than zero, but nothing incisive. #R4Today

I know I have said it before but if you want to know why the US is in such dire straits at the moment take a listen to professionalleft.blogspot.com with @bluegal.bsky.social and @driftglass.bsky.social The last few episodes brilliantly chart the path to this Republican disaster (not just Trump!).

Whatever Reform’s ‘vetting’ process involves, it clearly doesn’t extend to anything as complicated as a basic Google search.

It didn't start with Trump: Republicans for 25 plus years have crashed the economy, sabotaged the guy trying to fix it, invented death panels, and spent years lying their way to Trump. New ep of The ProLeftPod — "Fools in a Burning House" — connects the dots.  www.buzzsprout.com/229/episodes...

Trump’s mean tweets are still capable of swinging a primary in Kentucky. His approval rating is barely above drinking age and he will never be on the ballot again. His second term is already an abject failure. Other than that he’s killing it!

Some of did indeed see it a long time ago... digbysblog.net/2026/05/19/q...

As #r4today continues to ignore the climate emergency in favour of 'viral videos' things are getting bad caliber.az/en/post/extr...

They are killing us. #r4today

Trump declares another ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah are not a party to the ceasefire. Lebanon was not and is not engaged in firing. Israel continues to attack Hezbollah and whoever /whatever happens to be in the way. #R4Today

NEW: Epstein survivor Annie Farmer about Todd Blanche testimony about wanting to hear from Epstein survivors: "Blanche’s suggestion that survivors reach out to the Dept of Justice to re-report the crimes committed against them is beyond insulting. Many of us have already done that, repeatedly"

Donald Trump, et. al., are attacking Thomas Massie because Massie wants pedophiles to face justice. FACTS.

Could Justin Webb let us know if giving money to child sexual abusers so they can buy the silence of their victims is part of Trump 'making America normal again'? www.rawstory.com/van-hollen-b... #Americast #r4today

Even more shocking when the Birmingham Six were convicted because they had played cards, or Stefan Kiszko because nobody cared enough to point out he was physically incapable, but police went ahead anyway. In one pIRA case, the importance of police “integrity” was central to rejecting appeals.

Since Justin Webb is on #r4today could he let us know if Trump turning the USA government into his own personal piggybank is an example of him 'making America normal again'? www.thetimes.com/us/american-...

He considers Andrew Malkinson "his" and doesn't do a bad job there, but "not bothered" does describe the approach in some areas. #R4Today

It should be a huge scandal that a close confidante of, and adviser to, President Trump and Secretary Rubio reacted to a deadly terrorist attack at a mosque by calling the mosque "evil" and calling for the deportation of all Muslims from America. But it isn't. *sighs*

They were elected to help ordinary Americans take better care of their own families. This is ass-backward and disgraceful.

I regret to inform you that the president is awake and crazy-posting

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Very late to the headlines on #r4today and its mostly just pointless gossip. Has the BBC transferred 'The One Show' to a radio version?

By the way: "Eliminating [RCP8.5] does not mean reducing climate risks. Even under milder conditions, a temperature increase of more than three degrees Celsius remains possible, leading to increased droughts...melting glaciers and further sea level rise." www.balkanweb.com/en/How-dange...

Any political commentator who talks about politics in the long-term but doesn't reference the climate emergency understands nothing about science or about how profoundly the decades to come will be shaped by how we mitigate the worst of what we and our descendants will face. #wato

This resonates www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2BY...

He might have got £5 million - but you and your family have been left poorer and with fewer opportunities. He has sold the country down the river. https://www.bestforbritain.org/brexit_made_uk_poorer_while_farage_claims_he_was_rewarded

Most of the UK broadcast media is dominated by presenters who are either scientifically illiterate or incurious (or both) which perhaps explains why their coverage of the climate emergency is so bad. They are much more interested in trivia and right-wing talking points. #bbclaurak

Mr Farage and Reform may choose not to believe in the climate emergency but when disasters inevitably follow who will they blame? #bbclaurak

A charge that can be levelled at Starmer and Nandy is their cowardice at dealing with a broken media environment. For the record. Our neighbours are foster carers and lovely people, who we've known for 40 years.

Joanne Freeman (at about the 13 minute mark) eloquently sums up the direction the right has moved to in the US over the past years. A discussion one never hears on #Americast which is obsessed with 'Both Sides!' nonsense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHMz...

A rare variant, no vaccine or therapeutics, poor access to healthcare, porous borders with other countries, security problems with armed groups fighting for control over minerals... www.science.org/content/arti...