Paper-skinned Nigel Farage has again displayed his preference when it comes to ‘flight or fight’

"Since last spring, the GAO has been looking into how DOGE members accessed sensitive government databases. But the probes have been stymied by federal agencies trying to avoid handing over information."

“A world-class Ebola lab in Frederick, Maryland, with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was designed for exactly this scenario…But that lab was shuttered last year, with staff laid off abruptly and their work …ended with no notice.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

A furious Martin Lewis is warning social media users about a sophisticated new financial scam.Fraudsters are using entirely fabricated news stories about a fictional "fight" with Nigel Farage to trick people into clicking dangerous links that drain bank accounts. www.thenational.scot/news/2612688...

John A. Klinner Ariana G. Savino Ashley B. Pruitt Seth R. Koval Curtis J. Angst Tyler H. Simmons Benjamin N. Pennington Robert Marzan Jeffrey O’Brien Declan Coady Nicole Amor Noah Tietjens Cody Khork The thirteen lives lost.

Meanwhile in Russia… “Scientists from the Institute of Demography, Migration, and Regional Development have called for lowering the marriage age to 14-15.” 👉 “people can have children as young as 14 or 15 years old.” www.mk.ru/social/2026/...

MeidasTouch: What do you make of this $1.776 billion fund— Gavin Newsom: It’s a criminal enterprise. It’s not just corruption, it’s not just graft, it’s a full-on criminal enterprise and it needs to be shut down.

People are good! Politics tries to tell you we're not. #LoveWins #VoteBlue

MAJOR bullshit alert.

This headline is fuel for the right-wing anti-migrant reaction machine, but the article reveals the employer knowingly brought her to the UK under a visitor visa to employ her, then denied her a work permit—and most importantly!—refused to pay her any wages. This looks approximate to modern slavery

BREAKING: Sen. Ed Markey calls for Trump's impeachment.

I'll be updating the Third-Country Removal Tracker as soon as we know more. By my count, this will be the 24th country *known* to have taken immigrants not their own from Trump's ICE. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...

ICE flights. Monday, May 18, 2026.

Channel 4 News's Clare Fallon tracks down Nigel Farage who was absent from Parliament today avoiding questions about the £5m donation She asks him about it He jumps into his car and drives off

Leaked footage reveals secret training of the Russian Ministry of Defense's elite special forces, reportedly preparing for assault maneuvers near NATO borders.

Ukraine war latest: Russia arming missile warheads with depleted uranium, SBU says

🤯 WOW: Ukrainian soldiers discover message of support inside Patriot air defense system.

Very worrying...

If you see a video claiming to be a trusted person such as @MartinSLewis promoting an easy investment it is fake. Do not respond. I say this today because a relative was convinced one was real and responded. But for a timely intervention (not by me) they could have lost a fortune

So, uh, DOJ believes a federal official should be prosecuted for taking documents they’re not entitled to? abcnews.com/US/doj-charg...

Trump took out Thomas Massie…one of the most conservative Republicans alive. That’s your warning sign. In today’s GOP, disagreement is treason. Loyalty is the only platform left.

The Women Are Taking Charge Over ICESTAPO's Plans To Loiter Around Polling Stations.......

The day after a federal judge told Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop making immigration arrests in New York City civil immigration courts, ICE did just that, arresting a man and then releasing him hours later. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-im...

A Reform councillor accused of shaming a disabled man and a dyslexic colleague, has been put in charge of Special Educational Needs at his council Sam Journet has faced a barrage of complaints for bullying and intimidation whilst regularly using Meta-style camera glasses to film residents and staff

Remembering several years ago when we focused on Trump’s taxes as part of the look into how Russian interests bailed him out. He fought it tooth and nail then, and now, owning the government and the courts, he can shut it all down. A lot primaries coming up, look for folks who demand accountability.

Fuck this. #fuck

One major drone assault on Moscow of the type every city in Ukraine has had hundreds of times and the people "who can endure any sacrifice for the motherland" are talking about giving up.

🚨 | THIRTEEN Councillors (8 Green & 5 Reform) who were elected in the May 2026 Local Elections have already triggered by-elections.

The decisions made by state supreme courts touch every part of our lives. And that’s especially important when voting rights and basic freedoms are being challenged. Today voters in Georgia can stand up for fairness and integrity by electing Miracle Rankin and Jen Jordan to Georgia’s Supreme Court.

Just unbelievable corruption. He said he would drain the swamp, instead he brought in the swampiest administration in history, declared himself Supreme Emperor of Swampopia, and ordered his justice department to essentially give his entirely family immunity.

The grifter in Chief

The word "might" is doing *a lot* of lifting here.

If Farage or Badenoch had been PM we would have joined Trump in his crazy horrendous war with Iran.

Nigel Farage would like you to forget his close relationship with Trump. MAGA is a toxic brand that Reform UK has based its whole model on.

Marco Rubio's State will exclude people for discussing moderating comments, but will invite corrupt far right operatives on run from the law.

This is just one of many. As I've said before, the Russian diaspora is a critical part in the grey import market, and especially the import of dual-use technologies.

Echoes of trauma follow Ukrainian children even when they’re finally far away from danger. Festive fireworks can sound like gunfire after you’ve already lived close enough to russia. No child should ever have this kind of experience.

Now will MAGA be able to add 2+2 to figure out why? Don't count on it.

“If we think about the Russian model of warfare, people say that they are moving at a snail's pace. It's an insult to snails. If we put a snail in Avdiivka in February 22, it would by now be somewhere near Czechia.” @baibabraze.bsky.social No offense to snails🙌

In 1952, Richard Nixon's career was nearly derailed by revelations that he had access to a slush fund of $18,000 -- less than a quarter million today." People used to give a shit about that kind of thing, you see.

Good to see: Nearly 100 House Dems just filed papers calling on the judge to throw out the lawsuit that's the basis for Trump's "settlement" creating his new slush fund, arguing that DOJ is colluding with Trump to illegally circumvent Congress:

How do far-right movements coordinate across borders? At re:publica this week, researchers from Bellingcat and the Center für Monitoring, Analyse und Strategie will unpack the narratives and platform dynamics shaping the transnational far-right. Join live in Berlin: re-publica.com/en/node/10278

D+11 on a generic ballot probably looks something like 40 seats gained in the House - IF we don’t get complacent. Have you registered to vote yet? Have you double checked to make sure you’re still registered? Do you have any documentation you need to vote? Start planning now.

May 18 Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide. 82 years ago, the stalinist regime forcibly deported Crimean Tatars from Crimea. Rustem Skybin The Way Home

Trump is now paying these people with your money.

I thought I’d scoot back through my Lists to see what Keir Starmer’s Government has already announced/started for the North. It’s a positive start. Certainly wouldn’t say it’s neglectful.

Utterly predictable, and yet another attempt at shutting down all of the extremely necessary conversations we need to have about Brexit, its consequences and the way forward.

Chinese newspaper cartoon (Today... 😂 )