If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.

This year’s Presidential Christmas card.

As per a quote tweet: "You can’t blame online misinformation when you’re a news channel. Parsing the quality of sources is the entire job." Otherwise you are just a propaganda network.

Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote: 'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.' By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"

Rosie Holt is so brilliant at sailing so close to the edge that some people think she’s actually a Labour politician. Scary that Labour are so crap on this issue that it’s plausible!

This sounds like both an admission of guilt and a rallying cry to complete the January 6 attack and install a dictatorship and make their rule permanent.

Great cover!!! 🙂👏

Farage has been consistent for 15+ years. Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents. Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.

So many disappointing parts to this story of heroism and bravery for those of a far right persuasion. Firstly the attacker wasn’t Muslim or a refugee and secondly the selflessness of the person doing his job who saved so many lives was a Muslim. How will they cope in this difficult time.

Realized I never said "unquote" after reciting a famous poem in 10th grade. Sorry if you thought everything I've said since is Shakespeare

How did a high-stakes meeting between Trump, Vance& Zelenskyy turn from diplomacy to open confrontation? Lotte van Burgsteden, @christelvaneck.bsky.social &I unpack conversational polarisation as it unfolded live in the Oval Office. @polcommjournal.bsky.social contains link to transcript #openaccess

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Absolutely amazing. Where you gonna go Matt? Hope they don't treat you like shit for some irrational reason.

So you've got a Canadian "journalist" covering the trial of an Irish citizen, who lives in Spain and whose costs are being covered by a South African born migrant living in the United States. Break out the flags lads....

Watching the Bibi & Don Show treat this like some grand victory, while people returning to northern Gaza dig the rubble for loved ones' remains, is pretty revolting.

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

I'm sorry to harp on, but how can Kemi Badenoch *possibly exist* in a party alongside a guy who complains about not seeing enough white faces. How is that possible?

A meme for the modern university...

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…! 🙂

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Always thought that was an interesting implication, that Orcs had the concept of a ’menu.’ Like they usually ate out in restaurants, and chose their favourite hors d’oeuvres.

‘we suggest that chief amongst the beliefs implicit in managerialism is the idea that management in itself is of greater importance than the primary activities that are being managed’ (Hussey/Smith (2010): The Trouble with Higher Education, p.20) #HigherEd #UKHE

Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least

Women against the far-right launch "Women dare to tread and to speak where the prime minister does not" northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Lovely to see you looking so happy. 🙂

The real 'two tier' divide in British politics is between the wife of a Conservative councillor calling for refugees to be burnt alive, being treated as a brave 'political prisoner', and the protestors calling for the end of mass starvation and genocide, being treated as domestic terrorists

This is disgusting, and surely counterproductive. Starmer and co have totally lost the plot.

This is surely correct. apple.news/As4PhqNhcT-K...

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By a fellow human being working incredibly hard to support themselves and secure a better life?

Journalists need to stop anthropomorphizing LLMs immediately. They don't say, want, believe, or think anything. They create output that is statistically likely based on petabytes of stolen training data.

Trumpian economics explained 👇

Jaw-dropping reporting by Haaretz www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Mark this for the history books: “We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited to his authority. That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” said Judge Charles Breyer.

This is a lovely article about immigration. I hope Starmer and his crew read it, and Americans too.

I’m one of those dodgy immigrants who came here on a spouse visa and got indefinite leave to remain after 12 months. The incalculable harm I have done to the UK includes dedicating my life to public service, educating thousands of British young people, and paying more tax than I’ll ever get back.

This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.

The USDA has withdrawn a plan to impose stronger safety regulations limiting salmonella levels in raw poultry. Who was the biggest donor to Trump's inauguration fund? Pilgrim’s Pride — one of the largest chicken processors in the country. See how this works?

This puts it as clearly as I’ve seen.

Anyone debating or analyzing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life or record is doing a grave disservice. He could be El Chapo. He could be Charles Manson. He could be the Dalai Lama. It doesn't matter. What has happened to him and others is clearly a violation of America's core laws and principles.

Fabulous!! And soon to replace tedious peer reviewing hopefully! Way to go! 🙂

The White House. The actual White House. This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.

"One of the few VCs willing to speak out condemned the OfS ruling as “a lesson in authoritarianism” - Prof David Green, Worcester University: "Using coercive powers of the state risks terrifying HE leaders into a culture of compliance... the opposite of democratic and free culture"

Amazing. After nearly losing her house, and being locked away in a legal battle for years because of one innocuous line in her last TED Talk, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social returns to the Lion’s Den, and calls out the Broligarchs This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?...

Asking rich foreigners to pay the same tax as everyone else is not "forcing" them to leave.

AOC Rips The Mask Off Of The Oligarchs In Must Watch Las Vegas Speech www.politicususa.com...