@mrjamesob.bsky.social You do realise who he believes JC is, don’t you?!

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk James, this was in Mark Carney’s first parliamentary speech and I thought at the time it was exactly what politics needed…

This is my favorite twitch stream, you get to interact with the animals in a cute little farm 🥺🥺🥺 www.twitch.tv/oneportugues...

Thousands of cyclists across U.S states and more than a dozen countries joined memorial rides organized by 'Angry Catfish', a Minneapolis bike shop where Pretti was a regular customer, honored Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse and avid cyclist who federal agents shot dead on January 24.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social This, by @jensenko.bsky.social is how it happened to her Dad… youtu.be/pNTsTOcRO-k?...

While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk James, listened to this podcast by @thetimes.com The Story which basically says keeping the ‘Peace Process’ in the news is designed to keep largely poor Russians enlisting in the army, in the hope the war will soon be over. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Do we have any idea how Farage became so racist?

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

Mine for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/world/t...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk This seems very relevant right now, especially the last part… James Baldwin substack.com/@thememoryho...

Both the Lucy Connolly and the Epping hotel cases have now taken on a political-media existence of their own, unconnected with what actually happened in court. It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other. People want stories instead.

From this interview with @ladbible.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlvo...

The government will tax the middle class out of existence instead of trying to tax the vast wealth of the very rich.

Head of FEMA Urban Search and Rescue branch resigns. He told colleagues that TX delay was tipping point after months of admin efforts to dismantle the agency. DHS Sec Noem took 72 hours after TX flooding to authorize the deployment of FEMA’s search and rescue network www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/p...

The View from Westminster newsletter has gone out. Free sign-up here www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Farage’s cronies are being exposed www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... Two out of the five Reform MPs elected a year ago have now gone, and Farage's party is appointing 19-year-olds to run council childcare services. How long is it before Reform might do real harm?

Happy 4th of July everyone- this is the most American thing I’ve read today - please read every word: Goodbye to All That www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...

Inside the digital publishing industry, which I try to monitor closely, this is the big news. By Julia Alexander at Puck.

@lbc.co.uk @mrjamesob.bsky.social Some of the science re genetics and obesity… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Google has announced that it is de-prioritising fact checks. This means reliable fact checks from credible organisations might get buried deeper in your search results. Our blog on this: fullfact.org/technology/t...

Another article on my substack this time a pet obsession of mine.👉#Population, #Growth and what #politicians don't want to talk about. open.substack.com/pub/rupephot...

Uh oh. He’s just going to have to shut this thing off.

Watch this conversation between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @petebuttigieg.bsky.social.

The entire Fulbright board has resigned. The administration is politicizing the Fulbright program and rejecting people whose research is not to its liking. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

Liz Truss is in Hungary. And she tweeted this without a shred of apparent irony. It's her friends and family I feel sorry for.

Please read, this is important. Sorry it’s long. Trump’s move to have Elon Musk step aside wasn’t a retreat. It was a distraction. With Musk’s name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasn’t. It’s just changed hands.

Enter Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of Palantir and close ally of Musk. Thiel and his company are now central to Trump’s newest plan: building a massive government-run database on every American.

Jake Tapper's ratings are at their lowest point in a decade. This is what happens when you betray your audience in hopes you can sell some books to Trump supporters (a bad strategy since they won't read it and hated you to begin with)

Some of the citations in the White House’s sweeping “MAHA Report” appear to have been generated using artificial intelligence, resulting in numerous garbled scientific references and invented studies, AI experts said Thursday.

President Trump and his family are extorting billions of dollars from US companies and foreign nations. In new piece for @TheAtlantic I examine past US corruption - and conclude Trump can't be compared to anything American, only Russia or Africa. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

Harvard University launched FREE college course online for every US Citizen. Highlighting basic U.S. Government, understanding the Constitution, and How to recognize a Dictatorship takeover. HARVARD = 1 TRUMP = 0

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🔴Palantir is not just selling software—it’s selling a model of governance where corporate power replaces public control Must read from Foxglove's Rosa Curling on why Starmer's faith in Big Tech is dangerously misguided New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmers-b...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social The chap who said that uni fees don’t materially affect your life does not consider the full picture. If you put the figures into a repayment calculator, a ‘middle income’ student could easily pay back £150k+ (=£103k in today’s money) over the term of the loan.

@sonia-sodha.bsky.social You were a breath of fresh air on BBCQT tonight…pragmatic, thoughtful and honest assessments.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/02/27/t...

Not only are they ignoring climate change—they’re trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAA’s disaster tracking so we can’t see the BILLIONS it’s costing us? This ain’t solving the crisis—it’s hiding it.

On April 24, ICE agents broke into a home of a family of US citizens in Oklahoma. The family repeatedly said we are citizens, you have the wrong people. ICE terrorized the family, ripped apart the house. It's not "other people" that this is happening to. It's us. Open your eyes. Wake the hell up.

@scaramucci.bsky.social Well done Harvard, standing up for academic freedom. Let’s hope other uni’ and companies line up behind them.

🚨NEWS: Trump’s move to shut down the IRS’s popular free tax filing system followed TurboTax delivering $1 million to his inauguration. TurboTax’s corporate documents say the program threatens their profits. Details: www.levernews.com/defunding-th...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk

Reform UK candidate Matthew Salter has put out campaign materials that look like they are from the Stop Preesall Quarry campaign with the line “we endorse him in the upcoming election”. The campaign doesn’t endorse him and the leaflet is produced by Reform. Pretty dishonest.