Hmmm. In Epstein's sweetheart deal he got immunity for co-conspirators. Why when DOJ and FBI says there were NO co-conspirators?

What if a nation's legislature cedes its responsibilities to an executive? Sound familiar? In March of 1933 the Reichstag enacted a statute that gave the German cabinet, and as a result gave the new chancellor—a man named Hitler—emergency powers to override the Weimar Constitution.

Here’s the link to my full speech, which I gave on Thursday as part of the University of Washington Graduate School’s Public Lecture series. It’s about how impeachment and removal could save our republic and rekindle its spirit of liberty. www.youtube.com/live/3UkV400...

Instead of a government of humble and public-spirited officials, we see a leadership marked by arrogance and narcissism. Instead of a culture of truth-seeking, we live in a civic milieu dominated by a cynical, credulous, cultish political movement fueled by lies.

Trump’s former AI advisor calls the Trump administration’s treatment of @anthropic.com “attempted corporate murder” and says Hegseth is engaging in “a psychotic power grab.”

@hillaryclinton.bsky.social: "I don't understand why it's so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is."

Terrifying thought

70% - Trump isn't honest or trustworthy 56% - Trump is not mentally sharp enough 56% - Trump is not committed to our rights 62% - Trump's using the presidency to enrich himself (ht: @mmpadellan.bsky.social)

Jack Shanahan, retired US Air Force General and first Director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center:

Donald Trump will HATE this ad when he sees it during the Olympic hockey final. Let’s win gold. And then win back our country. LFG USA 🏅🔥🇺🇲

Extraordinary that in these fractious & divided times, so many of us can unite around the single, simple fact that Matthew Goodwin is an irredeemable twat.

This is not a reasoned political response. Labour has spent two years making all the voting groups who backed the Greens feel unwelcome and unheard, and now attacks them for daring to back someone else. They believe Labour isn’t listening and Starmer seems determined to prove them right

“Gorton and Denton…. was a stress test for grievance politics, and grievance cracked first. Reform’s instinct when challenged is not to persuade but to tantrum; not to build trust but to erode it. That’s the playbook. Win, or cry foul” @zoegrunewald.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...

There is always a tweet.

I must have missed the bit where Congress authorised this

No half-sentient person would trust Trump with a barbecue, and here we are watching him start a war to distract from his weapons grade depravity & incompetence.

USA and Israel expecting Iranians to come out and protest while bombs are being dropped on them.

The biggest problem is that Trump and bibi are both driving a recruitment campaign of future fundamentalist. All in the hope of distracting from their domestic issues. Monsters.

My distrust of Trump and Netanyahu is profound, so I can’t take their framing at face value. Still, disliking the actor doesn’t mean rejecting every act. The test is clear aims, lawful means, credible outcomes—and vigilance for ulterior motives given their track record. Greetings from Stockholm, SWE

Trump and Netanyahu's 'special military operation' ?

I wish someone would explain how just bombing a country causes regime change. When and where has that actually worked?

How does it place Trump legally (internationally), ‘working’ with a man wanted for war crimes? We surely can’t support this no matter how awful the Iranian regime is?

Seems that Trump and Netanyahu are following the less well travelled "Kissinger route" to their cherished Nobels.

The Israeli regime is objectively hideous. It murders & incarcerates innocent people, threatens & attacks sovereign neighbours, routinely breaks international law, outlaws dissent & crushes free speech. Can you see the problem

Trump “I have ended 8 wars”. If that was factual then he has also started hundreds which is much more nearer reality than his claims!!!

The Iranian regime is objectively hideous. It murders & incarcerates innocent people, threatens & attacks sovereign neighbours, routinely breaks international law, outlaws dissent & crushes free speech. Can you see the problem with *Donald Trump & Benjamin Netanyahu* leading the attack on them?

If you are interesting why these strikes happened right after we received news that the US-Iran talks went reasonably well though without breakthrough, Lord Ricketts has an excellent explainer.

Spectator columnists having a meltdown

Yes, because this whole thing looks to have been driven by the twitter-racist manufactured psychosis over "lifetime net fiscal contribution", something that literally nobody who's not on twitter cares about

How can civilians see this warning if the internet is shut down throughout Iran?

They're war criminals already. This doesn't make it better.

Nothing better than another War to deflect from the genocide in Gaza

But surely the IDF wouldn't place their military infrastructure so close to civilians... that's what they tell us Hamas do, hence why they have to bomb civilians in Gaza. The honourable IDF would certainly have placed their bases and factories well away from civilians, wouldn't they?

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Best news of the day so far. 😎

I see the peace president has quickly become bored of peace . . pun intended . .

When Greater Manchester Police tell Farage to sod off, he will then of course accuse them of “two-tier policing”.

Every ICE officer who has broken the law should be arrested, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes.

Trump supports war criminal Putin over Ukraine- horrific

“Mahmood will argue next week that migration policies – including forcing people to wait 20 years before being able to claim leave to remain – were entirely consistent with Labour values” I just despair www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

LOL

Joyful to see Goodwin and Farage having a huge wettie and rightwing media scrabbling around for credibility in the rubble of their cocky predictions and polling. You don’t have this in the bag.We voted for change in 2024. That never meant hate-fuelled populism. It meant hope. You don’t give us that.

So the Telegraph is taking this well

If you're wondering how the "mainstream" press covered Trump's State of the Union, it was indistinguishable from a GOP press release.

Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere. It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.

Thank god. A great win for Hannah Spencer and the Greens, for #GortonAndDenton and for progressive voters. Made even greater by the huge Reform sulk. And the fact that the hateful Goodwin got whooped. Now Labour, look to your left because you will not win from the right. We’re sick of that failure.