Even if the Trump administration sought to target "democrat-oriented" layoffs everything we have seen of them is they simply don't have the competence to target effectively. In short: it will be a blood bath of layoffs for MAGA as much as Democrats.

NEW: The PRC may have provided targeting intelligence via satellite to support a recent, large-scale Russian strike on Ukraine. This support could provide the PLA with some critical operational experience that it currently lacks. (🧵1/2)  Read more: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...

The MAGA-SAGA in 3 Acts Act I: Descends Escalator - Loses to Biden Act II: Regains WH - Present Day Act III: EPSTEIN Files Released The End

"Trump misses out on Peace Prize" i mean so did 9 billion other people... hardly the way to frame the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. Sometimes #Journalism does itself no favours.

Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.

There is incidentally a genuine UK trade policy *opportunity* which this government is sometimes inching towards of making a virtue of openness and stability, but at other times just as prone to protectionism and short-term thinking as elsewhere

Belarus rarely makes Western headlines — but it should this week. A quiet move by the Trump administration has just handed Alexander Lukashenka, and indirectly Vladimir Putin, an unexpected gift. 🧵👇

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

The Israeli government's planned hosting of Tommy Robinson is a reprehensible betrayal of Jewish values and history. Robinson is a racist street thug. He is no friend of British Jews. We must never permit the far-right to exploit antisemitism to attack Muslims. Good to discuss on i24News.

Republicans 2026: "We took the freedom of speech away."

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Two years on from the 7 October attacks, the pain endures. Release the hostages. Protect civilians. End the fighting. Let us deliver aid at scale. There is a glimmer of hope for change. We must take it.

Reform showing their colours on Ukraine yet again

He's totally going to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell by the way.

A work of art

Imagine if British newspapers put only half the energy they spent obsessing over Starmer’s curry in Durham into covering the fact that a former top figure in UKIP, the Brexit Party and Reform UK has just pleaded guilty to eight counts of pro-Russian bribery.

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

The guy dodged the draft for Vietnam and was the architect of the loss in Afghanistan but sure, he knows how to win wars! 🙄

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants. Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

The musics still playing, even though some of the performers are being carried out in body bags

Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.

“…detailed legal review led by shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson of Tredegar concluded that the ECHR placed "significant constraints" on the government.” >>> Well, duh, what do they think a human rights instrument is meant to do? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Western countries cannot be certain why Russia has ramped up its poking and prodding. But part of the explanation might lie with America’s president

Looks like we have Israel's response to the Peace initiative.

Bit of a geography lesson.

Stares in Good Friday Agreement... 👀

SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...

Have we passed peak social media? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com here www.ft.com/content/a072...

Thread worth reading. I am increasingly convinced we don't need more taxation we need to be better at tightening up tax avoidance and be clearer what should be regarded as tax evasion.

Pope Leo, "Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhumane treatment of immigrants, they're not pro life"

When satire is so spot on, it's uncomfortably good!

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At the rate Ukrainians are taking out refineries, Russia will achieve its climate targets by December. kyivindependent.com/russia-to-be...

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting: Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial 100%

Feels like "thoughts and prayers" is even more hollower than usual this weekend...

Russian strategic bombers are in the air, likely heading to bomb Ukraine. I cannot begin to describe the feeling of knowing that missiles will fall on your country in a few hours to murder someone. And yet, it happens to us again and again. Keep us in your thoughts.

Would be nice to send this article to all the generals and admirals gathering at Quantico next week to hear from Pete Hegseth….

So Russias foreign minister says #Russia has no intention of attacking EU or NATO... getting real de ja vu for some reason. 🤨

I mean if they can do this to Comey, Cash Patel really ought to be sh#tting himself... if he were smart enough to realise the definition of the word "implications".

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

Netanyahu: "Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not" Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39. Ignorant of Jewish history.

This is going to end up being the most pointless and expensive "this meeting could have been an email" in history.

I just met Lizz Truss

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data… —Top Public Worry: Corruption —Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption —Top fear: Corruption —What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt” It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

Hunter Biden: Wait, this was an option?

Breaking: Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has resigned after porn allegations. Walters is the guy who directed public schools to incorporate the Christian Bible and Ten Commandments into instruction, which triggered lawsuits over church–state separation.