The 'greatest World Cup ever' needs the Greatest Boycott ever.

My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

On the day Trump greets MBS with "a welcome like no other that we've seen at our White House" it's worth remembering the relentless persecution and horrific murder of Jamal Khashoggi, ordered by MBS on October 2, 2018. Remember him.

Frankly, I am glad. There has been an intensive Pig Farm boom in the EU after China's was wiped out by African swine fewer and it the most cruel practice imaginable. It has a terrible environmental footprint (both air and groundwater pollution) and is the source of pathogens and bacteria.

When the captain leaves the ship, follow the captain.

"All traces lead to Russia" being behind the explosion that damaged a train track in Poland, says the defence minister. "This is part of the war they are waging against NATO, against Europe – a hybrid war, to sow unrest, sow fear, to weaken the West."

The scope of dirty money (terrorists, criminals, sex predators) moving through crypto exchanges is dizzying. And as this article describes, Binance - the company at the heart of Trump's crypto corruption - continues to be one of the worst offenders.

When you vote for the offspring of the most corrupted politician in your country's history and then wonder why things go wrong.

Will the Trump-promoted crypto scam lead to a massive global crash for the financial sector? That seems increasingly likely says David Frum. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Something positive: Truth Social shares are" down over 80 percent since hitting a record high following the merger last year during the runup to the election.

It's a shame that we cannot return the favour. That is the advantage when you are a close circuit dictatorship and you tightly control what people can see.

Not just for the sake of American democracy. We need a global agreement on taxing the ultra-rich and corporations by closing every loophole in the book and abolishing tax heavens.

Russia is recklessly moving closer.

Crypto should be banned outright.

Great news for Ukraine. The frozen Russian assets are finally getting released to Ukraine under EU guarantee.

Palestinian people and the rule of law and human rights still being challenged (broken). This is a horrible story that cannot be silenced or sidelined. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Bear in mind that despite the aim of the 'Epstein Files Transparency Act' the files will be redacted to protect victim privacy and, more pertinently, follow "Department of Justice Guidelines", which could have been interpreted very broadly considering who is in charge.

The art of the deal.

Israel knows that its survival as a conquering nation Is totally dependent on the goodwill of the US.

Trump threatens VERY SEVERE sanctions on countries continuing cooperation with Russia, except Hungary who continues cooperation with Russia.

Trump Is now achieving the unthinkable and uniting South America in the face of a common enemy.

An idea. Why don’t we call the current stock market boom the Icarus market - everyone has bubble jitters and yet we keep flying close(r) to the sun.

Aside from allowing Hungary to continue buying Russian gas, Trump promised a 20 billion US taxpayer money as a "financial shield" to Orban if he gets sanctioned by the EU. Both Russia and the US are actively sabotaging European interests.

Slovak PM Robert Fico lashed out at students who challenged his stance on Ukraine, telling them to “go fight” if they support the war. The students walked out, waving a Ukrainian flag.

Are you an intrepid researcher who wants to explore the Epstein emails, but don't have time to sort thru the unstructured ravings of a deranged lunatic? Fear not patriots! My colleague @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com has used the power of AI for great justice. epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com

as we saw with Elon Musk, observe how the prominent pundits at the forefront of building up unrealistic tech mythologies pivot immediately on a dime to pretend they wisely warned you of trouble the whole time

Yesterday will mark a major turning point – the collapse of the European Parliament's decades-old centrist governing majority. It's the end of an era, and the beginning of another.

Europe is now officially a US colony. Well done the @eppgroup.bsky.social because it was never about the people but all about US lobbies and big, dirty business.

Trump will be replaced by "I'm a Grok guy" and the tech bros takeover will be complete. You can't fault the current insanity of the US political landscape.

This is what happens when people don't take the European parliament seriously and vote for far right populists that recite whatever bullshit to get elected. These people will take us down the drain and destroy all the good work done so far.

So much for anti western feelings.

Glad that we have launched this report today! It exposes the deepening grip of Moscow over #Belarus - militarily, economically, and culturally - while spotlighting the untold resilience and will of the Belarusian people. Dive in and share your thoughts! www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...

Keep-your-cake-and-eat-it now trending amongst far right leaders worldwide.

At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will - end the Trump Presidency - implicate many other prominent Republicans - destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.

After watering down environmental laws to benefit big business thanks to the vote of the right and far right, now we have the EU putting its flagship AI laws on hold after heavy pressure US / US tech and related lobby groups. We need a new breed of representatives.

For me, one of the most revealing aspects of the latest Epstein email scandal isn’t just the names. It’s what they expose about #power and how power protects itself. #EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Media #Accountability

This is an incredible resource, you can word search it and find out, for example, that Michael Wolff, Epstein, and Steve Bannon emailed each other about the @miamiherald.com getting a @sidneyhillman.bsky.social award for its reporting on Epstein.

@ec.europa.eu We need to put legislation in place whereby content created with AI is clearly labeled as such on social media.

Let's make Europe dirty again by diluting environmental regulation and pretend it's a big victory for the common man and not big corporations. The EPP caving in to the far right (Patriots for Europe LOL) is shameful and will affect us all.

www.politico.eu/article/epp-... Apart from the substantive damage to the EU's green agenda, this is an extremely worrying development: the centre-right (EPP) is demonstrating its willingness to get into bed with the hard right. This opportunism puts the pro-European, pragmatic coalition at risk.

Difficult not to conclude that Epstein thought he could use all the incriminating material he had on Trump in order to control the presidency.

European leaders must draw up their alternative to the MAGA doctrine and drive deeper integration in the EU, write Catherine de Vries and Ilke Toygür @ecfreuropeansec.bsky.social @ecfrpower.bsky.social https://bit.ly/47EDcz1

This is the game in town: become subservient to Trump and get US tax payer money to save your next elections.

🚨🚨 @ec.europa.eu accused of setting ‘dangerous precedent’ in foreign interference plan by showing an ominous deference to #US interests. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Trump will not stand in the way of Russia, because Russia is holding this infinitely corrupt individual by the balls.

If today’s vote on Omnibus I passes with EPP+ECR+Patriots support, it establishes the operational majority for the rest of von der Leyen's term This will have major economic and societal consequences at the time these groups chose Trump over the EU thegoodlobby.eu/the-eu-far-r...

The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.

That feeling of conspiracy led by a cabal of people who had one thing in common and covered each others back.