The White House sending out proof that Trump was indeed talking to Iranian officials these past few days, despite Iran's denials of such talks.

The real story… under any other president this would be jail time…

To tilt Hungarian election, the Russians proposed staging an assassination attempt www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

It's going to be a very hard summer for so many people and so many species. We can already feel here in BC, with the weak snowpack currently washing down mountains because of an unseasonable atmospheric river. The only ones doing well are the oil companies, with their record war profits.

People just want to be able to go to the hospital without going bankrupt. www.businessinsider.com/robot-dogs-q...

The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.

Clever. These are popping up all across the USA.

Pope Leo 💙

Venezuela beats Team USA 3-2 to win their first-ever World Baseball Classic title

Joe Kent’s reason for resigning chimes in with a Guardian report that a deal with Iran was within reach a month ago: One diplomat with knowledge of the talks said: “We regarded Witkoff and Kushner as Israeli assets that dragged a president into a war he wants to get out of.”

Q: You don’t regret that people might’ve lost important income to support their lives? A: No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit. Q: Ok. Did you reduce the federal deficit? A: No, we didn’t.

If you have to threaten news outlets in order to get favorable coverage, you’re doing it wrong.

Attended the opening of an exhibition of wildlife photography by pal Chris Packham and was made up when he introduced me to one of my heroes Paul Simonon who was DJing at the event Pleased to report that he was a sharp as he was when I first saw him playing bass for the Clash almost 50 years ago

I wonder if there was any way for them to foresee it would happen?

Looksmaxxing comes to the Pentagon womensagenda.com.au/politics/wor...

It’s been over a decade since I had a run of Canadian dates, so I’m excited to be playing shows from Halifax to Winnipeg this summer – with a short excursion down to the US to play a set of Mermaid Avenue songs with Wilco at Solid Sound. Tickets on sale tomorrow: www.billybragg.co.uk/giglistings/

Gimme an F.... Vale Country Joe McDonald www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

"Jews don't belong in American society." Imagine a sitting member of Congress tweeting that. You can't. Thankfully, it'd never happen. And *if* it did, it'd be the end of their career and the biggest story in America. But Ogles can say this about Muslims without any censure.

Obama: Every day you wake up to things you just didn’t think were possible. Each day we’re told by those in high office to fear each other. Everywhere we see greed and bigotry being celebrated, and bullying and mockery masquerading as strength.

Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.

I feel sick. Some of these people were praying that Trump would come and free them, and instead they get this.

We are deeply concerned by reports that military commanders are framing the Iran war as “God’s plan” and invoking Armageddon in official briefings. Service members swear an oath to the Constitution — not to any religion. We are reviewing these reports and will demand accountability.

Even further and faster than I expected. news.sky.com/story/greens...

OK, we've said no boots on the ground but I'm sure JSOC could carry him along with several changes of suits, a laptop and Starlink, a megaphone, cash, even an aide d'camp, and place him in a prominent square in Tehran. What then? Seriously, what then? www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.

Great news that the Greens defeated both Labour and Reform last night, but now the word 'sectarianism' is being used to demonise Muslim voters who supported the Greens. Labour rightly took a strong stand against antisemitism - will they do the same against Islamophobia?

I'm old enough to remember when polio ripped through the globe and put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. RFK Jr. is a disgrace.

Shame Canada couldn't win gold at hockey, but on the bright side, they've probably saved their nation from the imposition of 1000% punative tariffs on goods into the USA

Good to see the principle that no one is above the law is being upheld in the UK, but take note of the fact that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has not been arrested because of the harm he may have done to girls, but because of the harm he may have done to profits

Just going to leave this here

US PUBLICATION DAY!!! I've been doing multiple interviews for US media. The common thread seems to be timing.... 'Daniel Rachel challenges the motivations of those artists who sought glamour and notoriety in exploiting Nazi imagery.' @billybragg.bsky.social www.akashicbooks.com/.../this-ain...

JUSTICE and 60+ of the UK’s leading cultural & legal voices urge government to set limits on the use of art as evidence in criminal trials. Singer-songwriter @billybragg.bsky.social & rapper Giggs sign letter to Justice Secretary, coordinated by @artnotevidence.bsky.social with our support. (1/9)

"Wearing badges is not enough in days like these" ( @billybragg.bsky.social 1991). But it's a start. I attended the first meeting of Women Against The Far Right North West yesterday. And I will be out protesting the far right in Manchester on 21/02.

Some thoughts on the role of the artist in the struggle against oppression open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...

Currently listening to @billybragg.bsky.social talking about Nazis, Minneapolis, resistance, solidarity on KEXP. #InternationalClashDay

The Tяump regime manifests the worse excesses of online behaviour where shitposting is regarded as an expression of virility.

Sen. Gallego: Trump is suing your agency for $10 billion. Where would that $10 billion come from? Bessent: The general fund Sen. Gallego: So, taxpayers. Bessent: Yes

Chris Murphy: “He’s telling you he wants to federalize national elections — he's telling you that he thinks he won Minnesota & Georgia & California, that the 2020 elections were rigged— He’s trying to rewrite history & trying to make sure that nobody other than him & his allies win in 2026 & 2028”

Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social, el cantautor más político que se enfrentó con Margaret Thatcher y ahora se atreve contra Trump y el ICE www.eldiario.es/1_c5c97b?utm...

always a treat to hear @billybragg.bsky.social's steadfast belief in and support for the world's oldest democracy on @thecurrent.org

The GOP’s new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called “SAVE Act,” would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbands’ last names, as explained in my summary. It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/

France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:

Have you heard? There’s a new bill that makes it harder for millions of eligible Americans to vote. Join me and @standupamerica.bsky.social in urging Congress to vote NO on the SAVE Act:

I’ve written an editorial for @consequence.bsky.social revealing the inspiration behind my song ‘City of Heroes’ and reflecting on the role that music can play in the struggle against oppression consequence.net/2026/02/bill...

Rs are trying to push thru the “SAVE Act” creating a bureaucratic nightmare for new voters (eg college students), married women, & voters trying to re-register (after being wrongly purged by the GOP) or trying to fix their registration if GOP operatives switch it w/o their consent (as has happened).

In France, a raid on the offices of Europe's leading porn-pusher, Elon Musk. Now watch how he musters Trump deputies to scream, yell and threaten the Europeans. Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris were raided by French and European investigators on Tuesday, following a public outcry over how its Grok

Even if Trump hadn't tried to overturn the 2020 election leading to the 1/6 insurrection at the Capitol, his statement would be harrowing. Given that history, this is terrifying.

A win for the Green Party at the Gorton & Denton by-election on 26th February would halt the Reform Party's momentum and send a clear message to Keir Starmer. Want to help? Chip in here: donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...

I spoke to the Christian Science Monitor about my song of solidarity for the resistors of Minneapolis www.csmonitor.com/USA/2026/013...