Trump vs Springsteen No contest

Who represents the best of the USA: Putin's buddy Donald Trump, whose many false claims include a shameful boast (or crass aside) on 9/11 that he now owned Lower Manhattan's tallest building, or Bruce Springsteen, whose album The Rising honoured the victims? francesalut.substack.com/p/minnesotas-i…

Bruce Springsteen, @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social , Ed Pickford and John Clark have been putting the ICE murders to song. #minneapolis #minnesota #alexpretti #reneegood #trump francesalut.substack.com/p/minnesotas...

I feared the worst for some reason but think this is very good. See the Salut! Folk Facebook group, where I’ve shared it. #ICE #minnesota #alexpretti #reneegood And as if Trump could sink no lower, is it true he feels more sorry for Renee because her parents voted for him?

Up to now I’ve tried to show restraint and used phrases like ‘bordering on fascism’. The latest Orwellian developments suggest there is no longer a need for qualification

Minneapolis and #Alexpretti: They can’t claim the protests disturbed their sleep. ‘How do you sleep at night?’ Is a phrase that could have been coined for ICE agents,

“If you can tell me the difference between these two descriptions, then you are a wiser person than me.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social reads out two excerpts, written 82 years apart.

Écoute écoute!

Meanwhile in London, domestic dissent intrudes on Farage’s choice of mayoral candidate ….. francesalut.substack.com/p/reform-as-...

Laila Cunningham is Nigel Farage’s choice as mayoral candidate for London. Some of her own children are less than impressed. Plus another pop at mad-or-bad (or both) Donald Trump. Free to view francesalut.substack.com/p/reform-as-...

Right up Salut! Folk’s street. Salutfolk.com @nextwavef.bsky.social

Brigitte Bardot et l’extrême droite, la beauté et la bête? En anglais mais gratuit….

A little late, my reflections on the death of Brigitte Bardot, film icon and darling of the far right. She saw Marine Le Pen as a modern Joan of Arc. Mmm … francesalut.substack.com/p/adieu-brig...

Glad to see @theagilmore.bsky.social is happier here than at that other place, now a far right swamp. salutfolk.com/2026/01/01/h...

At Salut! Folk our New Year greetings are enriched by Thea Gilmore,Beverley Martyn and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Please share salutfolk.com/2026/01/01/h...

Please share as you usher in 2026 ….

Happy new year from Salut!! Folk. Our last look at the Folk Album of the Year nominees @nextwavef.bsky.social @folkonfoot.com @matthewbannister.bsky.social @soundrootsuk.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2025/12/31/p...

Please share to spread the word about the Folk Albums of the Year awards …..

Please share to spread the word about the Folk Albums of the Year awards …..

Andrew Curry’s epic coverage of the Folk Albums of the Year nominees continues with @poorcreaturemusic.bsky.social @spaffordcampbell.bsky.social #gracestewart-skinner @matthewbannister.bsky.social @folkonfoot.com @soundrootsuk.bsky.social @nextwavef.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2025/12/29/g...

Maybe this time I’ll get the right John Spiers @johnspiers.co.uk

@matthewbannister.bsky.social you may like to know that Salut! Folk has published the first of three pieces showcasing the Folk Album of the Year nominees @nextwavef.bsky.social @soundrootsuk.bsky.social @folkonfoot.com salutfolk.com/2025/12/27/2...

Yours is a stunningly good band, John. Congrats on the nomination salutfolk.com/2025/12/27/2...

@cathy12341234.bsky.social you may enjoy this , Cathy salutfolk.com/2025/12/27/2...

Salut! Folk’s look at the Folk Album of the Year nominees. Part one of three covers Gigspanner Big Band, @cynefinmusic.bsky.social and Barry Kerr salutfolk.com/2025/12/27/2... @paulwinck.bsky.social @folkonfoot.com @soundrootsuk.bsky.social

Salut! Folk features @cynefinmusic.bsky.social Gigspanner Big Band & Barry Kerr in the first of three looks at the Folk Albums of the Year nominees @nextwavef.bsky.social @johnspiers.bsky.social @folkonfoot.com @soundrootsuk.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2025/12/27/2... @cynefinmusic.bsky.social

One for you, too, @henryparkerbfd.bsky.social Glowing praise from Salut! Folk

@katiespencermusic.bsky.social good to see you here, away from the far right swamp of X. You my like this, another mention at Salut! Folk salutfolk.com/2025/12/24/l...

Nice words at Salut! Folk salutfolk.com/2025/12/23/l...

And see this at Salut! Folk …. salutfolk.com/2025/12/23/l...

@theagilmore.bsky.social good to see you’re here too, Thea At that hideous beast now called X, I alerted you to this piece which includes admiring reference to your music @nextwavef.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2025/12/23/l...

If you haven’t heard Natalie Wildgoose - and with a name like that you’d know if you had - read this American admirer’s exceptional appraisal….

Highly recommended to all #safc @safc.com fans

Rob and Michele Reiner’s murders were horrific enough without their memories and dignity being trashed by an unbelievably loutish man who happens to be POTUS. Second item after a piece about football. Just scroll down. Free to view francesalut.substack.com/p/all-the-la...

One for you @kevmag.bsky.social @slowpuncheur.bsky.social @philsmithreporter.bsky.social #safc #nufc

Not gloating, just looking back fondly at @safc 1-0 @nufc. @[email protected] #safc There’s also mention of Trump’s disgrace Free to view francesalut.substack.com/p/all-the-la...

Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle. Just another day at the office really, resuming where we left off. #safc #nufc In a spirit of regional solidarity, E sis let them score our winner and what a goal it was.

Help me escape the far right Gilead of Musk’s X. I have 2.5 followers there, 110 here. I’ll follow back even if you need to prompt me. Once I get to 1000 I’ll close my X accounts.See my Substack - mostly free to view francesalut.substack.com

Very few challenges, some support across social media so far to my absolute opposition to capital punishment even after watching the film Nuremberg francesalut.substack.com/p/the-beasts...

Not even the evil of the Nazis can shake my lifelong opposition to capital punishment. francesalut.substack.com/p/the-beasts...

The Voice of Hind Rajab does not just deserve BAFTA and Oscar honours. It should also lead to a full explanation and meaningful apology from IDF, together with news on who is facing murder and war crime charges

Reform has not yet announced whether it will restore the burning of women as witches. But it is a fan of Lucy ‘let migrants burn’ Connolly, so who knows? Plus a welcome return to Durham. Free to view at francesalut.substack.com/p/the-splend...

Not quite the ultimate accolade but the wonder that is @katherinepriddy.bsky.social has the Song of the Day at Salut! Folk. @nextwavef.bsky.social

Katherine Priddy just gets better and better. Matches, inspired by the witch-hunts and trials, is Salut! Folk's Song of the Day. Please read, listen and share! @katherinepriddy.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2025/12/04/s...

One small child, one more Gaza death. We hear her desperate pleas for help in this bleakly magnificent film.

One small child, one more Gaza death. We hear her desperate pleas for help in this bleakly magnificent film.

My sorrow and anger at watching the extraordinary, heartbreaking film The Voice of Hind Rajab francesalut.substack.com/p/a-little-g... #gaza @hindrajabfoundation.be @altitudefilms.bsky.social

At the small and imperfectly formed Salut! Folk site, Maggie Holland’s classic and classy compilation Bones is Album of the Month. Please share @maggieholland.bsky.social @nextwavef.bsky.social salutfolk.com/2025/11/25/a...

As just posted at the far right swamp X: Instead of hanging heads in shame, Reform and Farage must be rejoicing tonight. The Trump-Putin bromance is back on with a vengeance

Mehdi Kessaci didn’t deserve to die at the hands of evil gangsters. I salute his brother @kessaciamine1.bsky.social in his courageous fight to end Marseille’s drug wars - & force city & state to significantly improve life for people in the banlieue francesalut.substack.com/p/no-mercy-f...