This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.

It's important for prominent Democrats, especially those running for president, to loudly promise they'll throw the full weight of the DOJ into prosecuting illegal acts committed by Trump officials during his administration. If people fear a prison cell, they're more likely to abandon the GOP.

This is like Looney Tunes levels of criminal corruption

This current American presidential administration is run by people who are quite obviously mentally ill, and we need to start talking about that.

Kemi luv, u sure u wnt 2 cut English?

Do watch this. It’s very good. Sound absolutely on.

It's incredible to compare The Times' opinion of Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech in 1968 with their current overtly racist stance on Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage in 2025. #PoliticsLive bsky.app/profile/sund...

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

That was a shitshow of an interview from Zack Polanski on #R4Today. ‘These are the questions you should be asking me’ 🫣

In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...

We are now in the domain of not just illegal impoundments, but targeted illegal impoundments to punish liberal spaces. Not different from what Trump is doing to to universities.

Trump: I am a very aesthetic person. I don't like some of the ships you are doing aesthetically. They say it is stealth. That's not stealth. An ugly ship is not necessary in order to say you are stealth.

Perhaps ol’ bone spurs should do a few daily sessions on the obstacle course. Can’t be having an obese Commander in Chief, can we?

Targeted attack on a dockside restaurant in North Carolina. Three dead. Suspect a former Marine sniper in Iraq and Haiti who tried to sue the US govt for “genocide against straight men by the LGBQT community.” Flags at half mast? Endless op-eds? Victims’ faces on coins? www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

This only happens to you once

> @ishaantharoor.bsky.social

RIP satire (2025)

Not the biggest issue, but I am also curious what happens to the $50K to that FBI officials gave Homan. Presumably he just kept it? Did he report it as business income on his taxes?

Ah - the joys of being back in Britain after two weeks in #Taiwan, where trains run to the second. And also cost less than a third of the price. #GWR #Networkrail #yetanothershambles

The competition is tough, but this is in the running for the most spineless & unprincipled act by #kierstarmer & #Labour since they took office. Ffs 🤬

Beyond belief. Downing Street pandering to Trump by literally shutting down UK free speech. Shame on the government for its spinelessness. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

Not to continue to do this Cassandra bullshit, but here is a clip from two years ago that outlines exactly the playbook in this moment: a government and private law enforcement army run entirely on grievance, culture war slop, and weaponizable data points, deployed against boogeymen, absent facts.

Whither free speech?

We must unite against those who seek to divide us.

What were the far right marching against on Saturday? Black and brown people like these? #PoliticsLive bsky.app/profile/ceeb...

Magnificent work from #channel4 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🏳️‍🌈 Good luck to Seamus Derbyshire, who goes in Heat 4 of the 400m hurdles at the #WorldAthleticsChamps today 🙌 Scheduled time is 11.59am BST, don't miss his introduction on the start line! Read my interview on @outsports.com... #WCHTokyo25

It’s the same story with Neil Oliver‘s history show being criticised by academic historians. Laurence Fox’s acting work drying up. Russell Brand’s mainstream work stopping. We need a job creation scheme for B-list midlife celebrities to keep them seeking attention on the internet.

He talks about the working man rising up reclaim his proud British birthright. But actually his principal grievance is with the Channel 4 factual commissioner.

I’m a broken record on this, but — there are so many examples of famous people radicalised by midlife career/personal knockbacks. Ant Middleton was on yday’s march. He got done for tax offences and lost his TV work. Now he’s mates with Tommy Robinson.

Puzzled by why the “Unite the Kingdom” racists are carrying the flag of Georgia (a country I am keen to visit but surprised it’s on their radar apart from the red and white colour scheme).

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

particularly gross because Kirk's far-right US views included a lot of stuff beyond the pale of even today's UK politics, like gun advocacy. But Boris is currently in the middle of another corruption/influence scandal and looking for US sugardaddies to keep funding his lifestyle.

lol fuck off

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

I met Demetre through his work with New York Public Health. He is a warrior for health. His work combatting HIV infections, COVID and mpox has been outstanding. A queer medic who has tended to, celebrated and uplifted LGBTQ+ communities. He is a beacon, the CDC has squandered his light. #DrDiscoTits

A strong contender for the most terrifying photo of the year 🫣

I can't tell you how many rumors I've heard of top conservatives, both elected and media figures, paying for sex with trans women. archive.ph/q8cmq

This is Tuffy. He is the only example of taking up the whole sidewalk that is not only justifiable, but encouraged. 14/10 (IG: mypittuffy)

I have been waiting so I can share this with the non-weekend-socials people. It is revealing, terrifying, instructive, important, original - rare enough qualities amidst the clickbait that passes for journalism at the moment. Rarer still, it is splendidly written.

Since we've decided as a country not to support PBS anymore, I do want to make a plug for PBS Passport the online streaming version of PBS. It's $5 a month and we've had it for 8 years now. Nova, Frontline, nature, Ken Burns, local shows, old house, masterpiece, and more are faves in this household.

Seconding!

The partial dust jacket might have been a mistake. #filmsky #booksky 📽📚

This is so dumb it makes my head hurt

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a bastion of civilization and a beacon of culture. Its demise is a work of malicious philistinism.

Simon Jenkins - Trump shows ‘aesthetic sensitivity’ Meanwhile, in Trump Tower….

RIP to the late, great Tom Lehrer (1928-2025).

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

Every day is a trainwreck for climate science. Stay aware of what is happening, and speak out! Fortunately, I saved all of these documents in advance of the rumors of the USGCRP being targeted (which I was really hoping were not true).