Steve Cropper, legendary guitarist for Booker T & the MGs, dies aged 84

“London and New York, two of the west’s largest, richest, and most diverse cities are now run by Muslim men, both of them elected on the ticket of left wing, pro-LGBT, pro-multicultural parties…The victory is a reminder of the fundamental weakness of Trumpism, Faragism, and the politics of hate.”

Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters. No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them. Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.

Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID? And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina. Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.

How did we get to the point where politicians hoping to get elected compete on being anti human rights, anti climate, and pro racist? It’s thoroughly depressing. We need a big hitting mainstream politician (and the press) calling this madness out

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd

I'm tired of people suggesting this woman is not or can't be a true Dem leader. She speaks for the whole party and for the vast majority of Americans better than almost every other politician out there. We need leaders. She's one.

What Hegseth did today was inform an organization he’s unqualified to lead that (a) any area in which he believes he personally excels (e.g. physical fitness) is all that matters, and (b) any area in which he’s deficient (leadership, morality, ethics, record, experience, intelligence) is immaterial.

A good article on why Europe won the Ryder Cup & the US lost. It’s also a good summary of Trump’s America. Teamwork is more than fist pumping and shouting U S A. Teamwork is about working with others for the collective good. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/a...

The US fans at Bethpage sum up Trump’s America; nasty, classless, rude and boorish. Their behaviour was totally unacceptable and never have I been happier that the Europeans won the Ryder Cup

The rest of the world continues to innovate and develop clean, renewable energy sources while the US returns to 1975 under the Trump admin. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Donald Trump and his clown car crew actually hung a photo of an AUTOPEN instead of President Joe Biden at the White House. Not even a picture of the man himself just a machine signing paper. That’s how deep their pettiness runs. Absolutely pathetic.

Productive meeting today with UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband on strengthening our partnership to tackle climate change and drive California and the UK toward net-zero emissions. Looking forward to building on this work in the years ahead.

Trump won’t impose sanctions as long as Viktor Orban continues buying Russian oil. The foreign policy of the US is contingent on Orban refusing to do business with Putin, which means that Orban dictates our Russia policy.

Absolutely right Ed Miliband. Every part of the Government should now leave X. It will force all news organisations to follow too

No, it’s not.

In a sane world, Fox host Brian Kilmeade would be fired and shunned for his depraved comments that homeless people should be euthanized. That’s sick (and deeply ignorant), but sicker still is that it’s tolerated.

Not going to pretend today wasn't depressing but the far right has been stronger in the UK before. Mosley packed out Earls Court and was backed by several large newspapers. Enoch Powell had the support of 74% of the population. Musk has a net popularity rating of -52%

Left: Elon Musk, "You see how much violence there is on the left..The left is the party of murder" Right: Man on the far right march, "Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated. Someone needs to shoot, someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer" Anyone know if he has been arrested by the police yet?

Very well written response to the Charlie Kirk killing www.thenewworld.co.uk/matthew-danc...

The new Marsh Family take on RFK youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U?...

This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

Raskin: "The dictators of the world have got nothing to fear from this hearing. Republicans called it to attack our democratic allies in Europe. The star witness is not a human rights leader like Navalny, but a far-right pro-Putin politician who leads the UK Reform Party."

Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"

It’s ridiculous that Trump wants the Nobel peace prize but can’t stop his own citizens carrying guns and shooting children

1. We have normalized having a toddler in the White House who uses random " marks ("HOTTEST"?). How is any of the below normal? How are we okay with this? 2. We have a president who doesn't want us to cover, in our museums "how bad Slavery was". Was it not bad? Imagine if Reagan had said this? FFS

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the USA has the world’s stupidest electorate. The rest of the world saw this coming.

Hard to avoid the fact that Newcastle’s Exec Team has been massively outplayed this summer. Sadly that’s the second or third transfer window where this has happened. 1. We should never have gone into a transfer window with CEO & Sporting Director vacancies. We’ve had time to deal with this /1

I love France but, bloody hell, it’s a nation of smokers. You can’t sit down anywhere without the person at the next table lighting up

There are two transfer windows a year. Most clubs plan for them, identity their targets in advance, & go for it. As professional as Howe & the team have been on the field, Eales, Mitchell & the other club executives & owners have been shambolic. How ambitious are we?

I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.

"Trump has taken what was scarcely a powder keg and packed it with explosives. It is unclear if Trump has any idea how dangerous his actions are. Indeed, the president’s grip on reality is so loose that it is not obvious that he truly realises the potential human cost of his delusional games."

What I cannot work out is *why* Labour thinks saying "It was right to cut Winter Fuel Allowance last year and it's right to reinstate it this year because circumstances changed so much" Is better than "We listened to you, we got it wrong, we've fixed it, and we're sorry".

A poorly informed & largely disinterested electorate, a divided & uninspiring opposition, a non-functioning Congress, a cabinet of unqualified sycophants, a complicit mainstream media and a narcissistic and corrupt president are conspiring to bring down the US & the world with it. It’s on all of you

Starmer needs to very publicly “postpone Trump’s state visit, pending developments in the US”. That’s all!

Notable clip today👇 in light of the news that the Trump administration successfully pressured ABC into suspending Moran

All of this because a few hundred people protested armed military-geared ICErs coming into their neighborhood yesterday. True banana republic stuff from our ridiculous leader.

The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

FIFA and International Olympic Committee must be loving - US govt tear gassing protestors in Olympic host city - Travel bans for 19 countries - Out of control interior ministry, disappearing people, no tourist's safety can be guaranteed www.themirror.com/news/us-news...

So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president. And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict. This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.

I loathe Musk as much as anyone else but for a sitting president to openly threaten a private citizen over what political donations he or she chooses to make is a reminder of how authoritarian this country is becoming by the day - by the hour even!

The rest of the world tonight

Stop talking and actually do something. Maybe then Vlad will start taking you seriously.

We have a president who virtually never thinks rationally, logically, or even in sequential steps. Nor can he fully comprehend causes and effects. His base of knowledge on virtually all subjects relating to governance and economics and world affairs is minimal. (1/2)

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

Trump understands that tariff threats like the ones he posted this morning move markets downward. He's not ignorant about that dynamic. The question is which person or interest around him is gaining from it.

“I guess there’s just a meanness in this world.” — “Nebraska,” Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen opened his tour in England with a forceful denunciation of President Trump. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.”