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NEW: SCOTUS’ narrow decision to uphold birthright citizenship should worry anyone concerned about voting rights. Why? A successful bid to restrict birthright citizenship would supercharge efforts to restrict ballot access. And for Republicans, this is just the beginning.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court just helped J.D. Vance create Citizens United 2.0 In the text of today’s ruling, the court insists that the alleged strength of already weakened anti-corruption laws justifies a ruling that now creates a new conduit for billionaires to buy elections.

If this doesn’t look like corruption, what does? Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump bought into a company pursuing a tungsten mine in Kazakhstan. Six days later, that company won the mining rights.🧵

Shocked.. Not

Mo Scouser, I know that was useful for your trip downstairs to join Snoops for football, but a rabbit in a pot might not be the image you want to project

It has everything to do with the driver. He was offered payment for the asylum seeker and he chose to continue to behave in this way. This was never about not getting payment, but I agree, Stagecoach is probably the absolute zenith in shitty bus companies.

Pretty damning statement from Labour Friends of the Forces: "Today’s announcement by Keir Starmer was an unserious response to a self-induced crisis. He and the outgoing Chancellor have been unwilling to commit the necessary resources our country needs."

Seems like John Roberts' goal is to take the court as far right as possible without the pitchforks coming out.

£85m for Fernandes? The market needs a complete reset.

SCOTUS took another gun control case for next term, so I'd expect a ruling against state assault rifle bans at some point next year: www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...

This is simply not true. Congress cannot do this without a Constitutional Amendment. No gray area here.

Andy Burnham's incoming chief of staff, James Purnell, ran a lobbying firm that organised a meeting between a Labour minister and its own corporate clients – without declaring any lobbying. Yet another story about Labour and the lobbying industry... 🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/burnhams-c...

Meanwhile I've seen bus drivers who have let homeless people on for free, and paid out of their own pocket. Compassion is something we are sorely missing these days. 😞

Disabled academics & academics with care responsibilities totally won't be screwed by this productivity metric, right?

A long time in the making, Reprints & Revivals of Renaissance Drama, which I edited with Harry Newman (a long time friend), is now out! It's a collection about forms of renewal in print & performance & their importance to the production & reception of early modern drama.

World Cup 2026: Netherlands and Germany crash out, plus Côte d’Ivoire v Norway buildup – live

Well, that's a lot of players returning to training early #LFC #WorldCup

Monaco parcel bomb blast severely wounds Ukrainian oligarch

I set myself a reminder to post this last week on the date itself and forgot. Better late than never, eh, Russian official?

*Sighs in early modern*

Great way to disincentivise refugees from working and integrating. Also, we refuse to let them support themselves, force them to live in taxpayer funded accommodation for years and then force them to pay back some of the cost? Morally indefensible. How is this different from the far right?

Excellent educators and researchers at the University of Exeter are at risk of redundancy. c.150 job roles will be cut across Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Climate Science and more. Please share & sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... @exeterucu.bsky.social #DefendExeterUni

By that last I mean, the passengers were assholes, too, clashing with me for speaking up and “making the situation worse”. Fuck off, all you racist knobheads. I have complained to Stagecoach. He’s not revenue protection and has no right to delay the bus.

here is a little exclusive on the Globe winter season, featuring – amongst other things – a chance to see KING JOHN timeout.com/london/news/27-062926

It's cynical, but a Burnham administration could bank what's been done already, use it to show it's tough on immigration, but not taint itself with further action of this sort. If it decides to press ahead, it'll make precisely the same mistake Starmer did with similar effect.

I understand why Burnham will probably not want to undo all Mahmood's actions at the Home Office. But leaving her in place puts his whole project in jeopardy. She will keep on pumping out this filth, alienating progressive voters, undermining support for the government.

A travesty. What in God's name is the matter with her. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stagecoach bus driver delayed a bus full of people by 15 minutes because an asylum seeker was trying to get somewhere with no money. Even when I said I’d pay, the bus driver refused and then got all obnoxious when I called out his racism (as did the bus).

I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - sign the petition below! c.org/NpvY4sR9gH

If you haven't yet signed the petition against the attacks on University of Exeter staff, here it is

Motherhood, 1893 by Finnish painter Elin Danielson-Gambogi #WomensArt

Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood

There's somethign about private school VAT that makes Tories lose their minds. I've been accused of hating children for defending it. By people who backed the two-child limit! I guess that wasn't their kids.

Andy Burnham speaks! Has he mentioned that he's from the north? thecritic.co.uk/a-sl...

Shelby Foote does make an appearance.

Ohhh shit!

Marissiooooooooo Can’t stop saying it Mario styleee #GERPAR

Thomas, Alito, and Barrett voted for police to not need warrants to access your phone data.

Germany going from bad to wurst #GERPAR

BREAKING: MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapses.

NEW: An eminent elections expert once called this lawsuit “bonkers,” but it still came down to a 5-4 decision. Still, SCOTUS upheld grace periods for mail ballots in a setback for Trump’s agenda. @burness.bsky.social has followed the issue for a long time—don’t miss him on what it means:

This match is unfolding exactly as I expect the England game will go (so far).

Oh, you assholes. Deutschland poopy always.

Wow. Honestly did not see that coming. This shows how important it is to finish. Germany has done nothing but create chances - but not finish them. All of a sudden, this match got interesting! #gerpar

Oh wow. I was just going to write that reports from the lads is that this match hasn’t been great, @ajynwa97.bsky.social - and then Paraguay scores before I could start to give Mo and Snoops’ review of the match thus far…

250 years after breaking away from a monarchy, only to come to this.

I wish I wasn't on the commute home...what is going on? Scotland could've been Japan...if they'd actually done summat.