Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

Sadly, the targeting of power infrastructure can be lawful under IHL if it's clearly connected to achieving a concrete military advantage. lieber.westpoint.edu/attacking-po... But in this instance, it's purely punitive, since, as Trump stated, he's going after the biggest 1st.

Spotted in Washington, DC.

Having worked in government I can guarantee you that a lot of very well meaning people spent a lot of time and effort trying their very best and came up with these terrible names. I can imagine the workshop: someone puts a post it on a board, some others put dots on it, people get excited and 👇

As predicted, it looks like Trump may be about to declare victory and mission accomplished to save his political skin...

There was a word for concentrating large numbers of "undesirables" into temporary accommodation where nobody could see what you were doing to them. Just watch them all pretend they didn't know what was happening, just like they did in 1945.

@thenewsagents.co.uk I know there's a lot going on, but could you please do a compare and contrast on how UK media dealt with antisemitism and Corbyn/Labour and how they're currently dealing with Islamophobia in the tories and (take your pick of isms/phobias) in Reform. Would love to hear your views

I really wish Aardmann Animations were still doing Creature Comforts. I can't imagine a better way to put a visual to the best thing I've heard all week: “I think we should be proud of what Churchill stood for. Equally I’m not against hedgehogs.”

And it's not even Friday ffs

All those "we could have all premier league finals in both European competitions" and "aren't foreign leagues shit compared to the Premier league" articles and podcast discussions are looking a bit premature now.

Starmer/Reeves EU policy: 2024 - reset, but within the red lines 2025 - strategic partnership, but within the red lines 2026 - dynamic alignment, but within the red lines And yet such slow progress, negligible economic dividend. I wonder why. What could the obstacle be?

The consequences of DOGE-ing expertise in a nutshell:

It is fascinating that as Trump threatens and insults US allies to try and get them to get him out of this ridiculous strategic bind, he does not have the courage to even ask Putin politely to stop helping Iran kill American soldiers. Interesting that.

Rob Hutton’s evisceration of DCMS was the funniest and angriest thing I’ve read in response to what has happened to UK broadcast media thecritic.co.uk/bring-back-d...

Charging my electric car up to 100% for free at the airbnb this weekend while Trump destroys the global economy.

It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.

“$100 a barrel for first time since X” discussions rarely adjust for inflation Which is odd Site here lets you do so, with mildly soothing results www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-o...

Something very funny about the US telling the guys sailing giant floating fireballs to sack up and run the Strait, then being like "no way, are you kidding? It's scary in there!" when someone asks fully armed US Navy warships to go.

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

Trump is today telling every member of the US military that it is ok with him if Russia helps Iran kill them--every one. Once again Americans, Trump looks at US military personnel as suckers and losers that he can sacrifice for his own glory and profit. This is who leads

What this further confirms is that the Trump administration knows Russia is helping Iranians try to kill Americans, but is doing nothing to stop it. How about sanctions or more arms sales to Ukraine?

Also watching full replay @naxis911.bsky.social and can't believe the TMO reviewed this on the Darcy Graham try and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Do they think people have literally no memory of past events at all?

You’ve got to remember for the journos who write these reams of bollocks about the ‘special relationship’ between the UK and US, their concern is not the interests of either country, or really the fate of Starmer or Trump, but ‘will the boss not sack me. Please give me a bonus’

This is why Scotland aren't an elite team yet. Lots of skill & very entertaining but they went from 1 point clear of France at the top of the table and the championship in our own hands with 15 minutes to go to being happy we beat France and needing a BP win against Ireland and a favour from England

You know you're having a bad day when the ref is laughing about the mental forward pass you did in your own goal area 😆 #SCOvFRA

Imagine if France win the Six Nations because a Referee, and a TMO, refused to sanction an eye gouge…

Maybe the English Prem needs to go to 2 teams like Scotland and Italy? Just a thought.

Is it time to ask if England and Wales still deserve to their place in the 6 nations, or should they be replaced by Georgia and Romania? 😂

Oh, that's awful, ain't it? Red card stuff. Another great day for TMOs. #SCOvFRA

Gentle reminder for those idiots that want Britain to get fully involved in an illegal war in the Middle East built on a false argument around WMD, in 2003 we had an economy larger than China and could put about 60,000 servicemen and women into the field. It's history, not current affairs.

This is almost exactly what I said would happen on yesterday’s show. The conflicting & contradictory reasons given for the war, coupled with client journalists & pusillanimous politicians on both sides of the Atlantic, will enable him to claim ‘success’ when nothing remotely successful has happened.

@bsky.app for the love of God, please implement a "trending" hashtag feature that is based on hashtag engagement and allow us to hashtag things and select from a list of things that are trending so we can create/view/engage with currently trending things. Like twitter did before it went nazi.

This seems relevant. Starmer more Wilson than Blair: www.forcesnews.com/news/harold-...

Absolutely ruined Trump there..

👇👇

For the last few days the President of the USA and the White House communications team have been active agents of Russian influence, spreading the Putin narrative and trying to undermine democracy.

Anyone find it interesting that not so many weeks ago, President Orange Shits Himself was implying that NATO Allies that supported the US in Afghanistan “weren’t on the front lines” is now crying that we aren’t running to his aid in yet another US illegitimate war? 🤔 Anyone?

Kemi Badenoch claims the Type 45 Destroyer can’t intercept missiles. That is literally what they are designed to do, and they’re world-renowned for it. The Conservatives should wind their neck in and stop warmongering. We will not gain anything by getting involved in a conflict with Iran.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Is it just as simple as this? As you've said multiple times, when has Trump ever done anything that Putin wasn't totally happy with? Ukraine war not going well, economy struggling and Trump suddenly spunks arms that could go to Ukraine on a war that 📈 oil money to Russia.

This whole Iranian misadventure was always going to be good for the Russian oil industry. Must be a total coincidence, right?

I am not dunking on this account but it's important to explain a couple of things that they haven't understood. There are only two ways to defend against a ballistic missile. Either shoot it down, or stop it launching. We're not in a position to do the first, which leaves only the second. 1/n

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THIS.

Ahh nothing to see here but Dominic Cummings, spouting pure Putin/Kremlin propaganda, while wishing the death of British citizens. Brexit making more sense now?

Farage also straight on it. I'm calling it. I think they think they've lost. If they have we're going to have days and weeks of "voter fraud" hysteria