Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.

"One influencer said that in a previous interview with a government minister they were asked to pre-submit questions for approval and warned against going off subject matter" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán yesterday questioned who began the Russia-Ukraine war and criticized Western leaders for supporting Kyiv.

As Daily Record publishes another Labour story about hospital repairs how NHS England’s high risk repair bill backlog is FIVE times greater per head than NHS Scotland -

'It will be the first time since 1954 the BBC has not broadcast the Commonwealth Games and it is a travesty, because many Scotland sports fans will now not get to make those special sporting memories.' Steph Brawn, via The National archive.is/6bvXn

#GeorgiaProtests ✊🏻🇬🇪🇪🇺

Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit? – Byline Times

"Fight with us and for us. Fight as you would fight for the freedom of your own countries. Use every mechanism at your disposal and do so before it is too late." @irmadimitradze.bsky.social #SakharovPrize 🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests

NEW: Plaid Cymru are on track to win the next Senedd election as support for Labour has plunged, a new poll has found 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25704134.plaid-cymru-top-new-senedd-poll-labour-support-plunges/

Keir starmer at PMQs accusing resident doctors of ‘abandoning patients’. What a sickening way to describe hard working doctors who have dedicated their whole lives to protecting us. Let’s have a serious debate and resolve the dispute - not attempt to turn worker against worker.

A doctor has been arrested outside HMP Bronzefield at a protest calling for an ambulance to be allowed in to treat hunger strikers 👇

In September peak rail fares were scrapped for good. The success is already clear to see.

A Scottish Reform UK councillor has been slammed after posing for a picture with a far-right agitator who claimed 'Black people can't be Scottish'

The European Parliament supported the idea from a citizen's initiative to provide accessible abortion for all EU women.

Prestwick's cargo boom is helping the airport to post strong numbers. And all because the Scottish government bought it for £1 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/pre...

AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.

How Nigel Farage is walking straight into the Government's trap on its inquiry into foreign financial interference bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...

1. A blockade is an act of war 2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨 3. It’s always about oil.

If Labour don't act, they'll have blood on their hands. David Lammy must urgently let an ambulance into HMP Bronzefield before it's too late.

The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price. Here we are again. We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...

Could not be more thrilled to win scoop of the year at the British Journalism Awards awards for the Press GazeAfghan data leak. A podcast first! Massive testament to the incredible team @newsagents.bsky.social Genuine pinch me moment- for a show which didn’t exist little more than 3 years ago.

Trump's National Security Strategy is a manifesto for undermining democracy and carving up Europe. It demands that we both shore up our protections against foreign political interference and unpick our 8 decades of dependence on our most unreliable ally. My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social

It's been 10 years since the Paris agreement, where world leaders agreed to limit the global temperature rise to under 2 degrees. 🌡️🌍 There's still a way to go, but global collaboration IS working. We need to keep this momentum going. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very sorry to hear of the death of Stanley Baxter - a giant of Scottish entertainment. He brought incredible joy to generations. My sympathy to his family.

If you missed me on the telly last night, here's a wee clip - you can watch the whole Scotland Tonight segment (this was the last of three) on the STV Player here: player.stv.tv/episode/4ulw... (subtitles are a bit dodgy, apologies, it was... a battle on Insta)

Former UK Defence Secretary and senior Conservative Grant Shapps👇

'The UK government wants to commit the UK and Scotland to a programme of unproven nuclear technology, that is less safe and that will drastically increase the cost of living, while failing to reduce emissions.' Tracy Patrick, bia @bellacaledonia.bsky.social

New CBI report shows business investment in Scotland is at a 20-year high. Despite damaging Westminster decisions like Brexit or Labour's tax on jobs, our economy has many strengths. Imagine how much more we could do with the full powers of independence.

🚨 Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/e...

Farage thinks I'm a maniac? Starmer thinks the Greens are nuts? Badenoch thinks I'm weird? Join.greenparty.org.uk

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So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...

It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.

NATO chief says joint plan to end Ukraine war would ‘test’ Putin

'This is the great unspoken reality in our constitutional debates. People are encouraged to fear how a democratic Scottish government might use monetary power, but hardly anyone questions how private banks use it now. ' @richardjmurphy.bsky.social, via The National archive.is/19GGM

I'm focused on serving the people of Scotland with every fibre of my body. ✅ More NHS operations and more GPs ✅ Literacy and numeracy at record high ✅ Highest business investment in 20 years ✅ Child poverty falling Delivering progress on your priorities.

The UK’s betrayal of workers at Grangemouth is unforgivable. But we said we’d do what we can to support Grangemouth. That’s why we’re allocating £8.5 million to support up to 460 new jobs in biotech and renewables in the area.

Solidarity with the hunger strikers. It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction. All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.

How many times do we need to point this out? By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it. While weakening your own position. There's a vast amount of academic research showing this. But Labour will not listen. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

I keep thinking of Beth Upton today, who won against an absolutely foul, racist bigot, and should be having the best day, but is still being monstered by our entire media, for the crime of merely existing as her authentic self and doing a job in the NHS that helps people, all day every day.

Kingfisher yesterday #WaterofLeith

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Still amazed by comments on Trump and the current US government. They are far right white supremacist. Why try to normalise or pretend otherwise? They are not allies of democracy worldwide…

The #FlagofEurope is the flag of both the Council of Europe & EU. It symbolises "human rights, peace, democracy and the rule of law." These are Scots' values too. Only #independence will bring Scotland the power to fully put them into practice. #IndyScotlandinEU www.yesforeu.scot/2024/01/01/t...

Some might say it's unwise to burn so many journalistic bridges with an election coming up but I intend on being able to look my fellow queers in the eye in 20 years time and say with all honesty I didn't equivocate or stay silent during the worst hate campaign against our community of my adult life

💙 Happy birthday to the European flag! Adopted 70 years ago by the Council of Europe, it became the #EU emblem in 1985. 12 stars. Blue sky. A circle of unity. A symbol for the whole of Europe and shared values. Learn more: go.coe.int/HmDIt

JUST IN: Ukraine will NOT surrender territory, President Zelensky declared Monday, rejecting a central Russian demand that Donald Trump had incorporated into his “peace plan.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Scotland is enriched by this wealth of diversity among wir bairns. Nigel Farage can dae wan. #RacistsGetTae #AllJockTamsonsBairns #Scotland