And the Supreme Court is sitting on a Alito-authored decision that could throw 19+ minority-majority districts in the South to the GOP in this election or the next, in blatant defiance of a Voting Rights Act overwhelmingly renewed by. Republican Congress.

A mass shooting that took the lives of eight children should stop this country in its tracks. Instead, the Shreveport tragedy disappeared from the headlines in a day. We cannot allow this level of violence to fade into background noise. Ending America’s gun‑violence epidemic is a moral oblligation.

It will never stop pissing me off how much trump is going to walk away from this presidency as a “real” billionaire in a way he never was before, and it is going to be solely because of the public office

Smaller universities employ thousands, sell products to customers across the world and export British soft power. They are successful businesses, often bringing wealth to our poorer communities. Why does the government want to stop that? Why aren't more MPs fighting for them?

Reupping this cause it’s evergreen and I feel better knowing someone out there called him out like this

If you vote for Reform you get the man that lied to us about Brexit costing our country Fortune and our country poorer and you get the Tories. But not the capable ones. The disgrace ones. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧☕️🫖

@mbta.com I’m planning on going to Foxboro for the New England Revolution game today - are there any trains running to / from Boston South Station for the game?

Why the fuck are there still groups of National Guard loitering around Washington DC?

This is a good piece, but missing from this is correctly assigning blame. Hegseth was nominated by Trump, but was confirmed thanks to 50 GOP Senators and Vance’s casting vote. He shouldn’t have been confirmed. He’s obviously unqualified and unfit. McConnell, Murkowski and Collins saw this.

The standards applied to the two parties in the National Conversation™️ are not remotely the same & have not been since at least before I was old enough to vote.

The UK must immediately and unequivocally suspend support for the US military. The Government have tried to appease him, then they tried to say they're standing up to him. Words aren't enough - it's time for action.

The bases should never have been opened to US use. They should now immediately be closed to them. This is patently the case. It is a military power with explicitly genocidal intent. Given how severe that danger is, the reassurances of its military officials about authorised use are insufficient.

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

See also: the illegality of the war under US law, the Constitution, & the UN Charter. “Iran is Very Bad and War is Serious” does not excuse talking about these basic facts.

Also IF IT IS FRONT PAGE NEWS THAT WE ARE AT WAR WITH IRAN, it is ALSO FRONT PAGE NEWS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK US TO IRAN ARE TALKING LIKE THIS. The war does not exist in a separate, more serious universe than its leaders! This is the guy who decides if it happens and how many people die!

As Arthur says it's bizarre to ask the King to interact with someone so dangerously unhinged.

I'm a bit of a broken record on this, but usurping the power of the purse isn't just one constitutional violation among all the many others. It is, uniquely and singularly, the death of constitutional government altogether. Game over, end of story, you now live in an autocracy.

The president is deeply unwell and threatening more war crimes against the people of Iran. Trump is lashing out because he’s historically unpopular and his regime is crumbling. Urge your Members of Congress to use their power to stop the mad king’s illegal war: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...

America not being a signatory to a number of treaties does not mean that international law does not exist. The US is conducting clear war crimes, and boasting about it. They should be treated as a pariah state. They definitely shouldn't be getting a Royal visit.

the president of the United States is a madman seriously damaging the entire world

Just realized that Trump is basically Bender in “A phaeroh to remember”

Today, in lying with statistics. FFS, was there anything that happened during Trumps first term that depressed demand for oil and therefore oil prices? That had nothing to do with him? Also, has the second Trump regime done anything themselves, very recently, causing a spike in prices?

So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...

It’s an excellent book

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Falls Church” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

48 hours to open the Straits, which Trump also says US don’t need to have opened, in a war he has already said US has won, and in a situation where he demands help from countries which he also insists US does not need.

Listen I know you’re not going to believe this but a REPUBLICAN ran up the deficit and started a war that pushed the economy to the point of collapse. I know. I’m as surprised as you.

Not once does this story mention that offering a federal job in exchange for a political favor is a crime

The whole thing is barren, vicious, immoral, small-minded, redundant. The product of an administration which is uninterested in improving the country but seeks only short term favourable coverage, which it cannot secure.

What is accomplished by forcing people to wait 10 years for residency? Nothing. How does that improve integration, or public services, or the economy? It doesn't. How does it even pretend to treat people with dignity? It can't. How will it improve Labour's election prospects? It won't.

I know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane: The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...

The results have exceeded even our most whimsical expectations. Meet our rats!

Thank God Starmer is in charge, really. If it had been any of his immediate predecessors, we'd currently be at war with Iran, playing lapdog to a deranged US administration, unable to say what we were doing or why.

Dear Europe, Please help me to unshit myself. In return, I will harm your economy with tariffs, and insult your leaders, your cultures, and your military. Kind regards, A very stable genius

FT: ‘“What I think is actually important for everybody to understand is that the US has been very clear that they want to divide Europe. They don’t like the European Union,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told the FT, adding that Washington’s approach echoed tactics used by “our adversaries”.’

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves says she chooses Urusula von der Leyen over Donald Trump “I believe our future is closely intertwined with that of Europe”

This guy writes about his 1st cup of tea every day. I wonder if he ever regrets starting this, like the person who photoshops Paddington into popular culture everyday. I wonder if his morning cup of tea is ruined by having to think of a new pithy comment? Does he rotate them? @lizstokoe.bsky.social

This guy is just so stupid. What makes (made) America special was (ignore the dark stuff), the democratic institutions, rule of law, immigration, the openness to free trade, and natural resources that allowed it to grow a large, innovative economy, and the global reserve currency

The US led a coalition of navies trying to protect commercial ships through the Red Sea in 2024. It didn't work, fighting continued into 2025 and only diplomacy stopped it. This just happened!!!! I am going to keep saying this because they're memory holing it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati...

When an illegal war, likely to cause mass murder, is launched, we have a choice of 2 positions: 1. It's wrong and has to stop. 2. Hurray! Let's join in. Much of the UK Establishment - Conservatives, Reform, the billionaire media - went straight for Option 2. Which tells you all you need to know.

@garethdennis.uk hi Gareth, recently watched the Network North Wales natter, and wondered what you thought the main options were for improving capacity at Chester are? 3 though platforms out of 7 suggests minimum requirement might be a further through platform?

Hitting desalination plants is so bad. Not just evil but strategically incomprehensible. Without desalination 75% of the entire population of the Middle East will be refugees. Israel and Kuwait depend on desalination for 90% of their water and other Middle East states aren’t far behind.

So let me get this straight ... 1. US bombs Iran 2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate 3. Russia gives Iran targeting info 4. Oil price shoots WAY up 5. US unsanctions Russian oil

Asserting international law only when it is in your own/allies interest means not being committed to international law at all. Being dragged into a war by more powerful allies against direct interest and better judgement means having no strategic autonomy. The UK Govt is in a mess.

Again, neither being Evil nor doing Very Bad Things - in fact, not even actually Iran trying to acquire nuclear weapons - justifies the American president completely violating the UN Charter, the Constitution, & domestic law to start a war. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Of course, it is unlawful. Even the "pre-emptive" justification is half-hearted guff. Of course, it is stupid. Wise US politicians once realised a rules-based international order was in their interests. That is being thrown away. And most of all, and regardless of the above, it is wrong.

The situation in Minneapolis: even though the ICE presence in the city is greatly reduced, and national attention has moved on, a huge portion of our population remains essentially in hiding, devastating the schools and economy. In particular, much of the education system remains in crisis