This is a modern day Klan rally. Religious extremism at its most toxic and exactly the kind of dangerous fundamentalism that the US used to claim to free other countries from. Darkness.

Susan Wiles in Vanity Fair dismantling the people she works for. This is like a telegraph from the Titanic. But she deserves to go down with the ship having chosen to deliver the agenda of a group of people even she accepts are morally & psychologically bankrupt. A plague on all their houses.

NEW: The most symbolic thing ever just happened in Guaíba, Brazil.

Being the worst American President in history is one thing. But being the worst American in history and being elected President is a cause for global, unwashable shame.

Trump’s response to the Reiner tragedy below. When Trump’s miserable life ends, no-one should have to apologize for anything they might post in response. A tragedy of a man who will have earned every morsel of scorn and hatred that will be poured onto his memory.

One of the photos of the year. Jackson Doolan, a lifeguard at Tamarama beach, Sydney, runs barefoot TOWARDS the gunfire at Bondi Beach, carrying medical equipment. Just one of many extraordinary acts of heroism yesterday (Dec 14). The photo was captured by local resident, Alexandra Ching.

This is one of the most extraordinary, mic drop moments you will ever see in Congress. In a previous time, the Secretary would have resigned - or have been fired - before the sun set.

NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors. The full requirements will end tourism in the United States. Below is the full, mind-blowing list. 🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨 1/

🚨NEW: Wild WSJ story tonight. Venezuela opposition leader smuggled out of the country. Wearing a wig as disguise, Maria Corina Machado evaded 10 military checkpoints to reach a small fishing boat to take her to Curaçao. “We coordinated [with US military] so that they would not blow up the boat."

In spirit, content and intent, this was really no different to a Klan rally. The exception being the wholesale absence of outrage in mainstream media. This period of history will be an indictment on those standing silent, as much as the monster himself.

Nothing to see here, just the President of the United States having absolutely no idea who he is pardoning, nor why.

No single human, at any point in history, has ever had so much of the world unite in ridicule. An utter tragedy of man. (📸 AP)

Once again, a Scottish newspaper takes a stand, refusing to follow the mainstream media mob in perpetuating the great fiction that is the Gaza “ceasefire”. The @scotnational.bsky.social puts their peers to shame.

While Cabinet members praise his energy and fitness, Trump sleeps. No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.

Hegseth’s name plate at today’s Cabinet meeting.

Trump may not survive this Cabinet meeting.

Once again, not a single member of the press corps stands up for their female colleague being verbally abused by the President. Trump is a historic disgrace, but every single person in that room standing in compliant silence is complicit.

And then the monster started eating its own.

I can only conclude that the Trump administration wants to make Sen. Mark Kelly a national icon and the Democratic nominee for President.

We now have leaders of allied nations unable to trust a word the US tells them. We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.

NEW: Thousands descend on Washington D.C. for the “Remove the Regime” rally - Sat Nov 22, 2025. (📸 Vanessa Brito)

NEW: Brutal to watch Zelensky address his nation just now. On the brink of being abandoned by the US. "Right now is one of the most difficult moments in our history. At this moment, Ukraine may face a very hard choice: either the loss of dignity, or the risk of losing a key partner."

NEW: Just the President calling for the execution of his political opponents. Watch absolutely zero front pages cover this tomorrow.

Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon #zohranmamdani #mamdani #zohranfornyc #NewYork

This photo encapsulates Trump better than the combined word count of every article ever written about him.

Quite a moment.

One young voter in New Jersey on CNN right now: “Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.” 🎯

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now. Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia. A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today. (🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)

THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY. NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa. Extraordinary bravery, saving lives. (🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).

NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica. The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa (📸 Yung Senshi)

NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica. This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working. I have never heard wind like it.

NEW: Sunrise over Hurricane Melissa. For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event. Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing. (📸 Getty Images)

“The project will not interfere with the existing structure.” (📸 ABC News)

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening. Make statues of this.

Trump has installed his own personal lawyers at the top of the Department of Justice to steal $230 million of taxpayer money. This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office. Military coups have been triggered by less.

Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different. It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.

NEW: Remember when Trump said his new ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the current White House? This is the current view of the East Wing. A demolition. (📸 Washington Post)

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day. Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏 History.

Photo of the Day One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait. Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage. (📸 Alaska National Guard)

NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol. Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.

NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025. Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one. Fascism. 📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.

Decades of experience. And every single one now handing their press pass in. Another step towards the authoritarian state. (📸 Mike Brest)

BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm. DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas. Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.

NEW: Here, via Washington Post, is the up to date list of which media outlets have signed the Pentagon’s new press policy and which haven’t. Resistance matters.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.