Book by Times reporters Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan is chronicle of 1st year of Trump’s 2nd term. “Regime Change” is news that will stay news, Remnick writes. Haberman & Swan contend Trump ran in 2024 for 1 reason : “staying out of prison.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Ex-Olympian who touched Reflecting Pool charged with felony destruction of property www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

39.4 the age of the average American. That’s the median age as of July 2025, up from 38.6 just 5 years ago. Half the country is now on the far side of 40. baby boomer hangover, Gen X’s invisibility, and millennial and Gen Z irrelevance fortune.com/2026/06/26/c...

An open letter letter to my MP about Burnham, Brexit and Broken Britain. www.linkedin.com/pulse/brexit...

Iran can outlast a closure that hurts America far more than it hurts Tehran, the inflationary damage is already locked in, and the shortages coming could tip the U.S. toward its worst downturn since 2008. nationalsecurityjournal.org/the-economic...

It seems the USA's 'manifest destiny' is to elect the very worst people among them and destroy the democracy they swore to defend.

The people in the Epstein files shouldn't control...the Epstein files.

Naushabah. I was told by several Labour members and activists in 2024 that I could vote Labour safe in the knowledge that the red lines would be cancelled immediately and we would rejoin. Betrayal isa very strong emotion. 1/ @naushabahkhanmp.bsky.social

By stripping away America’s grip over Kyiv, the president handed Ukraine the freedom to take the war to Russia. Trump told Zelensky he had no cards. It turns out Putin is the one holding nothing. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...

President Donald Trump Vowed to "Protect Social Security" -- but He's Failing Miserably, Based on the Latest Projections Contrary to his promise, several of Trump's policies have worsened Social Security's financial outlook. www.fool.com/retirement/2...

After six months in ICE detention, a Venezuelan asylum seeker with no criminal record remains jailed while his immigration case stalls. His wife, a U.S. citizen, sold their home to cover legal fees as she fights for his release. NBC News' Ryan Chandler reports. youtu.be/0Kf6-sGZc9Y?...

The first job of any coup is to make the recognition of it seem premature. That is the trap. By the time recognition is no longer premature, the moment to resist has already passed. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Algae Reflections open.substack.com/pub/terryvir...

The Wasted Years open.substack.com/pub/rebootbr...

There Is a Government Website That Names Reporters as Enemies. Most Americans Have No Idea. open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

apnews.com/article/brex... economic woes fuel discontent with Brexit a decade after historic vote to leave EU

Pete Hegseth's Moronic Vaccine Directive Results in Health Disaster at Military Base open.substack.com/pub/beinglib...

Such an artful deal. Now every country will want the Iran package--minus the bombs Maybe US will next attack the Duchy of Grand Fenwick open.substack.com/pub/jcbruce/...

The financial impact of the president’s conflict just got worse. Jaw-Dropping Cost of Trump’s War With Iran Revealed www.thedailybeast.com/jaw-dropping... via @thedailybeast

The Brexit Cost Explorer compares observed local outcomes against a synthetic-control counterfactual for each place. The core question is not whether a place grew or shrank in absolute terms, but whether it diverged from a plausible path it might have followed without Brexit. brexitcost.org

I Read All Fourteen Paragraphs Of The Iran Deal. It's A Surrender. open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

"Ten years after the referendum, the UK is still struggling to forge an economic strategy. The firm’s experience underscores what many analysts say is the slow-acting toxin of Brexit, as it quietly fetters access to the €18tn continental economy that lies on the UK’s doorstep."

Buried Epstein Files Contain Chilling Allegations About Recruiters Operating in Trump Tower open.substack.com/pub/beinglib...

The Art of the deal

JD Vance admits Iran gets $300 BILLION+ in Trump’s “deal” Hey remember when they attacked Obama for unfreezing ONE billion of that to avoid the costly deadly war Trump just got us into? www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

CIA Calls BS on Trump Claims in Bombshell Leak DEAL OR NO DEAL? The president’s top goons are locked in a bitter behind-the-scenes battle www.thedailybeast.com/major-white-...

Uruguay's World Cup squad gets the usual warm welcome on their arrival in the US, including sniffer dogs. Uruguay is known for its stable democracy, high literacy and social welfare policies, including being the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and recreational cannabis. Any connection?

So ... 1. Trump bombs Iran. 2. Iran blocks the Strait. 3. Trump loses face. 4. Trump offers to pay Iran $300 billion to rebuild what he bombed. 5. Iran says okay (maybe) and reopens the straight that was open before Trump bombed them.

To all of the Antifa special agents who defied Washington DC security and pumped algae straight into the Reflecting Pool, well done to you. Even better, that you all managed to imply that it was the Trump administration's ineptitude, too. Good work #ReflectingPool

I'm reminded of one of a daft conversations we had when I was GM's Campaign Manager. She told me that NF was planning to stand in Epsom in 2024. I simply said "No, he'll stand in a beleaugured seaside town like Clacton". She did her usual "No, No, No, No" reply, saying that Isabel had told her ..

The Brexit Legacy - 10 years on open.substack.com/pub/rebootbr...

My letter to the Financial Times: Reversing Brexit — why the conditions look right giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut (Source: WIRED) www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

Opinion piece by Lord Michael Hesseltine www.the-independent.com/voices/brexi...