Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

IL Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning federal immigration agents that swapping/altering license plates during Trump's ICE raids is against the law & "will not be tolerated." A Plate Watch Hotline has been implemented for people to report cases of license plate tampering: (312) 814-1730

'Show me your papers!' A summary of US politics by one reputable UK news organisation. Do many US citizens know or care that your country is seen in this way? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQAg...

Nigerian 419 scams are so passe. Everyone knows about them. But it seems the guys from Lagos don't know that. Here is a generous lady called Gina Rinehart from Australia who wants to give me 2.000.000,00 Euros for doing diddly squat. (I like the EU-style decimal separator confusion. I'm a Brit.)

Here is a fascinating and sometimes frustrating list of 'The Greatest 100 Songwriters of All Time' from Rolling Stone. It's a pretty good list. Where do you think Sam Fender would fit? He doesn't have the transcendent harmonies of Joni Mitchell, but his lyrics have got to put him in the top 10.

Trump's building work on the White House reminds me of Nicolae Ceaușescu. He also loved to flash his wealth with huge ornate palaces, while the citizens of Romania lived in relative poverty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...

“Got to get the fascists out Got to clean the White House out Don't want no soldiers on our streets Got big crime in DC at the White House Got big crime in DC at the White House” Big Crime - Neil Young is back at it. Volume 🆙 #FDT

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Jeremy Clarkson says that wealth taxes are 'batty'. Several countries raise billions each year using wealth taxes. For a hard-up country like the UK, this looks like a good kind of batty, like my charming old granny used to be. Let's do it.

It's good that wealth taxes are being discussed again in the UK (thanks to Zack Polanski). Several other European countries have them. Switzerland raised 9.5Bn Euros, which is a sum the UK could really do with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqWt...

I know I posted this before, but it's so worth seeing again. Let's Make Hope Normal Again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

This.

Sam Fender's Mercury Prize win for his album People Watching is well deserved. (I have been driving the neighbours mad playing it on repeat.) www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

📢🚨🇬🇧🚨‼️ Take heed, women of the UK & those who love them!!! 🥹 #WomensHealthcare #Farage #Reform #OV1 www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

Is the United States an oligarchy? Yes. Yes it is.

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Musk's belief that his wealth gives him the power to be king of the entire world needs to be challenged. When he tries to unseat an elected government by encouraging violence against it, enough is enough. Oh, and don't buy Teslas or use Twitter/X.

I haven't celebrated Episcopalians before, but this is their time!

In the UK, the culture war themes of immigration and patriotism threaten to morph into class war. If Zack Polanski is going to be the voice of reason in this space, he needs to find a way to prise the working class away from the false promises of Farage.

ICE IS DISAPPEARING PEOPLE TO WORK CAMPS

Bill Pulte, a Trump boot licker, is behind the Letitia James indictment. These people are not that smart.

Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Dear Americans, how're you doing? Are you still romanticising how life is in the USA, or has Trump made you wonder whether there might be a better way to run a country? I live in the UK and we have a better government than the last one

Time for the EU to use its trade bazooka to protect its democracies and, by extension, that of the UK too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Something positive is happening in UK politics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxt4...

People who believe in reducing wealth inequality, public ownership, not scapegoating migrants, electoral reform and opposing the genocide in Gaza have found the Labour Party in the UK to be an increasingly hostile place.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable." President John F Kennedy

Fact-checking Trump's comments on climate change in his UN speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEEw...

Can we just reflect for a mo on how radical 'politician answers questions' feels these days? Not deflects, avoids, rejects or misrepresents, but actually gives considered answers. I'm not convinced the bulk of the establishment knows how to deal with that.

Coming along nicely...

With his doctrine of lethality, Hegseth joins the company of regimes that believed their armies should be free of all constraints: The Baath Party of Saddam Hussain, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and, of course, the regime that led to the Geneva Conventions in the first place: Nazi Germany.

Americans often say that their written constitution is one of their country's greatest strengths. But what use is it when the President and the party that he heads ignore it and they face no sanctions? A suggestion: if America ever gets out of this Trump mess, give the constitution some teeth.

Trump has not only debased his country by destroying its institutions, his brutal attitude to morality also seems to be filtering down into the behaviour of American citizens. The behaviour of the US 'fans' at the Ryder Cup was disgusting. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Just another week in America. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5aE...

The end of the rule of law in the USA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUw3...

The dilemma facing every decent democratic leader as it gradually becomes clear that appeasement was never going to work.

I am not watching the news in the UK until Trump's gone. It is so excruciatingly embarrassing.

As narcissistic bully Trump has his ego stroked by UK Prime Minister Starmer on the state visit, here is a British journalist speaking for the majority of the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq7-...

The BBC website has a front page article about Trump's visit with the title, 'Completely different but genuinely get on'. Instead of this embarrassing butt-licking, I so long for Starmer to say to Trump what the whole of the UK is thinking: you are an evil, grotty little man and should be in prison.

If only more broadcasters were to take this attitude. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is why moral leadership is so important. Trump and his allies have abdicated all moral responsibility, going back to the tribal values of money and power.

If they have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear… 📌 California lawmakers just passed SB 627, the “No Secret Police Act,” which would make it illegal for law enforcement to hide their identities while on duty in the state.

Word of the day: hagiography.

Citizens of the US: here is how it's done. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Why is air conditioning so crap in the UK? My hotel in London seems to have two settings: 3C and 40C. I didn't bring the right clothes for either.

This should shake things up in a good way. The Green Party in the UK has elected Zack Polanski as their new leader. His more direct approach will take on far-right Farage.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/02/green-party-not-nigel-farage-zack-polanski?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Desperate to make a splash, Kemi Badenoch is going the way of Trump. Here's what I think. Scrapping net zero rules for North Sea oil & gas is climate sabotage. The IPCC says we’ve nearly used up the 1.5°C carbon budget — new fossil fuel projects only lock in more harm.