We wanted to save Iranians from the bad guys. So we killed the bad guys. This turned out to be unfortunate, because our plan was, after saving the Iranians from the bad guys, to pick one of the bad guys to be *our* bad guy and to leave him in charge.

Στο μεταξύ, αφού κατάφερε να σύρει τις ΗΠΑ σε πόλεμο με το Ιράν, «το Ισραήλ επιδιώκει να εξαλείψει τους Παλαιστινίους ως κοινωνία. Πρώτα τους εξολοθρεύουν στο παρόν. Στη συνέχεια, διαγράφονται από το παρελθόν». www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BREAKING: The people who turned Gaza to rubble, bombed a girls' school in southern Iran, and keep assassinating other countries' leaders, are complaining that Iran is violating the Geneva Conventions 👀

We know what happens when the US breaks something and then walks away. The result is catastrophe. The problem is, Trump doesn’t really care Full article 🔗 buff.ly/Bh6oI0g @paulmason.bsky.social

this is more or less gunboat diplomacy but in a world with a much wider array of (literal) weapons of the weak the response I'd guess would be 1) a rush to nukes if possible 2) developing capacity for assassination strikes against wealthy nations seems bad imo. was a reason for the norms.

“We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump, we are finishing it.”

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

🚨 WATCH: Zack Polanski says Keir Starmer is dragging the UK into “another illegal war” “We must immediately withdraw permission for the US to use UK bases… we need to think about our own national security”

This is yet another reason why it’s imperative that Labour implement proportional representation and stop Putin-sympathizer Nigel Farage from gaining total power

It’s possible that by 2029 following elections in France and the U.K., every country that currently has nuclear weapons will either be outright authoritarian or have elected a far-right government. Trump and Putin have likely made the status quo on nonproliferation unsustainable

This is brilliant! Read and repost

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Long History of Crying ‘Fraud’ Whenever His Party Loses Elections The Reform UK leader has a long record of blaming his own party’s election defeats on “cheating” by ethnic minorities, yet no evidence of it can ever be found. First piece back at @bylinetimes.bsky.social

Aww, poor Farage!! He lost and is creeping up trumps arse again by claiming election fraud just to copy him.

B'TSELEM was correct in this post from yesterday. Under cover of the Israeli-American offensive on Iran, which could cost countless lives and plunge the entire Middle East into a spiral of violence and destruction, armed settler militias continue to launch organized violent attacks against

Trump doesn't have the knowledge or experience to dive into the issues of the middle East. Who knows what the repercussions of this will be?

The only thing you need to know is what's highlighted here.

for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled: Voters as “Votors” Emergency as "Emeregency" United States as "United Staes" And, it included a non-party in the caption. These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

Inside the Pentagon, there was deepening concern Sunday that the Iran conflict could spiral out of control. “The mood here is intense and paranoid,” one person said. There is anxiety among senior leaders that the fighting will extend for weeks, further stressing limited U.S. air defense stockpiles.

"Are we really going to hitch our wagon to such an imprecise, unclear but nonetheless potentially seismic set of events?" Is Trump "rolling the dice" on his Iran offensive - and bringing Starmer in on the gamble?

Fact Check: Trump DID start this war. The Pentagon confirmed there was no evidence Iran was going to attack the U.S. No imminent threat. No exit plan or strategy. Just more lies from this regime as they cost the lives of service members and innocent civilians.

BREAKING: In a private briefing that’s already sending shockwaves through Washington, Pentagon officials reportedly told congressional... dailyboulder.com/pentagon-bom...

The president of peace has started bombing Iran. This is when talks were ongoing which sends a message that the US can't be trusted. I thought trump said that bombing Irans nuclear sites last year was a resounding success. I can't see how Iran is nearer to a nuclear weapon than it was.

Corruption is no longer envelopes of cash – now it is about who is being shielded and who is being sacrificed | Kenneth Mohammed

The new logo for BBC Question Time.Robert Jenrick Reform Party UK on BBC Question Time 19.02.26. Nadine Dorries last week, Zia Yusuf the week before that. Yet Reform UK have the nerve to say the BBC are bias against them.

This link between Reform policy head James Orr and Victor Orban (& Russian oil money) via the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation also reveals how linked all these right-wing groupings are to the idealised anti-enlightenment brand of English nationalism, which Scruton represented. This is why Farage 1/2

ICYMI @mrjamesob.bsky.social 👀⬇️ Jon Sopel 'You were a remainer when Cameron was PM, you were a brexiteer under Boris, you said it was shameful that Truss was still in the party but voted for her budget & now that the Tories are languishing in the polls you go to the party leading in the polls.'

Independent experts have advised that despite the October ceasefire agreement, genocide is still happening in Gaza. Countries are required to impose economic and military aid sanctions to avoid being seen as complicit.

It's so misleading to call the genocide in Gaza a war. It implies there are two well armed sides fighting each other. The reality is that Hamas has hardly any weaponry while Israel has an abundance of modern weapons and advanced technologies. Its not a war. Its an annihilation of a people.

Will the Board of Peace comment on the continuing Israeli strikes in Gaza that have now killed over 600 Palestinians since the peace agreement in October. I'd like to hear their justification of aid being blocked from entering Gaza.

Elections should be about deciding what's best for your community and for the country. They shouldn't be about trying to guess who's best placed to stop the outcome you fear the most. What we're seeing in Gorton and Denton shows very clearly why we need Proportional Representation.

"If you look at the way the Epstein class operates, you start to understand a lot about your life," says Anand Giridharadas. "You're swimming downstream just trying to make it through, and upstream are the powerful elites who shape your life" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...

It obviously wasn't a small matter for the woman who made the complaint. A pathetic attempt to minimise the distress caused. Farages reaction shows clearly that he doesn't know how to handle complaints properly. Instead he is dismissive and misogynistic. He is friends with Andrew Tate remember

🚨 NEW: Matt Goodwin faced a complaint from a young woman at GB News over alleged "inappropriate comments" before his selection for the Gorton and Denton by-election Goodwin's lawyers say it was a "minor workplace matter" resolved as miscommunication [@guardian]

FYI @demcath.bsky.social (something about one of our favourite people)

Trump overstepped executive power by imposing tariffs, supreme court rules

“Epstein was able to build a sense of his own inevitability in this social elite. “He was scamming, stealing, throwing lavish parties, creating this senseless aura around himself”. Just how did Epstein get SO rich?

NEW: Israeli defense officials are warning Netanyahu against pushing US for Iran strikes. 2 reasons: War of attrition, blaming Israel later. More www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

Do you know what I’m sick of? All these men thinking they’re the fucking victims for facing basic accountability or backlash for THEIR decisions. Starmer isn’t the victim, that shithouse Mandelson certainly isn’t, the trafficked raped and murdered kids on that island are.

Interesting that the right wing press in the UK have spent years attacking Harry and Meghan while skating over the revelations about the former Prince Andrew. They are now piling on on Starmer but Farage escapes much needed scrutiny . So much for an independent press.

And Starmer is doing what to stop this exactly?

There's an opportunity for Keir Starmer to reform our political system. He could bring in PR, ban lobbying, reform election finance and bring in a more accountable upper house. It would be popular & he could take the country with him. He literally has nothing to lose. Unfortunately, he's spineless.

excellent article on what's happening with Reform and the Tories, and what's happening on the right all around the world

Trump and his family have gained over $4 billion by using the White House as their own personal grift machine. Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent. It’s corruption, plain and simple.

The US should not be leading peace talks for Gaza. It is not an honest broker. Instead it has vetoed a number of UN resolutions that condemn Israeli atrocities in Gaza and the West Bank. It has also refused to negotiate with freely elected Palestinian political parties, scuppering peace talks.

The UN has passed a number of resolutions which call out Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians. Trumps board of peace is designed to be more favourable to Israel than the UN. Netanyahu, wanted on war crimes is invited to join and he is able to dictate that no one can represent Palestinian vcs