by @atrupar.com @thorbenson.bsky.social 1/2 “‘We certainly in the past have had antagonistic relationships between members of the press and the president, especially under Nixon,’ Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, told us. ‘But what we see now is the president..

A key part of Reform UK’s narrative has been that the party's vetting crisis has been resolved. The “bad apples” would be gone, Farage promised. But are they? We put together a list of the four most questionable conspiracy theorists working for Reform: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/09/f...

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life. My interview with Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned by the US for ruling to authorise an investigation into war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit! 2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit! This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.

Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein, in the mirror. Increasing sense that when our country looks in the mirror, this is what we see: a sex trafficker and a white-nationalism exporter

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

Having the US dictate terms as Ukraine negotiates with Russia is the equivalent of having a cop tell a mugging victim they must negotiate the contents of their purse with the mugger.

The Lt. Gov. of Indiana confirmed that Trump repeatedly threatened them that he would cut off federal funding to the state.

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

The Kremlin likes to exercise rhetorical dominance over Trump and they say this in the safe knowledge that we won’t invade or that if we do it will be a disaster. Trump might think of Putin as a friend but that’s not how Russia sees the US. The US is to be humiliated, fragmented, and weakened.

Le site d'information israélien Kippa a révélé que le groupe d'extrême droite Nahala fait pression sur le ministre de la Défense, Israel Katz, pour obtenir un contrôle israélien total sur Gaza. L'intégralité des détails n'a pas été rendue publique.

‘If it helps one person’ – this is what Virginia Roberts Giuffre wanted her memoir to achieve 🔗 Amy Wallace, the co-author of Nobody's Girl https://bit.ly/3MhXTsn

Republicans summed up in one short clip.

Fox News has a new stance on the War on Christmas: It's funny when Trump does it! www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...

"The ECHR was created in the wake of World War 2. Those creating it knew the dangers of extreme ideology better than anyone...To claim it is “outdated” is to ignore the reasons why it was created in the first place, the protections it provides." Starmer is ignoring why the ECHR was created.

Exactly. In fact, having been a schoolboy at a not dissimilar school in that time, it's the Spectator article that spectacularly "misses the point": it's true that 'war talk' was the norm, but it was quite the opposite of the norm to identify *with* the Nazis - and certainly not "entirely typical".

As a climate scientist, the most charitable thing I can say is that this guy's a fucking moron.

can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently

@k8lister.bsky.social (Pitch) Here’s a ready set for the dramatisation of several episodes/periods that you’ve covered superbly over the years. Love your work!

Yes. We do need to build up trust again with the EU. No. We can’t just demand or expect better terms. No. Fixing Brexit won’t be easy. Yes. It’s going to be politically difficult. But.. FFS... We all know it’s a shitshow. Can’t we at least start talking about it honestly and take it from there…

Anton, a fellow at both the Claremont Institute and Hillsdale College, is part of a circle of faux-intellectuals who try to rationalize fascism. In Sept. 2016 he wrote an essay saying electing Trump was worth violence. Vanity Fair called him "Machiavelli in the White House". 2/

GDP is more important than quality of life. Until America realizes that this is the only thing happening and not culture wars, the horror will continue. The only thing that can defeat the kakistocracy, plutocracy, oligarchy fascist, dictatorship afoot is UNITY.

Whenever I see Gwen Stefani popping back up on socials.

Oddly and sadly, the law around election fraud is far more strict than that for referendums. Vote Leave exceeded its spending limit by £449,079 and committed other offences, including delivering an inaccurate spending return and failing to provide documents. Fined just £61.000!

Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs

Good morning ray. Have a wonderful day. I’m Jewish, I agree with Pope Leo.

Reform sais this was just a "disgruntled former councillor" - which could be a problem for them, since they seem to be acquiring newly disgruntled former councillors, daily.

Elon Musk has weaponized and monetized a global disinformation network on X, which he is using to help him fight his new war against the EU. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social: bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/e...

More than that, his crew threatened to open fire on the murderers. He rescued civilians, returned to base to refuel, flew back, and rescued more civilians. Then he denounced the crimes to his HQ. For all this he received death-threats throughout his life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....

I don’t want Farage to apologise. Because he wouldn’t mean it. We know he doesn’t care about the harm he does. I want him to carry on with his denials, accusations and tantrums. Let people see what Nigel really is; angry, thin-skinned and racist.

The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.

As an extraordinary year draws to its close, we look back at some key events, and at how – with your help – the 99% Organisation has responded to the challenges. sh1.sendinblue.com/3g75b0i2bglp...

The Financial Times writes that France has refused to contribute to the ‘reparations loan’ for Ukraine using the €18 billion of Russian funds frozen in its commercial banks. www.ft.com/content/fe30...

Former naval office, retired astronaut, and Dem Senator Mark Kelly: "I'm going to continue to push back on things that are unconstitutional, unlawful, stupid - they do a lot of stupid - you are seeing in Venezuela right now the consequences of hiring unqualified people." 🔥~AA

Neue Studio zu #GPS-Störungen in der #Ostsee: „Den extremsten Vorfall dokumentierten sie in der ersten Juliwoche, als fast 30 Stunden lang eine ununterbrochene Spoofing-Attacke auf die Navigation von Schiffen gerichtet war.“ www.heise.de/news/Studie-... #BalticJammer #Jamming

"BERNARD MANNING!" www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...

Word!

IOF Soldiers Invade Home in West Bank, Evict Family-Then Make a TikTok Video Evict a family, grab your phone and mock the victims. In Israel, war crimes aren't hidden—they're posted for likes.

Interesting what Crick notes. Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.

Farage the politician *is* Farage the schoolboy losing his shit over seeing the name ‘Patel’ on the school roll and telling black pupils to go back to Africa. There’s really no difference. Except now he wants (and may be bought) the power to deport those people. It’s not the past. It’s now. #NeverPM

Drag him.

A bit niche, but important in trade. The 73 members who struck a deal on e-commerce continue to push for a WTO-wide consensus to make it an official “plurilateral” WTO agreement = applying only to some members. They are now 73 because the Philippines has joined them. docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages...

“Tel Aviv judge’s settlement proposal, based on state document admitting unlawful data extraction from citizen’s phone, may open door to dozens more claims & millions in potential compensation as police #Pegasus use faces renewed scrutiny.” www.ynetnews.com/business/art...

Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.

#peaceprize #tacos

More of this please.