He Who Pays the Piper: The BBC, Tony Blair, Rishi Sunak and a Failure of Journalism @adambienkov.bsky.social pointing out how the BBC consistently fails to enlighten the license payer over the financial interests of its interviewees bylinetimes.com/2026/05/27/h...

Yes. I think we did a piece on this... Gosh, yes. One of our first ever pieces, during the beta phase of the website bylinetimes.com/2018/12/08/w...

Typical bigotry and discrimination coming from MAGA. Now, they want all “Representatives, Senators, Judges, Federal Officers” to be “Natural Born Citizens.” The funny thing is that there is a bunch of Republicans in Congress who are not natural born citizens. I wonder how they will take it.

⚡️ Russian Church official detained in Czechia transporting 'white substance' Police in Karlovy Vary, Czechia, detained Russian Orthodox Church official Metropolitan Hilarion on May 24 after discovering four containers with an unidentified white substance in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

NEW: Leaked documents provide a wealth of new details on Russian destabilization and influence campaigns against European countries — including last year’s Islamophobic “pig head” attack against French mosques. buff.ly/yZPrHbl

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It’s clear, Reform UK wants to implement Trump in the UK. Resist it at all times.

NEW The Harborne Receipts: Follow the Money Billionaire Christopher Harborne gave millions to Nigel Farage & Boris Johnson & their parties. Then the pro-crypto announcements began. We mapped a timeline of Harborne's £30m political donations and crypto-friendly announcements by Farage & Johnson 1/

Roger Stoned…

Reform's biggest lie exposed as migration drops HUGE 48% in major Labour win

Unsurprising that the pro-russian PM would keep Bulgaria on the sidelines of this initiative but his justification is pathetic. Imagine saying there's no point in charging criminals who are managing to evade justice. sofiaglobe.com/2026/05/22/b...

A Russian spy under diplomatic cover who spent years infiltrating think-tanks tied to the Orbán government was quietly sent home from Budapest — but only after Orbán's electoral defeat removed the shield that had protected him for months. VSquare.org

⚡ Switzerland has expanded its sanctions against Russia, targeting its military sector and individuals involved in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children. united24media.com/world/new-sw...

🇺🇸 Tulsi Gabbard is resigning as the head of the US National Intelligence Service. The official reason for the dismissal is her husband's serious illness. Unofficially, the US presidential administration has long been dissatisfied with her work and position on Iran.

Hear how we track transnational far-right networks... This panel recorded at re:publica is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywcp...

What a difference a week makes…

Max Colbert and @luciaoc.bsky.social’s report from Friday on the questions around the Met’s trial surveilling officers with Palantir software www.thenerve.news/p/met-police...

Russia spends millions on forced reeducation of Ukrainian kids.

⚡️ Reports reveal a surge in combat suicides and low morale among Russian troops. 🧵 1/8 ⬇️

Huge expose by Hope Not Hate of #RobThePerv

Reform Council Sacks Long-Serving Vicar as Standards Chief, in Wave of Cuts to Scrutiny Reverend Canon Hilary Barber says he was given no warning or thanks by Nigel Farage's party for his years of service

I thought Trump said Iran’s military was “obliterated” and their capabilities were totally destroyed? Now Iran is rebuilding MUCH faster than expected So was Trump exaggerating or is he simply clueless? The guy who promised to end the war in 24 hrs can’t keep his own story straight for 24 mins 🤷🏻‍♂️

1/ Russian warblogger Lev Vershinin wonders how Russia has managed to revert to 18th century standards of brutal military discipline, as seen in this video. How did it "become so savage in just one generation?", he asks. ⬇️

This is how you tackle rogue chinese vessels that put foreign flags on your islands.

Po stopách Benjaminovcov: Ako nadácia s majetkom 48 mil.$ prevádzkovala na Floride vplyvovú sieť spriaznenú s Iránom mimo dohľadu štátnych orgánov. Verím, že tento materiál pomôže vytvoriť si lepšiu predstavu o fungovaní takýchto vplyvových sietí rôznych aktérov, .. 1/2

.. o ich možných rozmeroch, objeme peňazí, ktorý je do nich nalievaný, ale aj o skutočných motiváciách za fasádou aktivizmu a o celkovom modus operandi. 2/2 networkcontagion.us/reports/foll...

🤯 Poland has busted a homegrown Russian spy ring. Three local citizens were arrested after investigators found they were mapping NATO troop deployments and undergoing paramilitary combat training to prepare for sabotage operations, per Polish Prosecutor's Office.

🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/86/reform-uk-repeatedly-refuses-to-explain-why-nigel-farage-met-and-posed-with-man…

🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church For 18 months, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right…

🇰🇿🇺🇦 The court of Astana International Financial Center recognized an arbitration award and allowed the enforcement of about $1.4 billion in debt from Russian Gazprom in favor of Ukrainian Naftogaz in Kazakhstan.

As Russian liberals push for détente, the security establishment is escalating provocations and war rhetoric — signaling the siloviki may now be actively pushing to expand the conflict beyond Ukraine, raising escalation risks in the Baltic.

📌 ICYMI — Reform UK Councillors Told to Speak Only to GB News’ as Party Shuns Local Press Local news editor in Ipswich says Reform party chair instructed his councillors to shut out the press in favour of only speaking to the right-wing news channel

These politicians exploit democracy to undermine European security. 🧵 1/16 ⬇️

1/ A warning from the Russian government that the Ukrainians are trying to take over Russian Telegram channels has attracted scepticism from Russian nationalist warbloggers. They see it as a possible plot by Russian intelligence agencies to discredit inconvenient "patriots". ⬇️

Reform UK Gone Since the Local Elections Dr David Bull has been sacked as Chair.

Carole Cadwalladr on why appointing Matt Brittin as director general could be a huge mistake for the BBC

Donald Trump just stole $1.7B from us — and he's creating a slush fund to reward his political allies. I've never seen anything like this in my 50 years in politics. It makes Nixon look like a boy scout. www.cnbc.com/2026/05/18/t...

‘Flag Man’ Behind Nazi-Linked Anti-Migrant Protests Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Woman Craig Kitts, who says he is fighting to 'protect our women and children' from migrants, admitted to assault by beating

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today we remember and honor the memory of all the victims of one of the most brutal crimes of the Soviet regime – the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. The deportation, which became an act of obvious genocide against the Crimean Tatar people.

⚡️ BREAKING: International gymnastics federation lifts all sanctions on Russia and Belarus The organization's executive committee allowed athletes from both nations to compete using their national flags, anthems, and symbols at all international tournaments.

🟨 Print Edition — Reform UK Repeatedly Refuses to Explain Why Nigel Farage Met and Posed with Man Criminally Convicted for Violent Attack on Anti-Racism Meeting at a Church For 18 months, Byline Times has attempted to get to the bottom of a photograph showing the party’s leader with far-right…

Tenconi and Ross are doubly linked to Reform, as seen last year when they attended a conference with the Erdington Reform candidate and the Romanian far right AUR party. bylinetimes.com/2026/04/22/r...

MAGAMAN, The Dumbest Years.....

Two nuclear sites hit. A Cuba invasion pretext being manufactured in real time. Trump retaliating against the members of Congress who pushed to release the Epstein files. Ukraine striking Moscow. It's Sunday. Ben has the full midday breakdown.

🔎 From the archive: Revealed: Peter Mandelson's Russian Connections and Palantir Lobbying Links — Nafeez Ahmed, Peter Jukes, Josiah Mortimer and Adam Bienkov 🔁 Relevant again: Mandelson did not divest from Russian and Palantir interests as required when US Ambassador

@TimothyDSnyder: "The United States is spending billions of dollars to lose a war in Iran that is enriching its oligarchs, impoverishing its citizens, sabotaging its alliances, and strengthening its enemies." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

'Reform needs troops - maggots low on intelligence but high on poison creeping out of sewage works'