The Government talked a good game on sewage but their targets have failed to wash with the public. We must give the new regulator the powers it needs to hold these water companies accountable for the damage they are doing.

75th @clpvirginia.org episode! @biodoss.bsky.social @frashure.bsky.social & I explore liberalism as the bulwark against abuse ➕ Virginia's upcoming elections, Maine's Secretary of State resists the DOJ & Chris shares who he'd fire first: Jerry Jones or Donald Trump? open.spotify.com/episode/3j8a...

“Principles Matter.” Iran Strikes & the Virginia & NYC Primaries. @biodoss.bsky.social @frashure.bsky.social & I discuss recent 🇺🇸 military action against Iran & then shared some thoughts on #Virginia & New York City's primaries, as I shared some things to celebrate. open.spotify.com/episode/2fzJ...

"Almost all the gay men, trans people and lesbians who have confided in me that they don’t agree with this have said so sotto voce lest anyone overhear. That’s the intolerant and illiberal atmosphere that now exists in the gay, lesbian and transgender space." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...

"Thames Water piled up nearly £20 billion in debt while pumping sewage into our rivers and lakes. The price of this failure must not be paid by the customers." @timfarron.bsky.social

New @clpvirginia.org pod as @biodoss.bsky.social @frashure.bsky.social & I discuss the Virginia Lieutenant Governor's race & ranked choice voting coming to Charlottesville. We look at John Reid (R), Marlow Jones (I) & a crowded Democratic field. open.spotify.com/episode/2J63... #Virginia #politics

Yesterday saw the biggest cuts to carer's allowance for decades. Half a billion pounds will be taken away from those who care. It is a double whammy to the most vulnerable, hitting disabled people who cannot work while slashing support for the loved ones who care for them. - Steve Darling MP

The Liberal Party of Pennsylvania is looking for a candidate for Commonwealth Court Judge. If you're a lawyer in Pennsylvania, you are qualified to run. If you agree with our platform, we will help you get on the ballot. Message me for more information! www.liberalpartyusa.org/platform

We are on the verge of a historic betrayal of Ukraine by the United States. The Government must seize the tens of billions of pounds worth of Russian assets in our country and use them to support Ukraine.

JD Vance’s comments are deeply disrespectful to all those who have bravely served in the British Armed Forces, including those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and sadly did not return home.

RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.

"To do this, we must be vigilant in our opposition to hatred, discrimination and oppression, and vigilant in defence of peace, human rights and compassion." https://www.libdems.org.uk/news/article/ed-davey-marks-holocaust-memorial-day-2025

A team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — in computer models and found no evidence of long-term weakening over the past 60 years.

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This is Musk's new pinned tweet. - It's Latin meaning "no one provokes me and gets away with it." - He attributes it to Sulla, the Roman general who marched on Rome, named himself dictator and launched a notorious reign of terror, executing much of the city's elite. - It's never linked to Sulla.

Yeah, I cannot stress enough - anyone coming in unironically declaring that Sulla is cool is either an idiot who doesn't know very much about Sulla, a narcissistic monster who should be yeeted out of polite society, or both.

#liberalism: '...protecting & enhancing the freedom of the individual (is) the central problem of politics. #Liberals ...believe... gov. is necessary to protect individuals from being harmed by others, but...also recognize... gov. itself can pose a threat...” andyjabbour.substack.com/p/the-weeken...

The Bank Secrecy Act regime forces banks to report customers to the government for an ever-growing list of “red flags.” reason.com/2025/01/25/t...

This is a very dead horse, but I do hope that if democracy survives, my progressive friends will take to heart the lesson that, yes, concentrating more power in the state can get you what you want when you're in control—but it also means bad people can use it for bad things when they're in control.

By a 2 to 1 majority, Americans want to expand legal immigration and provide a way for undocumented people to stay in the U.S. If you're a younger voter in that 66-77% approval rating for pro-immigrant policies, you're likely craving a political home! Join us and fight for freedom!

The late Steve Horwitz wrote this 8 years ago today about 1st Trump presidency and it remains just as relevant. Liberalism in the Balance | BHL bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2017/01/libe... @mattzwolinski.bsky.social

If it doesn’t come from 1930s Weimar, it’s technically sparkling fascism.

This is a double betrayal. A broken promise from the Conservatives followed by a shameful cop out from Labour. First, ripping away what was promised to communities and then using the day of Trump’s inauguration in a shoddy attempt to bury the bad news shows an outrageous disregard for patients.

"I have a dream..." Four simple words told the story of a future where humanity could reject animus and instead walk hand-in-hand. We have come a long way since Rev Martin Luther King Jr gave this groundbreaking speech, yet we still have work to do in healing divisions between people. 🗽 🕊 🌎 #dream

Many of Trump's announced executive actions are likely to be illegal abuses of power, especially some on border/immigration. In this piece, I go over several examples, explaining why they are illegal/dangerous: reason.com/volokh/2025/...

I guarantee they already have a glib set of talking points prepped explaining how of course that wasn’t the thing it very obviously was, how could you even think that.

The enduring legacy of Martin Luther King Jr was one where people argued his vision was an impossibility yet we have made immense progress. Even still our work continues! Be the change you wish to see in the world... and be a beacon of light and hope in the darkness. #bethelight #bethechange #hope

Was a pleasure to sit down last night with @andyjabbour.bsky.social and @biodoss.bsky.social and talk a little liberalism. Thanks again for asking me on!

It adds insult to injury that the Conservatives have now voted against exempting more dangerous criminals from this early release scheme - including some stalkers and even murderers. Liberal Democrats will always stand up for victims and survivors of crime, even if the Conservatives won’t.

Mike Lee's "App Store Accountability Act" would make Google and Apple check IDs Lee says this is about stopping kids from seeing "sexual and violent content." It goes far beyond that. reason.com/2024/12/11/m...

You can tell who is sincerely concerned about climate change and who just wants to use climate change for anti-capitalist agenda by how angry they get at solutions that don't involve dismantling capitalism, and especially if their anger correlates to how promising those solutions seem to be.

Take a listen! @biodoss.bsky.social @frashure.bsky.social & I discuss how @clpvirginia.org & @liberalpartyusa.bsky.social support #immigration, the free movement of people & open markets➕ -tariffs👎🏼! [email protected]'s #Virginia lawsuit - #privacy, #encryption, digital rights open.spotify.com/episode/4BKE...

Not for nothing, but for all that the far left sneers about liberals being a drop of the hat away from open enablers of fascism, it’s the far left, not the center, joining with fascists to destabilize France.

If I hear one more person claim that they voted for Trump because his administration supports free speech...

South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.

South Koreans celebrate as the military leave the National Assembly after it voted to block martial law 190-0.

Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now. I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.

Love to ban trans women from capitol restrooms in order to “protect women and girls” while suppressing a report about the incoming attorney general paying for the statutory rape of a minor while in congress and showing women’s nudes on the House floor

American political discussions would be more fruitful if we didn’t treat “conservatism” and “the right” as synonyms, and if we distinguished social conservatism from personal or political conservatism. If nothing else, it would help more people understand the radicalism of the American far-right.

A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas. It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter. fox59.com/news/indycri...