Here's the real worry about Trump, and those who think waiting three years for the ballot box really aren't getting it: once you let the genie out of the bottle, it's almost impossible to put him back in (even if you win the next election).

I don't know Kimmel but he seems a good guy. Tragically, though, he's another manifestation of why America's in the state it's in. "Give us three years" isn't the answer. By then, there'll be nothing of democracy left. Where did the spirit of the revolution go? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wake up, America, before it's too late.

If the "doctors" who certified the felon's mental (and physical) health are representative of the standard of medicine in America, y'all might be better off without insurance. Just a thought.

You can revolt or you're fucked. Pretty binary choice at this point. And yet, it appears the answer isn't obvious. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Well I never. Who could possibly have thought that great uncle nonce liked, well, "befriending" little girls? Whatever next. Brenda covering up for him? Impossible, surely. Waiting for someone to say "but they're great for tourism". Off with their heads. All of them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

Utterly stomach-churning submission to a self-interested group who wouldn't support this government if their lives depended on it. Starmer's weak, insipid, morally bankrupt leadership is what happens when...you elect an Arsenal supporter. Sorry, had to be said. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Love this move. The diminishing few who remain unconvinced that the US is now an enemy are being handed the evidence on a plate. Soon enough, Europe's leaders will have no choice but to stop the pandering and treat the US for what it's chosen to become. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

People moaning about the redacted Epstein files make me laugh. What did you fucking expect? You've got a corrupt government that you've long been aware of. You've done virtually fuck all to confront and remove it beyond a few performative marches. So really, spare me the hand-wringing self pity.

Someone tell Kemi there's an easy way to avoid caving in to the EU, and even better most people want it so it'll be a vote-winner. REJOIN. After which, no caving in necessary. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...

When you need to express your feelings but you can't find the words, Joe Strummer's always there to help... youtu.be/XipktveK8A0?...

I see that Ford's Theatre in Washington DC remains operational. Time, I think, for a Presidential visit.

Almost 250 years ago, Americans staged a revolution to rid the nation of unwanted leadership. Which I guess tells you it takes two and half centuries of breeding to turn bravery into abject passivity and cowardice.

Simple question: Are Americans ever going to step up, draw a line, and no matter how difficult say, "no more. This stops now". Or are they just going to let him carry on no matter how low America sinks, because rebelling is hard, and "it's not my fault because i personally didn't vote for him"?

The papers here (UK) have been dominated by news of the Bondi shooting over the past 48 hours, unsurprisingly, but less expected, I've seen barely a word about the Brown Uni shooting. It's just Americans doing what Americans do. The separation from a former ally quietly begins.

It's over. We know it. Now that we're waking up, time to stop pretending that the USA is anything but a corrupt oligarchy and an enemy of democracy. And time to craft our policies accordingly. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Electing Trump President was like inviting a paedophile to babysit. Which is exactly what Americans chose to do. And here we are.

The article applies to the UK, but the theory is universal. Question: Why are Americans so scared of socialism? socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...

Everything about this World Cup is wrong. Everything. Put simply, it won't be anything like the football most of the world knows and loves. Fuck Infantino. Fuck America. Fuck WC2026. A stain on the beautiful game. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

There's no point being lost for words anymore. We have to be absolutely clear from now on that the USA is no longer an ally, and that the American people have accepted fascism as their lot. Time to stop indulging those that don't believe in democracy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good morning, America. (The struggle continues. If you know, you know).

Finally, we're slowly starting to speak the previously unspeakable and acknowledge that the USA is no longer an ally. About time. Flattery and fawning doesn't work with fascists. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Now he's established there's no domestic opposition willing to stand up to him, he's moving beyond US borders. It's absolutely critical world leaders immediately stop pretending the USA is anything other than a rogue state, a threat, and an enemy of democracy.

The normalisation of corruption continues, and it's contagious. Capitalism is rotten to the core, yet the world is full of sheep trained to believe it's socialism that is dangerous. No point expecting change if you leave capitalism in place. Time to burn it down. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our times. It should not be beyond the wit of man (or the labour party) to design a system that fairly meets the needs of all, yet here we are with a cheap headline blaming every asylum seeker rather than addressing the actual problem cases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Poison, if you don't cut it out asap, seeps beyond its initial boundaries and the infection spreads. So thanks, Americans, for failing to remove your gangrenous limb (from the White House) and allowing its toxicity to negatively impact the rest of the world. Fuck you all. We'll get on with it.

After hubris, here comes nemesis. Let the chaos begin.

So if I read this right, Putin comes up with a shopping list, then gives it to his pitch-man Krasnov to handle sales while openly threatening any party disinclined to buy. Trump's America is no longer a joke. It's an enemy.

On the upside, I suppose at least we prosecute and convict our Krasnovs. But then again, we're still a democracy. I guess we should be thankful for small mercies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oddly appropriate that the funerals of both Dick Cheney and Democracy in America occurred in the same week. Perhaps God's trying to send us a message?

Much as I want to say something clever, I can do no better than "Starmer and his miserable excuse of a Labour Party are a complete, spineless, fucking joke". The con men and their rapidly dimishing minority are being allowed to hold the country hostage. Why? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is the abandoning of the Ukraine the day that changed everything and woke up the world to the reality that the USA is now an enemy? This headline just appeared on BBC Sport. Maybe I'm seeing something that isn't there, but so many other ways to write this without using "American". Yet they did.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY. The world map has been redrawn. Fascist alliances (USA, Argentina, Russia et al) to one side, Democracies to the other. Pretending the USA is teetering on the brink is no longer a viable option. It's gone. Dead. Finished. Our leaders need to start acting like they understand that.

Not sure why I bother posting stuff like this anymore. Americans don't care (save me the excuses..."country's too big"..."too hard to organize people" (sic)...I've heard them all before). Maybe it'll serve as a warning to other nations flirting with fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Vomit inducing. Bully America sells out everything it's ever pretended to stand for to do the bidding of a (Russian) dictator. The USA is dead to the world, morally bankrupt, a rotting corpse of corruption and malice. If you can't stand up to your fascist regime, you can fuck right off. Good luck.

The legacy of the American people's failure to remove Trump isn't that the rest of the world will think sympathetically that the USA briefly suffered a rogue leader. It's that we'll no longer trust the American people, because provoked by fascism, they failed. From that, there is no easy recovery.

If we want to understand why Americans have failed to rise up and remove their fascist President, once again we should perhaps learn the lessons that history has already laid bare. The American people aren't what they'd like you to believe they are. They never have been.

Dear Americans, In 1989, the Romanian people showed you exactly what to do with a dictator. Learn your fucking lesson, eh.

Since the American people refuse to stand up to Trump, I guess Ukraine and Europe will now have show them how it's done. Americans may be willing to submit. The rest of the world won't. www.bbc.com/news/article...

View from abroad... And he's STILL President Are you lot ever going to wake the fuck up and do whatever it takes to end your nightmare?

It would appear that Donald the Dictator has accidentally made us the leader of the democratic world, and the number one enemy of oligarchs everywhere 😂😂😂 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Recent excuses from Americans: He led insurrection (too soon to turn against him). Russian spy (need more time before anyone acts). Rigged elections (need more time to be convinced he's bad). ICE (need more time to decide whether to rebel). Epstein (need more time to rise up). You lot are a joke.

Many oppose Trump's ballroom. I disagree. A large and very public facility will soon be needed to host the trials, as Nuremberg showed us. And where more appropriate to host the death of America's first fascist regime, burning in an edifice of its own making? www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

Now that Yaxley-Lennon's writing headline copy for its policy announcements, the death of the "Labour" party is surely complete. A joint funeral pyre with the ashes of Badenoch's Conservatives mixed in is a fitting end to three miserable decades in British politics. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...

...and just like Himmler, Goering and others before her, Marjie - realising that the con is slowly coming to its end - is taking the well-trodden path of first rat off the sinking ship. Someone tell her that, alas, Nuremberg beckons regardless. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Other arguments aside (and there are plenty), if Trump wants to replay his incitement of an insurrection in slow motion in a court of law, he can be my guest. Win the case or not, the more time the traitor spends under a microscope, the better. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Is America so openly corrupt that a President can weaponise the justice system against his enemies and the people just put up with it? Rhetorical question, obviously. The USA is a fucking joke. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I wonder if Epstein file release so far has told MAGA voters a single thing they didn't know already. I doubt it. They voted for a paedo motivated by their hate, and now they'll turn the same hate onto the paedo they voted for. The hate is the real problem if we don't want it to happen again.

To focus exclusively on the issue of Trump and the Epstein files is to miss the point - that the power-brokers and billionaires who own and run America are rotten to the core. The entire system is corrupt. Americans have been failed by far more than one President, no matter how awful he may be.

Last night must have been a new experience for Donold. He finally got fucked by people old enough to vote.