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#ANGRYBIRDSHIT on them. My #CURSE'oDAY.
Bill Cassidy, who lost his reelection bid to a Trump-backed primary challenger, says he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche for Attorney General.
I can't think of a more disgraceful way to close out your Congressional tenure than by rubber-stamping this dangerous Trump crony.
I can't think of a more disgraceful way to close out your Congressional tenure than by rubber-stamping this dangerous Trump crony.
August 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
#ANGRYBIRDSHIT on them. My #CURSE'oDAY.
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‼️ IMPORTANT REMINDER
Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer” — and cannot be allowed to serve as the Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice.
Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer” — and cannot be allowed to serve as the Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice.
July 31, 2026 at 2:15 AM
‼️ IMPORTANT REMINDER
Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer” — and cannot be allowed to serve as the Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice.
Todd Blanche is Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and “fixer” — and cannot be allowed to serve as the Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice.
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Republicans alone slashed Medicare with zero Democratic votes and timed it for after the election. A Democratic Congress will restore the cuts, cap insulin at $35, expand dental and vision coverage, and crack down on Big Pharma. Vote them in. #RepublicansCutHealthcare
July 30, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Republicans alone slashed Medicare with zero Democratic votes and timed it for after the election. A Democratic Congress will restore the cuts, cap insulin at $35, expand dental and vision coverage, and crack down on Big Pharma. Vote them in. #RepublicansCutHealthcare
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Nothing like an armed militia roaming the streets looking for human beings that they deem inferior to their own below average selves.
July 28, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Nothing like an armed militia roaming the streets looking for human beings that they deem inferior to their own below average selves.
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Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.
Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU
Body camera footage and forensically recovered texts, which provide a window into the mindset of agents who conducted raids throughout the L.A. area, were detailed in a 37-page motion for a preliminar...
www.latimes.com
July 28, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Text messages and videos obtained by the ACLU show that federal immigration agents who carried out last year’s raids in L.A. referred to Latinos with slurs such as “wet” (wetback) and “tonks,” reportedly derived from the sound a flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head.
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Obnoxious crazy woman!!
July 28, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Obnoxious crazy woman!!
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Kemi the nutjob wants to cancel Net Zero (a policy her own party developed) and defy geology by mandating a boom in N.Sea oil and gas investments chasing resources that have long been depleted.
She makes Liz Truss look like a master strategist and stateswoman.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
She makes Liz Truss look like a master strategist and stateswoman.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
France and Spain race to control wildfires as fresh heatwave hits, as UN warns ‘the climate alarm is blaring’ – Europe live
Spanish prime minister also says the fires serve as a reminder to plan for the ‘worsening’ climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Kemi the nutjob wants to cancel Net Zero (a policy her own party developed) and defy geology by mandating a boom in N.Sea oil and gas investments chasing resources that have long been depleted.
She makes Liz Truss look like a master strategist and stateswoman.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
She makes Liz Truss look like a master strategist and stateswoman.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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President Donald Trump's Oval Office design was criticized on Wednesday after the White House tried to boast about the revamp.
Critics mock video tour of Trump's gold Oval Office makeover: 'Took a very wrong turn'
President Donald Trump's Oval Office design was criticized on Wednesday after the White House tried to boast about the revamp.White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino shared a video this week highlighting the gold touches and a number of model planes across the historic room, The Daily Beast re...
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July 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
President Donald Trump's Oval Office design was criticized on Wednesday after the White House tried to boast about the revamp.
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Mamdani has been making the case that his brand of politics is a model for the Democratic Party. The UK just handed the keys to a man making the same case for his entire country. Two leaders, two continents, one shared belief: that the working class deserves better than what they have been given.
The UK Takes Mamdani-Style Populism National
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July 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Mamdani has been making the case that his brand of politics is a model for the Democratic Party. The UK just handed the keys to a man making the same case for his entire country. Two leaders, two continents, one shared belief: that the working class deserves better than what they have been given.
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Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing to Capita, govt says.
Capita received £239m contract, despite botching contracts to run Teachers’ Pensions and the Royal Mail pension scheme.
Victims must get compensation.
Must end privatisation. Ban Capita from all public contracts.
Capita received £239m contract, despite botching contracts to run Teachers’ Pensions and the Royal Mail pension scheme.
Victims must get compensation.
Must end privatisation. Ban Capita from all public contracts.
Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says
Chaos of Capita-run scheme has left some people waiting up to a year for payments and in financial hardship
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing to Capita, govt says.
Capita received £239m contract, despite botching contracts to run Teachers’ Pensions and the Royal Mail pension scheme.
Victims must get compensation.
Must end privatisation. Ban Capita from all public contracts.
Capita received £239m contract, despite botching contracts to run Teachers’ Pensions and the Royal Mail pension scheme.
Victims must get compensation.
Must end privatisation. Ban Capita from all public contracts.
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Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years.
Median pay of FTSE 100 CEO increased from £4.66m in 2024/25 to £5.06m in 2025/26.
UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary, often for mediocre performance.
Workers generate wealth but have no say on exec pay.
Median pay of FTSE 100 CEO increased from £4.66m in 2024/25 to £5.06m in 2025/26.
UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary, often for mediocre performance.
Workers generate wealth but have no say on exec pay.
Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years - High Pay Centre
The High Pay Centre's annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 shows the Median FTSE 100 CEO to median UK worker pay ratio rose to 130:1 in 2025/26, the highest for 8 years and up from 124:1 last year...
highpaycentre.org
July 20, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Gap between the pay of FTSE 100 CEOs and UK workers the widest for 8 years.
Median pay of FTSE 100 CEO increased from £4.66m in 2024/25 to £5.06m in 2025/26.
UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary, often for mediocre performance.
Workers generate wealth but have no say on exec pay.
Median pay of FTSE 100 CEO increased from £4.66m in 2024/25 to £5.06m in 2025/26.
UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary, often for mediocre performance.
Workers generate wealth but have no say on exec pay.
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The Govt says: "All suppliers are expected to pass the VAT reduction on to all customers, including those on fixed tariffs, as they did with the £150 of costs taken off energy bills announced last Budget"
Expected or forced? Will need to watch closely for suppliers using it to pad out their margins
Expected or forced? Will need to watch closely for suppliers using it to pad out their margins
July 21, 2026 at 6:07 AM
The Govt says: "All suppliers are expected to pass the VAT reduction on to all customers, including those on fixed tariffs, as they did with the £150 of costs taken off energy bills announced last Budget"
Expected or forced? Will need to watch closely for suppliers using it to pad out their margins
Expected or forced? Will need to watch closely for suppliers using it to pad out their margins
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I think a lot of people assume there are layers and layers of checks at BBC News that simply do not exist anymore. The corp has also massively undervalued the experience that just comes from 30 years of doing a thing. A lot is now 28 year olds in charge of 22 year olds and it shows.
I think this is true and in general the BBC undervalues its backroom staff compared to its on-screen 'talent'. Even before 'basic morality', common sense should have led to Huw Edwards being given less latitude.
But equally being on-screen BBC talent is life-changing and not only in a good way.
But equally being on-screen BBC talent is life-changing and not only in a good way.
I've said it before, but I think parts of the BBC overvalue "talent" (cf, newsreaders) vs the audience pull of the vehicles they are in.
July 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I think a lot of people assume there are layers and layers of checks at BBC News that simply do not exist anymore. The corp has also massively undervalued the experience that just comes from 30 years of doing a thing. A lot is now 28 year olds in charge of 22 year olds and it shows.
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President Trump’s holding company took a $2 million payment last year from a top investor in a South Korean aluminum firm as the company was fighting a trade case before Trump’s Commerce Department, raising new conflict-of-interest questions.
South Korean company paid Trump $2 million amid trade investigation
A South Korean investor paid Trump's company $2 million while its aluminum firm fought a Commerce Department trade case, raising new conflict-of-interest questions.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
President Trump’s holding company took a $2 million payment last year from a top investor in a South Korean aluminum firm as the company was fighting a trade case before Trump’s Commerce Department, raising new conflict-of-interest questions.
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Scandals don't come much bigger than wasting £10bn of £15bn spent on unusable PPE during Covid.
The Tory VIP lane for donors, cronies and chums was a rip-off door.
Hunt them down and grab back the £10bn no matter whatever that costs.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
The Tory VIP lane for donors, cronies and chums was a rip-off door.
Hunt them down and grab back the £10bn no matter whatever that costs.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Covid Inquiry finds Tories ‘favoured powerful pals’ amid lack of PPE
The Covid-19 Inquiry's latest report says that the Tories' VIP Lane ‘embedded unfairness’ as £10 billion was wasted on unusable PPE - while nurses were forced to wear plastic bags
www.mirror.co.uk
July 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Scandals don't come much bigger than wasting £10bn of £15bn spent on unusable PPE during Covid.
The Tory VIP lane for donors, cronies and chums was a rip-off door.
Hunt them down and grab back the £10bn no matter whatever that costs.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
The Tory VIP lane for donors, cronies and chums was a rip-off door.
Hunt them down and grab back the £10bn no matter whatever that costs.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Nigel Farage just made his statement on his "future in public life." It amounted to this: it’s a conspiracy, and it’s everyone else’s fault.
Yet there’s still no answer to the only question that matters: why did someone on the other side of the world give him £5 million?
Yet there’s still no answer to the only question that matters: why did someone on the other side of the world give him £5 million?
July 7, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Nigel Farage just made his statement on his "future in public life." It amounted to this: it’s a conspiracy, and it’s everyone else’s fault.
Yet there’s still no answer to the only question that matters: why did someone on the other side of the world give him £5 million?
Yet there’s still no answer to the only question that matters: why did someone on the other side of the world give him £5 million?
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Russia's largest oil refinery halts processing after drone attack, sources say reut.rs/4wmhs4c
Russia's largest oil refinery halts processing after drone attack, sources say
Omsk oil refinery, Russia's largest, has halted operations following a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said on Tuesday.
reut.rs
July 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Russia's largest oil refinery halts processing after drone attack, sources say reut.rs/4wmhs4c
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Nigel Farage has made a career out of ‘taking back control’ - but he is not being straight with the British people about who controls him.
Today, I have written to the Standards Commissioner to urge that the latest Sunday Times revelations are investigated.
Today, I have written to the Standards Commissioner to urge that the latest Sunday Times revelations are investigated.
July 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Nigel Farage has made a career out of ‘taking back control’ - but he is not being straight with the British people about who controls him.
Today, I have written to the Standards Commissioner to urge that the latest Sunday Times revelations are investigated.
Today, I have written to the Standards Commissioner to urge that the latest Sunday Times revelations are investigated.
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It's a good job Nigel Farage didn't fail to declare a ten quid Universal Credit overpayment, because he'd really be in trouble then
July 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It's a good job Nigel Farage didn't fail to declare a ten quid Universal Credit overpayment, because he'd really be in trouble then
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They get basic accommodation and £49.18 a week for essentials while their claim is processed. That’s not the same as the fantasy of “free houses and free everything” that the fcukwit Farage fans fall for.
July 7, 2026 at 8:31 AM
They get basic accommodation and £49.18 a week for essentials while their claim is processed. That’s not the same as the fantasy of “free houses and free everything” that the fcukwit Farage fans fall for.
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Hate-filled Hard Right politics is a profitable personal business for Nigel Farage and Reform leaders.
Pleased the five-home property portfolio of gold finger and his partner is finally receiving wider coverage. Here are @DailyMirror details last month.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Pleased the five-home property portfolio of gold finger and his partner is finally receiving wider coverage. Here are @DailyMirror details last month.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Inside Nigel Farage's multimillion-pound property empire
Reform UK’s leader is bidding to make Downing Street his home, yet he already boasts a portfolio stretching to four houses with another owned by his partner
www.mirror.co.uk
July 2, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Hate-filled Hard Right politics is a profitable personal business for Nigel Farage and Reform leaders.
Pleased the five-home property portfolio of gold finger and his partner is finally receiving wider coverage. Here are @DailyMirror details last month.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Pleased the five-home property portfolio of gold finger and his partner is finally receiving wider coverage. Here are @DailyMirror details last month.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Me relaunching my media appearances this week:
June 27, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Me relaunching my media appearances this week:
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Graph of Strait of Hormuz crossings since June 2025. See that little spike all the way on the right? The one that's much lower than the leftward 2/3 of the graph, and immediately crashes back down?
That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.
That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.
June 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Graph of Strait of Hormuz crossings since June 2025. See that little spike all the way on the right? The one that's much lower than the leftward 2/3 of the graph, and immediately crashes back down?
That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.
That's what the US government and quite a bit of US media tell us is fully open, with normal traffic.
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"Trump said, 'You know why I [attack the press]? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.' Trump said that," Stahl told the audience, adding, "So, put that in your head for a minute." www.cbsnews.com/news/lesley-...
Lesley Stahl: Trump admitted mission to "discredit" press
Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent says Trump admitted attacking press so "no one will believe" negative stories about him
www.cbsnews.com
June 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"Trump said, 'You know why I [attack the press]? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.' Trump said that," Stahl told the audience, adding, "So, put that in your head for a minute." www.cbsnews.com/news/lesley-...
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Ukraine bolsters its northern defences amid fears Belarus is being dragged into war
Ukraine bolsters its northern defences amid fears Belarus is being dragged into war
Kyiv is not taking any risks amid Moscow’s efforts to integrate Minsk ever more closely into its war
Russian spy drones flying into Ukraine from Belarusian airspace have sharply increased since the beginning of the year, as senior officials in Kyiv express mounting concern over Belarus’s involvement in the war.
Ukraine has stepped up by reinforcing fortifications on its northern border, including anti-tank ditches, concrete “dragons’ teeth” obstacles to block armoured vehicles and new areas of barbed wire. Troops operating along the border say they have noted a jump of about 20% in Russian intelligence drones since January. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Ukraine bolsters its northern defences amid fears Belarus is being dragged into war