Adam Higgitt
@ahiggitt.bsky.social
Irrrepressible idealist trapped inside irredeemable cynic.
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The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
Larry Page Becomes No. 2 Richest—Bumping Larry Ellison—As Alphabet Shares Rally
The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
www.forbes.com
I don’t know about you, but I simply never grow bored of learning which plutocrat has become the best at amassing money he can’t spend.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Kemi Badenoch berating Rachel Reeves for displaying a lack of humility is just too precious a moment to be lost amid the rest of her humbug.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Kemi Badenoch berating Rachel Reeves for displaying a lack of humility is just too precious a moment to be lost amid the rest of her humbug.
Let this serve as warning to all those tempted to get their work done and all cued up and ready to go early.
Far better to leave it until the last minute before rushing something out.
I think.
Far better to leave it until the last minute before rushing something out.
I think.
OBR: Budget release was ‘technical error’
The OBR has launched an investigation into the mistaken budget release - and has apologised for a 'technical error'.
news.sky.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Let this serve as warning to all those tempted to get their work done and all cued up and ready to go early.
Far better to leave it until the last minute before rushing something out.
I think.
Far better to leave it until the last minute before rushing something out.
I think.
I struggle with the "Rachel from Accounts" taunt. In my guts, I know it is a sexist remark, but there's no argument I can concoct in which "Robert from Accounts"* wouldn't have been just as gleefully shouted.
* Assuming both a Chancellor Robert Reeves and a "Robert from Accounts" cultural reference
* Assuming both a Chancellor Robert Reeves and a "Robert from Accounts" cultural reference
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I struggle with the "Rachel from Accounts" taunt. In my guts, I know it is a sexist remark, but there's no argument I can concoct in which "Robert from Accounts"* wouldn't have been just as gleefully shouted.
* Assuming both a Chancellor Robert Reeves and a "Robert from Accounts" cultural reference
* Assuming both a Chancellor Robert Reeves and a "Robert from Accounts" cultural reference
The worst aspect of this capitulation is that it will encourage him and his anemic British mini-me.
Trump doesn't want to go to court. He doesn't want an apology or reparations.
He wants media outlets to censor themselves in advance.
And that's exactly what the BBC has done here.
Trump doesn't want to go to court. He doesn't want an apology or reparations.
He wants media outlets to censor themselves in advance.
And that's exactly what the BBC has done here.
This is the most cowardly, worst-faith, least public-interest decision the BBC has made in decades.
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The worst aspect of this capitulation is that it will encourage him and his anemic British mini-me.
Trump doesn't want to go to court. He doesn't want an apology or reparations.
He wants media outlets to censor themselves in advance.
And that's exactly what the BBC has done here.
Trump doesn't want to go to court. He doesn't want an apology or reparations.
He wants media outlets to censor themselves in advance.
And that's exactly what the BBC has done here.
The WH line is that the presumption of legality in the UCMJ makes the Dems' video illegal.
But a presumption of legality is not an acceptance of legality.
It means in the absence of anything improper, service members should assume an order is lawful.
And nothing in the video challenges that.
But a presumption of legality is not an acceptance of legality.
It means in the absence of anything improper, service members should assume an order is lawful.
And nothing in the video challenges that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The WH line is that the presumption of legality in the UCMJ makes the Dems' video illegal.
But a presumption of legality is not an acceptance of legality.
It means in the absence of anything improper, service members should assume an order is lawful.
And nothing in the video challenges that.
But a presumption of legality is not an acceptance of legality.
It means in the absence of anything improper, service members should assume an order is lawful.
And nothing in the video challenges that.
No need to worry. She nailed it with her first question (I paraphrase but "you lot have been crap trailing this budget" which, while correct, is mind-blowingly trivial and petty).
Kemi Badenoch now has quite the head start on her response.
It's going to take all her talents to sound as petty and trivial as normal.
It's going to take all her talents to sound as petty and trivial as normal.
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No need to worry. She nailed it with her first question (I paraphrase but "you lot have been crap trailing this budget" which, while correct, is mind-blowingly trivial and petty).
Kemi Badenoch now has quite the head start on her response.
It's going to take all her talents to sound as petty and trivial as normal.
It's going to take all her talents to sound as petty and trivial as normal.
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Kemi Badenoch now has quite the head start on her response.
It's going to take all her talents to sound as petty and trivial as normal.
It's going to take all her talents to sound as petty and trivial as normal.
This.
And also: great day for the farming lobby but a shocker for lobby journalists. Regardless of legality, making the protest against a relatively benign - not to mention long since announced - tax relief partial abolition the centre of the morning's coverage is just alienating to everyone else.
And also: great day for the farming lobby but a shocker for lobby journalists. Regardless of legality, making the protest against a relatively benign - not to mention long since announced - tax relief partial abolition the centre of the morning's coverage is just alienating to everyone else.
Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This.
And also: great day for the farming lobby but a shocker for lobby journalists. Regardless of legality, making the protest against a relatively benign - not to mention long since announced - tax relief partial abolition the centre of the morning's coverage is just alienating to everyone else.
And also: great day for the farming lobby but a shocker for lobby journalists. Regardless of legality, making the protest against a relatively benign - not to mention long since announced - tax relief partial abolition the centre of the morning's coverage is just alienating to everyone else.
This is the most cowardly, worst-faith, least public-interest decision the BBC has made in decades.
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is the most cowardly, worst-faith, least public-interest decision the BBC has made in decades.
There’s nothing wrong with “having a generic something”.
There’s everything wrong with comparing a generic something with a branded something and pretending the difference in price between the two demonstrates economy-wide retail deflation.
There’s everything wrong with comparing a generic something with a branded something and pretending the difference in price between the two demonstrates economy-wide retail deflation.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
There’s nothing wrong with “having a generic something”.
There’s everything wrong with comparing a generic something with a branded something and pretending the difference in price between the two demonstrates economy-wide retail deflation.
There’s everything wrong with comparing a generic something with a branded something and pretending the difference in price between the two demonstrates economy-wide retail deflation.
Scratch my previous post. The poor woman is obviously estranged from the Leavitts.
She’ll probably end up in that narco gang supermax in El Salvador.
She’ll probably end up in that narco gang supermax in El Salvador.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Scratch my previous post. The poor woman is obviously estranged from the Leavitts.
She’ll probably end up in that narco gang supermax in El Salvador.
She’ll probably end up in that narco gang supermax in El Salvador.
Gonna take a wild punt here and predict that a parent of the White House Press Secretary’s nephew will not ultimately be deported.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been personally linked to the brutal ICE raids sweeping America.
The mother of her 11-year-old nephew is now in custody at an ICE facility, facing deportation to Brazil. She’s the former fiancée of Michael Leavitt, the press secretary’s brother.
The mother of her 11-year-old nephew is now in custody at an ICE facility, facing deportation to Brazil. She’s the former fiancée of Michael Leavitt, the press secretary’s brother.
Karoline Leavitt’s Family Member Captured by ICE Goons
America’s brutal immigration raids just got personal for Trump’s press secretary.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Gonna take a wild punt here and predict that a parent of the White House Press Secretary’s nephew will not ultimately be deported.
I used to wistfully re-watch episodes of the West Wing during George W Bush’s presidency, rueing the fact of a blundering NeoCon over the fiction of Nobel Laureate liberal.
That counterfactual was tough. This one is just too brutal.
That counterfactual was tough. This one is just too brutal.
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I used to wistfully re-watch episodes of the West Wing during George W Bush’s presidency, rueing the fact of a blundering NeoCon over the fiction of Nobel Laureate liberal.
That counterfactual was tough. This one is just too brutal.
That counterfactual was tough. This one is just too brutal.
Referring to an exercise aimed explicitly at obscuring one person's possible culpability in serious crime the "Epstein Transparency Project" may be the most Newspeak name for any government initiative ever.
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Referring to an exercise aimed explicitly at obscuring one person's possible culpability in serious crime the "Epstein Transparency Project" may be the most Newspeak name for any government initiative ever.
I just wish President Trump would support America’s allies and oppose America’s enemies.
I really don’t think that is an unreasonable wish. It’s very much in America’s interest, after all.
I really don’t think that is an unreasonable wish. It’s very much in America’s interest, after all.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I just wish President Trump would support America’s allies and oppose America’s enemies.
I really don’t think that is an unreasonable wish. It’s very much in America’s interest, after all.
I really don’t think that is an unreasonable wish. It’s very much in America’s interest, after all.
I don’t know about you, but I simply never grow bored of learning which plutocrat has become the best at amassing money he can’t spend.
The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
Larry Page Becomes No. 2 Richest—Bumping Larry Ellison—As Alphabet Shares Rally
The Google parent’s stock has accelerated over the last week and is now valued more than Microsoft.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I don’t know about you, but I simply never grow bored of learning which plutocrat has become the best at amassing money he can’t spend.
I say again that this Trump auto-coup collapses when it runs out of lawyers prepared to imperil their careers and their freedoms defending the indefensible and prosecuting the unprosecutable.
Even a bent SCOTUS can't bail the government out without competent administration lawyers.
Even a bent SCOTUS can't bail the government out without competent administration lawyers.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I say again that this Trump auto-coup collapses when it runs out of lawyers prepared to imperil their careers and their freedoms defending the indefensible and prosecuting the unprosecutable.
Even a bent SCOTUS can't bail the government out without competent administration lawyers.
Even a bent SCOTUS can't bail the government out without competent administration lawyers.
I thank Lindsey Halligan for guaranteeing - albeit unwittingly - that justice has been done.
Some say that Lindsey Halligan is a wildly incompetent lawyer.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
Others say she gets her cases resolved incredibly quickly.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I thank Lindsey Halligan for guaranteeing - albeit unwittingly - that justice has been done.
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It is unsettling. What’s her name?
Deeply unsettled by this older photo of Mike Johnson with a beard.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It is unsettling. What’s her name?
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The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The good news: the president has pardoned the turkey.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
The bad news: two hours later the turkey was arrested for running a ponzi scheme and committing acts of gross sexual imposition.
This is a spoof. This has to be a spoof.
It’s simply impossible for somebody this stupid to attain this high an office.
There must be a law of physics that prevents it from randomly occurring.
Please tell me this is a spoof.
It’s simply impossible for somebody this stupid to attain this high an office.
There must be a law of physics that prevents it from randomly occurring.
Please tell me this is a spoof.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is a spoof. This has to be a spoof.
It’s simply impossible for somebody this stupid to attain this high an office.
There must be a law of physics that prevents it from randomly occurring.
Please tell me this is a spoof.
It’s simply impossible for somebody this stupid to attain this high an office.
There must be a law of physics that prevents it from randomly occurring.
Please tell me this is a spoof.
THEN DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN RESIGN.
Oust Mike Johnson. Start passing your bills. Reclaim the rights to you so meekly ceded to wage war and levy tariffs. Hold the executive to account. Defend the Constitution. Govern.
If it’s resign or get primaried, face the primary. You might even win.
Oust Mike Johnson. Start passing your bills. Reclaim the rights to you so meekly ceded to wage war and levy tariffs. Hold the executive to account. Defend the Constitution. Govern.
If it’s resign or get primaried, face the primary. You might even win.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
THEN DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN RESIGN.
Oust Mike Johnson. Start passing your bills. Reclaim the rights to you so meekly ceded to wage war and levy tariffs. Hold the executive to account. Defend the Constitution. Govern.
If it’s resign or get primaried, face the primary. You might even win.
Oust Mike Johnson. Start passing your bills. Reclaim the rights to you so meekly ceded to wage war and levy tariffs. Hold the executive to account. Defend the Constitution. Govern.
If it’s resign or get primaried, face the primary. You might even win.