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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 16m

Well that's not very helpful, is it?

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 6h

Again? How many times is that now?

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 23h

She was elected to the House a month ago. But Mike Johnson has refused to swear her in, knowing it would narrow his small majority and provide the final signature needed to force a vote on an Epstein papers resolution. Now she's suing. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

As Johnson Delays, Grijalva Sues to Be Seated in the House

www.nytimes.com

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 15h

Meh.

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 15h

We are never going to see a sensible taxation policy if the media keeps using terms like 'tax burden', tax raid' and 'tax grab'.

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John Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent by Patrick Maguire, who has noticed that long-term interest rates have fallen
www.thetimes.com/article/f3f7...

At least someone’s buying what Rachel Reeves is selling

Bond markets approve of the chancellor’s consistency but tax rises and spending cuts won’t win over voters and MPs

www.thetimes.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

“It is important to demonstrate that authoritarian gains are not permanent. That liberal society has the will to undo their grotesqueries.
Demolishing the Trump ballroom and restoring the East Wing will be symbolic. But symbolism matters to authoritarians.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/we-will-te...

We Will Tear Down the Trump Palace Ballroom and Casino

Thinking like a dissident movement.

www.thebulwark.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

Not so far-fetched. After all, Bigfoot is in the Oval Office.

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

Trump sells everyone out.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, I will. The amount of parliamentary time that would be eaten up in trying to get wholesale constitutional changes agreed would pretty much stymie any other Bills. And to rush something through in panic, as George seems to suggest at one point, would be a recipe for disaster.

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Andrew Menotti @cesarini.bsky.social · 1d

You can’t afford insurance and you don’t want it. Fight for NHS like your life depends on it.

Signed,

An American

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

What an extraordinary way to behave.

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

You'll excuse me while I look at you sceptically over the top of my glasses.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

Hilarious article in today's Grauniad in which Owen Jones argues that it's vital for the Greens to shack up with Corbyn and Sultana's hot mess of a 'party'. There's not a barge pole long enough.

D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 1d

These "we need a written constitution" articles always argue for some kind of "people's forum" in which the huddled masses will magically develop an interest in the nuts and bolts of democracy. Ain't gonna happen if Mrs Brown's Boys is on the telly.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 2d

Thought experiment, how much of the White House could the president tear down before anyone in power did anything meaningful to stop it? Like if he just kept going?

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 2d

If Musk had been able to deliver what he aaid he would, when he said he would, his current hissy fit wouldn't have been necessary.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 3d

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 2d

Are they sure it wasn't just a further modification of the facade?

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 3d

Brexit has had a bigger impact on Britain’s economy than even critics predicted Rachel Reeves said.

So Labour ignore Brexit when they think that’ll win votes and blame it the next to excuse their failures.

Cynical doesn’t even begin to describe them.

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D B Webb @dbwebb.bsky.social · 2d

If I were running Labour comms I'd resign.

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PoliticalJunki @politicaljunki.bsky.social · 2d

Who could've seen that coming? 🙋🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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