Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
Arts journo (now mostly Slate and Byline Times),
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
MA Screenwriting lecturer @Goldsmiths UoL, authorina https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393074093, tech fumbler
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I’m running out of words to describe this Administration.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m running out of words to describe this Administration.
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Look, this French publication correctly labels Farage as the leader of a far right party (even if it’s technically a limited company).
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
British far right leader Nigel Farage urged to clarify party's ties with Russia
The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Look, this French publication correctly labels Farage as the leader of a far right party (even if it’s technically a limited company).
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
Why does the British mainstream media seem to have a different definition?
He is simply called ‘the leader of Reform UK’, which makes him sound innocuous.
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This is Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s 🤮 legacy.
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
www.yahoo.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is Elon Musk and Marco Rubio’s 🤮 legacy.
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What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting". They're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming & fishing, the decline is snowballing rhe longer we're out.
New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit:
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting". They're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming & fishing, the decline is snowballing rhe longer we're out.
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This is how it works: after lobbying Richard Tice with a trip to the French Riviera (to discuss "gas power" without having any expertise in the industry), the wife of a former Putin minister now attacks Labour and Conservatives. You don't need Specsavers to see what is going on.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is how it works: after lobbying Richard Tice with a trip to the French Riviera (to discuss "gas power" without having any expertise in the industry), the wife of a former Putin minister now attacks Labour and Conservatives. You don't need Specsavers to see what is going on.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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P.S.: Competitive depravity is also why Trump's followers--from MTG & Lauren Boebert in Congress, to the average red hat in the street--seem hell-bent on violating every social norms at every opportunity. They can't get away with as much as their leader, but they imitate & aspire to be like him.
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 AM
P.S.: Competitive depravity is also why Trump's followers--from MTG & Lauren Boebert in Congress, to the average red hat in the street--seem hell-bent on violating every social norms at every opportunity. They can't get away with as much as their leader, but they imitate & aspire to be like him.
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"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
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Most didn’t vote. NONvoters elect republicans unfortunately.
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Most didn’t vote. NONvoters elect republicans unfortunately.
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Mighty big risk expecting 1000 sworn federal agents to keep their mouths shut about what they’ve witnessed during this massive evidence tampering attempt.
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Mighty big risk expecting 1000 sworn federal agents to keep their mouths shut about what they’ve witnessed during this massive evidence tampering attempt.
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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The avalanche of apologies from Republicans over their accusations of partisan political violence has been deafening...
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The avalanche of apologies from Republicans over their accusations of partisan political violence has been deafening...
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President Donald Trump privately told the prime minister of Japan to back off its aggressive stance against China invading Taiwan, reported the Wall Street Journal — a move that blindsided an allied leader whom Trump generally praises for hawkishness.
Trump blindsides key ally with stunning demand
President Donald Trump privately told the prime minister of Japan to back off its aggressive stance against China invading Taiwan, reported the Wall Street Journal — a move that blindsided an allied leader whom Trump generally praises for hawkishness."Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaich...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
President Donald Trump privately told the prime minister of Japan to back off its aggressive stance against China invading Taiwan, reported the Wall Street Journal — a move that blindsided an allied leader whom Trump generally praises for hawkishness.
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According to leaked KGB/GRU memos, part of the reason KGB began funding/extorting Trump back in the 1980's was because they assessed that he was a malignant narcissist/psychopath/sociopath who'd have no qualms destroying his own country if it advanced his own wealth or status. It's still true today.
Kremlin papers appear to show Putin’s plot to put Trump in White House
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
According to leaked KGB/GRU memos, part of the reason KGB began funding/extorting Trump back in the 1980's was because they assessed that he was a malignant narcissist/psychopath/sociopath who'd have no qualms destroying his own country if it advanced his own wealth or status. It's still true today.
And yet never mentioned in all the zillion words of commentary about the budget.
Top Stanford economists:
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report: siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
And yet never mentioned in all the zillion words of commentary about the budget.
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Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems!
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Reflections on the budget from the head of Students4Reform
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Matt: we need measures to improve fertility - it's one of our biggest problems!
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
Also Matt: No not like that. I meant white people only.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
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The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The predictable crushing uniformity of the coverage of this Budget tells you an awful lot about the priorities of those papers, and also why there's actually quite a lot to praise in it bylinetimes.com/2025/11/26/t...
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I know this is like ten years too late, and America blew it. But please do this before Farage gets into power, and the US and UK are both firmly on the side of Putin.
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 70,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this week. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I know this is like ten years too late, and America blew it. But please do this before Farage gets into power, and the US and UK are both firmly on the side of Putin.
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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Britain went through a shift from a manufacturing base to an almost entirely service-sector based economy¹, but with a decades-long propaganda movement pushing xenophobia we've become more isolationist which just doesn't work in a global market.
¹ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
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¹ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
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Economy of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Britain went through a shift from a manufacturing base to an almost entirely service-sector based economy¹, but with a decades-long propaganda movement pushing xenophobia we've become more isolationist which just doesn't work in a global market.
¹ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
2/
¹ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...
2/