Ex-Optimist 🇬🇧
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I have an inferiority complex but frankly it's not a very good one.
No DMs unless you're a stunning nymphomaniac brewery heiress with a father on life support.
No DMs unless you're a stunning nymphomaniac brewery heiress with a father on life support.
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Donald Trump is incredibly litigious. He sues and threatens to sue people for anything and everything. He has sued no one for calling him a paedophile... Because the legal scrutiny would not go well for him
February 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Donald Trump is incredibly litigious. He sues and threatens to sue people for anything and everything. He has sued no one for calling him a paedophile... Because the legal scrutiny would not go well for him
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It’s always enlightening to hear lectures about being tough on crime from someone convicted of 34 felonies by a jury of his peers, and the subject of two impeachments.
His hypocrisy remains undefeated.
His hypocrisy remains undefeated.
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It’s always enlightening to hear lectures about being tough on crime from someone convicted of 34 felonies by a jury of his peers, and the subject of two impeachments.
His hypocrisy remains undefeated.
His hypocrisy remains undefeated.
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What's key thing to understand here is immigration judges are not real "judges" in the most basic ways Americans expect. They are not independent, they're DOJ employees. If they don't give ICE what it wants, the AG can just fire them.
There is no judicial process or warrant here.
There is no judicial process or warrant here.
Q: You're a constitutional lawyer. Can you detail the 4th Amendment protections someone has if ICE approaches their home w/an administrative warrant?
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
February 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
What's key thing to understand here is immigration judges are not real "judges" in the most basic ways Americans expect. They are not independent, they're DOJ employees. If they don't give ICE what it wants, the AG can just fire them.
There is no judicial process or warrant here.
There is no judicial process or warrant here.
DOGE initially promised to eliminate $2 trillion.
Quite early on Musk drastically cut that figure down to $150 billion (7.5% of the original estimated savings).
Forbes magazine suggests that in reality DOGE has actually COST the US as much as $135 billion in lost revenue.
fortune.com/article/doge...
Quite early on Musk drastically cut that figure down to $150 billion (7.5% of the original estimated savings).
Forbes magazine suggests that in reality DOGE has actually COST the US as much as $135 billion in lost revenue.
fortune.com/article/doge...
DOGE’s mass federal workforce cuts may cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year alone | Fortune
Elon Musk’s efforts to slash federal spending are costing the government in lost productivity and tax revenue, workforce and policy experts claim.
fortune.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
DOGE initially promised to eliminate $2 trillion.
Quite early on Musk drastically cut that figure down to $150 billion (7.5% of the original estimated savings).
Forbes magazine suggests that in reality DOGE has actually COST the US as much as $135 billion in lost revenue.
fortune.com/article/doge...
Quite early on Musk drastically cut that figure down to $150 billion (7.5% of the original estimated savings).
Forbes magazine suggests that in reality DOGE has actually COST the US as much as $135 billion in lost revenue.
fortune.com/article/doge...
The FT reports that Paul Chamberlain, the Reform councillor in charge of the Department of Local Government Efficiency at Kent County Council, has admitted the Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting project has not found any significant waste to cut.
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
Reform UK admits Kent council’s Musk-inspired cost-cutting drive found little waste
County councillors say former Conservative administration ‘weren’t crazy, they were business people’
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The FT reports that Paul Chamberlain, the Reform councillor in charge of the Department of Local Government Efficiency at Kent County Council, has admitted the Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting project has not found any significant waste to cut.
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
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OMG. Becoming has moved up to #6 in Netflix movies. It was #8 this morning. Everyone keep watching daily! Netflix rankings are based on at least a 2 minute interaction with a movie or show. We can take this to #1 and then rub that in the 🍊💩 face. Bonus - it’s a great documentary on Michelle Obama!
February 2, 2026 at 6:06 PM
OMG. Becoming has moved up to #6 in Netflix movies. It was #8 this morning. Everyone keep watching daily! Netflix rankings are based on at least a 2 minute interaction with a movie or show. We can take this to #1 and then rub that in the 🍊💩 face. Bonus - it’s a great documentary on Michelle Obama!
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{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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Now that you've flagged it up I can't not see Nigel Garage driving a pink Rolls Royce.
I didn't either...
February 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Now that you've flagged it up I can't not see Nigel Garage driving a pink Rolls Royce.
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Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
One doesn't want to be too coarse but this chap is clearly a complete cunt.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Bari Weiss’s new CBS hires include ‘germ theory denialist’ doctor
Dr Mark Hyman, who claimed he reduced his biological age by 20 years, brought on as a contributor
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:27 PM
One doesn't want to be too coarse but this chap is clearly a complete cunt.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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What's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a “study” to figure it out.
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
What's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a “study” to figure it out.
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As a Brit I feel I should warn the orange conman that not all armadas are successful.
Trump: in the Oval Office: “We have a large armada heading toward Iran right now, even larger than what we had in Venezuela."
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
As a Brit I feel I should warn the orange conman that not all armadas are successful.
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Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Released by the DOJ, and then quickly removed.
Released by the DOJ, and then quickly removed.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Released by the DOJ, and then quickly removed.
Released by the DOJ, and then quickly removed.
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They’re paying for people to attend here
January 29, 2026 at 7:02 PM
They’re paying for people to attend here
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U.S. TikTok users are fleeing to Rival App “UpScrolled” due to TikTok’s updated US Privacy Policy.
It is one of the most aggressive data collection regimes of any mainstream consumer platform, explicitly acknowledging the collection & processing of sensitive personal information!
Your thoughts?
It is one of the most aggressive data collection regimes of any mainstream consumer platform, explicitly acknowledging the collection & processing of sensitive personal information!
Your thoughts?
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
U.S. TikTok users are fleeing to Rival App “UpScrolled” due to TikTok’s updated US Privacy Policy.
It is one of the most aggressive data collection regimes of any mainstream consumer platform, explicitly acknowledging the collection & processing of sensitive personal information!
Your thoughts?
It is one of the most aggressive data collection regimes of any mainstream consumer platform, explicitly acknowledging the collection & processing of sensitive personal information!
Your thoughts?
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
Russian military losses in Ukraine now exceed sustainable recruitment and replacement rates and the toll of the Ukraine war has effectively removed Russia from the ranks of the world’s economic powers.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
Russia’s 1.2 million casualties in Ukraine dwarf all its conflicts since World War II, report says | CNN
About 1.2 million Russian troops have been killed, wounded or are missing since its invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago, a rate of casualties for a major military power not seen since World War ...
www.cnn.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Russian military losses in Ukraine now exceed sustainable recruitment and replacement rates and the toll of the Ukraine war has effectively removed Russia from the ranks of the world’s economic powers.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/e...
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Every advertisement going into this election cycle should play the clip of Trump saying "You can't have guns"
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Every advertisement going into this election cycle should play the clip of Trump saying "You can't have guns"
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A former president of FIFA is suggesting President Trump’s foreign policy moves are grounds for a boycott of this year’s World Cup, which will hold several matches in major U.S. cities during competition.
thehill.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:16 PM
A former president of FIFA is suggesting President Trump’s foreign policy moves are grounds for a boycott of this year’s World Cup, which will hold several matches in major U.S. cities during competition.
Netanyahu was never a man to let a hideous disaster go to waste.
Although the ICC indicted war criminal instinctively went for an opportunistic 'Land Grab' what put wind into the sails of his idea was a bunch of shameless US real estate spivs.
Although the ICC indicted war criminal instinctively went for an opportunistic 'Land Grab' what put wind into the sails of his idea was a bunch of shameless US real estate spivs.
CNN 🇺🇸 reporting on illegal 🇮🇱 settler violence in the West Bank 🇵🇸:
•14% of land taken since October ‘23
•8 🇮🇱 attacks a day on Palestinians 🇵🇸
•Attacks supported by the 🇮🇱 ‘army’
It’s never been ‘defence’
It’s always been a land grab.
•14% of land taken since October ‘23
•8 🇮🇱 attacks a day on Palestinians 🇵🇸
•Attacks supported by the 🇮🇱 ‘army’
It’s never been ‘defence’
It’s always been a land grab.
January 27, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Netanyahu was never a man to let a hideous disaster go to waste.
Although the ICC indicted war criminal instinctively went for an opportunistic 'Land Grab' what put wind into the sails of his idea was a bunch of shameless US real estate spivs.
Although the ICC indicted war criminal instinctively went for an opportunistic 'Land Grab' what put wind into the sails of his idea was a bunch of shameless US real estate spivs.
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The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.