Max Colbert
@mc00.bsky.social
Freelance journo/researcher.
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index On Censorship, The Nerve etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
[email protected]
Bylines: Guardian, Mirror, Good Law Project, DeSmog, Byline Times, Democracy for Sale, Index On Censorship, The Nerve etc.
Cited: BBC, LBC, The Times, Searchlight etc.
[email protected]
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ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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February 18, 2026 at 1:14 PM
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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This is also how every call to "slash red tape" or "deregulate" should be handled.
Regulations can always work better or be streamlined, but 98% of the time their purpose is still valid and the right wing clowns bloviating about it are the last people on earth you'd trust to iterate implementation.
Regulations can always work better or be streamlined, but 98% of the time their purpose is still valid and the right wing clowns bloviating about it are the last people on earth you'd trust to iterate implementation.
"So will it be the same act but with a different label?"
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
This is also how every call to "slash red tape" or "deregulate" should be handled.
Regulations can always work better or be streamlined, but 98% of the time their purpose is still valid and the right wing clowns bloviating about it are the last people on earth you'd trust to iterate implementation.
Regulations can always work better or be streamlined, but 98% of the time their purpose is still valid and the right wing clowns bloviating about it are the last people on earth you'd trust to iterate implementation.
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Can you people not do anything for yourselves
February 18, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Can you people not do anything for yourselves
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FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
This is the UK’s 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
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Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.
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After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 AM
After a discussion with their attorney, I have confirmed that Juan, his 16-month-old sister, his mom, and his dad have been deported.
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The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
February 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The Green Party's Caroline Lucas humiliates Reform UK's Zia Yusuf on #Newsnight
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
"Your position is utterly incoherent"
"You have provided no evidence that it's the Equalities Act that discriminates against white working class boys"
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We are all deeply concerned that Juan and his mom will be deported and that Juan’s health will continue to deteriorate. His life is in danger because of ICE’s monstrous cruelty. I will continue to provide updates and we will keep fighting to protect them.
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
We are all deeply concerned that Juan and his mom will be deported and that Juan’s health will continue to deteriorate. His life is in danger because of ICE’s monstrous cruelty. I will continue to provide updates and we will keep fighting to protect them.
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Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Fact Check:
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
Nigel Farage claims the FT ignored the Mandelson-Epstein scandal
it was on the front page for SIX days
(long before he appears to have even noticed it)
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Across many years as a parenting columnist, I've written about vaccine heistancy multiple times. Each time, I've tried to be sensitive and empathetic to these people but, if I'm honest, nothing has ever gotten closer to my true feelings about them than this meme from a decade ago.
February 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Across many years as a parenting columnist, I've written about vaccine heistancy multiple times. Each time, I've tried to be sensitive and empathetic to these people but, if I'm honest, nothing has ever gotten closer to my true feelings about them than this meme from a decade ago.
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Crucial article by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the dimensions of a major scandal. A public inquiry is essential.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide | Peter Geoghegan
He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Crucial article by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the dimensions of a major scandal. A public inquiry is essential.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"We look after each other and we work hard."
Hannah Spencer providing the antidote to Reform's hate and division in the BBC Gorton and Denton by-election debate 💪
Hannah Spencer providing the antidote to Reform's hate and division in the BBC Gorton and Denton by-election debate 💪
February 17, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"We look after each other and we work hard."
Hannah Spencer providing the antidote to Reform's hate and division in the BBC Gorton and Denton by-election debate 💪
Hannah Spencer providing the antidote to Reform's hate and division in the BBC Gorton and Denton by-election debate 💪
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If there's one lesson from recent history it's that nothing bad ever happens after you're unreasonably rude to an FT journalist.
Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question.
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?
February 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
If there's one lesson from recent history it's that nothing bad ever happens after you're unreasonably rude to an FT journalist.
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A thing we've forgotten over the past 18 months but is becoming increasingly clear again: Nigel Farage is quite bad at politics
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A thing we've forgotten over the past 18 months but is becoming increasingly clear again: Nigel Farage is quite bad at politics
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Nigel Farage says the scale of deportations called for by Rupert Lowe goes "way beyond the point of decency, reasonableness and morality" - @peterwalker99.bsky.social reports
I do find it odd that no Conservative or Labour frontbencher seems to have said this about Lowe's rhetoric in the last year
I do find it odd that no Conservative or Labour frontbencher seems to have said this about Lowe's rhetoric in the last year
February 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Nigel Farage says the scale of deportations called for by Rupert Lowe goes "way beyond the point of decency, reasonableness and morality" - @peterwalker99.bsky.social reports
I do find it odd that no Conservative or Labour frontbencher seems to have said this about Lowe's rhetoric in the last year
I do find it odd that no Conservative or Labour frontbencher seems to have said this about Lowe's rhetoric in the last year
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I want my kids to grow up and chase a career that makes them feel fulfilled and energised. Where they can use their creativity and passion as a force for good - if they want to. These ghouls in Silicon Valley seem desperate to take these chances away and make us all drones.
February 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I want my kids to grow up and chase a career that makes them feel fulfilled and energised. Where they can use their creativity and passion as a force for good - if they want to. These ghouls in Silicon Valley seem desperate to take these chances away and make us all drones.
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Musk and Thiel are essentially mainstreaming racist narratives in a way we haven’t seen since Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind popularised and sentimentalised the Klu Klux Klan
February 17, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Musk and Thiel are essentially mainstreaming racist narratives in a way we haven’t seen since Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind popularised and sentimentalised the Klu Klux Klan
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The only question worth asking at these incredibly flash Reform press conferences that take place every week now, is who is paying for all of this and what do they want in return bsky.app/profile/pete...
I’m in Westminster where Nigel Farage is about to unveil his ‘shadow cabinet’ and the decor is slightly bonkers. Looks like he’s going to launch a Simon Cowell-era boyband instead.
February 17, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The only question worth asking at these incredibly flash Reform press conferences that take place every week now, is who is paying for all of this and what do they want in return bsky.app/profile/pete...
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If you loved the last conservative government this looks like the team for you
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
If you loved the last conservative government this looks like the team for you
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Fine, I admit it, I was the one who made up Al Carns as a generic name to test how many people would support any Labour MP but Starmer, it's gotten out of hand and now I don't know how to stop people talking about him.
February 17, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Fine, I admit it, I was the one who made up Al Carns as a generic name to test how many people would support any Labour MP but Starmer, it's gotten out of hand and now I don't know how to stop people talking about him.
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Dungeons and Dragons turning your kids gay and satanic is a moral panic, because everyone knows it only turns them bisexual and wican.
A global child sex trafficking ring with dozens of victims and a huge paper trail is not.
A global child sex trafficking ring with dozens of victims and a huge paper trail is not.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 17, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Dungeons and Dragons turning your kids gay and satanic is a moral panic, because everyone knows it only turns them bisexual and wican.
A global child sex trafficking ring with dozens of victims and a huge paper trail is not.
A global child sex trafficking ring with dozens of victims and a huge paper trail is not.
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Reform's polling is ~the lowest its been since last year's local elections
February 17, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Reform's polling is ~the lowest its been since last year's local elections
ADHD patients stripped of NHS prescriptions under crackdown
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
www.ft.com/content/5f56...
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
www.ft.com/content/5f56...
ADHD patients stripped of NHS prescriptions under crackdown
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:09 AM
ADHD patients stripped of NHS prescriptions under crackdown
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
www.ft.com/content/5f56...
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
www.ft.com/content/5f56...
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People joke about how certain internet DMs the villain is always capitalism, but also if everyone's running characters that are plucky underdogs against the system it's kind of hard for the villain to not be capitalism.
February 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
People joke about how certain internet DMs the villain is always capitalism, but also if everyone's running characters that are plucky underdogs against the system it's kind of hard for the villain to not be capitalism.