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McDaragh
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"Somebody will surely stop this" says society based on sloughing off responsibility and accountability at any opportunity.
A military establishment with any sense of honour or decency would be issuing a statement expressing gratitude and support for the sacrifice of America's allies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
❗️Trump on support from allies in Afghanistan: “We never needed them. We never asked them for anything.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM
A military establishment with any sense of honour or decency would be issuing a statement expressing gratitude and support for the sacrifice of America's allies in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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My ex brother in law served in both Iraq & Afghanistan & what he saw & did there on behalf of NATO literally turned him into my ex brother in law.
How can any soldier, American or otherwise, follow this guy?
How can any soldier, American or otherwise, follow this guy?
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
My ex brother in law served in both Iraq & Afghanistan & what he saw & did there on behalf of NATO literally turned him into my ex brother in law.
How can any soldier, American or otherwise, follow this guy?
How can any soldier, American or otherwise, follow this guy?
The current situation in the United States is in large part a result of Donald Trump being able to appoint three supreme court justices and the people who are shouting loudest at the Democrats to wave a magic wand and stop it are the ones who wouldn't vote for Clinton because reasons in 2016.
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The current situation in the United States is in large part a result of Donald Trump being able to appoint three supreme court justices and the people who are shouting loudest at the Democrats to wave a magic wand and stop it are the ones who wouldn't vote for Clinton because reasons in 2016.
"Why will the minority party not simply exercise the political power they don't have to magically fix the situation" says sane, rational person whose political support said party should definitely expend effort to secure.
If Republicans openly declared their response to a massive national crisis where American citizens were being abused and killed was “we are going to do nothing because we already expect to win elections in 10 months so why rock the boat” you would rightly acknowledge they are all sociopaths.
January 22, 2026 at 12:27 PM
"Why will the minority party not simply exercise the political power they don't have to magically fix the situation" says sane, rational person whose political support said party should definitely expend effort to secure.
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
Helen Lewis declaring Newsom the future of the Democrats seems to have been the kiss of death many thought it would be.
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Helen Lewis declaring Newsom the future of the Democrats seems to have been the kiss of death many thought it would be.
Serial liar promises not to do something.
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Serial liar promises not to do something.
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Let's count up what the BBC News website has reported on since Monday morning!
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
January 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Let's count up what the BBC News website has reported on since Monday morning!
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
Farage fails to declare £380k of income on time: ONE
Major reform of the system that provides our water: ONE
Venezuela: NONE
Retired footballer's nepo baby has Instagram tantrum: TWELVE (12)
This is the point to walk out. He's talking bollocks and is being openly racist. Just leave.
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This is the point to walk out. He's talking bollocks and is being openly racist. Just leave.
Do I want to actually listen to this pustulent scumbag. No. No I do not.
January 21, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Do I want to actually listen to this pustulent scumbag. No. No I do not.
Waiting to see who is the first leader to show the fortitude needed to heckle Trump or walk out.
January 21, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Waiting to see who is the first leader to show the fortitude needed to heckle Trump or walk out.
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The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
The president of the United States went on a bizarre, hour long rant that included more or less open racism and mockery of a woman killed by his security goons and this is not considered news by most of the American press.
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The president of the United States went on a bizarre, hour long rant that included more or less open racism and mockery of a woman killed by his security goons and this is not considered news by most of the American press.
Did @himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social get new jobs as Carney's speech writers?
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Did @himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social get new jobs as Carney's speech writers?
Doubly insane given that you think Charlie Kirk's wife would want him to have company in hell.
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Doubly insane given that you think Charlie Kirk's wife would want him to have company in hell.
Scott Bessent is arguably the most evil person in the Trump administration and any future Democratic administration should dedicate unreasonable focus on ensuring he dies miserable and in penury.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “Sit back, take a deep breath and let things play out.
“The worst thing countries can do is to escalate against the United States.”
“The worst thing countries can do is to escalate against the United States.”
January 20, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Scott Bessent is arguably the most evil person in the Trump administration and any future Democratic administration should dedicate unreasonable focus on ensuring he dies miserable and in penury.
After a year of this I think it's time for European interlocutors to stop trying to find common ground or assuage legitimate concerns or whatever the euphemism is for managing Trump. The only communication that needs to happen is to other elements of the US government that he's a bad faith actor.
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 AM
After a year of this I think it's time for European interlocutors to stop trying to find common ground or assuage legitimate concerns or whatever the euphemism is for managing Trump. The only communication that needs to happen is to other elements of the US government that he's a bad faith actor.
"NATO with US membership temporarily suspended" is both a) not provided for in any of the treaties b) effectively identical to dissolving the existing NATO command structure.
The alternative is NATO with US membership temporarily suspended. There is no time to build a new command structure from scratch.
Green Party policy remains pro-NATO. Polanski's personal opinion is just that.
Green Party policy remains pro-NATO. Polanski's personal opinion is just that.
The misrepresentation of Zack Polanski and the Greens over NATO is pretty low, yet not unsurprising from a desperate Labour Party.
When the United States is a rogue fascist state headed by a demented megalomaniac, with autocratic ambitions, it makes sense to plan an alternative.
When the United States is a rogue fascist state headed by a demented megalomaniac, with autocratic ambitions, it makes sense to plan an alternative.
January 20, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"NATO with US membership temporarily suspended" is both a) not provided for in any of the treaties b) effectively identical to dissolving the existing NATO command structure.
Most Trump/Brexit parallels are superficial but the one that really sticks is that the yanks and the Brits really are incredibly parochial and have no sense that other countries listen to what they say and remember it even after London and DC have moved on.
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Most Trump/Brexit parallels are superficial but the one that really sticks is that the yanks and the Brits really are incredibly parochial and have no sense that other countries listen to what they say and remember it even after London and DC have moved on.
Yeah none of this is true but it would be satisfying.
All it would take is for a bunch of these CEOs to confront Trump in front of the world and tell him he's unfit to run a hot-dog stand, and his presidency would be over. Seriously.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
But none of them has the balls to do it.
January 20, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Yeah none of this is true but it would be satisfying.
This is well written but ultimately a bit shallow in it's understanding of electoral politics in the US. The stinger "it couldn't have gone worse" is just wrong - Democrats won senate races under Harris they would have lost under Biden, because she outperformed the national shift in the swing states
‘Harris claims she was bubbling with ideas to improve the lives of ordinary Americans. Yet most of the specific proposals she mentions relate to government positions and the people who might occupy them.’
David Runciman reads Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman reads Kamala Harris’s campaign memoir.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Calling Dr Jekyll: What Kamala Harris got wrong
Normally, being revealed as a hypocrite is kryptonite for a politician running for office. But Harris doesn’t know...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 6:11 PM
This is well written but ultimately a bit shallow in it's understanding of electoral politics in the US. The stinger "it couldn't have gone worse" is just wrong - Democrats won senate races under Harris they would have lost under Biden, because she outperformed the national shift in the swing states
Part of me is rooting for things to go really bad in the US just so that I can live to see Bari Weiss face lustration.
incredible stuff
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Part of me is rooting for things to go really bad in the US just so that I can live to see Bari Weiss face lustration.
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Harmett Dhillon absolutely knows this is bullshit, but is doing it because she’s a loyal member of a criminal regime who wants to be AG.
Harmett Dhillion threatens Don Lemon: "Imagine you have a bank robbery that's being planned by a number of criminals ... and then a podcaster says, 'Let me embed myself in here and come along for the ride and livestream the crime.' That would not be protected by the 1st Amendment."
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Harmett Dhillon absolutely knows this is bullshit, but is doing it because she’s a loyal member of a criminal regime who wants to be AG.
I understand the sentiments here, and that not everyone is au fait with American politics but I think the focus needs to be placed squarely on the Republican side here. Treat the Democratic members of Codels with respect, the Republicans as the scum that they are.
politicalwire.com/2026/01/19/a...
politicalwire.com/2026/01/19/a...
‘American Idiot’
Lawmakers who traveled to Denmark this weekend “witnessed a level of anti-Americanism that stunned and depressed them,” Punchbowl News reports. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said “they learned during a meet...
politicalwire.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I understand the sentiments here, and that not everyone is au fait with American politics but I think the focus needs to be placed squarely on the Republican side here. Treat the Democratic members of Codels with respect, the Republicans as the scum that they are.
politicalwire.com/2026/01/19/a...
politicalwire.com/2026/01/19/a...