Rhi B 🏴
@rhib.bsky.social
Welsh. Mum & Nain. She/her.
Retired criminology lecturer/researcher. Bookworm.
Here mainly to indulge a lifelong fascination with US politics.
Retired criminology lecturer/researcher. Bookworm.
Here mainly to indulge a lifelong fascination with US politics.
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Rhi B 🏴
@rhib.bsky.social
· Jul 31
This excellent tracker from @chrischirp.bsky.social is very comprehensive www.trumpactiontracker.info It's a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term.
Today's home page:
Today's home page:
Such is the consequence of pandering to billionaire and trillionaire donors 🤷🏻♀️
INGRAHAM: “Does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priorit?”
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Such is the consequence of pandering to billionaire and trillionaire donors 🤷🏻♀️
"Hammering" being the operative word here.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Hammering" being the operative word here.
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🚨 BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just voted to make Elon Musk the world's first TRILLIONAIRE.
Only the world’s biggest loser would would have the ability to end world hunger several times over and choose not to.
Just tax billionaires. Duh.
📍 Tottenham, near Tesla's flagship London dealership
Only the world’s biggest loser would would have the ability to end world hunger several times over and choose not to.
Just tax billionaires. Duh.
📍 Tottenham, near Tesla's flagship London dealership
November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just voted to make Elon Musk the world's first TRILLIONAIRE.
Only the world’s biggest loser would would have the ability to end world hunger several times over and choose not to.
Just tax billionaires. Duh.
📍 Tottenham, near Tesla's flagship London dealership
Only the world’s biggest loser would would have the ability to end world hunger several times over and choose not to.
Just tax billionaires. Duh.
📍 Tottenham, near Tesla's flagship London dealership
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance.
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An absurd media narrative in runup to the election said Dems must choose between being "anti-Trump" and running on substance.
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The lesson from this election is that anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and affordability politics *is* anti-Trump politics:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
Appropriately respectful in memoriam Cheney thread from @theonion.com
In Memoriam:
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Appropriately respectful in memoriam Cheney thread from @theonion.com
Essential 🧵 regarding claims that the BBC selectively edited Trump's January 6 speech in a 2024 documentary so that he appeared to explicitly encourage the US Capitol attack.
I hear there’s an argument going on in the UK right now about whether or not Donald Trump incited the crowds to violence around January 6th. Apparently the BBC in a documentary showed edits of his speech that misrepresented what he said.
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Essential 🧵 regarding claims that the BBC selectively edited Trump's January 6 speech in a 2024 documentary so that he appeared to explicitly encourage the US Capitol attack.
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So let’s be absolutely clear here - the BBC said he incited violence at January 6th. If you read his speech, that is true. If you read coverage of his response to the attack, that is true. If you read the Congressional report on January 6th, they recommend criminal charges for it.
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
So let’s be absolutely clear here - the BBC said he incited violence at January 6th. If you read his speech, that is true. If you read coverage of his response to the attack, that is true. If you read the Congressional report on January 6th, they recommend criminal charges for it.
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So can I suggest to anyone who is reading from the UK at the moment and is unsure about what to believe - just read the damn speech. It’s not in any way unclear that he’s telling everyone’s their democracy is being stolen and they should fight against it. www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
Read Trump's Jan. 6 Speech, A Key Part Of Impeachment Trial
The former president's remarks are being used by Democrats hoping to convict him for incitement of insurrection — and are being defended by his lawyers in the Senate proceedings.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
So can I suggest to anyone who is reading from the UK at the moment and is unsure about what to believe - just read the damn speech. It’s not in any way unclear that he’s telling everyone’s their democracy is being stolen and they should fight against it. www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
Sheffield Hallam Uni caved to Chinese pressure and shut down valuable research. Appalling.
"As long as the university system in the UK is so wildly underfunded as it is now, universities will be vulnerable to attacks like this."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"As long as the university system in the UK is so wildly underfunded as it is now, universities will be vulnerable to attacks like this."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sheffield Hallam Uni caved to Chinese pressure and shut down valuable research. Appalling.
"As long as the university system in the UK is so wildly underfunded as it is now, universities will be vulnerable to attacks like this."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"As long as the university system in the UK is so wildly underfunded as it is now, universities will be vulnerable to attacks like this."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk is a lying, despicable, racist asshole.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Musk is a lying, despicable, racist asshole.
🎯 From @coldwarsteve.bsky.social & The Guardian
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🎯 From @coldwarsteve.bsky.social & The Guardian
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Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
🤔🤨 This looks ominous…
“.. A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states .. to form ‘quick reaction forces’ trained in ‘riot control’, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive ..”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🤔🤨 This looks ominous…
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The continued presence of the government and public institutions on X should no longer be a matter of debate. It should simply be a matter of shame.
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The continued presence of the government and public institutions on X should no longer be a matter of debate. It should simply be a matter of shame.
Utterly barbaric.
The Death Penalty has no place in a civilised society, whatever the method employed. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty.
deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/alabama...
The Death Penalty has no place in a civilised society, whatever the method employed. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty.
deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/alabama...
Alabama Execution Witnesses Report “Violent Thrashing” of Prisoner and More Than 225 “Agonized Breaths” in Nitrogen Gas Execution | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public…
deathpenaltyinfo.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Utterly barbaric.
The Death Penalty has no place in a civilised society, whatever the method employed. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty.
deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/alabama...
The Death Penalty has no place in a civilised society, whatever the method employed. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty.
deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/alabama...
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Billionaires are now in the business of advocating policies that will make the vast majority’s lives tangibly worse in order to make their lives unnoticeably better. Money is an abstraction to keep score for them. But it’s food, health, and shelter for everyone else.
October 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Billionaires are now in the business of advocating policies that will make the vast majority’s lives tangibly worse in order to make their lives unnoticeably better. Money is an abstraction to keep score for them. But it’s food, health, and shelter for everyone else.
American Horror Story: this week’s episode
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
American Horror Story: this week’s episode
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Barbaric. The Death Penalty has no place in a civilised society, whatever the method employed. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has allowed Anthony Boyd’s execution to proceed tonight.
A dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor describes in stark detail how the state plans to suffocate him to death with nitrogen gas: www.supremecourt.gov...
A dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor describes in stark detail how the state plans to suffocate him to death with nitrogen gas: www.supremecourt.gov...
October 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Barbaric. The Death Penalty has no place in a civilised society, whatever the method employed. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty
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For a cavernous building that would be used only a few times a year. At least the royal palaces that have ballrooms were actualy built in a time when they held many balls. This is just a testament to bad taste and ostentatious waste.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For a cavernous building that would be used only a few times a year. At least the royal palaces that have ballrooms were actualy built in a time when they held many balls. This is just a testament to bad taste and ostentatious waste.
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A Reform UK activist got more than he bargained for when he knocked on the door of a Ukrainian refugee in Caerphilly ✍️Martin Shipton
What happened when a Reform UK activist canvassed a Ukrainian refugee
Martin Shipton A Reform UK activist got more than he bargained for when he knocked on the door of a Ukrainian refugee in Caerphilly. She was able to put him right when he made the false statement…
buff.ly
October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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it's dizzying to me that stories like this -- a corrupt grift built on democracy-wrecking lies that culminated in a coup attempt -- barely breakthrough anymore. they're just daily background noise now.
COLLINS: The NYT is reporting your legal team is seeking $230 million from your own DOJ now in response to the investigations into you. Is that something you want?
TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.
TRUMP: It could be, yeah. I don't even talk to them about it. All I know is they would owe me a lot of money. They rigged the election.
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
it's dizzying to me that stories like this -- a corrupt grift built on democracy-wrecking lies that culminated in a coup attempt -- barely breakthrough anymore. they're just daily background noise now.
For many, this will be a day evoking feelings of both deep sadness *and* anger. It was an avoidable tragedy, as the subsequent inquiry determined; blame rested entirely with the NCB (which refused to accept liability [publicly] for some time).
Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan 🏴
Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan 🏴
🏴 Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan
Fifty-nine years ago today 116 children went to class never to return to their families after a coal spoil tip collapsed and engulfed the school. The tragedy also claimed the lives of 28 adults.
One of the darkest days in Wales’ history. Never forgotten.
Fifty-nine years ago today 116 children went to class never to return to their families after a coal spoil tip collapsed and engulfed the school. The tragedy also claimed the lives of 28 adults.
One of the darkest days in Wales’ history. Never forgotten.
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
For many, this will be a day evoking feelings of both deep sadness *and* anger. It was an avoidable tragedy, as the subsequent inquiry determined; blame rested entirely with the NCB (which refused to accept liability [publicly] for some time).
Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan 🏴
Cofiwch Aberfan / Remember Aberfan 🏴
Reading @davidcorn.bsky.social’s “My Coffee With Steven Miller” and enjoyed not just the article but also the on-point ad placement it included (twice!) 😂
October 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Reading @davidcorn.bsky.social’s “My Coffee With Steven Miller” and enjoyed not just the article but also the on-point ad placement it included (twice!) 😂