Steve H
@sfh300.bsky.social
#Rejoiner. #Rhyme & #Reason. #Augenöffner (hopefully). “He do the Police in different voices." Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare.
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Steve H
@sfh300.bsky.social
· Nov 11
“If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
Karl Popper.
Karl Popper.
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No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
No crypto! Just old-fashioned corruption
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
MTG: “.. “I am now being contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety as a hot bed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world. .. The man I supported and helped get elected.”
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
@mediaite.com #GA14
www.mediaite.com/media/news/m...
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just in the past 3 days, I happened to speak to an academic, a US politician and a former Biden official who had all received death threats and severe harassment from the MAGA movement. It's now a common experience. I am sorry MTG has to live through the same thing, but she can't be surprised
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Incapable of shame, embarrassment, decency, thought, or any comprehension.
Brits in Spain shouting in English about foreigners in England not speaking English, invading someone else's country ... after coming here as foreigners and speaking English ...
Stupid and vile. A national mortification.
Brits in Spain shouting in English about foreigners in England not speaking English, invading someone else's country ... after coming here as foreigners and speaking English ...
Stupid and vile. A national mortification.
Bang goes the UK's reputation.
Again.
I can't help feeling that if every GB News viewer were taught the meaning of the word 'irony' and then they thought about this for three seconds, the channel would lose half its audience to embarrassment.
www.gbnews.com/news/world/s...
Again.
I can't help feeling that if every GB News viewer were taught the meaning of the word 'irony' and then they thought about this for three seconds, the channel would lose half its audience to embarrassment.
www.gbnews.com/news/world/s...
'Stop the Boats' themed parade takes over Benidorm as Britons dress up in Hamas outfits
Two parade goers could be seen walking in a rubber dinghy
www.gbnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Incapable of shame, embarrassment, decency, thought, or any comprehension.
Brits in Spain shouting in English about foreigners in England not speaking English, invading someone else's country ... after coming here as foreigners and speaking English ...
Stupid and vile. A national mortification.
Brits in Spain shouting in English about foreigners in England not speaking English, invading someone else's country ... after coming here as foreigners and speaking English ...
Stupid and vile. A national mortification.
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He wouldn't have attacked had he not intended a shakedown. This was always coming.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
He wouldn't have attacked had he not intended a shakedown. This was always coming.
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jawdropping
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jawdropping
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Not a lot she can do if Lab MPs won't support, which is what it sounds like. Panicking because their seats are vulnerable for any number of reasons ... mainly Brexit. Country's ungovernable now, seems to me, with tabloids and X dictating reactive politics. System's broken. Media did it. What now?
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Not a lot she can do if Lab MPs won't support, which is what it sounds like. Panicking because their seats are vulnerable for any number of reasons ... mainly Brexit. Country's ungovernable now, seems to me, with tabloids and X dictating reactive politics. System's broken. Media did it. What now?
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Wow, they're trying to kill the NHS at the same time. Will this go under the radar with all eyes on the beeb?
The eye of Sauron has now turned towards the UK, seeking more power and influence. First with the BBC and now with threats of harming the cost of pharmaceuticals in the UK.
#TheCreep #BBC #NHS
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
#TheCreep #BBC #NHS
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador
Britain has offered to increase the threshold at which the NHS pays firms for medicines. Pharma firms want the government to go further.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Wow, they're trying to kill the NHS at the same time. Will this go under the radar with all eyes on the beeb?
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Problem in a nutshell, not just in this respect but any. "Money is money and people will jump" ...
They've no choice because their situation was made for that purpose. No different to shouting dance at someone and firing bullets round their feet.
Guillotines and pitchforks is where we're at.
They've no choice because their situation was made for that purpose. No different to shouting dance at someone and firing bullets round their feet.
Guillotines and pitchforks is where we're at.
“I am sure PIs, bounty hunters, process servers, and anyone with access to commercial databases can apply and will,” Igor Ostrovskiy, an experienced private investigator told 404 Media. “Money is money and people will jump at the opportunity to embed their business as a government contractor.”
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Problem in a nutshell, not just in this respect but any. "Money is money and people will jump" ...
They've no choice because their situation was made for that purpose. No different to shouting dance at someone and firing bullets round their feet.
Guillotines and pitchforks is where we're at.
They've no choice because their situation was made for that purpose. No different to shouting dance at someone and firing bullets round their feet.
Guillotines and pitchforks is where we're at.
Bravo! 👏👏👏
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Bravo! 👏👏👏
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I guess the fallen don't count, Don ... you'd know them as "losers", and I don't remember the US "winning the war". The winners were what we know as "the Allies", including the US with many many others who saw both entire wars out, not just the ends.
Sick fecking bastard.
Sick fecking bastard.
On Remembrance Day, time is taken to remember the sacrifice too many had to make. This is what the obese dementia ridden rapist in the Whitehouse chose to write.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I guess the fallen don't count, Don ... you'd know them as "losers", and I don't remember the US "winning the war". The winners were what we know as "the Allies", including the US with many many others who saw both entire wars out, not just the ends.
Sick fecking bastard.
Sick fecking bastard.
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On Remembrance Day, time is taken to remember the sacrifice too many had to make. This is what the obese dementia ridden rapist in the Whitehouse chose to write.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On Remembrance Day, time is taken to remember the sacrifice too many had to make. This is what the obese dementia ridden rapist in the Whitehouse chose to write.
Presumably Americans will be happy to go through all the inevitable health & vaccination tests and certification that travel to other countries will entail if America’s childhood vax programme is cancelled, as per Covid times?
As predicted, they’re going after the entire childhood vaccination schedule (second slide, from WaPo).
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Presumably Americans will be happy to go through all the inevitable health & vaccination tests and certification that travel to other countries will entail if America’s childhood vax programme is cancelled, as per Covid times?
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This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is a genuinely intolerable reality…
👏👏👏
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Just seen White House Press Secretary tweeting that people in the UK should stop watching BBC and watch GB News 🤔🤔🤔 almost like it was all planned 🤔
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just seen White House Press Secretary tweeting that people in the UK should stop watching BBC and watch GB News 🤔🤔🤔 almost like it was all planned 🤔
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🔴GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🔴GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports @josiah.writes.news
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
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They're not aiming for a nation of uneducated and uninformed fun-havers who don't need to think about the nasty stuff that created their fun but would spoil their enjoyment of it. Not at all. They're aiming for a society of controllable stupids. Some might call it an easy goal ...
In October, a publicly-sourced archive of more than 10,000 national park signs and monument placards went public as part of a massive volunteer project to save historical and educational placards from around the country that risk removal by the Trump administration.
‘Save Our Signs’ Preservation Project Launches Archive of 10,000 National Park Signs
More than 10,000 images of signs, placards, quotes, photos and more are part of the crowdsourced effort from over 300 national park and monument sites around the U.S.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
They're not aiming for a nation of uneducated and uninformed fun-havers who don't need to think about the nasty stuff that created their fun but would spoil their enjoyment of it. Not at all. They're aiming for a society of controllable stupids. Some might call it an easy goal ...
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“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said."
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Antonia Hitchens on the mystery of Laura Loomer's many vendettas
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Online violence against women, for want of a better word, is being perpetrated by fascists, Nazis, religious fundamentalists and incels. It will destroy the quality of our government and democracy., which depends on getting pluralist voices into decision-making.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Online violence against women, for want of a better word, is being perpetrated by fascists, Nazis, religious fundamentalists and incels. It will destroy the quality of our government and democracy., which depends on getting pluralist voices into decision-making.
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BREAKING: Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and over a dozen others federally charged with attempting to interfere with 2020 U.S. election results
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and over a dozen others federally charged with attempting to interfere with 2020 U.S. election results
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The Telegraph's backers have brought down the BBC with the implicit claim that the BBC's edit of a video to avoid running the whole thing means he didn't encourage Jan 6. When he did that precise thing. And now he's absolving his helpers from their crimes.
The UK has a problem, and it's in the UK.
The UK has a problem, and it's in the UK.
BREAKING: Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, and over a dozen others federally charged with attempting to interfere with 2020 U.S. election results
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The Telegraph's backers have brought down the BBC with the implicit claim that the BBC's edit of a video to avoid running the whole thing means he didn't encourage Jan 6. When he did that precise thing. And now he's absolving his helpers from their crimes.
The UK has a problem, and it's in the UK.
The UK has a problem, and it's in the UK.
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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While going through the proofs for "The British General Election of 2024" (out very soon!) I came across this - Paul Johnson of the IFS's verdict on Labour's manifesto last year. Labour's current attempts to claim the need to break their tax pledges was impossible to forsee don't stack up
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
While going through the proofs for "The British General Election of 2024" (out very soon!) I came across this - Paul Johnson of the IFS's verdict on Labour's manifesto last year. Labour's current attempts to claim the need to break their tax pledges was impossible to forsee don't stack up
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I had forgotten how insane his lengthy speech was. Transcript here:
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
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 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I had forgotten how insane his lengthy speech was. Transcript here:
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...
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Later in the speech, he said of prospect of a Biden presidency--remember Biden was to be inaugurated on Jan 20, two weeks later--who convincingly won in the popular vote and the Electoral College, "You will have an illegitimate president. That's what you'll have. And we can't let that happen."
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Later in the speech, he said of prospect of a Biden presidency--remember Biden was to be inaugurated on Jan 20, two weeks later--who convincingly won in the popular vote and the Electoral College, "You will have an illegitimate president. That's what you'll have. And we can't let that happen."