Ace of Spades
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A Tory spokesperson goes in two-footed: "Reform is fast becoming the party of has-been politicians looking for their next gravy train. Their latest recruit used to say he'd be 'frightened to live in a country' run by Nigel Farage, which shows the level of loyalty for sale."
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi Defects To Reform UK
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK.
www.politicshome.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A Tory spokesperson goes in two-footed: "Reform is fast becoming the party of has-been politicians looking for their next gravy train. Their latest recruit used to say he'd be 'frightened to live in a country' run by Nigel Farage, which shows the level of loyalty for sale."
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Up next - British columnists condemn boycott as an assault on the arts, "don't the arts know they rely on festivals for their survival?"
Arts festival in doubt after Ardern joins boycott over axing of Palestinian writer
Arts festival in doubt after Ardern joins boycott over axing of Palestinian writer
Arts festival in doubt after Ardern joins boycott over axing of Palestinian writer
www.independent.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Up next - British columnists condemn boycott as an assault on the arts, "don't the arts know they rely on festivals for their survival?"
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Ofcom may take decisive action against X, like requiring it to apologise in eight months on a webpage so buried that nobody will read it.
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Ofcom may take decisive action against X, like requiring it to apologise in eight months on a webpage so buried that nobody will read it.
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The collaborationist Labour government: It is extremism for Muslims to not be beaten up by white supremacists.
I hope they do fire that police chief, and make a huge song and dance about what an Islamist bastard he is. Make it absolutely crystal clear to everyone, no matter how senior, that *everybody* is on the menu to get fucked with, if the country’s wackiest papers and MPs don’t immediately get their way
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
The collaborationist Labour government: It is extremism for Muslims to not be beaten up by white supremacists.
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They assume we must all be getting paid to rise up cos:
A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive
B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble
C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds
A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive
B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble
C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
They assume we must all be getting paid to rise up cos:
A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive
B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble
C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds
A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive
B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble
C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds
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If only there was as much effort put into improving youth services, making sports, arts and crafts available and affordable, and making the physical environment more 'teen-friendly' as there is for banning kids from social media or taking their phones away.
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
If only there was as much effort put into improving youth services, making sports, arts and crafts available and affordable, and making the physical environment more 'teen-friendly' as there is for banning kids from social media or taking their phones away.
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Or ... or you'll ... shoot the babies?
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Or ... or you'll ... shoot the babies?
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Early 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally shut down the CFPB, the newest member of the Federal Reserve system. Jay Powell says nothing.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
Summer 2025: Trump admin tries to illegally fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook. Powell says nothing.
2026: Trump admin comes for Powell. He finally finds his voice.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Here's my Rahm Emanuel takedown piece from last year. I'll be posting this in response to DC media trying to push Emanuel for President www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Here's my Rahm Emanuel takedown piece from last year. I'll be posting this in response to DC media trying to push Emanuel for President www.readtpa.com/p/the-smalle...
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BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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Few people in power deserve more credit for this than Sarah McBride
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Few people in power deserve more credit for this than Sarah McBride
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It's funny because he called the fascists gay. Do you get it? He owned them so hard by validating their belief that being gay is shameful. Master strategist.
January 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM
It's funny because he called the fascists gay. Do you get it? He owned them so hard by validating their belief that being gay is shameful. Master strategist.
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This is an overly generous take, the idea that after the bubble pops "AI" will become a technology we use like any other.
It ignores the fact that "AI" is heavily subsidized by the billions and doesn't scale. They lose money on every prompt and require ever more hardware with no end in sight.
It ignores the fact that "AI" is heavily subsidized by the billions and doesn't scale. They lose money on every prompt and require ever more hardware with no end in sight.
‘Our tech overlords like the idea of being Thomas Edison, genius inventor-businessman, but they often have more in common with P.T. Barnum, genius of marketing and hype. Altman could go toe-to-toe with Barnum, and I wouldn’t want to pick a winner.’
John Lanchester:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This is an overly generous take, the idea that after the bubble pops "AI" will become a technology we use like any other.
It ignores the fact that "AI" is heavily subsidized by the billions and doesn't scale. They lose money on every prompt and require ever more hardware with no end in sight.
It ignores the fact that "AI" is heavily subsidized by the billions and doesn't scale. They lose money on every prompt and require ever more hardware with no end in sight.
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It’s fine because we live in times where screeching about the dangers of trans people without evidence is encouraged but actual pedos and pedo pals get to carry on their god given right to rule over us.
Lord Mandelson refuses to apologise for continuing his association with "best pal" Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein had been convicted in 2008 (Mandelson stayed at Epsteins lavish Manhattan townhouse in 2009 & they remained in contact as late as 2015) #BBCLauraK
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
It’s fine because we live in times where screeching about the dangers of trans people without evidence is encouraged but actual pedos and pedo pals get to carry on their god given right to rule over us.
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This is a really good interview. Recommend taking a listen ⬇️
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on America’s “neofascist” turn
Listen now
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on America’s “neofascist” turn
Listen now
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Mehdi Hasan on America's 'Neo-Fascism'
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 09/01/2026 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This is a really good interview. Recommend taking a listen ⬇️
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This 1st-century BCE grave relief shows two women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, clasping their right hands - a Roman symbol of marriage. It was one of the few real-world examples of female-female relationships I was able to find researching our podcast on women in ancient Rome. #queerhistory
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This 1st-century BCE grave relief shows two women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, clasping their right hands - a Roman symbol of marriage. It was one of the few real-world examples of female-female relationships I was able to find researching our podcast on women in ancient Rome. #queerhistory
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Horrible. Arson attack today at Mississippi’s largest synagogue, on Shabbat, destroyed multiple Torahs and left parts of the building in ruins
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Horrible. Arson attack today at Mississippi’s largest synagogue, on Shabbat, destroyed multiple Torahs and left parts of the building in ruins
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maybe heading towards some of those weeks where decades happen
BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
maybe heading towards some of those weeks where decades happen
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I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest
January 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I had no idea the material conditions in Iran had degraded so badly. As the speaker, Prof Fatemeh Shams explains later, these are explosive, borderline revolutionary conditions, much more serious than previous rounds of mass protest
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When the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, accessing healthcare got more challenging (and expensive) for thousands of D.C. residents. In the first story on our new Health Equity beat, reporter Daniel Egitto explains how these changes are impacting our neighbors. 51st.news/healthcare-c...
Healthcare cuts hit 20,000 D.C. residents
New Medicaid ceilings paired with soaring premiums risk punishing bills and loss of coverage for thousands.
51st.news
January 8, 2026 at 8:07 PM
When the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, accessing healthcare got more challenging (and expensive) for thousands of D.C. residents. In the first story on our new Health Equity beat, reporter Daniel Egitto explains how these changes are impacting our neighbors. 51st.news/healthcare-c...
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Regarding today’s shooting in Minneapolis, recall that in mid-October a federal agent shot and almost killed D.C. driver Phillip Brown under similar circumstances. The agent claimed Brown was driving towards him as he tried to flee from a police stop.
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Regarding today’s shooting in Minneapolis, recall that in mid-October a federal agent shot and almost killed D.C. driver Phillip Brown under similar circumstances. The agent claimed Brown was driving towards him as he tried to flee from a police stop.
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At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
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punishing those companies is the only way to drive home what the real “vibe shift” actually is
Pre-emptively show strength, even. Ban every company that donated to his ballroom from operating in Europe.
He has conveniently given you a list of cronies! Punish them now and continue as long as he continues considering attacking Denmark!
He has conveniently given you a list of cronies! Punish them now and continue as long as he continues considering attacking Denmark!
i suspect there are a lot of morons in a lot of european capitals right now wringing their hands about the risk of escalation. here's the truth: the real risk is failure to escalate. backing down is showing weakness. trump will know it.
show strength instead.
show strength instead.
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
punishing those companies is the only way to drive home what the real “vibe shift” actually is