Frank McCusker
@fb1545.bsky.social
Fascists “make their own rules and change them when they choose…. They maintain themselves in power by use of force combined with propaganda based on primitive ideas of ‘blood’ and ‘race,’ by skillful manipulation of fear and hate, and by false promise of security"
January 11, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Fascists “make their own rules and change them when they choose…. They maintain themselves in power by use of force combined with propaganda based on primitive ideas of ‘blood’ and ‘race,’ by skillful manipulation of fear and hate, and by false promise of security"
“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of (Fascist) desires; hence—democracy must go! Anyone who is not a member of their inner gang has to do what he’s told. They permit no civil liberties, no equality before the law.”
January 11, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“The basic principles of democracy stand in the way of (Fascist) desires; hence—democracy must go! Anyone who is not a member of their inner gang has to do what he’s told. They permit no civil liberties, no equality before the law.”
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It's not voters fault.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It's not voters fault.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
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France proposed sending a force of pan-European troops to Greenland to deter a US invasion *a year ago*.
But as usual when it comes to military matters, the French idea was shot down by the Atlanticist leadership of 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇵🇱🇩🇰.
They're the reason we are where we are.
But as usual when it comes to military matters, the French idea was shot down by the Atlanticist leadership of 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇵🇱🇩🇰.
They're the reason we are where we are.
France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says
Jean-Noël Barrot notes that sending European troops to Greenland is not an option right now.
www.politico.eu
January 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
France proposed sending a force of pan-European troops to Greenland to deter a US invasion *a year ago*.
But as usual when it comes to military matters, the French idea was shot down by the Atlanticist leadership of 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇵🇱🇩🇰.
They're the reason we are where we are.
But as usual when it comes to military matters, the French idea was shot down by the Atlanticist leadership of 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇵🇱🇩🇰.
They're the reason we are where we are.
On March 24, 1945, the US War Department published a pamphlet on "FASCISM!” It read:
"Fascism is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.”
(Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson)
"Fascism is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.”
(Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson)
U.S.is
January 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
On March 24, 1945, the US War Department published a pamphlet on "FASCISM!” It read:
"Fascism is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.”
(Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson)
"Fascism is government by the few and for the few. The objective is seizure and control of the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the state.”
(Thanks to Heather Cox Richardson)
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"We have put ourselves in a situation where we are no longer meaningfully an independent country"
This was always the folly of Brexit. The real control over Britain is from Washington, in an arrangement where the UK has no say and no true sovereignty.
This was always the folly of Brexit. The real control over Britain is from Washington, in an arrangement where the UK has no say and no true sovereignty.
We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime!
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"We have put ourselves in a situation where we are no longer meaningfully an independent country"
This was always the folly of Brexit. The real control over Britain is from Washington, in an arrangement where the UK has no say and no true sovereignty.
This was always the folly of Brexit. The real control over Britain is from Washington, in an arrangement where the UK has no say and no true sovereignty.
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Gov. Pritzker: "They want you to question what your eyes and ears are telling you. It is unimaginable to think this can happen in our country or that when it does happen the government immediately tries to cover it up. It should anger you." #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
January 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Gov. Pritzker: "They want you to question what your eyes and ears are telling you. It is unimaginable to think this can happen in our country or that when it does happen the government immediately tries to cover it up. It should anger you." #3E #endImpunity #ReneeGood #JusticeforGood #GoodVsEvil
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I’m still thinking I must have imagined this.
And the BBC package ends with some crap about ‘in these politically charged times, dualling narratives’
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!
There is no dual narratives
An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about
THAT in the story
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I’m still thinking I must have imagined this.
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Interesting how some countries find no difficulty in saying the things that other countries insist are impossible to say.
Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide: "International law is universal and binding for all states. The American intervention in Venezuela is not in accordance with international law."
January 4, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Interesting how some countries find no difficulty in saying the things that other countries insist are impossible to say.
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War is coming to Europe, this time from the West.
Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted an image of Greenland covered with an American flag and the caption “SOON.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 PM
War is coming to Europe, this time from the West.
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A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A gangster state at home, a rogue state abroad: and entirely because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional roles.
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Neatly put
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Neatly put
How likely is it that UK could join a customs union if they can't agree on CBAM, youth mobility, Erasmus etc etc
Happy New Year.
Over Christmas we learned that key unions want UK back in the European customs union.
Also ICYMI:
Labour fails to cut deal with the EU, as it briefed out in autumn, on new carbon tax, CBAM.
Leaves exporters with mountain of new paperwork.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Over Christmas we learned that key unions want UK back in the European customs union.
Also ICYMI:
Labour fails to cut deal with the EU, as it briefed out in autumn, on new carbon tax, CBAM.
Leaves exporters with mountain of new paperwork.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork
Brussels confirms Christmas carve-out from green levies will not happen, leading to Brexit-style requirements
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:01 AM
How likely is it that UK could join a customs union if they can't agree on CBAM, youth mobility, Erasmus etc etc
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Happy New Year.
Over Christmas we learned that key unions want UK back in the European customs union.
Also ICYMI:
Labour fails to cut deal with the EU, as it briefed out in autumn, on new carbon tax, CBAM.
Leaves exporters with mountain of new paperwork.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Over Christmas we learned that key unions want UK back in the European customs union.
Also ICYMI:
Labour fails to cut deal with the EU, as it briefed out in autumn, on new carbon tax, CBAM.
Leaves exporters with mountain of new paperwork.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK failure to seal EU tax exemption hands industry mountain of paperwork
Brussels confirms Christmas carve-out from green levies will not happen, leading to Brexit-style requirements
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Happy New Year.
Over Christmas we learned that key unions want UK back in the European customs union.
Also ICYMI:
Labour fails to cut deal with the EU, as it briefed out in autumn, on new carbon tax, CBAM.
Leaves exporters with mountain of new paperwork.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Over Christmas we learned that key unions want UK back in the European customs union.
Also ICYMI:
Labour fails to cut deal with the EU, as it briefed out in autumn, on new carbon tax, CBAM.
Leaves exporters with mountain of new paperwork.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Remembering Warren Buffett's best advice as he prepares to end his time running Berkshire Hathaway.
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Remembering Warren Buffett's best advice as he prepares to end his time running Berkshire Hathaway.
Pond scum
Email from "A" in "Balmoral" asked Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends" 🤢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Email by 'A' from 'Balmoral' asked Ghislaine Maxwell for 'inappropriate friends', Epstein files show - live updates
The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Pond scum
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Email from "A" in "Balmoral" asked Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends" 🤢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Email by 'A' from 'Balmoral' asked Ghislaine Maxwell for 'inappropriate friends', Epstein files show - live updates
The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Email from "A" in "Balmoral" asked Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends" 🤢
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
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PM Tusk:
Now we have a simple choice. Either money today or blood tomorrow. And I am not talking about #Ukraine only, I am talking about Europe.
And this is our decision to make. And only ours. I think all European leaders have to finally rise to this occasion.
So this is all that I can say.
Now we have a simple choice. Either money today or blood tomorrow. And I am not talking about #Ukraine only, I am talking about Europe.
And this is our decision to make. And only ours. I think all European leaders have to finally rise to this occasion.
So this is all that I can say.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
PM Tusk:
Now we have a simple choice. Either money today or blood tomorrow. And I am not talking about #Ukraine only, I am talking about Europe.
And this is our decision to make. And only ours. I think all European leaders have to finally rise to this occasion.
So this is all that I can say.
Now we have a simple choice. Either money today or blood tomorrow. And I am not talking about #Ukraine only, I am talking about Europe.
And this is our decision to make. And only ours. I think all European leaders have to finally rise to this occasion.
So this is all that I can say.
US obsession with gun ownership, Trumps madness (and that of citzens for voting for him TWICE
www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
www.thebulwark.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
US obsession with gun ownership, Trumps madness (and that of citzens for voting for him TWICE
www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
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“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“No less an authority than the United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, Liz Truss”
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.
That’s a real sentence that someone wrote, which made it into Trump’s legal filing.