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Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At a time when Trump, Vance, Orbán, Meloni and Farage are intent of breaking up Europe this message takes on increased significance…
America’s strength isn’t rooted in power alone, but in our allies across Europe and around the world. Weakening those ties weakens us. In a world of rising authoritarianism, partnerships remain one of our greatest strategic advantages.
December 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
At a time when Trump, Vance, Orbán, Meloni and Farage are intent of breaking up Europe this message takes on increased significance…
Inside the rightwing takeover of the Pentagon press corps aka mouthpieces for Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Mouthpieces for Trump’: inside the rightwing takeover of the Pentagon press corps
Pentagon press passes once held by credentialed journalists are now in the hands of rightwing pundits and Trump allies
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Inside the rightwing takeover of the Pentagon press corps aka mouthpieces for Trump
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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The FIFA Peace Prize is to the Nobel Peace Prize as Four Season Landscaping is to Four Seasons Hotels
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The FIFA Peace Prize is to the Nobel Peace Prize as Four Season Landscaping is to Four Seasons Hotels
Orbán, Meloni and Farage are already spewing the same bile. It will only be get worse until people realise they are being misled.
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Orbán, Meloni and Farage are already spewing the same bile. It will only be get worse until people realise they are being misled.
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In a just world Israel will end up competing with just Hungary
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands will boycott next year’s Eurovision after Israel was given the all-clear to compete
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In a just world Israel will end up competing with just Hungary
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“banter” is exactly the alibi Trump used to justify using vulgar, sexist language.
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he was compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“banter” is exactly the alibi Trump used to justify using vulgar, sexist language.
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Companies pay billions to McKinsey for their supposedly sage wisdom and insight. Apparently they aren’t infallible.
After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Companies pay billions to McKinsey for their supposedly sage wisdom and insight. Apparently they aren’t infallible.
Why would any upstanding company want to do business with Trump when he has a history of not paying his bills?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Trump Switches Architects for White House Ballroom Project
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Why would any upstanding company want to do business with Trump when he has a history of not paying his bills?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
Maybe the reason for Farage’s embrace of Harborne’s £9m is simply Trumpian…. If Farage becomes PM he would promote adoption of Harborne’s cryptocurrency and in the process line his pocket.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Christopher Harborne, the ‘intensely private’ mega-donor bankrolling Reform UK
He has made an immense fortune in crypto and – from his Thai retreat – is putting it at the service of Nigel Farage after a flirtation with the Tories
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Maybe the reason for Farage’s embrace of Harborne’s £9m is simply Trumpian…. If Farage becomes PM he would promote adoption of Harborne’s cryptocurrency and in the process line his pocket.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
Thankfully there are a few large USA corporations that are standing up to Trump’s unlawful tariffs/taxes. Kudos to Costco…
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Costco sues Trump administration over tariffs, seeks refund of fees
Costco wants a "complete refund" on tariffs if the Supreme Court rules against President Donald Trump.
www.usatoday.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thankfully there are a few large USA corporations that are standing up to Trump’s unlawful tariffs/taxes. Kudos to Costco…
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
Starmer needs to paint a bold and exciting future under Labour otherwise I fear the UK will become nothing more than a cheap dupe of MAGAland but with a real king.
Tory-Reform election pact would be ‘alliance of austerity and failure’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Tory-Reform election pact would be ‘alliance of austerity and failure’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Tory-Reform election pact would be ‘alliance of austerity and failure’, says Starmer – UK politics live
PM responds to report that Nigel Farage told donors he expects Reform could do an election deal with the Conservatives
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Starmer needs to paint a bold and exciting future under Labour otherwise I fear the UK will become nothing more than a cheap dupe of MAGAland but with a real king.
Tory-Reform election pact would be ‘alliance of austerity and failure’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Tory-Reform election pact would be ‘alliance of austerity and failure’ www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
This man needs to be advising to Maga bozos supposedly leading the negotiations.
Putin fears Ukrainian democracy because it shows a different future is possible for the Russian people, too. A free, democratic Ukraine exposes the lie at the heart of his worldview
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This man needs to be advising to Maga bozos supposedly leading the negotiations.
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If Europe gives back the Russian frozen assets, it'll be pretty ironic when Russia uses that money to rebuild its military and attack Europe.
Can't get stupider than this.
SEIZE THE ASSETS NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
Can't get stupider than this.
SEIZE THE ASSETS NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
If Europe gives back the Russian frozen assets, it'll be pretty ironic when Russia uses that money to rebuild its military and attack Europe.
Can't get stupider than this.
SEIZE THE ASSETS NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
Can't get stupider than this.
SEIZE THE ASSETS NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.
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“If Mr. Macron is too forceful from a position of weakness, Mr. Starmer is too cautious from a position of strength. Despite his Labour Party winning a thumping parliamentary majority last year, it has governed with striking temerity”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Opinion | They Were Supposed to Save Europe. Instead, They’re Condemning It to Horrors.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
“If Mr. Macron is too forceful from a position of weakness, Mr. Starmer is too cautious from a position of strength. Despite his Labour Party winning a thumping parliamentary majority last year, it has governed with striking temerity”.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...
Maybe if professional diplomats instead of US property tycoons were conducting negotiations with Russia progress would be made. But for Trump it’s just another a transaction opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Russia ‘ready’ for war with Europe, Putin says, as US peace talks end without progress
Kremlin aide says Ukraine crisis is no closer to resolution after Witkoff talks, as Russian president accuses European powers of sabotaging peace
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Maybe if professional diplomats instead of US property tycoons were conducting negotiations with Russia progress would be made. But for Trump it’s just another a transaction opportunity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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This World AIDS Day, we mourn the hundreds of thousands of Americans lost to HIV/AIDS and stand with those living with the diagnosis today.
While the Trump Administration refuses to mark this day, California will never abandon our neighbors, friends, and loved ones affected.
While the Trump Administration refuses to mark this day, California will never abandon our neighbors, friends, and loved ones affected.
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This World AIDS Day, we mourn the hundreds of thousands of Americans lost to HIV/AIDS and stand with those living with the diagnosis today.
While the Trump Administration refuses to mark this day, California will never abandon our neighbors, friends, and loved ones affected.
While the Trump Administration refuses to mark this day, California will never abandon our neighbors, friends, and loved ones affected.