Hugh Lind
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Tories in 2019: Corbyn wanting to disband NATO is irresponsible: www.channel4.com/news/factche...
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
January 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Tories in 2019: Corbyn wanting to disband NATO is irresponsible: www.channel4.com/news/factche...
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
Tories today: Trump threatens to break up NATO - no biggie.
These are not serious people.
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Are people in the UK 'over-taxed'?
@danneidle.bsky.social points out that the median worker is currently paying historically low levels of tax 👇
Rewatch the full discussion 👉 buff.ly/dQaGaNo
@danneidle.bsky.social points out that the median worker is currently paying historically low levels of tax 👇
Rewatch the full discussion 👉 buff.ly/dQaGaNo
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Are people in the UK 'over-taxed'?
@danneidle.bsky.social points out that the median worker is currently paying historically low levels of tax 👇
Rewatch the full discussion 👉 buff.ly/dQaGaNo
@danneidle.bsky.social points out that the median worker is currently paying historically low levels of tax 👇
Rewatch the full discussion 👉 buff.ly/dQaGaNo
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‼️OMG
"The move would affect the admission of students for the coming academic year, but Noem also said the ban meant Harvard’s existing foreign students more than 27 per cent of its intake, or nearly 6,800 in total — must switch their enrolment to other universities"
www.ft.com/content/300e...
"The move would affect the admission of students for the coming academic year, but Noem also said the ban meant Harvard’s existing foreign students more than 27 per cent of its intake, or nearly 6,800 in total — must switch their enrolment to other universities"
www.ft.com/content/300e...
Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students
Letter from Department of Homeland Security signals new escalation in stand-off with university
www.ft.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
‼️OMG
"The move would affect the admission of students for the coming academic year, but Noem also said the ban meant Harvard’s existing foreign students more than 27 per cent of its intake, or nearly 6,800 in total — must switch their enrolment to other universities"
www.ft.com/content/300e...
"The move would affect the admission of students for the coming academic year, but Noem also said the ban meant Harvard’s existing foreign students more than 27 per cent of its intake, or nearly 6,800 in total — must switch their enrolment to other universities"
www.ft.com/content/300e...
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Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court’s conservatives allow Trump’s firing of members of multi-member boards to remain in effect during litigation, effectively overruling a 90-year-old precedent.
The liberal justices, in an opinion by Kagan, dissents.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The liberal justices, in an opinion by Kagan, dissents.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 24A966
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. U. GWYNNE A. WILCOX, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[May 22, 2025]
The Government has applied for a stay of orders from the District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining the President's removal of a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), respectively. The President is prohibited by statute from removing these officers except for cause, and no qualifying cause was given.
See 29
U.S. C. §153(a); 5 U. S. C. §1202(d).
The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted. Because the Constitution vests the executive power in the President, see Art. I1, §1, cl. 1, he may remove without cause executive officers who exercise that power on his behalf, subject to narrow exceptions recognized by our precedents, see Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 591 U.S. 197, 215-218 (2020). The stay reflects our judgment that the Government is likely to show that both the NLRB and MSPB exercise considerable executive power. But we do not ultimately decide in this posture whether the NLRB or MSPB falls within such a recognized exception; that question is better left for resolution after full briefing and argu-ment. The stay also reflects our judgment that the Government faces greater risk of harm from an order allowing a removed officer to continue exercising the executive power than a wrongfully removed officer faces from being unable to perform her statutory duty. See Trump v. International](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihpfprz3gcbibsuvscdqwzmycut2tseklgiqiug2vq7zg3b6suh7e@jpeg)
May 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court’s conservatives allow Trump’s firing of members of multi-member boards to remain in effect during litigation, effectively overruling a 90-year-old precedent.
The liberal justices, in an opinion by Kagan, dissents.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The liberal justices, in an opinion by Kagan, dissents.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
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This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!
The Supreme Court goes out of its way to say that its order today does NOT allow Trump to remove members of the Federal Reserve because it is "uniquely structured" and has a "distinct history tradition." (I do not think those distinctions hold water.) www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This bespoke exception for the Fed is one of the most brazenly made-up things I've ever seen the Supreme Court do (which is saying something). There is no principled basis to distinguish the Fed from other independent agencies. The conservative justices just don't want Trump to crash the market!
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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This is going to be an absolute car crash, the Supreme Court verdict looks more absurd by the day
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
May 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is going to be an absolute car crash, the Supreme Court verdict looks more absurd by the day
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
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"The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves."
— bell hooks
— bell hooks
May 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves."
— bell hooks
— bell hooks
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Finally, I am sick and tired of people pretending that education is a status symbol for the well-to-do, rather than a path towards a richer and more fulfilled life. I am all for addressing failures in skill training& problems with social mobility. But learning is good & should be encouraged. Always.
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Finally, I am sick and tired of people pretending that education is a status symbol for the well-to-do, rather than a path towards a richer and more fulfilled life. I am all for addressing failures in skill training& problems with social mobility. But learning is good & should be encouraged. Always.
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🧵 NEW: Is living in London really worth it?
When looking at regional disparities, we often focus on income. Maybe we should look at spending instead.
Do that - and adjust for high prices - and Londoners have some of the worst qualities of life of any region!
1/3
When looking at regional disparities, we often focus on income. Maybe we should look at spending instead.
Do that - and adjust for high prices - and Londoners have some of the worst qualities of life of any region!
1/3
May 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🧵 NEW: Is living in London really worth it?
When looking at regional disparities, we often focus on income. Maybe we should look at spending instead.
Do that - and adjust for high prices - and Londoners have some of the worst qualities of life of any region!
1/3
When looking at regional disparities, we often focus on income. Maybe we should look at spending instead.
Do that - and adjust for high prices - and Londoners have some of the worst qualities of life of any region!
1/3
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I have a horrible feeling I understand what's going on. The Tories attacked on their right, only hope of survival is to position themselves as the strongest case in the ward. When Starmer goes right, they have to go far right.
so, at the next election, Labour's campaign strategy is ...
so, at the next election, Labour's campaign strategy is ...
🚨 NEW: Robert Jenrick backs PM with claim UK already an ‘island of strangers’ in some places
“Aggressive levels of mass migration have made us more divided... for example central Bradford - 50 per cent of people were born outside of the UK”, he said
Full story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/05...
“Aggressive levels of mass migration have made us more divided... for example central Bradford - 50 per cent of people were born outside of the UK”, he said
Full story ⤵️
www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/05...
Robert Jenrick backs PM with claim UK already an ‘island of strangers’ in some places - Politics.co.uk
Keir Starmer has faced a backlash after he said the UK risked becoming an island of strangers if migration remained unchecked.
www.politics.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I have a horrible feeling I understand what's going on. The Tories attacked on their right, only hope of survival is to position themselves as the strongest case in the ward. When Starmer goes right, they have to go far right.
so, at the next election, Labour's campaign strategy is ...
so, at the next election, Labour's campaign strategy is ...
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reagan/bush judges: "this administration's shocking arguments would reduce the rule of law to lawlenssness"
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
April 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
reagan/bush judges: "this administration's shocking arguments would reduce the rule of law to lawlenssness"
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
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"no no no, this is a trap, democrats shouldn't talk about it"
--every centrist Dem consultant/pundit paid six figures for their good politics brain
--every centrist Dem consultant/pundit paid six figures for their good politics brain
ICYMI: @today.yougov.com asked over 11,000 U.S. adults the following question:
The #SupremeCourt upheld a federal court order requiring the government to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to #ElSalvador. Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court's decision?
Here’s what it found 👇🏼
The #SupremeCourt upheld a federal court order requiring the government to facilitate the return of a man wrongly deported to #ElSalvador. Do you support or oppose the Supreme Court's decision?
Here’s what it found 👇🏼
April 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"no no no, this is a trap, democrats shouldn't talk about it"
--every centrist Dem consultant/pundit paid six figures for their good politics brain
--every centrist Dem consultant/pundit paid six figures for their good politics brain
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Social democratic parties losing their voters to the far right really is the zombie theory of contemporary European politics. It didn't happen to Labour. It didn't happen to the SPD. It didn't happen to the PvdA. We know it's false. We communicate this non-stop. And yet, it somehow survives.
What Farage says about where his votes are coming from is also horseshit, of course. Latest YouGov poll shows Tories have leaked 20% of the 2024 support to Reform, but Labour just 6%. Though that still matters, it’s just a third of what Labour’s losing to Lib Dems and Greens…
Just watched the Home Counties private schoolboy Nigel Farage telling northern voters how he understands steelworkers because he used to work in the “metals business” himself. He was, ahem, a commodities trader at the London Metal Exchange in the City.
April 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Social democratic parties losing their voters to the far right really is the zombie theory of contemporary European politics. It didn't happen to Labour. It didn't happen to the SPD. It didn't happen to the PvdA. We know it's false. We communicate this non-stop. And yet, it somehow survives.
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VP lecturing "the Europeans" again:
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
JD Vance: My message to Europe
unherd.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
VP lecturing "the Europeans" again:
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
"...if the Europeans had been a little more independent, and a little more willing to stand up, then maybe we could have saved the entire world from the strategic disaster that was the American-led invasion of Iraq."
Yes, pity Paris and Berlin were so pro-war...
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More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
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The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
"My choice in these volatile times is backing British brilliance," says Keir Starmer, who promises to deliver "British cars for British workers"
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
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it’s hard to think of such a rapid ragged reversal from such a seismic economic policy
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs after market rout
Exemption is first sign of softening of levies against China and provides a huge boost for Apple
www.ft.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
it’s hard to think of such a rapid ragged reversal from such a seismic economic policy
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
www.ft.com/content/3eb4...
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You absolute jokers: it's even *worse* if that was his strategy all along.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: "This was his strategy all along."
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You absolute jokers: it's even *worse* if that was his strategy all along.
A government which says the world is changing but refuses to change the tax system, the fiscal rules, or our relationship with the EU is a zombie government. Our country barely recovered from the GFC, then permanently reduced output in 2016 and hasn’t grown since Covid. Change is needed.
April 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A government which says the world is changing but refuses to change the tax system, the fiscal rules, or our relationship with the EU is a zombie government. Our country barely recovered from the GFC, then permanently reduced output in 2016 and hasn’t grown since Covid. Change is needed.
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I’m increasingly convinced that there are some strategists in Number 10 who are out of their depth. Figuring out your path through the global maelstrom is trickier than identifying ‘hero voters’.
April 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I’m increasingly convinced that there are some strategists in Number 10 who are out of their depth. Figuring out your path through the global maelstrom is trickier than identifying ‘hero voters’.
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I’ve messed this up. Please help.
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I’ve messed this up. Please help.
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If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If our democracy dies, this is its epitaph