John Kovacs
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Real Household Disposable Income per person is set to grow this Parliament, meeting the Government’s target of growing living standards...
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Real Household Disposable Income per person is set to grow this Parliament, meeting the Government’s target of growing living standards...
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
... although living standards growth this Parliament is currently forecast to be the second worst on record.
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
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“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
“Emerson does not have a mother today because one of you murdered a woman in cold blood yesterday.”
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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The Trace has maintained a database tracking the people shot by federal agents as part of immigration enforcement:
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
www.thetrace.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The Trace has maintained a database tracking the people shot by federal agents as part of immigration enforcement:
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
secretary breakfast gin is trying to make good on his threat against mark kelly for daring to tell servicemembers they have the right to refuse illegal orders. kelly isn’t having it. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Horse eating spaghetti through the window sure why not.
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Horse eating spaghetti through the window sure why not.
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India taking the lead in fighting child porn *even* if its distributed by billionaires which is considered a mitigating factor in the US and EU
India orders X to fix Grok to block the generation of obscene content, giving it 72 hours to submit an action-taken report or risk losing "safe harbor" immunity (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
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January 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
India taking the lead in fighting child porn *even* if its distributed by billionaires which is considered a mitigating factor in the US and EU
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It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
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Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
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The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake. n.pr/4jkrm19
For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up
The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake.
n.pr
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes was a mistake. n.pr/4jkrm19
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And just like that, I’m banned from Marks & Spencer’s.
November 17, 2023 at 8:59 PM
And just like that, I’m banned from Marks & Spencer’s.
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I'm sorry but casually embarking on regime change in Venezuela based on trumped up claims of the country being a major purveyor of drugs and then switch "we want their oil" is bananas. Wars of conquest were a thing of the past and if the US starts one, we're not much better than Russia.
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm sorry but casually embarking on regime change in Venezuela based on trumped up claims of the country being a major purveyor of drugs and then switch "we want their oil" is bananas. Wars of conquest were a thing of the past and if the US starts one, we're not much better than Russia.
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Really important post by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social on the role of political elites in legitimising the populist radical right. I often wonder about the impact of WW2 on the generation who experienced it and saw how it arose. We forget too easily.
Y'days post: Understanding the rise of the populist far right mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/unde...
The role of social norms of humanitarism and anti-racism, and their abandonment by political elites and others, in explaining the rise in right wing populism.
The role of social norms of humanitarism and anti-racism, and their abandonment by political elites and others, in explaining the rise in right wing populism.
Understanding the rise of the populist far right
This is a follow-up to last week’s post. Occasionally I receive comments on social media that point me to academic analysis that I wasn’t ...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Really important post by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social on the role of political elites in legitimising the populist radical right. I often wonder about the impact of WW2 on the generation who experienced it and saw how it arose. We forget too easily.
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I used my lunch break to write about the far right's plastic patriots, and how they are Putin's men.
Also some thoughts on where we are re the threat from Russia to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
Also some thoughts on where we are re the threat from Russia to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
Plastic patriots & Putin
Some thoughts on the far right's fake patriotism, and where we are with war and defence
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I used my lunch break to write about the far right's plastic patriots, and how they are Putin's men.
Also some thoughts on where we are re the threat from Russia to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
Also some thoughts on where we are re the threat from Russia to the UK.
open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
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Once again the old wind-up gramophone is dusted off, this time to play this Japanese-sung interpretation of "Jingle Bells" from 1955.
#FestiveForeignCovers
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小坂 一也 & ワゴン・マスターズ ♪ジンベル・ベルス♪ 1955年 78rpm record , HMV 102 phonograph
YouTube video by sabo yobo
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December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Once again the old wind-up gramophone is dusted off, this time to play this Japanese-sung interpretation of "Jingle Bells" from 1955.
#FestiveForeignCovers
#FestiveForeignCovers
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🇺🇸 attempts to force 🇺🇦 surrender are currently 0 from 3. Europe is winning, even if it doesn't realise.
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
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America's Weakness, Europe's Strength
The 'new' national security strategy is the admission of defeat from a declining country
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December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🇺🇸 attempts to force 🇺🇦 surrender are currently 0 from 3. Europe is winning, even if it doesn't realise.
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Trump's national security strategy exposes weakness. Its attitude to Europe is like the obsessive ex stalking the former partner, wondering who that new guy is.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...