Ken Crook
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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And characterising non-violent dissent as “domestic terrorism” is an unambiguous statement of readiness to silence political opposition with lethal force.
Like those before it, that insane, vile DHS statement about the Minneapolis shooting isn't about covering anything up. It's performative lying.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
They aren't trying to persuade anyone that their agents did nothing wrong. They're trying to project that their agents can get away with anything.
January 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM
And characterising non-violent dissent as “domestic terrorism” is an unambiguous statement of readiness to silence political opposition with lethal force.
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Opinion | 'There is no strategy here, no doctrine, no foreign policy theory. There is just the superficial whim of a self-absorbed thug'
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January 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Opinion | 'There is no strategy here, no doctrine, no foreign policy theory. There is just the superficial whim of a self-absorbed thug'
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If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
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Heavily-armed, out-of-control government militias are roaming the streets of US cities terrorizing citizens, and Elon Musk is totally here for it. Look at this Musk tweet:
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Heavily-armed, out-of-control government militias are roaming the streets of US cities terrorizing citizens, and Elon Musk is totally here for it. Look at this Musk tweet:
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Just phenomenally irresponsible. He knows why that vaccine schedule exists. He’s not stupid.
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Just phenomenally irresponsible. He knows why that vaccine schedule exists. He’s not stupid.
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“Tinker, Tailor, Tory, Traitor”
As Donald Trump destroys the West, piece from me on how hatred of liberalism turns right-wingers into traitors
(Paywall but free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
As Donald Trump destroys the West, piece from me on how hatred of liberalism turns right-wingers into traitors
(Paywall but free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Tinker, Tailor, Tory, Traitor
How hatred of the EU and wokeness turns conservatives to treason
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
“Tinker, Tailor, Tory, Traitor”
As Donald Trump destroys the West, piece from me on how hatred of liberalism turns right-wingers into traitors
(Paywall but free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
As Donald Trump destroys the West, piece from me on how hatred of liberalism turns right-wingers into traitors
(Paywall but free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
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Trump's illegal intervention is Venezuelia is largely par for the course. The US has never shown much respect for Latin American sovereignty or self-determination. The difference now is that it doesn't respect anyone else's either inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
January 7, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Trump's illegal intervention is Venezuelia is largely par for the course. The US has never shown much respect for Latin American sovereignty or self-determination. The difference now is that it doesn't respect anyone else's either inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Where do things sit in the US/European Greenland crisis?
My piece for TIME on Trump's Greenland obsession: The Greenland Crisis could break NATO
time.com/7344268/us-t...
My piece for TIME on Trump's Greenland obsession: The Greenland Crisis could break NATO
time.com/7344268/us-t...
The Greenland Crisis Could Break NATO
U.S. annexation would undo the transatlantic alliance, and cause irreparable damage to the E.U., writes Mujtaba Rahman.
time.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Where do things sit in the US/European Greenland crisis?
My piece for TIME on Trump's Greenland obsession: The Greenland Crisis could break NATO
time.com/7344268/us-t...
My piece for TIME on Trump's Greenland obsession: The Greenland Crisis could break NATO
time.com/7344268/us-t...
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If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
If you missed this question to Nigel Farage from The Critic's Rob Hutton – and it was over an hour into the press conference – then it was a particularly good one. The answer was... vague.
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From “e pluribus unum“ to “dominant predator force” — a story of decadence delusion and demise
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 PM
From “e pluribus unum“ to “dominant predator force” — a story of decadence delusion and demise
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It's completely unacceptable in every sense, except the very literal one, in which we are going to accept it.
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It's completely unacceptable in every sense, except the very literal one, in which we are going to accept it.
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"There is a valid tactical rationale for the prime minister’s reluctance to criticise the US right now, but it has to serve a strategic recognition that Britain’s future lies with Europe. There is not much evidence that this is the plan." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is Starmer’s reluctance to criticise Trump smart tactics – or the sign of a man without a plan? | Rafael Behr
The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
"There is a valid tactical rationale for the prime minister’s reluctance to criticise the US right now, but it has to serve a strategic recognition that Britain’s future lies with Europe. There is not much evidence that this is the plan." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Donald Trump's speeches work better with a laugh track.
January 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Donald Trump's speeches work better with a laugh track.
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Nigel Farage had already acknowledged, generally, that many of these allegations were broadly true in 2013 and 2021. Now that there is more detailed testimony from about 30 people, he is claiming they are making up things he had previously tacitly accepted happened.
Nigel Farage calls the accusations of racism and antisemitism against him when he was at school "complete made-up fantasy", saying his accusers have political motivations, and he will not apologise.
This is yet another shift in his position.
This is yet another shift in his position.
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Nigel Farage had already acknowledged, generally, that many of these allegations were broadly true in 2013 and 2021. Now that there is more detailed testimony from about 30 people, he is claiming they are making up things he had previously tacitly accepted happened.
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Vladimir Putin must have observed with astonished delight the meeting of the Nato “coalition of the willing” in Paris yesterday. Progress was made towards preventing a putative second (or third) Russian invasion of Ukraine while European fears turned to a possible US invasion of part of NATO. 1/
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Vladimir Putin must have observed with astonished delight the meeting of the Nato “coalition of the willing” in Paris yesterday. Progress was made towards preventing a putative second (or third) Russian invasion of Ukraine while European fears turned to a possible US invasion of part of NATO. 1/
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Sickening. 5000 illegal abuse images a day and still no action.
Every piece of reporting I've seen on this is drastically understating the scale. These are from Grok's replies within a single minute. Time-to-reply is degrading because it has such a backlog of NCII/CSAM requests to fulfill. Conservatively I estimate it is producing more than 5000 of these per day
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Sickening. 5000 illegal abuse images a day and still no action.
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
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The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro may well be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has decisively abandoned the core values that united them for the past century.
The US capture of President Nicolás Maduro – and attacks on Venezuela – have no justification in international law
This may be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has abandoned the core values that united them for the past century, writes the head of Chatham House’s International Law Programme.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The US operation to capture Nicolás Maduro may well be the moment when Western Europe realizes that the US has decisively abandoned the core values that united them for the past century.
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Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Trump & RFK Jr.'s coterie of bootlicking doctors are real pieces of shit, we argue in the British Medical Journal, essentially.
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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What worries me about this statement is the number of European countries that chose not to join it
And whether Macron, Merz, Meloni, Tusk, Sanchez and Starmer will continue to stand up to the US if the Administration actually attempts annexation
And whether Macron, Merz, Meloni, Tusk, Sanchez and Starmer will continue to stand up to the US if the Administration actually attempts annexation
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
What worries me about this statement is the number of European countries that chose not to join it
And whether Macron, Merz, Meloni, Tusk, Sanchez and Starmer will continue to stand up to the US if the Administration actually attempts annexation
And whether Macron, Merz, Meloni, Tusk, Sanchez and Starmer will continue to stand up to the US if the Administration actually attempts annexation
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Absolutely fucking tremendous from the FT.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Absolutely fucking tremendous from the FT.
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So much incredible stuff in this piece about a January 6 protester (jailed, pardoned) and a January 6 cop (injured, bemused about Trump's re-election) but something that stands out is that both of them feel haunted by being captured in a viral image www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Wants You to Forget This Happened
January 6, five years later
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
So much incredible stuff in this piece about a January 6 protester (jailed, pardoned) and a January 6 cop (injured, bemused about Trump's re-election) but something that stands out is that both of them feel haunted by being captured in a viral image www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
www.nbcnews.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.
These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists.
I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.