Steve Green
prasino.bsky.social
Steve Green
@prasino.bsky.social
Culture, Cricket, Birdwatching, Spain, Nature, and other things including European politics and stuff. Former chair European Capitals of Culture Selection Panel. Blocks all crypto. Blogs from time to time at www.prasino.eu
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Reform UK have repeatedly said that Kent is their "flagship" council and "the shop window" for how they intend to run things.

When they are exposed as planning to slash social care for old people, in order to hire their cronies as advisors at £150k a pop, I think people should believe them. ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The Ukraine drone strike on the Russian shadow fleet tanker Qendil on Dec 19 appears to have killed GRU Major General Andrey Averyanov, commander of elite Unit 29155, linked to the Salisbury Novichok poisonings, the Prigozhin assassination and EU sabotage.

No doubt the primary target.
December 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The White House has been caught.

The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.

In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Farage is a lazy, lowlife grifter. He exists to spread his hate. He is an absolute disgrace.
December 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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“When they are defending their liberal democracy, they are in fact defending ours as well.”

ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Kerry Kennedy, niece of JFK:

"Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building."
December 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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TASS summarizes Putin's list of grievances, making clear how a war against Ukraine turns into a war against NATO as soon as the Ukraine operation is complete. It's all about resurrecting the Russian Empire within its borders from 1915: including Finland, the Baltics, Poland...
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Stole this one ‘cause it’s good.
December 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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GB News grilled me apparently?

Only problem with this is I've never been on their nonsense channel.

They lie - obsessively.

Help us grow an alternative to all the bollocks:

Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’

“Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop,” Merz told a party conference in Germany.
Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’
“Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop,” Merz told a party conference in Germany.
www.politico.eu
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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SO TRUE 👇👇
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Tufts student can resume research after Trump officials revoked her visa, judge rules

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tufts student can resume research after Trump officials revoked her visa, judge rules
Rümeysa Öztürk was arrested in March amid White House’s crackdown on foreign students’ pro-Palestinian advocacy
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Social media checks for US visas to begin next week: AIT
16:03

People coming to the US for temporary skilled work or study and their dependents must make their social media profiles public when applying for a visa starting on Monday next week under new rules requiring an “online presence review […]
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December 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Fancy going to the FIFA #WorldCup? Inflated ticket prices, hotel rates inceasing fast and now intrusive social media disclosure. Just boycott USA.
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The designer of Times New Roman, Stanley Morrison, was a conscientious objector in 1916 and was imprisoned for his pacifist beliefs.

These dipshits can't even vice signal without screwing it up.
Times New Roman is an imported font, developed for London newspaper The Times in 1931. You know what American-designed font cooked up in 1994 would be perfect for this regime? Comic Sans.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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The NSS insists: “We must protect our country from invasion . . . from unchecked migration.” That idea is then extended across the Atlantic to Europe. This is what underpins the NSS’s controversial claim that Europe stands on the brink of “civilisational erasure”.

www.ft.com/content/9536...
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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#France has a very weak government with an uncertain future, yet it remains a dominant force in EU policy-making. How does one explain this paradox? 🇪🇺 🇫🇷

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December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Exclusive: An Air India investigation into why one of its Airbus planes conducted eight commercial flights without an airworthiness permit found 'systemic failures,' with the airline admitting it needed to do better on compliance, a company document shows reut.rs/3XIYk1l
Exclusive: Air India admits compliance culture needs overhaul after flying Airbus without permit, document shows
An Air India investigation into why one of its Airbus planes conducted eight commercial flights without an airworthiness permit found "systemic failures", with the airline admitting it needed to do be...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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US plans to mandate social media checks for visa-free visitors — The US is proposing to mandate social media history checks for visitors entering the country under the Visa Waiver Program, a move that would a… https://ranked.news/eng/us-plans-to-mandate-social-media-checks-for-visa-free-visitors?u=b
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Europe can no longer rely on the US as an ally. This response from Moscow says it all: “Russia has welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments were “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision”. www.arabnews.com/node/2625342...
Changes to US security strategy ‘largely consistent’ with Russia’s vision: Kremlin
MOSCOW: Russia has welcomed changes in the US National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington’s previous policy were “largely consistent” with Moscow...
www.arabnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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FIFA, soccer’s historically corrupt governing body, will name the winner of its first-ever “FIFA Peace Prize" today. Trump is widely expected to win, showing the moral vacuum of all concerned. A legitimate organization would move the World Cup out of the U.S. because of the abuse of immigrants.
What is the FIFA Peace Prize and why is Donald Trump expected to win? | CNN
As billions of fans around the world tune in to watch the World Cup draw on Friday, they’ll also have the opportunity to watch FIFA president Gianni Infantino present a new, somewhat puzzling, award.
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM