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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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My family and I, and the entire Japanese American community on the West Coast, were denied due process during our internment in WWII. It is a cherished, critical right for all people within the U.S.’s borders.
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”

Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Trump calls affordability a "hoax."

Meanwhile, a Joint Economic Committee report estimates that his tariffs have cost the average household an extra $1,200 this year.

Tariffs are regressive — taking a higher percentage out of the paychecks of working people than the rich.

"New Golden Age."
December 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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"You can see that Donald Trump calculates – not only how maybe this makes his family richer if Jared Kushner is involved – but how he will gain political leverage over his enemies"

Why the Warners Bros. buyout means more to Trump than he's letting on

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
Why Donald Trump is more bothered by the Warner Bros. buyout than he’s letting on | The News Agents
Donald Trump claims to have little knowledge of the planned buyout of media giant Warner Bros, despite his son-in-law’s involvement in a hostile bid after a deal was struck with Netflix. Is there…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Keir Starmer, a former human rights lawyer, has called on European leaders to curb joint human rights laws

The PM won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite

youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🔴Elon Musk Has Made X a Threat to Democracy and His War on the EU Proves It

Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how the billionaire X owner has turned Twitter into a tool for foreign interference which monetises and weaponises a global network of disinformation

bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/e...
Elon Musk Has Made X a Threat to Democracy and His War on the EU Proves It
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how the billionaire X owner has turned Twitter into a tool for foreign interference which monetises and weaponises a global network of disinformation
bylinetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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“I’d have no problem releasing the video”

“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”

5 days apart 😬

(From @therecount.com )
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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This afternoon, we had a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. I updated President Zelenskyy and leaders present on two key priorities - support for Ukraine and increasing European defence preparedness.
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Make America Healthy Again my ass.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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The UK already has a kind of Schengen zone. It’s called the CTA

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Common Travel Area: rights of UK and Irish citizens
Information for UK and Irish citizens on their rights under the Common Travel Area arrangements (CTA).
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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REMINDER: People need to get the fuck off X.
December 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment

Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days

True work life balance

Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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The West's capitalist greed is now one of its greatest weaknesses.

From the increasingly extreme wealth inequality which is fomenting potentially violent division, to the system's need for low labour cost, cheap manufactured goods, enriching an enemy state.

This ends badly.

#r4today
China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion for first time

www.ft.com/content/b9bf...
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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The Guardian: For once, Nigel Farage is the dog that doesn’t bark | John Crace
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
For once, Nigel Farage is the dog that doesn’t bark | John Crace
Usually found at Monday press conferences, the Reform leader has taken a vow of silence in the face of mounting allegations
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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There's only one way to interpret Trump's message to Netflix: Pay me if you want this takeover to be approved

The most openly corrupt president in US history.

#r4today
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?

TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Steve Bannon to Nigel Farage: "..what I'd like to do is set up something.. I think you'll be the perfect guy. We help knit together this populist nationalist movement throughout the world. Guys in Egypt.. Modi's guys in India, Duterte, Orban"
December 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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This story more than any other disgusts me.

Yinka was a little 9 year old boy

Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17

We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:

“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘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 felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM