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This is the One True Response ™️©️®️ when American BkyeSky wakes up during some Blighty ding-dong

The sitting President of the United States of America, in situ.

I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax. Please don't share.

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Of course they are concentration camps. And @anatosaurus.bsky.social is right that once you accept the euphemism you are halfway to normalizing the thing.

I am not particularly comfortable with politicians quoting theology to make their points but if he wants to go there, Iran is not a just war and Ukraine’s defense of its own territory very much is. And guess which one the US does and does not support.

Perfect front page.

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Vance: "We want you to make a decision about your future with no outside forces pressuring you or telling you what to do. I'm not telling you exactly who to vote for." Vance 20 minutes later: "Go to the polls at the weekend. Stand with Viktor Orbán!"

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Did you know that 6th months ago, while presumably we were planning this stupid war, the Navy decommissioned its four Avenger-class minesweepers that had been stationed in Bahrain precisely to deal with Iranian mines in the Strait? More from @jvl.bsky.social . www.thebulwark.com/p/our-low-iq...

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

“Almost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.“ A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

L: Private Eye front cover, yesterday. R: News headline, today. Stay ahead of the news; buy the Eye.

1/ Ukrainian cyber activists just pulled off a brutal counterstrike. Fake “Starlink unlocking” bots were launched to target Russian occupiers. The result? Data. Coordinates. Money. And a lot of very confused “heroes.”

She spent the whole morning performatively screaming at Congressmen, but this image of Bondi saying nothing and refusing to turn around will be the only real takeaway from her testimony today.

go off jack white

Who could this be? Hmm…

A 13-year-old boy recounts how he swam for hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family. The boy, named in the media as Austin Appelbee, made it across 4km (2.5 miles) of ocean to raise the alarm after his mother and two younger siblings were swept out to sea

This five year old is still in jail

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

My friend Sara posted this about the superb care her father received from with Alex Pretti Absolutely heartbreaking

🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...

To all those in America, who may not quit understand how Trumps words about the allied soldiers who fought in Afghanistan impact the world. I suggest you listen to the @mrjamesob.bsky.social radio show from yesterday. This is so powerful and should hit home for everyone. youtu.be/Rdm3sMIH8fk?...

The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

🚨🚨Check this out👇👇A French judge states that Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Le Pen’s trial for embezzlement. She says he’s done this to other judges around the world. What do you think he’s doing to judges in the US. This is madness‼️

Do repost the above btw

Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch. DMs open.

His 6 month old stopped breathing! HIS SIX MONTH OLD STOPPED BREATHING! A father was getting his kids out of the neighborhood because it was unsafe & ICE threw flash bangs & tear gas at his car with children & a baby inside! His 6 month old stopped breathing & all the children were hospitalized!

The New Year is a good time for making changes, and we’ve decided the time is right to use BlueSky and LinkedIn as our main social media platforms, and to no longer post on X. Do give us a follow and please do share this post.

MASSIVE BREAKING: : We Just Unredacted the Epstein Files. No Joke! krassencast.com/p/breaking-w...

In filing a claim against the BBC he probably won’t win, Donald Trump is trying to exert leverage so the broadcaster’s executives capitulate, writes @davidallengreen.bsky.social.

Meet two heroes of our times.

If this is a moment when you feel like helping courageous Ukrainians to stay alive, here is one way to do so. www.help99.co/patches/timo...

This is wonderful! Its a chance to put a smile on the face of these children that have had so much taken from them. It can also show their parents at home and fighting on the front, that we care and support them ❤️

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These strikes on boats in the Carribean are normalising the claim from the US Right that it is acceptable for a President to deploy American military units as extrajudicial death squads

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help. www.help99.co/patches/timo...