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The American people need to reckon with the mess Trump and Vance are making of this country’s once-good name—and the services they are performing for dictators and aggressors. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... #trump #Vance #america #putin

Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...

The BBC needs to stop providing Farage with a platform to spread his unchallenged populist nonsense.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.

The pain carried by abuse survivors is enough on its own without the added weight of the worlds’ most powerful trying to silence you. Rest in peace, Virginia Giuffre 💔

Keir Starmer is the UK's prime minister without ever understanding what the role demands, or that he has none of the required skills to undertake the task. youtu.be/8DKWiFW-XaI?...

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC." And it's the mistake that the Labour Party is making. Trying to appease those who hate the Labour party and will never vote for it.

Last summer's riots long ago left the political & media agenda so I wanted this month's Byline Times to investigate how the underlying causes remain & how that keeps the UK vulnerable to extreme forces, esp. amid economic uncertainty New edition gone to press 👇 In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com

This from the mad fool who was going to bring peace within 24 hours ... Trump threatens to abandon Ukraine peace efforts unless deal reached ‘very shortly’ #trump #ukraine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

On Wednesday, just days before her wedding, 25-year-old Hassouna was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit her home in northern Gaza. Ten members of her family, including her pregnant sister, were also killed. #Gaza #IsrealiWarCrimes #Palestine www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Amen to that, Alex

Billionaires like Jeff Bezos have more money than any human could ever spend - and he’s wasting it on planet-wrecking luxuries like joy rides to space. Why don’t we just tax the super rich and use that money to fix wealth inequality and the climate crisis? Sign the petition: act.gp/4cyGnJ7

Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress could put a stop to much/all of this any time they wanted. They are enabling authoritarian government.

#trump

We’re entering entirely uncharted waters here: for America, that is: enforced disappearances are routine in authoritarian countries. America is headed in a very dark direction indeed.

🚨BREAKING: Activists have just turned the US Embassy pond red - because the US govt has BLOOD on its hands. The US is fuelling the unfolding genocide in Gaza - we need to STOP arming the Israeli government now.

Trump told a dinner last night that countries were “dying” to make a deal and that "these countries are calling us up kissing my ass.” And that is why those that aren't need to stay strong because if he gets this, he'll want more, more, more. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

This right-wing YouTuber appears to have inadvertently made a Tesla Takedown advert at last week's #London protest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD82... #TeslaTakedown

Turns out that the poor old US has been "looted, pillaged, raped and plundered" by Cambodia, Lesotho and Madagascar.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to visit Hungary today, defying an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued over allegations of war crimes in Gaza. Via @theguardian.com #EU must get tough with #Hungary #ICC #ArrestNetanyahu

Ukraine is in effect fulfilling the entire NATO mission, right now, by absorbing a huge Russian attack. But Vance opposes helping Ukraine, spreads Russian propaganda about Ukraine, and is best known for yelling at Ukraine’s president in the Oval Office open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Reading Adam Bienkov's "folded" on open.substack.com/pub/adambien... @adambienkov.bsky.social "His disdain for modern life in the UK, and admiration for foreign autocrats, have never been the actions of someone devoted to their own country." www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/agent-fara... #Farage

The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it

Byline Times' 6th anniversary is approaching so come and join us for a journey 'Down the Rabbit Hole' to celebrate! With Otto English, Rosie Holt, Peter Jukes and other contributors, we'll be exploring how the world turned upside-down... 9 April at 7pm at London's Greenwood Theatre. Tickets 🔽

Who’s the far-right buddy of Nigel Farage that’s been barred from running for office after being found guilty of embezzlement?

HSBC thinks Tesla should be valued at $130—less than half where it's at last time we checked. We think more like $30. Let's help get it there! #TeslaTakedown electrek.co/2025/03/27/t...

It's exciting to see how many first-time protesters are signing up to create events for the #TeslaTakedown Global Day of Action this Saturday. We'd never created an action before in #London; nor had our #Leeds organiser; #Edinburgh, #Glasgow, #Bristol and #Winchester are also first-timers. 💪🇬🇧

There was an entire lengthy interview with Charlie Mullins on Talk TV just now in which he was a portrayed as a victim of censorship, without anyone ever mentioning what it was he actually said

The attempts to turn this into some kind of free speech, woke-gone-mad story are a disgrace. He demanded a senior politician be killed, on the basis of their faith. It was blatant incitement to violence.

A reminder that the supposedly "tongue in cheek" comments referred to here actually involved Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins demanding that "someone should kill" Sadiq Khan and "dump the Muslim mayor"

"No return to austerity" latest

Timeline cleanse 🌞

Global Day of Action next weekend! #teslatakedown

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... “So we need our other allies to clearly and distinctly come with their support and backing for us.” #Greenland

You might like this from the latest issue of Private Eye.

Good luck, US, in launching your next military recruitment drive.

Here are 5 companies who were advertising on GB News (TV) yesterday – a channel that regularly airs climate misinformation and anti-climate narratives

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Ha!!! I never get tired of reading the only good news around.

"Simple solutions assume nothing will go wrong at the moment, when the most likely thing that will happen is things will go really wrong in unprecedented ways" If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him? My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇

Outside the American Embassy in London.... London rocks......✊🏼

In desperate need of therapy and intervention

Worst take ever. More accurate headline would e “Putin fools Trump by pretending to agree to a ceasefire he has no intention of honoring, whilst offering terms designed to eviscerate Ukraine.”

Escalating warnings of a potential Russian attack on NATO have raised fears in the Baltic states that they could be next in the crosshairs. Talk about a potential Russian invasion is "very common at parties, gatherings, lunch breaks, water cooler talk," one Vilnius resident says.

“This paper wrestles with how to try and restore the important connection between morality and protest law and it would be nice to think a Labour government will engage with it.” – @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

Where does the post-post-truth era of Trump leave independent investigative journalism? It's a big question. If, like us, you still believe in it, subscribe now to fund our work, pick up a copy of @bylinetimes.bsky.social in the shops, or spread the word. We couldn't do it without you.

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