Giles MacDonogh

gilesmacdonogh.substack.comThe End of the Bonn RepublicBerlin 35 Years On

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The last day of the Bonn Republic: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

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Whoever wins the elect in Israel isn't going to recognise Palestinian rights, the only positive is if Netanyahu is defeated, hoped Eisenkot will at least halt the destruction/death being carried out in Gaza/Lebanon and break the ties to Trump, but honestly that is still only a hope. #Isrealelection

theconversation.comIsraeli election: why nobody has been talking about Palestinian statehoodThe main candidates flatly reject Palestinian statehood.

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Food prices are indeed rising everywhere but perhaps more so in the UK than in continental Europe, as the UK has to import most of its food. Not helped by the wars unleashed by the Brexiteers' friends Putin and Trump.

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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues

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If you are on the fence about voting, consider this: Bigots, Racists and the Kool Aid drinkers will vote. Are these the people you want deciding our fate? No it’s not! #VoteEarly #Blues #VoteBlue

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Off the charts Trump family corruption. Kushner got Billions of foreign funds, while spearheading foreign policy. And the Hunter Biden hunters are silent. @MarshaBlackburn

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Thousands of Israelites protest against the fascist, racist, genocidal maniac. youtube.com/watch?v=C-xt...

youtube.comThousands rally against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv ahead of Israeli electionsYouTube video by Guardian News

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revistaforum.com.br/politica/sit... Que dúvida que isso iria acontecer. Alguém dormiu no ponto assim que terminou a contagem dos votos já deveriam ter mandado à polícia federal ficar de tocaia em frente a residência dele!

revistaforum.com.brSite argentino diz que Flávio Bolsonaro teria fugido para os EUA de jatinho após atravessar fronteiraO senador Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), derrotado por Lula (PT) no segundo turno das eleições presidenciais de domingo (25), pode ter deixado clandestinamente o

Could Jonathan Reynolds be a Coburg from the wrong side of the blanket?

bbc.co.ukIsrael heads to polls for pivotal election defined by security and democracyMany fear neither of the leading political blocs will win enough seats for a majority - meaning weeks or months of political wrangling may lie ahead.

I doubt the Eisenkot will give us anything like what we want, but at least he's not the Yahoo. I can't bear the Yahoo a moment longer! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

phillipspobrien.substack.comThe First Military InvestigationWhat Is Elon Musk Actually Saying?

If the Democrats take the House and Senate, looking not only possible but edging into likely, there must be investigations into corruption first and foremost. As I have been saying here since the Spring of 2025, the single greatest destructive threat that the Trump administration has unleashed

phillipspobrien.substack.comThe First Military InvestigationWhat Is Elon Musk Actually Saying?

on the American Republic is its normalization of institutional corruption which stretches up to the Presidency and the President's family. As I called it in February 2025, the USA is being run by an organized crime-like syndicate, and is selling off US secrets, capabilities and influence

phillipspobrien.substack.comThe First Military InvestigationWhat Is Elon Musk Actually Saying?

in the most grotesque and open ways. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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gilesmacdonogh.substack.comThe End of the Bonn RepublicBerlin 35 Years On

Berlin 35 Years On: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

Eisenkot: To Israelis he is both menschy (decent) and schlumpy (unkempt), his crumpled appearance contrasting with Netanyahu’s hair rinse, makeup and obsessive need to control his media depiction. In the Israeli commentator Anshel Pfeffer’s framing, he is the anti-Bibi among a roster of wanna-Bibis.

(Guardian)

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 26, 2026Trump’s increasingly erratic and corrupt behavior condemns Republican leaders who continue to support him.

The administration is already trying to hide documents, emails, and texts between Trump’s hand-picked Kennedy Center director Matt Floca and Trump’s executive assistant Natalie Harp about Trump’s sabotage of the Kennedy Center. They are also trying to shield messages between Floca and

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 26, 2026Trump’s increasingly erratic and corrupt behavior condemns Republican leaders who continue to support him.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about the Kennedy Center when Lutnick was acting for Trump in discussions about the performance center. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-26...

bbc.co.uk'Unique' Roman artefact on display at Worcestershire museumThe roe deer bone box is among the artefacts at an exhibition showcasing thousands of years of history.

Roman pencil box? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukBrighton changes traditional blue paint for railings to save cashThe colour of the city's seafront railings - known as 'Brighton Blue' - is changing to save cash.

Brighton has been green for years: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukRise in sales of radios and tinned foods, say retailers, after call to stock upFigures obtained by BBC Newsnight show large spikes in sales of torches, radios and power banks.

And now baked beans! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukHealey pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget packageThe chancellor will axe tariffs on some staples as part of plans to give households "breathing space".

Boiled sweets and chcolate biscuits! Surely meat and fish, fruit and vegetables? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

newarab.comIsrael army advances beyond Gaza’s Yellow Line as 15 killedGaza residents fear repeated incursions could pave the way for a permanent expansion of Israeli control, amid continued deadly attacks

O to see the backs of these two:

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Gaza residents fear repeated incursions could pave the way for a permanent expansion of Israeli control, amid continued deadly attacks:

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Exacto!! 🗳️💙

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You can feel Pedolf's big beautiful butthurt

gilesmacdonogh.substack.comThe End of the Bonn RepublicBerlin 35 Years On

Berlin 35 Years On: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

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Ironic because many of the rally negative effects of Trumps only legislative accomplishment don't kick in until after the midterms - when safety net programs, regulations, food assistance and health insurance will be gutted.

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Jesus wept. Richard Tice to appear on R5 to set out ‘his’ budget! Reform have only a handful of mps. Theyre not even polling 2nd these days They’re not the Opposition! BBC is unashamedly pro-Reform! #BBCBias

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 25, 2026And so, here we are in the last days of the 2026 midterm campaign.

Oil companies and their investors—like Trump—are indeed making a fortune, but the rest of the country is suffering under climbing gasoline prices and record high diesel costs, which have driven up the prices of food and anything that travels by train or truck. At a rally today,

heathercoxrichardson.substack.comOctober 25, 2026And so, here we are in the last days of the 2026 midterm campaign.

Trump said the great things he and the Republicans have done will “kick in later.” heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-25...

bbc.co.ukNicki Minaj joins Trump onstage at Michigan rallyThe Super Bass singer is the latest big name to campaign in Michigan, where a tight Senate race is playing out ahead of the 3 November midterms.

Crapper meets rapper: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukDeeply divided Israel braces for pivotal electionAfter three years of regional war, this is a battle Israel always knew was coming, writes Lucy Williamson.

Come on Irondung! Make it a hattrick! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'How do we fiddle this one now?'

'You're to win this one bigly!'

bbc.co.ukBrazil election live: Lula defeats Bolsonaro - follow latestLula, 80, overturns the outcome from the first round of voting, but Bolsonaro calls the result "inexplicable" and refuses to concede.

Hurrah! Lula wins in Brazil! First Serbia and now Brazil. Bad day for #Trumpipumpipiddlipoo. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

'A letter sent to the Metropolitan Police making a number of claims relating to the Duchess of Sussex's father was written by his ex-wife Roslyn Loveless, the BBC understands.' Great name, Loveless.

US President Donald Trump says he is watching Brazilian erections after being asked by journalists who he was supporting. Brazil's relationship with the US has been at the heart of this election. A win for Bolsonaro would add Brazil

to the list of Western Hemisphere countries aligned with the Trump administration. Flávio Bolsonaro has actively courted Trump and members of his administration by portraying himself as a loyal ally during a meeting at the White House in May.

bbc.co.ukSerbia's Vučić concedes election defeat to student-led protest movementThe country's populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his Serbian Progressive Party has lost.

Serbian government falls: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Heading from Milan to Florence yesterday for more archival research. Milano Centrale is quite an impressive building, opened in 1931 during the Fascist era. After Roma Termini it is the second busiest railway station in Italy.

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bbc.co.ukOpposition leader María Machado returns to VenezuelaMachado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

She must feel a right twit! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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dworkinsubstack.comTrump Is On A Losing Streak. Kansas Wants In.What a small town in Colorado just did, what 225,000 nurses won in court, and the number in Roger Marshall’s FEC report nobody else has printed.

wouldn't it be luvverly, two in one fell swoop?

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Bibi ad in Israel. “We have one chance to win”

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Bibi ad in Israel. “We have one chance to win”

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Otto English

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According to former Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie - Tice wedding descended into chaos when Mike "concrete" Graham turned up very much worse for wear... fell asleep during Richard's speech and then got embroiled in a fracas with Dabid Bull after seizing a microphone & trying to give a speech in Latin

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Trump won Kansas by 16 points. Nine days out, he's flying there to beg, paying farmers after the election, blaming "I don't know who" for Ukraine's drones, and losing to nurses in court. One Kansas poll explains the panic.

phillipspobrien.substack.comWeekend Update #208: Trump Reacts To Pressure Not FlatteryA Study Of The Last Two Weeks

Militarily, there were a number of moves which saw the USA help Russia. It was reported that the US government was keeping European states from delivering Patriot missiles that they had purchased for Ukraine. President Zelensky