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Rockbridge, co-founded by JD Vance & Chris Buskirk, faces a Brazilian criminal investigation into foreign interference for Bolsonaro. Police will probe for paid political posts, platform manipulation and whether support was tied to access to rare earths.

🇮🇩 Gasping for air: Borneo residents struggle as island burns More than 11,000 people have been treated for respiratory infections in Palangkaraya, on the island of Borneo during the wildfire crisis that has also affected Indonesia's neighbours with toxic haze pollution.

If there are Choc Hobnobs in the house, I'll eat the lot in one sitting. So the last time I bought a pack was 3 years ago. They cost £1. Yesterday, in the same shop: £2.50. Inflation is 5% Not 150% Should cost £1.16 Not £2.50 Sometimes you lose sight of just how badly you're being ripped off.

Spain train crash: at least 10 feared dead after collision in Toledo province

'“Real change only happens if you vote for it.” That’s what Reform said when they were asking residents to vote for Christopher Perera ... ... who, according to the local council leader, hasn’t responded to residents or council correspondence since June ..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

Streamer Hasan Piker filed a defamation suit Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. federal court against commentator Scott Jennings, demanding over $72 million, Bloomberg Law reported.

There’s a pattern here

Pete Hegseth’s faith adviser shared racist, homophobic posts | CNN Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s senior adviser for religious issues has shared scores of racist and homophobic posts, spread conspiracy theories, and repeatedly denigrated Islam and immigrants, a CNN

Not a single news outlet has reviewed its coverage of Jason Arday, for accuracy or proportionality. Zero attempt to conduct any inquiry into the media’s role in his death. Instead, the industry has moved into self-congratulatory mode. This isn’t just tone deaf, it betrays a systemic failure

Imagine what we don’t know. Jared Kushner was allegedly paid $50 million by a foreign government to get former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson fired. trib.al/XQ4lcAV

it's incredible how openly corrupt the entire TRUMP FAMILY is right now it's equally f*&ked up how much evidence there is...and how MAGA could care less that this family is entrenched in business with our enemies #blues newrepublic.com/post/217191/...

Did the BBC and Sky that devoted so much time to this spend as much time pointing out this miserable turnout and what that means for ReFuk?

Apart from Reform and the Tories… Jenrick cannot *ever* be honest about freedom of movement. He was a Tory immigration minister who oversaw a record high in net migration and who voted Remain in 2016. His whole political career is built on scheming bullshit. www.independent.co.uk/voices/andy-...

BBC happily interviews lots of Zionists saying they are offended and fearful about Green Party rehashing a 1975 UN motion saying Zionism is racism But not Palestinians living in apartheid Israel about discrimination they face in jobs, housing, education every day of their lives meme via Dave Toller

Ousted dictators used to flee to Moscow. Now, apparently, they flee to the United States. www.cnn.com/2026/10/27/a...

BREAKING: A federal judge just disqualified Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in southern California, from overseeing several cases — part of an ongoing legal battle over whether the Trump appointee has stayed in a temporary role longer than allowed by law.

The problem with Justin Webb’s position at the BBC is not just his flagrant bias, or his writing for the Mail, or his audible prejudices, it’s that all those things make him embarrassingly bad at analysing politics. “Left = firebrand = too woke = trouble for Dems” is about his level

This guy gets it

‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers. Reliance on few foreign companies reduces economic resilience, makes govts powerless. China/India building alternatives. UK/EU need to do the same. Fiscal rules prevent public investment

Volunteer, 78, says Reform official likened her to Nazi collaborator for teaching asylum seekers English Mair Godley claims Essex councillor Carl Johnson told her she was ‘facilitating the invasion’ by giving language lessons www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NEW YORK TIMES: “A commission of United Nations human rights experts said Monday Israel was committing genocidal acts against Palestinian civilians in Gaza despite a cease-fire agreement, and carrying out crimes against humanity in the West Bank.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

Kelvin Mackenzie was the master of the shameless u-turn. Ian and Dorian discuss his reverse ferret technique and how it got papers out of trouble. Watch or listen: https://linktr.ee/originstorypodcast

While it's good that DHSC spotted this, I think we can be pretty sure this is happening on a local level with far less scrutiny and screening. There is no verification process (from what I can tell) for responding to consultations in my council area www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Of course not, Farage is desperately trying to stem Reform UK collapse in the polls, by attracting back even more blatantly racist & sexist defectors to Restore Britian "Nigel Farage says Reform candidates won’t be banned for backing Tommy Robinson online" www.politico.eu/article/nige...

If you need a visa for Trump’s America indulging in corruption, money laundering and tax evasion is clearly not a problem.

Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance illegally financing Bolsonaro's campaign in Brasil www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

An intense drought is the match. Decades of deforestation and peat draining provide the fuel.

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But Morgan repeatedly challenged her over the disastrous mini-budget and why she resigned if she was so convinced she had been right all along. Eventually, he asked her to identify just one personal fault. Given how the interview had unfolded, her final answer was quite something.

Eight of Ken Paxton's top aides could have kept quiet. 
They reported him to the FBI instead. He fired four of them. A judge ordered millions to be paid to them. Details:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-bushes...

The errors caused by AI in processing asylum claims have been shown to be far higher than the Home Office's claims, somewhere around a quarter. For many people that can be a life of death decision. AI has no place determining that for people. www.wired.com/story/uk-hom...

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The Chancellor has confirmed that gas standing charges will be abolished. Could come in next near, once Ofgem have worked through the details

'Out of touch': Susan Collins under fire for ad disparaging her rival's profession #RawStory

Ken Paxton campaign scrambles to hide registered Democrat girlfriend from voters: NYT #RawStory

Mockery erupts as camera exposes 'embarrassing' size of Trump’s red state rally venue #RawStory

‘Back away!’ Trump’s UN ambassador erupts in shouting match with Cuban official #RawStory

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Sam Altman is responsible for letting his AI go rogue... what is the computer equivalent of malpractice?

No clear winner in Israeli vote as Netanyahu loses majority, exit polls indicate