John Walmsley 🔶

staring straight into the camera and lying. just a despicable person and a poor excuse for a national leader.

RFK Jr. claims he had to fire CDC director Susan Monarez because he needed to “make some changes” when he came in to lead HHS. Not even Fox News' Bret Baier calls him out by reminding him he hired Susan Monarez. He can't seem to get his lies straight.

More from Starmer, on Channel 4 News. Feels like a real sense of change from where we were Sunday morning.

Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp

Let’s get this straight, once and for all: Homophobia is not an opinion. Transphobia is not an opinion. Xenophobia is not an opinion. Misogyny is not an opinion. Racism is not an opinion. It’s hatred. — Are we all clear on this?

Yes thousands turned out - which is far more than I’d like - but that is dwarfed by the millions that understand real patriotism means loving your country as it actually is, not hating its diversity or trying to exploit its challenges. That’s what our flags actually represent

Lewis Goodall, "This is Elon Musk, turning up at a far right rally, basically inciting violence in this country" "Most people in this country have no desire to go there, or look at it, or have any interest in that sort of rhetoric" "And yet, we are being pushed and pushed and pushed towards it"

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Reality begins to kick in for Badenoch – though it’s not really her fault | John Crace

Reform UK Councillors Mandy Clare arrested for assault and criminal damage Sam Journet arrested for stalking and harassment Daniel Taylor arrested for threatening to kill his wife Andy Osborn police probe over malicious election comments

Why is Nigel Farage so touchy when asked about his finances? www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel... #FragileFarage

This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

This report by Chris Mason is the most shockingly biased piece I’ve ever seen the BBC produce and that is saying something. Reform lauded a woman jailed for racial incitement and a dangerous anti vaxxer as it was revealed Farage dodged £44k in tax, FYI. No mention. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Don’t forget, when Farage was asked which world leader he most admired, his answer was Vladimir Putin. Yes, really.”

Very important info for eg women in violent relationships who maintain a secret phone. Please pass along.

Andrea Jenkyns sings "God Save the Queen" at the Reform UK conference. We haven't had a queen in almost three years. Phoney patriots.

Chris Mason is a profoundly unserious man who writes about politics as if it were a video game with no real consequences. True to form, this article is purely about optics. Not a single policy is mentioned www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something

I mean this seems like a legitimate question from @annaturley.bsky.social

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.

Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6) 🎲✂️

I've a feeling Mr Farage might very much be regretting his trip... round about ... Now 👇

Q: On the Venezuela vessel strike, what legal authority were you guys working under? JD VANCE: The legal authority is there are people who are bringing -- literal terrorists -- who are bringing deadly drugs into our country

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

"Reform councillors refusing to talk to press, I think is a bit of a betrayal of British values." @MaxWilkinson.bsky.social

Timeline cleanse

Instead of asking Trump to drop his damaging tariffs, Farage is talking down Britain and egging Trump on to hurt British businesses even more.

Nigel Farage: 100% faithful to Trump

"You can say what you like, I don’t care, because that’s what free speech is," Nigel Farage has just told the House Judiciary Committee, about three hours after his party banned me from covering its conference this weekend.

Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events: "I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"

Good to see Dartford borough council speaking about pride and prejudice

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with" JR then demolishes Farage, ending with "You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

you’re literally boycotting the Nottingham Post because it asked challenging questions

Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here..... Watch it all. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Moskowitz: Do you think the Epstein list should come out? Farage: I have no opinion on it. Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?

Melvyn Bragg and In Our Time has been my constant podcast companion for over a decade. Fortunately(!) I’m two years behind so still have 80+ episodes before I catch up with his retirement today. Wonderful erudite stuff in the tweet era.

A huge moment -- Melvyn Bragg steps down from In Our Time after over a quarter of a century. What a programme and what a legacy! Just a model for how to make great, clever, engaging radio, and a twenty-seven-year experiment that proves there's a huge global audience for smart, scholarly programming.

Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.