Ian Johnson

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"You don’t have to wait until Musk is officially defunded. Stop buying Teslas. Don’t use X. Don’t sign up for Starlink. And support politicians who promise to defund him."

"It's not just about economics. It's about values. There's a moral component to the choices we face right now." Obama nails it. It's well past time companies got the memo—supporting chaos, cruelty and corruption isn't a winning business strategy. Not now, not ever. Vote. 🗳 #Inclusion #Respect

Among all the appalling things this US administration does, imprisoning thousands of children must rank at the very top. Many of the children they put in prison camps are unaccompanied and appear before courts with no lawyer to represent them. Some are as young as two years old—and all alone.

It's past time companies got the memo—supporting chaos, cruelty and corruption is not a winning business strategy. "It's not just about economics. It's about values. There's a moral component to the choices we face right now." Obama nails it.

Doubling down on an advertisement attacking an abuse survivor is very on-brand for him—he's had years of covering up the Epstein Files and ignoring what happened to survivors

Vance is attacking Republicans that criticise Vivek Ramaswamy's appalling ad, an ad which exploits an elderly person in his attempt to attack his opponent. With less than two weeks until the midterms, Republicans seem to be behaving like rats fighting in a sack.

"Epstein transported her to New York or New Jersey where she claims he introduced her to Trump, who forced her into a sex act. She estimated she was about 13-15 years old, which would place the dates between 1983 and 1985" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

If Katie Zacharia lied on her White House job application, maybe she might soon need to find someone who really is a lawyer

If Katie Zacharia lied on her White House job application, maybe she might soon need to find someone who really is a lawyer

The BBC wants Trump to have to sit for a deposition under oath in his frivolous $10bn damages lawsuit against them. He is resisting. “Plaintiff chose to file this lawsuit and, in doing so, he accepted the obligations of civil litigation,” the BBC’s motion reads www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

Well, that's quite something—imagine anyone being too corrupt for THIS administration #KimberlyGuilfoyle #Grifting

The new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia retweeted this last year: "If the DOJ will cover up for Epstein pedos, how can we trust them to go after these guys?"

Dear White House press corps, Please ask the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia about her 2025 retweet of this post: "If the DOJ will cover up for Epstein pedos, how can we trust them to go after these guys?"

The BBC's Have I Got News For You, on this week's RAF Fairford security incident: "The suspects have all been released on bail to the surprise of Donald Trump, who exclaimed — 'How do you give bail to a terrorist?' Beats me Donald. How do you give the presidency to a sexual abuser?"

If only they'd invent the Nobel War Prize — he'd be a shoe-in to win

He should have added Aberbaijan vs Albania to his list - that would have convinced the Nobel Peace Prize committee 🏅

When the best computer programmer for the job is a woman, you hire her. Margaret Hamilton is a pioneer example of exactly what DEI does. Farewell to this brilliant woman. #WomenInTech #TechSky

"Epstein transported her to New York or New Jersey where she claims he introduced her to Trump, who forced her into a sex act. She estimated she was about 13-15 years old, which would place the dates between 1983 and 1985" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The rust covered hulk of USS Abraham Lincoln seems an apt metaphor for the current state of the US administration

The BBC's Have I Got News For You, on this week's RAF Fairford security incident: "The suspects have all been released on bail to the surprise of Donald Trump, who exclaimed — 'How do you give bail to a terrorist?' Beats me Donald. How do you give the presidency to a sexual abuser?"

White evangelicals need to wake up to the immense dangers of ignoring traditional Christian values in exchange for access to power. “Particularly among white evangelicals…going to church actually makes your views more extreme. It’s not the case that more church is the answer to democracy.”

Vile. ICE puts unrepresented young KIDS alone in front of immigration judges. One asks an unaccompanied 13-yr-old why he shouldn't be deported “‘I don’t know,’ Angel replied before bursting into tears. He stared ahead stoically & continued to cry, eventually saying: ‘I have no one. I have nothing”

Interesting. On 3 January 2027, when the Senate convenes it is under 34-31 control of the Democratic party—regardless of the election results. Because Democrats will control procedure, they could act to retain Senate control in response to any false electoral fraud claims attempted in the House.

Broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen has died aged 86. She hosted this incredibly moving 1988 'That's Life!' episode, introducing Sir Nicholas Winton to people he saved from the Holocaust, when they were children in Prague in 1939. "Can I ask, is there anyone here tonight who owes their life to him?"

Is giving AI childish-looking mascots supposed to make people want it?

Even some of The Front Row Joes at his rallies say they have had enough "It’s very satisfying to watch people wake up to the fact that the convicted felon in the White House is out for himself and nobody else." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interesting. On 3 January 2027, when the Senate convenes it is under 34-31 control of the Democratic party—regardless of the election results. Because Democrats will control procedure, they could act to retain Senate control in response to any false electoral fraud claims attempted in the House.

42 years ago Madonna at 26 opened the first ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984 with 'Like A Virgin' Now at 68 she opened the VMAs again, performing with Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter, Fab 5 Freddie, dancers and a lot of choreography It celebrates a time in the 1980s when art changed the world

Madonna opens 2026 VMAs with Charli XCX, performing Danceteria (featuring maybe the most creative use of urinals since George Michael's Outside video)

Madonna opens 2026 VMAs with Charli XCX, performing Danceteria

Madonna opens the VMAs with this performance of Bring Your Love (with Sabrina Carpenter), 42 years after opening the same awards show as a 26-year-old with Like a Virgin in 1984

It seems a safe bet we could all name people out there who never read fiction and lack empathy because of it "What we find is parts of the brain that become active while we're reading narrative fiction are the same parts of the brain that are activated when we're trying to understand other people."

Why on earth are 366 people watching such nonsense?

"We know that reading fiction can help to hone the same sort of mental processes that we use to understand other people, including empathy and perspective-taking" #reading #booksky

#booksky #reading

The Beeb's critics give top 21st Century TV ranking to 'The Wire'

If you have climate-change denying family members or friends, perhaps they should read this—about the extremely dangerous path we are all currently on

Stephen Miller targeting children to imprison and deport is not just cruel and racist, it's pure evil

Propaganda? This 30 second ad is running on US TV The anti-communism, government ad is paid for by US taxpayers It features singers repeatedly singing 'Love Me' as a rapid sequence of images of the current US leader play at an intense speed (NOTE: rapid-image epilepsy alert may be appropriate)

Politico and MS NOW report their journalists have again been refused entry to the White House in breach of the court order to re-admit them

Someone won't be happy with the judge that he himself appointed

"While thousands of kids are suffering in ICE prisons like Dilley, and immigrant children are about to be shipped to a new ICE facility in Louisiana, the Trump regime keeps stealing kids entertainment properties to promote its racist ICE deportations scheme." — @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social

Kaitlin Collins, a first rate reporter of CNN, was invited by the UN to cover this unhappy, ranting and raving insecure lunatic who seems sick, treasonous and demented

There is something very wrong with this man—this is not normal

If you have climate-change denying family members or friends, perhaps they should read this—about the extremely dangerous path we are all currently on

Journalists at other news outlets - ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, NY Times, Washington Post - should all stop attending White House events until press access for journalists at CNN, MSNOW and Politico is restored. Denying him the spotlight shows this administration who wields the power of the press.

National Institutes of Health does science. Science isn't "woke"—it’s science. The NIH funds life-saving medical research. But the White House is actively de-funding scientific projects that mention "gender," "climate change," "equity," or "race". Censoring words won't cure diseases.

Weekend Rock: Suzi Quatro & Alice Cooper - Kick Out The Jams