Mrs Bongo

Monstrous beyond all reckoning. The US is using remote sensing *designed for humanitarian purposes* for the opposite purpose, potentially drowning civilians en masse. Trump hates Somalis. His troops appear to be exploiting the weather to help slaughter them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Wow, thank you!!!! 👉 bit.ly/wtf-america-...

Hope many of the people filmed in this brilliant documentary have now had their collars felt ... Will Turning Point UK be proscribed as a terrorist group?

We literally have the largest bike-touring event in the world which has been an annual summer state tradition for FIFTY YEARS. There's a giant exhibit in the state historical museum about it. This is comical.

This is absolute rookie stuff. There is just absolutely no way that a headline like this should ever make the BBC News website. It being the weekend is no excuse, either: political news *always* drops on Saturday night, for the Sunday papers.

If we are ever going to fix social care, we need to work across party lines. I've invited @AndyBurnham to sit down once he becomes Prime Minister, in hopes of finally solving this crisis which takes such a toll on families, our NHS and our economy. There is no time to waste.

A 3-year-old girl watched ICE murder her father yesterday. We all watched Sebastian Guerrero’s final moments through our phones. We can scroll away — but Sebastian’s 3-year-old daughter cannot.

The FIFA World Cup on Sunday in New York will be won by Spain. Tr*mp will be present during the ceremony. The Spanish King Felipe VI will be there as well as PM Pedro Sánchez and Tr*mp will be booed out of the stadium. I can't wait!!

MAGA has entered its clearance rack era.

Trump suggested that the U.S. "shouldn't even have" midterm elections, expressing concerns about his party potentially losing control of Congress. He made these remarks during an interview, which were later downplayed by his press secretary as a joke. 1. Forbes 2. Democracy Now!

UPDATE: Wired has picked up the story. www.wired.com/story/leak-e...

That, as they say, is a photo.

"we ran 125 million barrels of oil through the Strait" is a classic "large number dummy" trick because under normal circumstances, 20 million barrels passed through the Strait of Hormuz every single day. "we've gotten 125 million barrels through" actually means transport has slowed to a trickle.

Through 3+ U.S. election cycles, our research team has identified and mapped 100+ different tropes — or common story elements — of the "rigged election" narrative. Often, these tropes reflect real events or data, but those events are misinterpreted or mischaracterized to create a false narrative.

The Trump administration is fighting with the Weather Channel. 🥴

It is a great privilege to have come second in the ballot for Private Member’s Bills. After giving the matter a great deal of thought, I will be reintroducing the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. You can read my full statement on this here or on my website: buff.ly/I78DfUX

Imagine being the most decorated gymnast in history, almost dying, and media referring to you as “NFL Wife” as your greatest achievement.😑 Misogyny is a helluva drug. Smh. Truly hope Simone is safe and makes a full recovery. What a horrible experience.

Call me an idealist, but I think that a prerequisite for hosting an international sport event should be that you're willing to host an international sport event.

Hang on. I thought the £5 million was for security upgrades? Or a reward for Brexit? Surely Farage wouldn't distort the truth... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Telling that this horrendous story has been completely ignored by Farage and Co. A shocking murder.

Mini-scoop: Reform hasn't reported its alleged Russian hack to the Information Commissioner's Office. Any significant breach of personal data must be disclosed. Reform hasn't done so, nor have they explained why they don't think it needed doing. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

NowThis Impact: #J6SlushFund #GavinNewsom Bwhahahahaha Genius!

Ecology of communication is (I believe) a new idea Leo introduces here, and applies to much more than just AI. Social media, journalism, publishers, politicians, and the Church and Christian communities themselves are all obligated to promote truth, fight misinformation, and be good stewards of data

This theft from taxpayers and this assault on justice cannot stand.

It’s VERY IMPORTANT that corporate media NOT frame this as a judicial settlement. Trump DROPPED the suit this morning. There is no lawsuit, and therefore, no settlement. you can’t settle a suit that doesn’t exist. This is just pure theft.

For those keeping score, the money Trump wants to give to his January 6th felons is more than 3 times the annual appropriation for public broadcasting, before he nixed it. Good use of taxpayer dollars!

AOC on Trump’s reported plan to use $1.7 billion in IRS funds to compensate January 6 insurrectionists and pardoned fraudsters: “He’s using the entire government as a slush fund… one of the most unpatriotic and un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.”

For his entire life, every word out of his mouth has been a lie. And the media stopped caring a long time ago that he lies as he breathes. Hopefully one day soon the American people will say they’re tired of being lied to every single day.

I am looking forward to this being on the front page of the Telegraph tomorrow

This kind of hyperbolic language doesn’t help anyone. Several ships, and the UAE’s most important oil terminal were all hit yesterday. Also, calling this a “gift to the world” is like an arsonist bragging about putting out the fire they started.

wow. @sifill.bsky.social just revealed that chief justice john roberts has been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act since 1982. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Same energy:

After Nigel Farage threatened to build detention centres in areas which don’t vote for Reform UK, it’s now emerged that the party will override the Scottish government in Holyrood to do the same north of the border. “Scots will not take kindly to this kind of bullying," the Greens said

Who would have guess the King of England would come an lecture Congress and the U.S. President on history? On keeping the executive in check???

Margaret Knight (1838 – 1914) was the American inventor of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags. A man, Charles Annan, stole her design and patented it, claiming that "she could not possibly understand the mechanical complexities of the machine", but she sued him and won. #CelebratingWomen

Would love to see the numbers for young, Black, post-grad, women.

When is a war not a war? When the day comes when it needs to be authorised by Congress.

🚨Gavin Newsom wins a key round in his $787M defamation case against Fox News. A judge ruled it’s “reasonably conceivable” Fox knowingly aired false claims about Newsom’s call with Donald Trump and denied their motion to dismiss. The case now heads to trial. Newsom: “Looking forward to discovery.”

Imagine the thrill of a lifetime in going all the way to the moon... And then coming back and being forced to meet with this piece of trash.

Russia choosing to bomb this place is psychotic behavior The ONLY outcome would be the release of radioactive poison that will hurt innocent people. There is no military reason to attack Chornobyl. They just want to cause suffering.

Exhibit 1 for his trial for violations of our First Amendment rights.

Oh look, France has a plan to phase out fossil fuels. Gosh, that seems like a good idea right now. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

5 out of the 6 Supreme Court Justices who gutted the Voting Rights Act were nominated by a president who came into office having lost the popular vote. 70% of Americans support the John Lewis VRA. The Supreme Court is historically unpopular. It is not a democratically legitimate institution.

1/ So angry. First, this is what "elections have consequences" really looks like. In addition to big stuff like wars and Liberation Day tariffs, the whole vast US machinery of state is now working everywhere, on everything, to make the world worse in every way. Thanks guys.