Dave Underwood

Tax the ultra rich properly. Tax ultra rich companies properly. Tax ultra rich trusts properly. Tax ultra rich individuals properly. End tax evasion now. #EndTaxEvasionNow #TaxTheUltraRichProperly #ShareYourWealthWithEveryone

“We should be making sure that people who make a living by going out to work aren't paying effectively a higher rate of tax than people who get their income from sitting on assets.” Ellie Chowns responds to reports that John Healey has ruled out equalising capital gains tax ahead of the Budget.

Yeah, this is getting absurd. Zero scrutiny. BBC News broadcasts Reform UK speeches in full without interruptions www.thenational.scot/news/2667178...

Imagine being this ignorant

Thomas Phillips, the former Republican chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, announces he's backing Democrat James Talarico for Senate. "Paxton’s longstanding reputation will embarrass Texas in ways our state simply cannot afford." www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/art...

'Like an alcoholic who cannot admit they have a drinking problem, the former PM is convinced that everyone else is to blame for her failures' Liz Truss still living in cuckoo land: www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

LFG Brazil! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Fuck yeah Serbia www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Today there are 325 Kakapos in New Zealand. In 1995, when I was 10, there were only 51 left. Huge conservation efforts were made to save them 💚

📣Calling all women and femme writers📣 I am looking to commission around 10 heartfelt essays surrounding video game criticism. If this sounds like something you are down to do them read on and I urge you to apply. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Know who “Raise the Colours” are… This 👇🏼

This is terrifying. A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a mink farm for months. Experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic. And officials are refusing to act. What a story from @natlash.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/bird...

No pressure but if this gets to a million views, I'll be able to pay the mortgage this month. Thank you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUv...

Timeline of FAILURE. Credit @ledbydonkeys.org #obvs #CovidInquiry

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

“When I look round the boardroom at the other board members Palantir has recently also recruited from the House of Lords – notably Lord Vader and Lord Voldemort – I don’t have any sense that these people are evil,” said Watson. From the new Private Eye, out now.

Very pleased that Beth Dobbin has written to the PM asking for more funding for ME/CFS research AND that the BBC is reporting it: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet... Letter to Andy Burnham: www.instagram.com/p/DewbBEtCE1E/

i made a thing

After jury rules against Meta for deceptive practices, it has been ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case. Cost of doing business but the ghosts still haunt Zuck. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/m...

NEW: Lindsay Graham and Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation for bribery. Then Trump dismantled the DOJ & FBI public corruption units. The investigation died. We unearthed it: www.propublica.org/article/nava...

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Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)

I just went to the website to report election fraud. I encourage all of you to do the same. Glory!

Trump lies his ass off about the economy: "We have more growth than this country has ever had. And we have more growth than any country in the world is having right now."

One day, I want to live in a country where the last several weeks of any election cycle don't feel simply like a Battle Royale for billionaires. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

Ted Cruz's former intern and organizer for the largest conservative youth summit in Texas has just confirmed he voted for James Talarico.

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

This last week we learned that Bari Weiss was pressing CBS News to fully coordinate their reporting with Republican talking points and propaganda lines, and particularly to repeat politically motivated lies against Democratic candidates.

The Post obtained a list revealing all the major donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom, including contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member. See the full list: https://wapo.st/4jS0APW

ITV footage shows racist, sexual, violent rhetoric among Reform members. These lunatics say “King Charles is a f***ing Muslim… " and want him to be beheaded. They want concentration camps for migrants, violence against minorities. Return of the Nazis, 100 years after the Cable Street resistance.

Most of us saw this coming. The current administration does not favor regulations, because they cannot profit off of them. We're tired of it. Early in-person voting is already underway in many states, and Election Day is November 3. This election season, vote with science in mind.

Despite RFK Jr's appointment in the Trump administration and an all Republican congress, regulations that keep Americans healthy are nowhere to be found. In fact, the EPA has quietly revised its website, which for years claimed that PFOA and PFOS had been “phased out” in the US.

Of course Bari Weiss has pushed CBS reporters to pursue the James Talarico was in a mental hospital and Abdul El-Sayed is tied to the Muslim Brotherhoid stories. Of course she has. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

The latest update to region Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures is not only a new record daily High, but also a new record anomaly, now 3.46 C above the 1991 to 2020 Baseline.

When did the BBC description of Tommy Robinson change from ‘far right activist’ to ‘political activist’? Because that’s how he’s described on Radio 4 now

"The World Food Programme says its being forced to drastically reduce live saving assistance to Gaza due to funding shortages. The number of people the UN agency helps in the Palestinian territory will be slashed by half a million people.."

This election is fundamentally about whether human beings have rights or not. Let's make that clear with our votes - in their quantity, selection & the message we send along with them.

ICE agents tackled a U.S. citizen riding his bike, tased him, and broke his arm. Note the reaction from Trump’s attorney. No contrition. No sympathy for the victim. Just ire for the congressman who had the audacity to criticize the agents.

"Trump and his authoritarian allies have proven that the post-election certification period is fertile ground for subversion. But Trump won't necessarily need to summon a mob this time." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-ele...

❗️“Only the United States possesses the intelligence data that allows us to know when Russia uses ballistic missiles. We have not received this information for three days,” — Zelenskyy.

Miners Returning on a Wet Evening, 1950, painting by John Elwyn, Welsh artist, 1916-97 (Oriel Môn).

GEORGIA, LET’S WIN THIS!

Protesters in Ocean Beach, San Fransisco made a human banner on No Kings Day today to encourage people to vote early for the most consequential midterm elections in US history. Beautiful.

As usual, Kasparov is right. Note how US corporate media have simply swept all of this under the carpet because they sense it will be damaging to Trump.

Orchard in Blossom, Bordered by Cypresses - April 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109362