what is becoming clear is that the means are the ends. The weapons aren't being used in pursuit of anything; Hegseth's goal is to be using the weapons, a far more deliverable objective than 'regime change'.
04.03.2026 13:57 — 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1what is becoming clear is that the means are the ends. The weapons aren't being used in pursuit of anything; Hegseth's goal is to be using the weapons, a far more deliverable objective than 'regime change'.
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"There is no effort to legally codify or even rationally justify this lurch into war. They will not even do the American people the courtesy of lying to them..." - @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
03.03.2026 15:07 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
"If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure."
03.03.2026 21:02 — 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
Finally, the wake-up call those MAGA-loving Guardian readers needed
03.03.2026 16:58 — 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
"If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure."
03.03.2026 21:02 — 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
"There is no effort to legally codify or even rationally justify this lurch into war. They will not even do the American people the courtesy of lying to them..." - @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
03.03.2026 15:07 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
“ As Trump used to look for depressed properties to scavenge, now the neocons inhabit the decaying hulk of Trumpism.” @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures the extraordinary apathy that seems to be driving this war open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...
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ICYMI - @leninology.bsky.social on the the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party. We talked about McSweeney, Mandelson, Labour Together, and the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions:
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💥NEW PTO EXTRA!💥 - @meadwaj.bsky.social on the Green's historic electoral breakthrough in Gorton and Denton (and Labour's historic defeat).
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ICYMI - @leninology.bsky.social on the the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party. We talked about McSweeney, Mandelson, Labour Together, and the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions:
27.02.2026 13:22 — 👍 10 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1Catching up on @poltheoryother.bsky.social and reminded of the continued relevance of @aerond.bsky.social analysis of the 'reckless opportunists' in the formation of today's political class (manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526127280/)
27.02.2026 13:12 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
"During the European sovereign debt crisis in 2012, his primary concern was not the collapse of social democratic rule... ‘Europe is in meltdown, bringing down the global economy, I am ex EU minister and I cannot make any money talking about it?’" - @piercepenniless.bsky.social
25.02.2026 10:53 — 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
"Labour has serious difficulties facing a mass left wing challenger party because it's never had to." - @philbc3.bsky.social
25.02.2026 13:14 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2Surprised to learn that the correct anti-racist position is to assume that all Hindu voters are BJP supporting ethnonationalists.
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"During the European sovereign debt crisis in 2012, his primary concern was not the collapse of social democratic rule... ‘Europe is in meltdown, bringing down the global economy, I am ex EU minister and I cannot make any money talking about it?’" - @piercepenniless.bsky.social
25.02.2026 10:53 — 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Listen to the episode here:
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"Much like the guff about Keir Starmer being a thoroughly decent man, you really have to wonder at the strategic blind spots and the implicit value judgments of anyone describing Peter Mandelson as charming." - @leninology.bsky.social
23.02.2026 20:06 — 👍 22 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 3
Listen to the episode here:
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Richard Seymour on Peter Mandelson and his erstwhile friends in the media:
23.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0"Much like the guff about Keir Starmer being a thoroughly decent man, you really have to wonder at the strategic blind spots and the implicit value judgments of anyone describing Peter Mandelson as charming." - @leninology.bsky.social
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ICYMI - @leninology.bsky.social on the the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party. We talked about McSweeney, Mandelson, Labour Together, and the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions:
23.02.2026 17:28 — 👍 21 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
ICYMI - @leninology.bsky.social on the the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party. We talked about McSweeney, Mandelson, Labour Together, and the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions:
23.02.2026 17:28 — 👍 21 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
On a focus group of Muslim voters in Gorton and Denton:
"Participants expressed genuine concern about Reform and the rise of overt racism... troublingly for Labour, participants held the Prime Minister as equally culpable for fostering a culture of hostility."
I’ve found it, I’ve found the worst take
20.02.2026 22:11 — 👍 2364 🔁 403 💬 65 📌 51Hive mind, can any of you recommend any good reading on the Gorton and Denton by-election - whether analysis or reportage. Thanks in advance.
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Latest episode of Interregnum - PTO's show within a show with @leninology.bsky.social - we talked about McSweeney, Mandelson, and the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions:
22.02.2026 13:16 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
📻 Sunday listening 📻 -@leninology.bsky.social on the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party. We talked about McSweeney, Mandelson, and the broader crisis of legitimacy facing the British state and its key institutions:
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