OBAMA: βPeople make excuses for him. They say heβs not serious. Everything a president says is serious!βπ₯
07.02.2026 04:23 β π 23569 π 7843 π¬ 655 π 613@siodeb.bsky.social
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OBAMA: βPeople make excuses for him. They say heβs not serious. Everything a president says is serious!βπ₯
07.02.2026 04:23 β π 23569 π 7843 π¬ 655 π 613Why Nigel Farageβs reaction to the Epstein and Mandelson scandal has been deeply hypocritical, and how his own connections to the story are much closer than he now admits
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
"The figure was Andrew. The photo was real. Maxwell knew it, but let those in power deny it."
"By denying it, she denied the story Virginia Giuffre tried to tell us."
@maitlis.bsky.social on the story behind π΅π©π’π΅ photo & why what was so obvious at the time now appears to be confirmed.
"We were talking to professionals, no one thought it was a fake," says Emily Maitlis, as Andrew photo is seemingly confirmed genuine.
"In denying that the photograph was real, they were rubbishing her. They were rubbishing the victim"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/emil...
As an ex radio producer, Iβm addicted to it. So this is a must listen part for me, absolutely every week.
However, this week was to me is so disturbing for so many reasons.
I loved my times in the States, but Iβm shaking my head here. Pls listen @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social @tomswarbrick.bsky.social
Mine on today's appalling Trump social media post depicting the Obamas as primates in a jungle. For South Africa's Newzroom Afrika TV with Nhlanhla Sehume anchoring. (Courtesy: DStv405)
π§: audioboom.com/posts/885831...
#trump #racism #newzroomafrika #socialmedia #obamas #uspolitics #midterms
What a country. America, 2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
Third version of the story since my bacon and eggs.
07.02.2026 01:55 β π 66 π 19 π¬ 5 π 1Reporter: You frequently criticized Biden for not knowing what was going on in his name, this racist video that was posted on your social mediaβ
Trump: You donβt know whatβs going on. I know whatβs going on. We know everything.
A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitablyβ¦
"...Are you actively talking to European leaders about those numbers?"
Zelenskyy ally Ihor Brusylo tells @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social that Ukraine needs 1.2 million European troops to help fight Russia.
Must-read for journalists - not just reporters, editors too.
06.02.2026 15:33 β π 68 π 13 π¬ 1 π 1
Trump is skipping the Super Bowl and threatening to seize control of elections after a string of losses.
Seth Meyers takes #ACloserLook
youtu.be/yXXgTQr3GaI
Seth Meyers takes #ACloserLook at Trump's response to Kaitlan Collins questioning him about the Epstein scandal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7O3...
Have written about a week where the hypocrisy of much of the media was laid bare (and address mine).
I also write about the truth Starmer cannot say: he appointed Mandelson to the court of Trump not in spite of the Epstein connection but in a sense, because of it. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
"British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was never mixed up with Jeffrey Epstein but is in grave peril of losing his job because of him," writes Stephen Collinson | Analysis https://cnn.it/4risAgJ
05.02.2026 13:00 β π 150 π 37 π¬ 40 π 10forgot to share the link sorry
www.ft.com/content/f869...
Chagos roulette...latest spin o'the wheel:
05.02.2026 18:51 β π 56 π 10 π¬ 9 π 1Itβs tragic that a decent PM will be brought down by Mandelsonβs sleaze β but itβs a matter of when, not if | Polly Toynbee
06.02.2026 06:42 β π 87 π 21 π¬ 129 π 62Jimmy Kimmel rips into 'dumb and embarrassing' Trump over disastrous NBC interview
06.02.2026 11:26 β π 36 π 10 π¬ 1 π 3Here we goβ¦
06.02.2026 11:32 β π 600 π 200 π¬ 76 π 10Trumpβs campaign of retribution is hitting children the hardest.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
My US roundup for @benkentish.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Tonight:
- latest on the hunt for Nancy Guthrie
- Trump verbally abuses another female White House reporter
- mass layoffs @washingtonpost.com
- Trump makes fresh threats to midterms
π§: audioboom.com/posts/885720...
America, 2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
So true. Also, many of the Americans doing literally nothing about Epsteinβs American βassociatesβ are precisely the ones lying about Europe & particularly the UK being overrun with child-rapists. Itβs insane.
05.02.2026 18:10 β π 1617 π 421 π¬ 63 π 10"Starmer didn't pick Mandelson in spite of his Epstein connectionsβ¦ He picked him because of them."
Would he have made the same choice if Kamala Harris had won?
"Absolutely not", says @lewisgoodall.com.
Sometimes I just need Private Eye β¦.
04.02.2026 16:34 β π 147 π 36 π¬ 6 π 3Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post Editorial Board and turned it into a mouthpiece for pro-corporate, pro-billionaire propaganda.
Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists β including the reporter covering Amazon.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
You can also watch my chat with @mrjamesob.bsky.social earlier today via @lbc.co.uk's YouTube channel.
πΊ: youtu.be/XAjnvZiD0Bs?...
Canβt imagine why reporting on the Jan 6 insurrection wouldnβt be valued by multibillionaire in current political climate
04.02.2026 18:51 β π 397 π 78 π¬ 22 π 5