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Trump seeking to normalise the domestic use of federal military force, by doing in Washington DC what he could not (then) get away with in California.

This is like Bob Morton predicting the end of crime in Old Detroit within forty days.

the clown car arrives in the White House briefing room

Extraordinary stuff. Lucky that Vance isn't having a holiday near me, I guess.

Huh it turns out a single post can make a bit of vomit rise in your throat.

OMFG the BLEATING of the "victims" of VAT on private schools is one of the most insufferable lobbies in the entire social media sphere.

You're paying VAT for your little darlings. Get over it and get a life. If you can't afford it, join us, The Plebs, in the state system. 1/3

Inside Bristol’s far right protest The numbers were small. But at a far right protest in Bristol, we saw a movement that believes it’s winning.

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On Saturday, the far right attempted to protest outside a hotel housing asylum seeking people.

I spoke to people on both sides of the police barrier.

What I found was a far right full of glee that it is winning

Read now, on @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/en/bristol-f...

Starmer urged to stand up to EU over tough holiday checks on Brits Keir Starmer was challenged to 'stand up' for Britain and fight tough new checks for UK citizens travelling to the EU.

The folks who wanted to leave the EU and end free movement - include Farage himself - chose this outcome and are fully responsible for it. And the Mail article repeats the "travel insurance" and "return ticket" falsehoods from the Times article.
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Trump says “Low (very!!!) I.Q.” Rep. Jasmine Crockett should take the cognitive test he “aced” by spotting an elephant.

The people who brought you Brexit on a promise of ‘control’ now threaten civil unrest and frothing racism as govt policy…
For love of god can we just stop listening to anything they have to say. They represent nothing but inadequacy and failure. Surely our country can do better than this.

Once upon a time there was a prohibition.

Some claimed it was justified by things we could not be told, others insisted it was right in principle.

But many said it was one of the most illiberal and misconceived prohibitions they had ever seen.

And in practice the prohibition was very daft indeed.

I'd like to hear from some of the commentators shouting about revolution why they never bothered to cover the complete collapse of the processing system. Was visible from space (and before 2014 too).

I wonder if the Mail mention inside which party left jails dangerously full and failed to build any while ramping up sentencing?

Karl: The transformation has been gradual and unmistakable.

By February, some golden urns on the mantle.

April, gold adornments appear on the walls.

By July, it's gold everywhere.

Just this week more scaffolding popped up, even more new gold trim appeared.

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have WASHINGTON—Describing the shift as a troubling indicator for the health of the nation’s system of governance, watchdog group Freedom House published a report Wednesday downgrading the United States from a democracy to whatever political system lobsters have. “Persistent executive overreach and erosion of civil liberties mean that America now looks less like a traditional federal […]

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...

Screenshot of Daily Mail headline reading "Why this soft-touch asylum judge who sides with rapists and murderers is mocking all of us"

The Mail previously smeared independent British judges as "enemies of the people".

Now the Mail on Sunday has launched an extraordinary attack against a judge who it accuses of siding "with rapists and murderers" because it disagrees with his decisions on refugees.

cc @goodlawproject.bsky.social

The thing is, even the people who are in favour of proscribing Palestine Action know they’re not terrorists. They tie themselves up in legalistic knots to justify their position, but they know it. It makes a mockery of the term.

The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.

quick someone from bbc news write a feature about ‘legitimate concerns’

I think Labour’s problem is that, as power has shifted to technocrats over recent decades, its ambitions have shrunk to chasing populist policies shaped by an algorithmically skewed version of public opinion, one amplified by rage-bait rather than grounded in reality.

The Mail. TOP TORY'S FEARS FOR DAUGHTERS OVER BOAT MIGRANTS (I’m not transcribing the article… he talks about importing ‘medieval attitudes’ into our communities)

A total disgrace of a paper.
A total disgrace of a man.

I would worry for Jenrick’s daughters too, being brought up by a hate-mongering opportunist, driven mad by Tory failure and now desperate to whip up prejudice, division and social unrest in his vile pursuit of power.

Also the contrast between posts from the right about how the Online Safety Act is an authoritarian attack on free speech vs zero mentions of what's happening re Palestine Action.

Really frustrating seeing journalists continue using “peace deal.” This is such an insult to Ukrainians. What “peace deal” implies is rewarding a terrorist state committing genocide and an illegal invasion by an aggressor.

Thread. The reporting is irresponsible and ridiculous.

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.

EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).

No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.

This isn't a 'mistake'. It's the inevitable outcome when ghouls tweet stuff that fits their narrative without fact checking.

Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' Rupert Lowe says he will donate £1,000 to charity but makes

Just heard on #LBC that Lowe says he won't apologise for being vigilant.

FFS! He's not even vigilant enough to verify an image before posting.

BBC News - Rupert Lowe mistakes charity rowers for 'illegal migrants' - BBC News
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It's the bragging about being a snitch that's a terrible look. #LBC

Johnson promised on first day in office that he'd:

“Fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve.”

Spoiler. He didn't.

This ChatGPT guff is not only moronic but deeply insulting to careworkers.