Anna Kempner

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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.

This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnis...

Where are the headlines about this?

The US has turned the life of this French judge into a nightmare - because he applied justice to Israel.

This is gangsterism.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

VOCAL WARMUPS with @soozuk.bsky.social
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Where do you even begin?

The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.

Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn

Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI

Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.

One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.

What could go wrong?

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

trump goo-goo eyed at mamdani, ignoring the reagan portrait completely.

"Trump responds well to flattery...." and then Mamdani went in there, didn't flatter him, actually didn't give him an inch and Trump beamed in a way we've never seen before while Reagan gazed on, appalled.

trump staring at his phone while looking amazing

Donald Trump left on two blue ticks after Zohran goes back to New York 😢

Nathan Gill was a 'bad apple' says Head Bad Apple of the Bad Apple Party.

Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Whistles are one of the most accessible tools in resisting ICE.

Here’s how to use them:

'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid

UK Covid inquiry:

Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"

Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late

'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response

Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

YouTube video by Sooz Kempner Sooz Kempner sings Meadowlark from The Baker's Wife

If you enjoyed Wicked (and you should!) here's a song from a different Stephen Schwartz musical, The Baker's Wife. I think it's a magical masterpiece. The piano part just on its own is a wonder.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsuY...

This is an amazing performance. And she's right, the song is incredible. I think Aerial might be my favourite Kate album.

TRUMP IS SPIRALING

Trump once again calls Epstein's child sex trafficking ring the "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax" and tells Republicans to focus on other things instead.

Red graphic that says "we think the autumn budget will confirm MORE NHS privatisation. Help us arm the public with the facts" and an image of Wes Streeting.

We're worried the door to NHS privatisation is opening wider through new PFI‑style deals.

This isn’t “support”, it’s a risk to the very fabric of the NHS.

Help us stop this before the autumn budget sets the path.
👉 Donate + share: bit.ly/NHSandBudget

The headline to this one is - Daily Mail owner seeks to dodge tax. It’s not really a shocking story, it’s not like we would expect anything better.

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If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!

This person took this when they called the race

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎