John

This year it feels more like the Farce of July.

The documentary that the BBC refused to air showing the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities was broadcast by Channel 4 last night.

Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.

Ugh, 30°+ days seems to regular now. These kind of temperatures used to be few and far between, now *really hot* summers are seeming standard. Can't bear it. The planet is heating at cheetah speed and leaders are moving at tortoise pace to do anything.

Had enough of being hot, thanks 😮‍💨

Reform's Darren Grimes Accused of Lying After Police Deny Telling Him Not to Hold Council Surgeries for 'Security' Reasons EXCLUSIVE: Local police have rejected the Reform UK deputy council leader's claim that they advised him not to meet his constituents

Reform UK's Darren Grimes tells constituents he can't hold surgeries with them because he's been advised by the police not to do so for "security reasons".

The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice

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He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.

Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.

‘Another big success’: Nato leader flatters Trump before The Hague summit Mark Rutte is keen to ensure US president’s support and secure agreement among members on defence spending

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The only thing more nauseating than Trump himself is watching people kissing his arse and fawning over 🤢

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

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"“We know a number of entomologists who have experience dating back to the 70s, 80s or 90s... One of our very good friends – he now does not have the emotional courage to hang up a sheet to collect moths at night. It is too devastating to see how few there are.”"

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'.

Just imagine this lot in charge of the country

Couldn't agree more, but it's not just the BBC. Most of the weekend papers seem to be enthralled by the idea of Farage as next PM. Part of how we got to where we are now.

Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration

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The definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over and expecting different results and my god I just feel like hitting my head on a wall 😮‍💨

Mood

Phasing out fossil fuels ‘doomed to fail’, says Tony Blair as he calls for rethink of net zero policy

I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.

Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right

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👌“This is Nigel Farage, public school-educated ex-metals trader cosplaying as a champion of the working class. There’s a massive contradiction between what he says and what he actually does in practice.”

Let’s be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration.

This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.

It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"Like the government’s new anti-protest law, exacerbating the Conservatives’ draconian measures, this bill betrays an undemocratic impatience with the people, motivated by the blatant appeasement of corporate power."
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Why a holiday in the US is out of the question | Zoe Williams The US administration’s ‘reassuring’ words, after deporting two German teens, show the border authorities will have a problem with anyone who doesn’t echo their politics, writes Guardian columnist Zoe...

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"How authoritarian must a country become before it’s morally unacceptable to go there for leisure purposes? Is it bad enough that people are being lifted off the streets and deported to El Salvador with no due process?" #BoycottAmerica

The Cardinals meet to elect a new pope.

NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments

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This is what listening to Nigel Farage and the grifters at Reform UK gets you/us.

Considering voting for them at the local elections? Maybe consider giving your head a knock against the wall instead.

The reason why protest is essential to political change is that only when people *see* the scale of discontent do they realise they are not alone, and that the tide can turn.

Nigel Farage is a grifting parasite that latches on to any revolting idea that keeps his grift going.

Literally everything good he promised would come from Brexit turned out to be a lie.

Anybody still believing a word that comes out of his disgusting fag stained mouth needs a fucking lobotomy.

Happy vegan atheist Easter to all 🐥🐤🐣🐇🐇

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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.

Every dictator in history has lied.

Donald Trump is no different.

Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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👌"The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor."

Hopefully we're now over the idea that Trump and Putin are seven-dimensional chess geniuses. They're chancers and opportunists. Putin royally miscalculated his invasion of Ukraine in 2022, losing almost a million soldiers KIA/WIA, and now Trump is causing trade carnage everywhere

Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

"The US’s former allies risk underestimating the predominance of paranoia, contempt for law and sheer stupidity in the Trump administration, and so expect too much from diplomacy and persuasion."
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Donald Trump Raises Tariffs On China To 104%, Effective Today: White House President Trump had given China 24 hours to roll back or "withdraw" the retaliatory 34 per cent tariff it imposed on US goods, failing which Chinese goods would be punished with 104 per cent tariffs.

This is textbook economic illiteracy. It may play well short term with his cultists, but long term, and not that long, putting what amounts to a 104% increase on the cost of goods from China will cripple the US market, and people's bank accounts.

Absolutely.
But if you're MAGA stay home.

Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies

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Wow.

Cutting payments for the disabled and vulnerable, potentially putting millions into poverty, whilst bending over backwards to offer tax cuts to the *billionaire* Trump enablers at Amazon and META? 🤯

You're a disgrace Starmer, a fucking disgrace 🖕