Katie Clark

We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us. This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.

Several others have already recommended this piece by @lewisgoodall.com, but it really is worth a read.

open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

‘Thought crime’ and cancelled elections: how do JD Vance’s claims about Europe stand up? US vice-president told litany of tales of Europe’s rights infringements in speech to leaders at defence gathering

Vance lied, distorted and cherry picked facts. This is what the Right do. They have no honest story to tell (us white Christian blokes want all the money & power, the way it used to be is not very persuasive) so they lie. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

A clip from the article. It reads: "Many journalists are instinctively hostile to Starmer and Biden not so much out of political opposition, but because they're bad for business. And they love Boris Johnson and Trump not so much because they agree with them, but because they’re good for business. They provide more content. More fuel for the news engine."

This is why the media gives people like Donald Trump such an easy ride and people like Keir Starmer such a hard one

iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

Auschwitz survivor fears the 'world hasn't learnt from WWII' ahead of 80th anniversary of camp's liberation Auschwitz survivors have told Sky News of their pessimism that lessons have not been learnt from history, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp.

Auschwitz survivor fears the 'world hasn't learnt from WWII' ahead of 80th anniversary of camp's liberation

Bishop Mariann Budde, who is wearing red, white and black vestments, speaks from a lectern within an ornate pulpit adorned with red and white flowers. Headline reads: "The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: 'Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?'" Photo credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times.

“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”

So, she took a breath, and spoke. nyti.ms/3WtmNY2

Great headline that! Succinct 🤣

a woman wearing a blue hat and a white shirt holds a baseball mitt ALT: a woman wearing a blue hat and a white shirt holds a baseball mitt

Friday night and Amazon Prime has A League of their Own available. Perfection.

Forever First Lady Michelle Obama will be skipping the dictator coronation on January 20th. Good, she seems to be the only one who clearly understands the assignment.

People making a big deal out of Michelle Obama not attending Donald Trump's inauguration seemed not to mind when an outgoing president, Donald Trump, refused to attend the inauguration of the incoming president, Joe Biden, thereby undermining the ceremonial transfer of power between presidents.

This is good. Definitely worth a read for those who still care about truth in this age of misinformation.

How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to create wave of misinformation The X owner shared false claims that a Home Office memo urged police not to intervene in child grooming cases.

The BBC has rightly been criticised for false equivalence in its reporting of Musk’s malevolent smears and the Government’s rebuttal. Below is an example of BBC journalism at its best. If only it did this consistently, across all platforms... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

Somewhere deep inside the Pentagon a captain puts down the phone and sighs heavily, rubbing tired eyes.

He opens PowerPoint to a blank presentation.

"Here we go again," he mutters as he types: "Greenland Counterinsurgency: Thawing Hearts and Minds" at the top and "slide 1/3841" at the bottom.

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says that Elon Musk's attacks have "turned her world upside down" and left her fearful for her own safety.

The X billionaire "knows absolutely nothing" about grooming gangs scandal, she tells @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social

Trump Says He’d Use ‘Economic Force’ to Make Canada 51st State It no longer sounds like a joke.

Donald Trump escalated his remarks about making Canada part of the US during a press conference. He reiterated that he intends to put “substantial” tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico

In other news, Nigel Farage didn't bother to turn up to the debate on grooming gangs in the House of Commons just now

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