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Stephen Miller claims Trump will "end and prevent war in the Middle East".

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How Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.org We go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw.

🤖📈 Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost the presidency at home, but his slick online campaign machine boosted Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now fueling Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.

They allowed this to happen

Candace Owens is the only person in America still talking about Charlie Kirk, nobody else really cares including Erika Kirk

It's like taking a trip down memory lane

Top Dems Reportedly Working to Sabotage Bill to Stop Trump War With Iran | Common Dreams Rep. Ro Khanna said the Democrats trying to kill the bill were beholden to "powerful interests that are itching to have regime change in Iran."

Democratic leadership sabotaging the war powers resolution

Greece’s Varoufakis to stand trial after admitting drug use 36 years ago The former Greek finance minister said on a podcast he didn’t want to “do a Bill Clinton” and deny inhaling — but ended up being indicted.

If this is the real story, it is absolutely insane!

Ana Kasparian tweet: "Hey, bitch, the goyim are waking the fuck up. Deal with it."

First off, yes this is real. And jokes about TYT aside, the case of Ana Kasparian illustrates perfectly how effective transphobia is at pipelining people into the broader far-right ecosystem. It might be the ultimate reactionary gateway drug.

On Kasparian and the overall shift on parts of the left going full antisemite:

I think what is missing here is that this is all part of a larger move by the far right to just build their numbers. People are only seeing it through the antisemitism lens, but it's also a shift to the far right.

Chris Rufo tweet. Context: Rufo is annoyed that Candace Owens is using conspiracy theories to attack Erika Kirk.

What would anti-CRT campaigner Chris Rufo, friend of the NatCon-Orbán crowd and destroyer of "wokeness" at New College of Florida, be without slop, conspiracy, and algorithm-chasing?

Answer: completely irrelevant

SCOTUS Live: US Supreme Court rules against Trump's tariffs The Supreme Court has issued its much-anticipated ruling on the legality of U.S. President Trump's tariffs.

Good news everyone! Dow soon to be above 50,000 again!

Imagine the discovery... The one reason they are not prosecuting people in the states is because of this and the prospect they will all turn on each other.

Ex-UK Prince Andrew arrested amid Epstein scandal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his title last year over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Oh wow, they actually arrested the bastard. Was not on my bingo card.

Nature study: "The political effects of X’s feed algorithm" Abstract: "Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects1. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk’s platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users’ feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X’s algorithm has persistent effects on users’ current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

New experimental study publshed in Nature confirms what we all largely expected, that "X" was algorithmically redesigned to promote a right-wing ideological pipeline.

Full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Samizdat for morons

Is it possible for a single post on right-wing Twitter to not start with some form of "BREAKING!!!111!!!!"?

Nature study: "The political effects of X’s feed algorithm" Abstract: "Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects1. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk’s platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users’ feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X’s algorithm has persistent effects on users’ current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10098-2

New experimental study publshed in Nature confirms what we all largely expected, that "X" was algorithmically redesigned to promote a right-wing ideological pipeline.

Full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“The hot spots of resistance featured in our report are not spontaneous protests. They are coordinated assaults on our elected federal representatives’ authority to set immigration policy,” said Dale L. Wilcox, FAIR’s executive director and general counsel. “The Insurrection Act is a proven tool that empowers the President to deploy federal forces when states refuse to uphold the law. Hesitation only invites more chaos, loss of life, and emboldens anti-borders radicals to defy federal authority. President Trump must demonstrate resolve and use the Act to protect our sovereignty and restore the rule of law.”

The Federation for American Immigration Reform, the oldest and most influential anti-immigrant group in DC, is calling for the Trump administration to use the Insurrection Act to go after protesters.

Another one to file in really-existing-liberalism is not a bulwark against the far right, it's an enabler

That Clinton post says it all really, but in case, I've spelt it out here too
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Reform and Greens undermining UK commitment to Nato, Cooper says

Horseshoe theorising is not only cynical, it is also incredibly dangerous as all it does is legitimise the far right, while demonising any alternative left of centre

Sadly, it's the only trick the failed hegemony has in its bag and if that leads to the far right in power, it doesn't matter to them

Quentin D. dans les rangs du défilé néonazi du Comité du 9-Mai, le 10 mai 2025, à Paris.

Quentin D. dans les rangs du défilé néonazi du Comité du 9-Mai, le 10 mai 2025, à Paris.

Quentin D., le militant tué à Lyon, était présent au défilé néonazi du Comité du 9-Mai, le 10 mai 2025, à Paris, au côté du groupuscule de Bourgoin-Jallieu Allobroges. Le voici ici photographié, en pantalon beige (photos @pixel-archiv.bsky.social). www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

Council of Europe urges conversion therapy ban as EU citizens exposed The EU loses up to €89 million in GDP every year due to discrimination based on sexual orientation, according to an OECD report. #EuropeInMotion

"Greek respondents claim to have been the most exposed to it in the EU, at 38%, while French, Italian, and Dutch respondents said they had the least exposure, all at 18%."

There are 130 Palestinian students who have been accepted into Canadian universities — but unlike other countries, Canada is doing nothing (or worse) to help them get here.

Advocates issued a fresh warning this week: these delays can be deadly.

ADL New York / New Jersey @ADL_NYNJ The Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism is vital at a time when antisemitism has become one of New York City’s most serious crises. With @NYPDnews reporting a 182% year-over-year increase in antisemitic hate crimes in January, we have serious concerns about this office’s ability to confront all forms of antisemitism under its new leadership. The director of this office serves as a critical voice for Jewish New Yorkers and plays a central role in ensuring their safety. ADL has shared concrete recommendations to strengthen the office’s effectiveness and protect the entire community — without exception or qualification.

Truly gross to see the ADL already targeting Phylisa Wisdom before she even started her role. Especially considering her excellent reputation in the Jewish world in NYC, including the institutional one.

Elon Musk’s daughter Vivian Wilson confirms authenticity of dad’s emails with Jeffrey Epstein - buff.ly/uKoEV9P

French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firms

"Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime."

Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’

"Two Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees who make up the organization’s entire Israel and Palestine team are stepping down from their positions after leadership blocked a report that deems Israel’s denial of Palestinian refugees the right of return a “crime against humanity”."

As we explore here though, cordon sanitaires only work if they apply to wider discourse and beyond election

Otherwise, mainstreaming can go on even when far-right parties are defeated

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