Mark C.

Is this a pitch for a concept of a plan?

I have a very bad feeling about this...

November issue of @bylinetimes.bsky.social is jam packed with informative and insightful articles you won't see in any other UK media

The way UK electricity is priced (and run) is a crazy system which too few people actually know about.

The White House already has a ballroom.
I had to share this awesome memory!

Anyone else think voting is going to be forced in person under the watchful eye of a full ice/military force? Free & fair indeed…

This looks very much like the classic 80’s construction embezzlement scam - claim it’s going to cost $350m, spend $50m and pocket the rest through a series of construction companies.

It’s all just bribery masquerading as charity. Trump’s favourite con.

He can name it whatever he wants but it’s forever going to be called the Epstein Ballroom

Some very selective poll reporting at work here - if the economy isn’t the #1 issue doesn’t mean it’s any less of a problem for people. It just means something else is the top issue. Maybe rampant corruption and authoritarianism? Just a guess.

Would he even have legal ground for prosecution? Are there extra-jurisdictional statutes that would allow him to pick up people from international waters and detain them on suspicion of intent to smuggle drugs into the US? Oh and presumably he’s blown up any evidence, let alone chain of custody, etc

Beware your digital footprint. Also turn off location services when you take the screenshot.

I really wish I could join my US friends in today’s No Kings protests.

Remember folks, keep it peaceful. Don’t let ICE agitators drum up violence. Above all, stay safe.

Trump commuting Santos is not just a curiosity. It’s a feature of corruption… it’s a message… if you like me you can get away with anything. If we accept this as ok our kids will never forgive us

Russian state TV was overjoyed to see the US’s Secretary of War wearing a tie with Russia’s flag colours during the WH meeting with Zelensky. Absolutely disgusting.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + George Santos was somewhat of a "rogue," but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren't forced to serve seven years in prison. I started to think about George when the subject of Democrat Senator Richard "Da Nang Dick" Blumenthal came up again. As everyone remembers, "Da Nang" stated for almost twenty years that he was a proud Vietnam Veteran, having endured the worst of the War, watching the Wounded and Dead as he raced up the hills and down the valleys, blood streaming from his face. He was "a Great Hero," he would leak to any and all who would listen - And then it happened! He was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FRAUD. He never went to Vietnam, he never saw Vietnam, he never experienced the Battles there, or anywhere else. His War Hero status, and even minimal service in our Military, was totally and completely MADE UP. This is far worse than what George Santos did, and at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! George has been in solitary confinement for long stretches of time and, by all accounts, has been horribly mistreated. Therefore, I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!

Turns out he really will release anything, except for the Epstein Files.

I have no words for how horrifying and upsetting this is. Whoever does this to dogs deserves to have worse inflicted on themselves.

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

Yep, the US has fully entered Anne Frank territory.

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May the streets of Washington run red with ketchup!

GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: 'We're bad memers' The Oregon Republican Party is facing backlash after it shared a social media post about a planned military deployment in Portland using a fabricated image composed of photographs from South America.T...

The image they shared showed riot police and a crowd with flares and red smoke, designed to support Trump's claim that Portland's protests were out of control, but was actually a digital composite of two unrelated photographs from different South American countries.

www.rawstory.com/trump-oregon...

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

I would just love to see Trump, in a final act of desperate defiance, prosecute the cases personally because no career prosecutors will do his bidding.

Watching him think he’s some kind of Perry Mason would be the funniest thing.

Have I missed the hasty posts by Musk and the rest of the far right, calling for a war on anybody who might be politically aligned with those responsible?

Things are accelerating. The end of our democracy and start of the Trump dictatorship isn't happening at a consistent pace—nor is it intended to.

The way they end America is to move so quickly that neither institutions nor the masses can react in time.

I'm not sure democracy makes it to Christmas.

A friend of mine told me that when she was pregnant, her doctor said that Tylenol was the ONLY safe OTC painkiller to take while pregnant. She listened, and the kid turned out fine.

To anyone still wondering what the ECHR does for us in the UK - take one look at how the US is treating its citizens and what the Supreme Court is (not) doing about it.

This is Farage’s dream scenario.

Well done Moldova!

There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them

“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”

“But, but he was in UKIP”

“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”

So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵

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