Wendy Beech-Ward

COLBERT: You warned everyone…he would prosecute political enemies, cut Medicaid, alienate our allies, give tax cuts to the rich. I know you're not here to say 'I told you so' but would you like to?

HARRIS: You're correct. I did predict a lot of that. But what I did not predict was the capitulation.

Not a bad spot for breakfast.

BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?

Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission

Play to the final whistle.

Come on Cambridge. #BoatRace

100% this.

What’s with this ridiculous camera angle @itv? #Lionesses

Oh you deserve such a special day. Enjoy it all. Xx

“I did not come into politics to inflict this on the most vulnerable people in our society, and I cannot vote for changes which will have this impact”

Connor Naismith Labour MP 👏

Thank you.

Thank you. x

Beautiful ginger (orange) cat

Ginger cat all snuggled up.

Ginger cat poking head out from curtain.

On Sunday, our beautiful ginger boy Frankie took his last breath and went to sleep forever after a short illness.
We are so grateful that this beautiful boy came into our lives. He was my cancer surgery sofa buddy & was always by my side. We love you, Frankie boy, and we’ll miss you forever. ❤❤

Black copy on a yellow background that reads “IF I WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD I LIKE. I HAVE TO HELP CREATE IT.”

Relevant given the circumstances.

Quote borrowed with love from Caroline Caldwell who is too cool to be on here.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

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Three billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert Reich As Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk alter US media, the connections between wealth and power are in plain sight

"When billionaires take control of our communication channels, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for their billionaire babble…When they speak of 'freedom', what they actually seek is freedom from accountability”
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Hey @philsteck.bsky.social how are you doing in these crazy times?

You are a good good man. Keep up the fight.

Come on England!

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

These are talking points straight from the Kremlin.

It is clear that Trump’s plan to “end the war” is to remove Zelenskyy, replace him with a Putin stooge, and then let Putin take over Ukraine.

Spot on

It feels like Rome is burning and no help is coming.

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

I’m sure “DOGE” will be all over this..

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Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history”

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The Guardian view on Trump’s foreign policy: an alarming new order takes shape | Editorial Editorial: The US’s former allies must not normalise or legitimise the president’s lawless concept of international deal-making

“The US’s former allies must not normalise or legitimise the president’s lawless concept of international deal-making”

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Everything in the Trump administration is a smokescreen for the seizure of assets by billionaires.

100% agree. He’s a nasty man.

Yes that’s true. Hopefully they’ll get their act together soon