Pontus Odmalm

Important reminder (if needed) 👇

Important read 👇

Also, ”ending immigration” 🫨

Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes | Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz Donald Tusk has failed to offer a positive vision for the future. Without one, liberals will just be an interval between populist acts, say historian Karolina Wigura and journalist Jarosław Kuisz

#Populism? Ping @benstanley.eu

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More job ops 👇

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Watch this space for JUSTIFYING AND NEGOTIATING RESPONSES TO THE RADICAL RIGHT: THE CASE OF THE SWEDISH LABOUR MOVEMENT AND THE INTRA-ORGANISATIONAL ARENA in GOVERNMENT and OPPOSITION.

What a great start to the sabbatical! Tri-write with @slsalo.bsky.social and @jensrydgren.bsky.social 95% there - “We would like to accept the article for publication, but before we go ahead, we would like to give you the opportunity to make some further minor changes//…//.”

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I miss the days when people just gave 110%.

Analysis: Trump’s rewriting of reality on jobs numbers is chilling, but it could backfire | CNN Politics When authoritarianism encroaches, apologists often present a strongman’s power grabs as rational — even imperative for the national good.

“The president wants his own people there so that when we see the numbers, they’re more transparent and more reliable//…//“ 🤔

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Choices, choices.

FFS

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Important reminder 👇 #SilverBullet

Jeremy Corbyn's new party needs a name and it's trickier than you might think The ex-Labour leader wants supporters to come up with a name for his new party.

“But the pair have said they want supporters to come up with a name, as part of their debate on what the new party will stand for.”

Party McPartface. You read it here first.

Over to you, @newsfromgoogle.bsky.social

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“Those that she so ferociously wants to win over, the likes of Tommy and Nigel supporters… will never see her as British.” Important read/reminder 👇

"married to a senior local Republican official"... gosh how does this open nazi keep his gloomy secret from his own spouse!?

“The memo lays out the need to persuade top Pentagon officials to get much more serious about using the military to combat illegal immigration—and not just at the border.” Stay safe, US 🦋

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Kemi Badenoch says she no longer sees herself as Nigerian despite upbringing Conservative party leader, who grew up in Nigeria and US, says she has not renewed her Nigerian passport in decades

“But home is where my now family is//…//“. I.e where KB hangs her hat so perhaps not the anti-Nigerian flex the headline suggests.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Swing voters who were key for Trump in 2024 have mixed reviews so far Eight voters who backed Trump last year but not in 2020 take stock of his first six months, expressing economic concerns and disappointment (but not alienation) over the Epstein files.

“President Trump has made a lot of promises that he’s not really cashing out,” Ray said. 🤦🏻‍♂️

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Genius.

Important read 👇