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Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war
Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Left can't resist being on wrong side of a war Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Zack Polanski, their foreign policy stances terrify voters outside core supporters

Well, here’s the thing about being antiwar as an ethical belief: it means you end up opposing most wars. Almost all of them, in fact. This is quite common in people who have consistent beliefs but looks insane to people who have none, or mostly just believe superior people should make the decisions.

05.03.2026 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4653    πŸ” 768    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 58
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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 28170    πŸ” 7518    πŸ’¬ 1136    πŸ“Œ 680
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Spain rebuts Israel’s foreign minister, a war criminal, after he claimed that Spain is β€œsiding with tyrants.”

"That's absurd and ridiculous, Spain has a coherent foreign policy. We are always with democracy. We are always for international law."

02.03.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 885    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 17
Zack Polanski challenged on β€œunproductive wealth”, welfare and international relations
YouTube video by BBC Politics Zack Polanski challenged on β€œunproductive wealth”, welfare and international relations

Thanks for all the kind comments!

I do agree that the Green Party seems to be interviewed with so much more hostility than anyone else.

But you know what - bring it on. πŸ’š

youtu.be/cpVOHPYnnmE?...

28.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2007    πŸ” 358    πŸ’¬ 148    πŸ“Œ 46
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

27.02.2026 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8162    πŸ” 3445    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 221
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I know, reich?

25.02.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4905    πŸ” 826    πŸ’¬ 313    πŸ“Œ 122

Who's "We"?

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a year is a long time in politics

23.02.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2963    πŸ” 717    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 36
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 35902    πŸ” 16634    πŸ’¬ 1297    πŸ“Œ 2469
Starmer will be viewing today's calm as a political triumph
published at 11:14
11:14

Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
Starmer appears in front of a banner of union jack flags
IMAGE SOURCE, PA MEDIA
Keir Starmer will be delighted with the position he finds himself in this morning.

Starmer will be viewing today's calm as a political triumph published at 11:14 11:14 Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent Starmer appears in front of a banner of union jack flags IMAGE SOURCE, PA MEDIA Keir Starmer will be delighted with the position he finds himself in this morning.

me when i shit myself in public but the next day i successfully do it all in the toilet

10.02.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 654    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 16
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

09.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 56410    πŸ” 18269    πŸ’¬ 1285    πŸ“Œ 975

CUBE OF NOTHING!

10.02.2026 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

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British values

08.02.2026 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2991    πŸ” 652    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 33

People currently spluttering that you can't criticise Starmer for things Peter Mandelson did are the same people who spent several years treating antisemitic tweets from anonymous 50-follower accounts like they were press releases direct from Labour head office.

08.02.2026 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 792    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future
YouTube video by Adam Neely Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future

I made a long video about technocapitalism and AI music

youtu.be/U8dcFhF0Dlk?...

02.02.2026 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 398    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 70

If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.

03.02.2026 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19878    πŸ” 6068    πŸ’¬ 680    πŸ“Œ 163

Is that you saying that, or the guy in the tall black hat?

31.01.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

31.01.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8968    πŸ” 2515    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 166

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo β€œwent too far.”

31.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10538    πŸ” 2203    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 91
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This was Alex Pretti at work at the VA honoring a veteran who had passed.

This is who they're trying to falsely smear as a terrorist and assassin.

25.01.2026 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2305    πŸ” 759    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 53

rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know

25.01.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 17286    πŸ” 3761    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 128
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Help us make hope normal again.

Join the Green Party now.

22.01.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7003    πŸ” 2585    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 1044
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Me after eating a whole flag

23.01.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 673    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 4

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

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Remember when all we had to worry about on a Sunday evening was hearing the first notes of the Bergerac theme tune as it signalled the end of the weekend?

18.01.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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How much more in your face can it be?

"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."

17.01.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9292    πŸ” 4193    πŸ’¬ 477    πŸ“Œ 502

Oh no people are giving the middle finger to the murderers and kidnappers who are occupying their city with brutal force, oh no not that

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