Vicki Johnson

@lincolnproject.us thought you’d appreciate this.

I agree about campaign funding. But, like here in UK, I am thinking that election organisation (from printing ballot papers, voter registration to counting and administration) and oversight is probably managed by local officials?

There have been 263 UK prisoners released in error over the last year, but apparently it's only newsworthy when they happen to be a non-UK national.

Offenders are not more dangerous by virtue of being 'foreign'.

Media outlets need to stop helping the far-right poison our discourse with xenophobia.

Exactly. Right-wing media and politicians being selective about the truth as usual.

Powerful questioning from my colleague @elliechowns.bsky.social, pinning the government on exactly what it needs to do - NOW - to bring about an end to the atrocities being committed in Sudan.

I suggest that Reform introduces a membership requirement of a DNA test…

Why limit the honest conversation to taxation? Surely it’s time to talk about a fundamental change of economic and social model.

The US seems to permanently be in an election cycle for some role at some level. It must be exhausting. And expensive on public funds.

To be fair, they’re losing MPs at a much faster rate.

Trump announces lowest refugee admission cap in US history at 7,500 President says US will prioritise white South Africans in move decried by refugee advocates as blatantly political.

President says US will prioritise white South Africans in move decried by refugee advocates as blatantly political.

A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “No words. If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research... I have nothing left to say to you.” The image shows an illustration of a bald child in a hospital gown, holding an IV pole and looking into an opulent golden ballroom filled with formally dressed adults.

It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.

Steve Bannon: Trump is "a vehicle for divine providence" & "an instrument of divine will".

This is such a classic part of the fascist playbook. I wrote about it last year for @bylinetimes.bsky.social.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/fascism-re...

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending Companies that have recently donated to Labour were awarded contracts worth almost £138m during the party’s first year in government, according to new research that raises fresh concerns about the relationship between political donations and public spending. A report by the thinktank Autonomy Institute has identified more than 100 companies that have given money to political parties and then won government contracts, under both Conservative and Labour administrations. Continue reading...

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds

Reform Council Asks Opposition for Help Making Cuts After ‘Desperate’ Search for Savings Falls Short Exclusive: Nigel Farage's struggling flagship Kent administration is now reaching out to other parties, after failing to identify the millions of pounds in savings they promised

Nigel Farage promised that Reform councils would cut local government "waste" in order to slash taxes.

Now the party's flagship Kent administration is set to actually raise taxes and has just started asking opposition parties for help after failing to identify the millions in savings they promised

At last we are talking about this

“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."

Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.

#Peston

This is so depressing and unnecessary.

"The UK's upfront immigration costs now vastly exceed other leading research nations, so the UK is struggling to compete. EU countries can more easily attract talent from the EU due to free movement, and from non-EU countries due to their relatively low visa costs. "Non-EU countries are also attractive to global research talent due to lower comparative immigration costs than the UK." British scientific institutions are having to spend huge sums on visa costs for cancer professionals they wish to attract and recruit. The Francis Crick Institute, one of the world's leading biomedical research centres, is now spending more than £500,000 a year on visas for cancer scientists. Cancer Research UK institutes are spending almost £690,000 a year, up 44% from £470,000 in 2022-23.

Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Is this not a violation of the ceasefire? Surely the negotiations also apply to the West Bank.

In just 1 week (October 7-13) illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank:

Mounted at least 71 attacks on Palestinians
Murdered one Palestinian
Injured 99 Palestinians
Targeted 27 villages
Destroyed more than 1,400 olive trees

The "somebody showed me a TikTok" era of American government is going pretty much exactly how you'd expect.

You *really* should be by now but you don’t *actually* have to call them liars or racists, if it offends your commitment to now almost entirely redundant BBC principles of ‘objectivity’ & ‘ balance’. You just have to ask them again & again & again to justify their words & explain their exact meaning

I support free speech but please @LBC, stop giving this delusional idea any airtime.

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

Trump posts a deranged message to Pam Bondi pressuring her to prosecute his political enemies after a U.S. attorney quit because he refused to fabricate charges: “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility.”

Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza Exclusive: Declassified has obtained a list of Israelis who graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. We’re publishing it for the first time.

We obtained a list of Israelis who graduated from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.

👉 Britain trained Israeli soldiers fighting in Gaza

www.declassifieduk.org/britain-trai...

I’d like to ask Pat if her children, grandchildren, neices or nephews are trained or training to be doctors, nurses, pharmacists, teachers, midwives, care workers, IT specialists…

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’ Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”. The US president is expected to arrive in the UK on Tuesday night. He will enjoy a huge amount of special treatment as ministers attempt to preserve the special relationship, including a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle for Trump and his wife, Melania. Continue reading...

Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’

My recommendation is that anyone on a route that tRump uses or working in a building he visits, just stand still quietly and turn your back on him.

1 million people currently live in #Gaza City including these doctors and patients from our clinic. They hear the Israeli bombing intensify day and night and face an impossible choice: stay and risk their lives or leave their homes.