Andy Buss

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‘Online thousands speak. In person we must match that energy’. The massive Hackney antiLTN protest this evening that has been endlessly spammed on social media.

Can the government boost domestic training by restricting migration?

In a new briefing, @msumption.bsky.social and I find that migrants on work visas are a small part of a much wider picture. Here's what you need to know, in three posts.

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...

Paris prosecutors open two new Epstein probes and call on victims to come forward One investigation will focus on sex abuse crimes and the other on financial wrongdoing following the release of millions of files by the US Justice Department.

This is what a society that believes in the rule of law would do.

Fairly simply a Reform or Conservative government would take us back to economic reality denial in which there would be a lot of shouting about sovereignty and then the government would have to do as the major companies and markets demand of us.

proceed accordingly

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

And this is why the country is in the current state it is in - with Tories who don't understand economies, trade or business #Brexshit

Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."

Great article from @jdportes.bsky.social. Immigration policy being asked to do to much. Time to recognise:

- migration is a structural feature of a modern, open economy

- costs/benefits of migration depend on other policy choices: housing, public services, regulation, integration ...

That bin cost less to buy in the first place and is now worth more…

another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood

the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated

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It’s like an alien planet

An utter tragedy. Science solved this problem, but a bunch of charlatans fucked everything up and brought it back

Excising the Cancer in Our Institutions We need to start thinking about how we are going to separate the sheep from the wolves in sheep's clothing.

Some thoughts on what de-magafication of our institutions might look like when this nightmare is over (free post) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?

I seriously have no idea why it’s legal for Trump to sue constituents as President

Judge bars 'warrantless' immigration enforcement raids at churches It hardly requires mentioning that freedom of religion is both a core American value and a basic liberty protected by the First Amendment and laws of the United States

The Trump administration has been barred from carrying out "warrantless" immigration enforcement operations in or "within 100 feet of the entrance" to various churches across the country.

lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

Bro what the fuck

Starmer ally Josh Simons faces fresh questions about digging dirt on journalists Tory and SNP chiefs call for Labour minister Simons to ‘come clean’ as we reveal new details of PR firm’s campaign to discredit journalists

🔴 SCOOP: Wife of Starmer’s comms chief had direct knowledge of Labour Together’s investigation into journalists, documents seen by D4S show

Revelation heaps more pressure on minister Josh Simons to explain why he paid a PR firm to dig dirt on reporters

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-al...

The Trump administration is literally going to kill its supporters, and still they cheer the circus.

Press release summary of the opinion. Full text in the link.

CJEU, Orban law I

New Advocate General's opinion: Hungarian national sovereignty law breaches EU law curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2...

www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/the...

A fact that sounds like bullshit but is actually true:

There is more square footage of parking *per car* in the US than there is square footage of housing *per person.*

holy shit -- Bondi's new tactic is refusing to answer Democratic questions, then using time during the next Republican questioner to smear the previous Democratic member and accuse them of being complicit in violence crimes

image from today's hearing

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag

"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today

It’s probably why he wasn’t invited back.

HE LIED. 🤥 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign. New files show he was doing deals with Epstein years after he claimed they cut ties. Is he the next to go? Read the full report: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/what-raski...

A hypothetical posed at the Show Cause Hearing demonstrates the dystopian absurdity that could stem from the Government’s incorrect, unfounded interpretation of the law. By the Government’s own admission, its position is that if an ICE officer made a mistake and, pursuant to § 1225, detained somebody who was legally in the United States, that detainee would not be entitled to a bond hearing. Instead, that detainee—who is confined to a jail cell and may not have a mastery of the English language—could only have their case heard by a neutral judicial officer if they were somehow able to file a habeas petition with a Court of Appeals or the District Court of D.C. This concession should concern everyone. A threat to anyone’s constitutional rights is a threat to us all. Today, immigrants are being detained without due process. Tomorrow, under the Government’s interpretation of the law, American citizens could be subject to the same treatment. This Court will not allow such an unraveling of the Constitution.

"[I]mmediate release is appropriate for two reasons. First, this Court has no faith that the Government would comply with an order to hold a bond hearing. ... Second, a bond hearing would be futile."

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Various taxes as a proportion of gross household income for nonpensioner households, by whole-population income vigintile, after housing costs: UK, 2023-24

Council Tax has become increasingly regressive.

It now takes nearly 5% of income from the poorest families but barely 1% from the richest. For many, it's become a grinding monthly obligation to rival the Poll Tax.