Rob Gordon

Put another way, I wonder how many Trump supporters know that it was the position of Donald Trump himself in December 2015, less than 10 years ago—and every Trump supporter—that any request by the federal government for state government assistance should automatically be rejected as a legal nonsense

Italy’s first MACSE battery auction smashes expectations with 10 GWh awarded at record low prices - Energy Storage The result of the auction are tariffs that came dramatically below the reserve premium which was set at €37,000 per MWh per year.

Rapidly falling battery prices are a game-changer.

"Held on September 30, the tender closed at an average price of just €12,959 per MWh per year, far below the reserve price of €37,000 per MWh per year set by system operator Terna."

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech

It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The subhed here is a master class in corporate journalism rewarding malfeasance via semantics

Bondi didn't valiantly fend something off, she refused to answer legitimate questions before Congress because the answers would be horrifying and politically inconvenient

And that's a profile in cowardice

Russian air defense hitting a residential building in Belgorod. Russia causing its own blackouts 🙃

Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.

I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan

Ironically the most segregated community in the UK is the English upper class.

Democrats are winning the shutdown Republicans, meanwhile, are bumbling and stumbling.

New in PN: Dems are winning the shutdown

"If Republicans are on board with Trump’s effort to become a dictator, there’s not much point in negotiating. You might as well force them to own their priorities, including hugely increasing healthcare costs, then use it against them on the campaign trail."

BBC News finds it easy to move from the fall of another French cabinet to considering the future of the Fifth Republic, but can hardly mention Trump's unconstitutional militarisation of Democratic cities and threats of the Insurrection Act. Promoting mixed martial arts on the other hand...

#r4today

Ukrainian Navy led the Red Team adversary in the month-long NATO REPMUS 2025 naval exercise, teaching the Europeans to counter naval drones.
www.kyivpost.com/post/60947

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

Up. Up. And away!
North Pacific water temps the past 15 years, with September 2025 being the cherry on the top (right) of the chart. @zacklabe.com is going to need a bigger Y axis!

Extremists are sociopaths

So what’s the clear legal distinction between miscarriage and abortion? And we’re sentencing the men to death too, right?

NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL

How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
By @akshatrathi.bsky.social
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.

Katie Lam outflanks Reform on unachievable slogans, by proposing the breach of a Treaty commitment, that will harm UK citizens in the EU & scrap the UK-EU relationship on the economy & everything else
www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

He has never talked like this so long as he's been in politics. Increasingly preoccupied by his death and legacy.

Trump is not a man who can resist his impulses. He's saying this out loud because it's the main thing on his mind.

Ian Dunt has the best short summary of the problem with Jeremy Corbyn I have ever seen (and I have read thousands of political pieces over the years). It's blunt but it's also ACCURATE.

The wider piece, which is not actually about Corbyn, is well worth the read.
iandunt.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

I mean, it’s quite good they’re admitting failure instead of burning down the house

*gasp*

If I were starting a civil war, I would send National Guard troops from one state to another.

So, let's do both.

@jemima.bsky.social on crypto dealings by politicians such as the Trumps and the move by Nigel Farage's Reform party to accept political donations in crypto www.ft.com/content/dbd0...

If any other president was 57 minutes late to an event addressing service members, there would be wall-to-wall coverage on all 3 major cable news networks addressing whether or not the president cares about the military.

Having trouble keeping track of the crime wave in DC?
Watch this explainer.

Yes! It's PRESIDENT MILLER from now on. (Steve Bannon removed in 2017 after "President Bannon" started trending)