Tony Yates

Four democrats voted AGAINST a war powers resolution that would’ve forced Trump to seek congressional approval to continue waging Israel’s war on Iran.

Henry Cuellar (TX)
Jared Golden (ME)
Greg Landsman (OH)
Juan Vargas (CA)

The resolution failed 219-212.

🙄

Starmer could try this

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

No idea how Iran ends up but Trump and associates are already musing about their next war.

Elon Musk gets a lot of grief for buying Twitter and taking it over. But if he'd bought LinkedIn and fucked it up, he'd be regarded as a hero

Find it hard to grasp why someone could write this given all that we have seen going on with Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison.... at the very least someone who supposedly is a fan of market capitalism should be able to appreciate all that those billionaires have done to destroy it.

What on earth does she mean by 'we have located 145k children'?

How Pedro Sánchez became Donald Trump’s nemesis in Europe Spain’s premier tells US president what no other European leader dares to say but some say he has miscalculated

Sánchez “It is absolutely unacceptable that leaders use the smoke of war to hide their failures and, in the process, line the pockets of a few — the only ones who win when the world stops building hospitals to start making missiles.”
www.ft.com/content/987b...

Harry Maguire is the only one to appear in this popular meme

Is it Harry Maguire because he is the only one with the name 'Maguire'?

This just keeps on coming back around forever doesn't it (and then we have to point out all the issues with grammars yet again) - selecting by "ability" often means selecting by wealth, and outcomes are worse for the kids outside of grammars - we should care about them too.

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

This episode of The Apprentice is brutal

YouTube video by Associated Press Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters leader to a fight. Bernie Sanders intervenes

If confirmed, Mullin would be the first cabinet secretary who tried to fight a union leader at a Senate hearing

youtu.be/FLjblX0oguo

This joke is the pits

The new guy at Homeland Security doesn't know what a war is.

Who is the Special Envoy for the Shield of Bluesky? I think someone should be appointed. Appears to be an important function not being carried out.

Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas definitely sounds like a real and important thing, absolutely, 100%, much shield very envoy such important wow

So the man who thought that Khomeini and Khamenei were the same person is now in charge of Homeland Security.

Students of ruthless internal restructurings will recognize this as the euphemistic 'special projects' role for the one that lost out.

OK she's out for real

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says
www.axios.com/2026/03/05/k...

“Stand Your Butt Up”: Republican Senator Tries to Physically Fight Union Leader Senator Markwayne Mullin began yelling at the Teamsters president in the middle of the hearing.

oh good a saner DHS secretary

Just offloaded at a local Labour Party member doorstepping. 'How did it get to the point where I am prepared to vote for a guy who said he can hypnotise women to grow their boobs? Answer me that?' She said that she had just come to let me know that they were thinking of returfing the local park.

This article was amended on 5 March 2026. An earlier version said low-skilled workers would “receive immediate access to welfare and social housing” if Labour did not make them wait longer to apply for settlement. In fact, settlement status only gives people the eligibility to apply for welfare and social housing, it does not give them instant or automatic access to such benefits. This has been clarified. From breaking news to huge investigative proje

Guardian has now [after my complaint] corrected Mahmood's deliberate & incendiary false claim settlement gives immigrants "immediate access to welfare and social housing".

Good for Gdn but embarrassing/shameful that Home Secretary deliberately misled the public for political gain like this.

Ban them

I don't know of any values I share with the home secretary.

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I'm cutting back. Stopping entirely is just not feasible.

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