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Hard to argue with that.

In my book, tbh, this is called 'humanity'.

Thanks to Trump, Canada is making many new friends around the world.👍

For those unconditionally cheering the attacks on Iran, remember that our early strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq were “successful”. But we ended up getting dragged into costly wars that created more terrorists than we killed. The American people haven’t forgotten that.

I’d like to see both the Tehran & Jerusalem regimes toppled. Two sides of the same hate filled coin.

The fact that Trump has to be 'handled' - like a spoiled brat, rather than a state president - is a damning indictment of the man himself. He is not fit for office.

Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?

Judge Young (a Ronald Reagan appointee) added that he had “never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable”. Another small win for the rule of law in the US.👍 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

What point is the Conservative Party making with this? If a man of almost eighty dropped his papers in front of me I would be the first to help pick them up as I hope most would. So if the point the opposition is making is to praise politeness on the world stage it’s a point well made👏

Another reason that Desperate Donnie left the G7 Summit early. Carney announces the release of another $2bn of frozen Russian assets and sanctions on Russia (including shadow fleets). “The support will be unwavering until we get a just peace for Ukrainian people.”

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things. That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

“I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency. Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.” Harry Truman, President of the United States.

Another awful atrocity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our women are now second class citizens, from the cancellation of Roe to the elimination of their ability to vote. We've turned the clocks back a century! ============

Trump seems to think he only has to say "jump" and everyone will say "how high?" - but Israel, Iran, Russia and G6 are all ignoring him, while his random rants just heighten tensions. He is dangerous. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/17/t...

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I did like the wink!

Jess Phillips simply laid it out: Truss stirred the far-right nonsense pot, Musk kept it bubbling, and now Badenoch’s acting like she’s the one bravely calling Labour out. #ukpolitics

Trump's Big Ugly Bill is a regressive nightmare, raising incomes for the top 10 percent of earners and slashing them for the poorest people in the country.  It's also opposed by a majority of Americans.  Remember this as Trump constantly tries to shift the public's focus.

Apologies for posting the execrable Daily Express, but it has a useful list of how all MPs voted! (Reform MPs Tice, Anderson, Pochin and McMurdock voted against, and Farage didn't vote at all.) www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Felon47 is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention

Very interested to see who could possibly oppose the No Secret Police Act

Just one more first on a list that is already too long

“OK, Boomer” just got flipped on its head. At protests across the country this past weekend, older Americans turned out in force, leading chants, waving signs and showing that resistance has no age limit. And their passion isn’t just inspiring. It might be what helps save democracy.

'As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs, and backed the plan by a big majority of 242 votes.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

THE GUARDIAN: Khan's radical Oxford Street plans promise a vibrant, car-free future as public backing surges, reigniting the heart of London’s shopping district. - by Gwyn Topham

An active duty service member has been sent to a mental health facility against his will after speaking out about ICE’s legal and humanitarian abuses. TikTokers took action, including writing @governor.ca.gov /

I wrote this four days ago. Today, they arrested the NYC Comptroller.

The Trump regime is deliberately deploying ICE agents at immigration hearings so they can more easily detain migrants. Armed, masked men abducting people from courthouses —and arresting those who ask why — is the stuff fascism is made of.

I thought we were all supposed to be broke?!

What does he mean by this?

America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...

We come with nothing but our signs and voices, cardboard and hope, ink and urgency. The police show up with rubber bullets, stun grenades, tear gas, pepper spray, gas masks, helmets, full-body armor, and shields. Then they say we’re the violent ones.

Unsurprising, given the foul-ups they're making of their new roles in local government.

“Everyone should evacuate Tehran” is in the top 5 most insane things a US President has ever publicly stated in any form

Ironically, and off the top of my head, she is immediately ‘cancelling’ Ophelia, Desdemona, Portia, Othello & Shylock. Also, why does she think so many female characters dressed up as men to enjoy agency or, while we’re here, they were *all* literally played by actual males for years?

Former Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party, Anderson, is fuming that victims of grooming gangs were ignored for years. He didn’t open his gob to help them when his party was in government, that’s for sure. #ukpolitics

Holy crap on a cracker.

As Labour's Yvette Cooper announces an investigation into historic child sexual abuse Never forget that time Boris Johnson dismissed the need for such investigations, saying it was a waste of money, then lied about it

Surrendering to Trump is bad for business. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-standing-up-to-trump-is-good