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Nick Robinson is stll running with it. #r4today

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Essential reading for any would-be leader of the country (pay attention at the back) - green steel is the new kind of steel, powering ahead in Germany. That’s the future for UK steel - not coal. buff.ly/Bzzw06H

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🔴Resignations, Cancelled Meetings and Culture Wars: How Reform UK Councils Are Descending Into Chaos Nigel Farage’s band of newly-elected councillors are already starting to struggle, reports Josiah Mortimer bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/r...

submitted 7 hours ago • 11 comments

I’d love to know what Macron knows and what he just told Meloni. That’s one hell of a reaction. #G7

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Louise Casey criticises Tories for politicising her grooming gangs report – UK politics live

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The President of the United States made more than $1.3 million in the last year as a Bible salesman.

submitted 18 hours ago • 98 comments

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

submitted 22 hours ago • 13 comments

Lee Anderson criticises Labour for not acting on historic child sexual abuse Yvette Cooper points out that Lee Anderson was part of the government that chose not to act on historic child sexual abuse

submitted 22 hours ago • 42 comments

Resignations, Cancelled Meetings and Culture Wars: How Reform UK Councils Are Descending Into Chaos Nigel Farage's band of newly-elected councillors are already starting to struggle, reports Josiah Mortimer Who would have guessed bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/r...

submitted 22 hours ago • 39 comments

I understand why Democrats are being restrained about this but the right's effort to lie about what happened here is incredibly disrespectful to the victims and requires vociferous pushback. The shooter appears to have been an anti-abortion zealot and a Trump voter. Don't let them avoid this.

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(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has lots of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).

submitted 2 days ago • 155 comments

Best image of the day:

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At the bad place it's being argued that Isr is trying to force the US into war with Iran. That's bollocks. with the Israelis having destroyed Iran's air defence the USAF can destroy Iran's key nuke facilities without breaking sweat. A historic opportunity for the US that won't come again

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Badenoch, Jenrick, Philp, and the Tory rat pack are lining up to steal credit for Starmer’s grooming gangs national inquiry announcement. Just a reminder for the Tories: Johnson declared money spent on historic child abuse investigations as “spaffed up a wall. #ukpolitics

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

The cost of Trump’s birthday parade put into perspective at Philly’s #NoKings, created with @indivisiblephl.bsky.social.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today

submitted 2 days ago • 604 comments

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

submitted 2 days ago • 171 comments

What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.

submitted 2 days ago • 74 comments

There is only one side in American politics that consistently supports and endorses political violence. People need to stop being afraid to say so.

submitted 2 days ago • 82 comments

"We are here to tell Mr. Donald Trump - we are not going to bow to fascism. We are not going to bow to authoritarianism."

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

submitted 3 days ago • 323 comments

This is exactly why soldiers should not be deployed in these situations. They are not trained for it and will make dangerous mistakes. I’m grateful for their service but they need to go home.

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

submitted 3 days ago • 405 comments

The media must do better at holding Farage and his cronies to account.

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments

I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country. Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest. Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org

submitted 3 days ago • 287 comments

Not only is Noem’s statement about “liberating” L.A. from its elected officials a massive escalation in the anti-democratic, authoritarian actions of this administration, but it also directly refutes the administration’s own reasoning and justification for sending in the national guard and marines.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

USMC Ret. Lt. Colonel Joe Plenzler deployed with the same Marine battalion now heading to Los Angeles. Marines training for war are now being deployed against American citizens. This crosses a dangerous line. Brothers, remember your ethos, #RememberYourOath.

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Breaking news: Donald Trump’s landmark tax bill would make the most prosperous Americans $12,000 richer each year, while wiping $1,600 off the disposable income of the nation’s poorest, Congress’s fiscal watchdog has said https://on.ft.com/446Tfmi

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COONS: Treasury and State were rolling out new sanctions designations every few weeks much of last year. How many new Russian entitles have you designated under your sanctions authority since January? BESSENT: I will get back to you with that number COONS: The answer is zero

submitted 5 days ago • 91 comments

It’s unbelievable that a lot of news organisations keep reporting as if Trump is popular. He is not. His administration and his agenda are not.

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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

submitted 6 days ago • 101 comments

"Trump and his aides want to end the liberal order that looked favorably on immigration, supported civil rights laws, aimed to create a more equal economy and sought to expand the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to those previously denied them." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

One of the biggest winners? Ed Miliband! The minister who commentators keep insisting is imminently for the chop or is having his budget slashed, whispering net zero is in doubt or GB Energy is being quietly binned. The reality is he got the the biggest increase in capital and GBE alone got £8bn.

submitted 6 days ago • 26 comments

This is a map of Los Angeles. The arrow points to a red dot. That red dot (roughly) represents the protest area seen on TV. To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.

submitted 6 days ago • 54 comments

Someone tell me how this is in any way different to a bog-standard authoritarian dictator.

submitted 6 days ago • 110 comments

It turns out reports of a 'millionaire exodus' from the UK last year were completely unfounded.

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

Ron DeSantis’s wife is running a dodgy nonprofit that’s under investigation — by members of the governor’s own party. So … a Florida state agency is now ordering the Orlando Sentinel to “cease and desist” from further reporting. Seriously. 1/2 apnews.com/article/orla...

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

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Good explanation, especially on what happens to the winter fuel payment when there are two people above state pension age in the household

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🔴‘Donald Trump’s Los Angeles Military Deployment Is an Assault on American Democracy’ It’s time to shake off our ‘Trump denial syndrome’ and wake up to the clear and present danger posed by the President, argues @alexhh.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/d...

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Fun fact: David Bull, Reform UK’s new Chairman once called Nigel Farage prejudiced and dangerous.

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

The BBC treats Farage as if he were just a fun Conservative character. But they know he has been praised and supported by Putin: that he admires Trump's autocratic instincts and supports the Neo Nazi AFD. They never mention this. What gives?

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments