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Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.

submitted 4 days ago • 2823 comments

The correct response to rfk saying he wants to exterminate autistic people is to loudly tell him "die, motherfucker" instead of trying to explain that human lives have value.

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

The good news is that the constitution provides ways for Congress and the Judiciary to reign in a power-hungry president. The bad news is those people are all scared of him.

submitted 13 days ago • 2058 comments

I've managed crises my entire career: I led the Bank of Canada through the 2008 financial crisis, and the bank of England through Brexit. I’ve been here before — and I have a plan to see Canada through this. #Debate2025

submitted 13 days ago • 167 comments

AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

submitted 15 days ago • 1119 comments

Retweet if you think Michael Gove should be handed a sentence rather than a peerage.

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

Word

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

via Mick Lynch

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

So glad comedy is legal again on X because this is gold!

submitted 28 days ago • 2229 comments

It’s only embezzlement if it’s from the Embézzle region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling corruption.

submitted 31 days ago • 104 comments

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250,000 people pushed into poverty by a Labour Government. That is their own assessment of the effect of today's changes.

submitted 35 days ago • 10 comments

Again, POVERTY IS A POLICY CHOICE. The government can lift people out of poverty. It has in the past! Raise the bloody rate!! #Budget2025 #AusPol

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

The greatest benefit in the UK is tax that should be paid, but isn't, mostly due to loopholes that only the super rich are allowed to use. The cost of this is about £400bn, 7x the unaffordable cost of benefits to the disabled.

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments

Remember: whatever happens from here on out the Dems who vote for this GOP budget are complicit. Because they willingly surrendered the power they had to stop it. The idea that allowing what’s been happening the last two months to continue is a way to avoid “blame” is madness

submitted 48 days ago • 389 comments

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

submitted 48 days ago • 3631 comments

Surprised to see so many headlines from news outlets suggesting Putin has agreed to a ceasefire. He’s done no such thing. He’s basically said he would do in theory, providing his conditions are met, on his terms. Which is just a variation on what he’s always said.

submitted 48 days ago • 89 comments

A reminder that NHS England was created in 2012 by David Cameron as a tool to help get Private Healthcare control over the NHS. It was never necessary in any way.

submitted 49 days ago • 41 comments

Rachel Reeves during the election ruled out a wealth tax on the super rich as she said their spending plans didn't need the money. People with extreme disabilities unfit to work this Labour Government think are apparently not in need of the money. It's sick.

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The moment a Labour government starts taking away welfare something is wrong. Atlee would be turning in his grave.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Not sure why Reeves isn't changing her fiscal rules. It's an unprecedented period atm, why hit the most vulnerable in society? We're a Labour government not a tory one....

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Epic idea

submitted 51 days ago • 560 comments

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. Cycling ending on ITV4 and going behind a £30.99 Discovery+ paywall is a travesty.

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Elon fired hundreds of “unnecessary” Twitter employees and the platform has been down for hours today. Now he’s firing hundreds of “unnecessary” FAA employees. What could go wrong?

submitted 51 days ago • 217 comments

Oh. Hell. No. ✨

submitted 51 days ago • 309 comments

They called him Sleepy Joe because we could sleep at night.

submitted 51 days ago • 1096 comments

I NEED GOOD, THOUGHTFUL LEADERS TO GET WAY BETTER AT USING THE INTERNET LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO

submitted 52 days ago • 546 comments

I think that’s fair 🤭🤣 #SheShed

submitted 52 days ago • 423 comments

#InternationalWomensDay #HouseofCommons

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Many of the scientists that the Trump administration is defunding and persecuting will be working on strategically important technologies and research areas. The UK and other European countries should urgently establish programmes to bring those researchers here.

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submitted 58 days ago • 853 comments

Leaders of the free world stand united in London The United States is not among them

submitted 59 days ago • 2101 comments

Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan. Then why the hell is this White European South African in North America?

submitted 59 days ago • 153 comments

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says Trump and Vance launched a “seemingly premeditated attack on Zelenskyy”. “I was shocked and appalled.” #bbclaurak

submitted 60 days ago • 5 comments

When we said trump would start ww3 they said we were being “dramatic”…

submitted 59 days ago • 37 comments

What happened to Little Marco?

submitted 60 days ago • 2802 comments

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

submitted 61 days ago • 832 comments

submitted 61 days ago • 530 comments

Indeed she did.

submitted 60 days ago • 1711 comments

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

submitted 61 days ago • 2924 comments