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petergeoghegan.bsky.social
Investigative journalist. Author of best-selling book Democracy for Sale - and best-selling newsletter of same name. Sign up for Democracy for Sale newsletter: https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
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ICE arrested former Afghan Nat'l Army soldier—our ally against Taliban—at his home in TX. He entered legally and atty says he has no criminal record. Was applying for asylum. Appears to be casualty of Trump decision de-documenting legal Afghan immigrants www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...

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That old ‘watch want Trump does not what he says’ adage truer now that ever For all Musk beef, this is what needs to be watched They’re looking for *any* pretext to suspend due process - and if they don’t have one good chance they’ll create one (The *huge* increase in ICE budget is of a piece)

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Really enjoyed this piece. Must read Naples ‘44 - and go back to Naples again soon

submitted 11 hours ago • 2 comments

Another great Democracy for Sale report. Well worth the read ⤵️

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🚨 New: 'Shocking' scale of Labour’s Big Tech ties In its first 6 months, Labour ministers and top officials met with tech giants an average of *six times a week.* We’ve got the documents. 🧵 New on Democracy for Sale with @lucasamin.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-s...

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BBC 6 Music News tells me Musk wants to set up a ‘centrist’ party. Is great replacement theory centrism now? Btw almost all stories on 6 Music heads were about immigration - Labour can’t get down asylum hotel costs; Pam Bondi clip. Barely a single story about an actual news of a real world event

submitted 15 hours ago • 45 comments

Got this in my inbox today. What a grim, grim vista Call me Panglossian, but it does feel like there’s a market for an upbeat message about the U.K. in 2025

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Maybe it’s time the UK government spent more time governing and less time thinking about this crowd

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Your occasional reminder that Democracy for Sale now has its own YouTube channel. Do subscribe to watch videos like this discussion with the amazing @amywestervelt.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xas6...

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There's still time to join for tonight's event where @graemedavies.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @reedmwood.bsky.social and I will be joined by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social to discuss this timely topic! Check it out to register and attend! @uoypolitics.bsky.social

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"Muzzle velocity for corruption” - was a pleasure to take to the brilliant @amywestervelt.bsky.social about cryptocurrency, techno-fascism and how many in Trump's orbit are now looking at Britain. Full interview up on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-us-rig...

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‘Democracy dies in the dark’ What a joke

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About to go live on Democracy for Sale with the brilliant @amywestervelt.bsky.social talking about technofascism — what happens when Silicon Valley libertarianism merges with religious extremism, crypto finance, and anti-democratic ideology Can watch live here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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'One afternoon in London, Díaz had filmed Yarvin getting his portrait painted with Lord Maurice Glasman' Yep, Labour peer hangs out with man who thinks Anders Brevik had the right idea but the wrong way of going about it www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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When a conservative talking point suddenly becomes a widespread topic of conversation in public life, you can bet it's because loads of money has been poured into promoting it. Another crucial exposure by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social : democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

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If you’ve seen the New Yorker piece on Curtis Yarvin today you’ll know how urgent this conversation is with Amy Westervelt about techno-fascism against democracy. Live discussion is now on at *a new time* 1PM BST TUESDAY JUNE 3. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Good to see mainstream media catching up on Curtis Yarvin. @nafeez.bsky.social has been documenting Yarvin’s work (including his obsession with the ‘n*gro problem’) for over a year - and has written a book about it bylinetimes.com?s=Yarvin

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If you’ve seen the New Yorker piece on Curtis Yarvin today you’ll know how urgent this conversation is with Amy Westervelt about techno-fascism against democracy. Live discussion is now on at *a new time* 1PM BST TUESDAY JUNE 3. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

UK right-wingers showing an increasing interest in anti-abortion rhetoric as US money starts to flood in - very interesting report from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

submitted 5 days ago • 65 comments

I know nothing about Polish politics but did think this last night

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🔴NEW:The dark money behind UK's anti-abortion backlash - Key US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union - Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars Warnings of “obvious danger” of “importing America's toxic far right politics” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

submitted 7 days ago • 71 comments

Dan Carden really has been on quite a journey…. From Corbynite to, eh, ‘Conservative socialist’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Interesting that apparently Poland’s diaspora tends to vote more conservatively One of the main arguments against irish diaspora voting was the opposite assumption www.euractiv.com/section/poli...?

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